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Chi St Joseph Health Regional Hospital

2801 Franciscan Dr, Bryan, TX 77802

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services Birthing-friendly

Chi St Joseph Health Regional Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. 67% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 24 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 3 and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 38 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 2/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 67% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 3/5 1,193 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 1 worse 3 better of 24 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 1,193 completed surveys, 13% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
67%
TX 73% · US 71% · 3 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
66%
TX 74% · US 72% · 3 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
78%
TX 80% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
78%
TX 80% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
63%
TX 63% · US 62% · 3 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
84%
TX 86% · US 86% · 3 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
66%
TX 76% · US 74% · 3 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
61%
TX 66% · US 60% · 4 of 5 stars

This hospital Texas 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 high; 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 TX US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 389 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 22 min 2 h 38 min 2 h 25 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 14 visits sampled 4 h 56 min 3 h 53 min 4 h 17 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 45,848 patients 2% 1% 2%
Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 15 patients 80% 67% 69%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 137 patients 72% 68% 65%

How Chi St Joseph Health Regional Hospital 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
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalThis hospital2/567%2 h 38 min3 better 1 worse
Physicians Centre,theSame cityNot rated85%1 h 50 min1 worse
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiSame county · College Station4/581%3 h 28 min1 better 2 worse

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 Bryan.

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 3,548 cases Too few cases 3.3% 3.9%
Heart attack 129 cases Too few cases 14.4% 11.9%
Heart failure 490 cases Too few cases 10.5% 11.1%
Pneumonia 534 cases Too few cases 15.8% 15.2%
Stroke 375 cases Too few cases 10.4% 11.9%
COPD 107 cases Too few cases 10.2% 8.6%
Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 123 cases Too few cases 3.9% 2.4%

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.

12 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 0.9 likely 0.57 – 1.22 1
After hip or knee replacement 109 cases Too few cases 3.1% 4.1%
Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 83 cases No different 181.84 per 1,000 likely 132.05 per 1,000 – 231.62 per 1,000 173.3 per 1,000
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 5,179 cases No different 0.32 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.96 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 7,455 cases No different 0.14 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.33 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 7,471 cases No different 0.28 per 1,000 likely 0.09 per 1,000 – 0.47 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 1,556 cases No different 3.7 per 1,000 likely 2.26 per 1,000 – 5.14 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 549 cases No different 1.5 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.15 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 558 cases No different 9.66 per 1,000 likely 2.22 per 1,000 – 17.11 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 1,590 cases No different 3.52 per 1,000 likely 1.51 per 1,000 – 5.53 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 521 cases No different 4.74 per 1,000 likely 0.94 per 1,000 – 8.54 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 330 cases No different 1.6 per 1,000 likely 0.14 per 1,000 – 3.05 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 1,150 cases No different 1.06 per 1,000 likely 0.09 per 1,000 – 2.03 per 1,000 1.06 per 1,000

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.

1 worse than the nation 1 better than the nation 3 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) No different 1.74 likely 0.81 – 3.31 1
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) No different 0.43 likely 0.11 – 1.17 1
Surgical site infections after colon surgery Worse 2.58 likely 1.13 – 5.09 1
MRSA bloodstream infections No different 1.25 likely 0.51 – 2.61 1
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0.26 likely 0.11 – 0.51 1

1 more measure 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.

2 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after a heart attack 191 cases Too few cases 14.6% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 921 cases Too few cases 21.3% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 824 cases Too few cases 18.3% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 264 cases Too few cases 19% 20%
Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 143 cases Too few cases 13.3% 11%
Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 109 cases Too few cases 5.3% 5.8%
Days back in hospital after a heart attack 124 cases Too few cases -16.8 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after heart failure 622 cases Too few cases 8.8 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 562 cases Too few cases 7.6 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 328 cases No different 14.1 per 1,000 likely 10.8 per 1,000 – 18.8 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 552 cases No different 1 likely 0.7 – 1.3 —

3 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

97 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry. 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 15
Physician Assistant 14
Family 13
Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology 10
Family Medicine 7
Internal Medicine 7
Registered Nurse 5
Emergency Medical Services 3
Hospitalist 3
Acute Care 2
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered 2
Pharmacist 2

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.

2025 total $436 general $436 · research $0
All years, 2019–2025 $79,951 87 reported payments
  • 2019 $30,586
  • 2020 $10,264
  • 2021 $10,901
  • 2022 $21,359
  • 2023 $4,151
  • 2024 $2,254
  • 2025 $436

General payments Research payments

What the 2025 general payments were for

Type of payment Amount Payments
Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan $436 2

Largest paying companies, 2025

Company Amount Payments
Stryker Corporation $436 2

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 Chi St Joseph Health Regional Hospital

Is Chi St Joseph Health Regional Hospital a good hospital?

Chi St Joseph Health Regional Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 24 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 3 and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Chi St Joseph Health Regional Hospital?

67% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 1,193 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Chi St Joseph Health Regional Hospital emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 38 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 22 min. 2% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Does Chi St Joseph Health Regional Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?

Drug and device makers reported $436 in payments to Chi St Joseph Health Regional Hospital for 2025, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.