CMS certification 400044
Hospital Episcopal San Lucas II
917 Ave Tito Castro, Ponce, PR 00716
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Hospital Episcopal San Lucas II. Of the 5 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 2.
Every figure on this page is published by CMS; we arrange and explain it, and score nothing ourselves.
What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
Deaths
How many patients died within 30 days of admission, adjusted by CMS for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| All patients, hospital-wide 3,916 cases | Too few cases | 7.8% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 30 cases | Too few cases | 12% | 11.9% |
| Stroke 162 cases | Too few cases | 17.6% | 11.9% |
4 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Complications
How often patients had serious complications, most of them after surgery, adjusted for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2024.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| After hip or knee replacement 168 cases | Too few cases | 3.4% | 4.1% |
12 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Readmissions and return visits
How often patients had to come back to a hospital after going home. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2023 – Jun 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Readmitted after a heart attack 783 cases | Too few cases | 15.7% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 437 cases | Too few cases | 21.9% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 363 cases | Too few cases | 17.9% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 150 cases | Too few cases | 19.6% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 89 cases | Too few cases | 11.9% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 170 cases | Too few cases | 5.1% | 5.8% |
8 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Not reported for this hospital
CMS had too few cases here to publish results for infections caught in the hospital. That is common at small, rural and specialty hospitals, and says nothing either way about quality.
Clinicians registered at this address
128 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 28 residents and trainees. The same address can take in offices and clinics in the building, and a listing does not prove admitting privileges or current employment.
| Specialty | Clinicians |
|---|---|
| Emergency Medicine | 23 |
| General Practice | 20 |
| Internal Medicine | 14 |
| Pediatrics | 10 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 6 |
| Anesthesiology | 5 |
| Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine | 5 |
| Pulmonary Disease | 5 |
| Surgery | 5 |
| Clinical | 4 |
| Infectious Disease | 3 |
| Medical | 3 |
First 12 alphabetically
Money from drug and device companies
Drug and device makers have to report what they pay teaching hospitals to CMS's Open Payments program. At many teaching hospitals most of it is research funding, or royalties for inventions the hospital licensed to a company. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.
- 2019 $42,879
- 2020 $3,108
- 2021 $41,875
- 2022 $52,119
- 2023 $22,560
- 2024 $21,500
- 2025 $15,557
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Grants | $14,500 | 3 |
| Debt forgiveness | $1,057 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $6,000 | 1 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $5,000 | 1 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | $3,500 | 1 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | $1,057 | 1 |
Amounts are as the paying companies reported them to CMS; Open Payments data retrieved 13 Sep 2026. Full record on CMS Open Payments.
How to read this page
- Everything here is published by CMS on Care Compare. We arrange it and explain it; the star ratings and the better / worse verdicts are CMS's, not ours.
- “No different” is the most common result on most measures at most hospitals. CMS only calls a result better or worse when the difference from the national rate is statistically clear.
- Death, complication and readmission rates are adjusted by CMS for how sick patients were, so hospitals that treat sicker patients can be compared fairly.
- Infection results are ratios: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one, below 1.0 is fewer.
- These are hospital-wide results. They do not rate an individual doctor, nurse or department, and they are not medical advice.
CMS Care Compare data retrieved 4 Oct 2026, refreshed weekly. Where this data comes from and how we handle it · Report an error
Common questions about Hospital Episcopal San Lucas II
Is Hospital Episcopal San Lucas II a good hospital?
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Hospital Episcopal San Lucas II. Of the 5 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 2. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Does Hospital Episcopal San Lucas II have an emergency room?
Yes. CMS lists emergency services at Hospital Episcopal San Lucas II.
Does Hospital Episcopal San Lucas II receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $15,557 in payments to Hospital Episcopal San Lucas II for 2025, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.