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Manati Medical Center Dr Otero Lopez

Carr 668 Calle Hernandez Carrion Urb Atenas, Manati, PR 00674

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Manati Medical Center Dr Otero Lopez has a CMS overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars. 65% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 6 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 4 and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 6 h 21 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).

Every figure on this page is published by CMS; we arrange and explain it, and score nothing ourselves.

CMS overall rating 1/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 65% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 2/5 441 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 1 worse 4 better of 6 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 441 completed surveys, 16% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
65%
PR 64% · US 71% · 3 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
62%
PR 60% · US 72% · 2 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
73%
PR 71% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
76%
PR 76% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
48%
PR 48% · US 62% · 1 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
75%
PR 73% · US 86% · 1 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
68%
PR 70% · US 74% · 3 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
56%
PR 59% · US 60% · 3 of 5 stars

This hospital Puerto Rico average US average

Emergency department

How long emergency patients spent here and how some time-critical care went, from CMS's timely and effective care measures, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. CMS classes this emergency department's patient volume as medium; busier departments tend to have longer times, so the national median for departments of the same volume is shown too. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Measure This hospital PR US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 2,150 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 45 min 6 h 21 min 4 h 52 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 19 visits sampled 9 h 41 min 4 h 44 min 4 h 17 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 36,108 patients 1% 1% 2%
Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 145 patients 94% 72% 69%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 114 patients 97% 25% 65%

How Manati Medical Center Dr Otero Lopez compares with nearby hospitals

The closest hospitals of the same kind that CMS rates or surveys - the same city first, then the same county and ZIP area. Every figure is CMS's: the overall star rating, the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital, the median time emergency patients spent before leaving, and how many death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS found better or worse than the national rate.

Hospital CMS stars Would recommend ER median time Vs the nation
Manati Medical Center Dr Otero LopezThis hospital1/565%6 h 21 min4 better 1 worse
Doctors' Center Hospital, INCSame city1/574%—3 better 1 worse
Mayaguez Medical Center Dr Ramon Emeterio BetancesSame ZIP area · Mayaguez1/553%—2 worse
Doctors Center Hospital Orlando Health DoradoSame ZIP area · Dorado2/574%5 h 28 min1 better

Hospitals differ in size and in how sick their patients are. CMS adjusts its outcome measures for that, but a star or a percentage is a starting point for questions, not a verdict. All hospitals in Manati.

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 3,292 cases Too few cases 9.3% 3.9%
Stroke 221 cases Too few cases 28.4% 11.9%

5 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 31 cases Too few cases 3.6% 4.1%

12 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Infections caught in the hospital

Standardized infection ratio: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one. Lower is better. Data from Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

4 better than the nation
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) Better 0 1
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) Better 0.08 likely 0 – 0.41 1
MRSA bloodstream infections Better 0 1
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0.03 likely 0 – 0.14 1

2 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 311 cases Too few cases 14.4% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 755 cases Too few cases 21.7% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 669 cases Too few cases 16.7% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 178 cases Too few cases 21% 20%
Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 32 cases Too few cases 5.5% 5.8%
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 26 cases Too few cases 83 days per 100 —

8 more measures had too few cases here to report.

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.

2025 total $2,586 general $2,586 · research $0
All years, 2021–2025 $67,575 9 reported payments
  • 2021 $53,019
  • 2022 $8,900
  • 2023 $0
  • 2024 $3,070
  • 2025 $2,586

General payments Research payments

What the 2025 general payments were for

Type of payment Amount Payments
Grants $2,500 1
Debt forgiveness $86 1

Largest paying companies, 2025

Company Amount Payments
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $2,500 1
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. $86 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 Manati Medical Center Dr Otero Lopez

Is Manati Medical Center Dr Otero Lopez a good hospital?

Manati Medical Center Dr Otero Lopez has a CMS overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars. Of the 6 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 4 and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Manati Medical Center Dr Otero Lopez?

65% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 441 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Manati Medical Center Dr Otero Lopez emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 6 h 21 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with medium patient volume, like this one, the median is 2 h 45 min. 1% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Does Manati Medical Center Dr Otero Lopez receive money from drug and device companies?

Drug and device makers reported $2,586 in payments to Manati Medical Center Dr Otero Lopez for 2025, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.