CMS certification 450054
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple
2401 S 31st St, Temple, TX 76508
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple has a CMS overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. 74% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 27 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 7 and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 52 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.
What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 2,016 completed surveys, 16% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
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 very 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 · 354 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min | 3 h 52 min | 2 h 25 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 17 visits sampled | 7 h 18 min | 3 h 53 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 118,275 patients | 2% | 1% | 2% |
| Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 12 patients | 67% | 67% | 69% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 168 patients | 85% | 68% | 65% |
How Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleThis hospital | 5/5 | 74% | 3 h 52 min | 7 better 1 worse |
| Temple VA Medical Center (VA Central Texas Healthcare System)Same city | 4/5 | 77% | — | 4 better |
| Adventhealth Central TexasSame county · Killeen | 3/5 | 68% | 2 h 28 min | 2 worse |
| Darnall AMC (FT Cavazos)Same county · Fort Cavazos | Not rated | 77% | 2 h 59 min | — |
| Seton Medical Center Harker HeightsSame county · Harker Heights | 4/5 | 70% | 2 h 54 min | 1 better 2 worse |
| Coryell Memorial HospitalSame ZIP area · Gatesville | Not rated | 82% | 2 h 17 min | No different |
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 Temple.
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 5,613 cases | Too few cases | 3% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 134 cases | Too few cases | 10.5% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 470 cases | Too few cases | 8.4% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 430 cases | Too few cases | 14% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 681 cases | Too few cases | 9.8% | 11.9% |
| COPD 217 cases | Too few cases | 6.8% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 80 cases | Too few cases | 2.4% | 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.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious complications, combined measure | No different | 1.07 likely 0.85 – 1.3 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 207 cases | Too few cases | 4.7% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 223 cases | No different | 160.45 per 1,000 likely 122.81 per 1,000 – 198.08 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 9,785 cases | Better | 0.07 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.5 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 10,902 cases | No different | 0.24 per 1,000 likely 0.06 per 1,000 – 0.42 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 11,298 cases | No different | 0.18 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.35 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 3,051 cases | No different | 2.5 per 1,000 likely 1.31 per 1,000 – 3.68 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 1,320 cases | No different | 1.8 per 1,000 likely 0.48 per 1,000 – 3.11 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 1,217 cases | No different | 12.09 per 1,000 likely 7.35 per 1,000 – 16.82 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 3,169 cases | No different | 4.48 per 1,000 likely 2.85 per 1,000 – 6.11 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 1,304 cases | No different | 6.9 per 1,000 likely 4.21 per 1,000 – 9.58 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 818 cases | No different | 2.18 per 1,000 likely 0.83 per 1,000 – 3.54 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 2,574 cases | Worse | 3.26 per 1,000 likely 2.46 per 1,000 – 4.06 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.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) | Better | 0.51 likely 0.29 – 0.84 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.16 likely 0.05 – 0.37 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 0.83 likely 0.45 – 1.42 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | No different | 0.75 likely 0.13 – 2.46 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.72 likely 0.36 – 1.27 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.18 likely 0.11 – 0.28 | 1 |
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 294 cases | Too few cases | 13.8% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 869 cases | Too few cases | 19.3% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 760 cases | Too few cases | 16.5% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 578 cases | Too few cases | 20.8% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 117 cases | Too few cases | 10.1% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 200 cases | Too few cases | 5.8% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 157 cases | Too few cases | -28.3 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 542 cases | Too few cases | 12.4 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 467 cases | Too few cases | -1.6 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 2,741 cases | No different | 12.7 per 1,000 likely 10.1 per 1,000 – 15.9 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 567 cases | No different | 9.6 per 100 likely 7.8 per 100 – 11.7 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 567 cases | No different | 4.7 per 100 likely 3.6 per 100 – 6.1 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 1,361 cases | Better | 0.7 likely 0.6 – 0.9 | — |
1 more measure had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
1,842 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 556 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 |
|---|---|
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 165 |
| Emergency Medicine | 142 |
| Physician Assistant | 129 |
| Internal Medicine | 117 |
| Anesthesiology | 102 |
| Family | 92 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 57 |
| Psychiatry | 53 |
| Surgery | 37 |
| Pediatrics | 36 |
| Acute Care | 35 |
| Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | 34 |
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 $1.2M
- 2020 $415,833
- 2021 $592,109
- 2022 $298,390
- 2023 $327,963
- 2024 $769,230
- 2025 $445,059
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $115,667 | 17 |
| Consulting fees | $51,600 | 27 |
| Grants | $4,888 | 4 |
| Speaking, teaching and other services | $3,860 | 5 |
| Debt forgiveness | $3,093 | 2 |
| Space rental and facility fees | $1,424 | 5 |
| Gifts | $1,199 | 11 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical, INC. | $113,000 | 12 |
| Abbott Laboratories | $111,577 | 6 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | $92,453 | 16 |
| MIMEDX Group, Inc. | $50,100 | 26 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | $39,000 | 1 |
| E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $16,731 | 2 |
| Stryker Corporation | $6,698 | 8 |
| Abbvie INC. | $3,743 | 3 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder and Antiplatelet Medical Management for Reduction of Recurrent Stroke in Patients with Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO): th… W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · NCT03821129 | $62,053 |
| ISM2503029A--Alinity h-series Body Fluid Clinical Study Protocol Abbott Laboratories | $57,915 |
| ISM2512040A-Studies T688-02-23B08-01, 09XN-02-24B03-01 Abbott Laboratories | $53,488 |
| Atellica CI hsPSA fPSA External Verification Studies Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | $39,000 |
| GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis Post-Approval Study W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | $30,400 |
| A Study to Evaluate Effectiveness and Safety of Deucravacitinib (BMS-986165) Compared With Placebo in Participants With Active Systemic Lupus Erythem… E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $16,714 |
| A Long-Term Registry of Humira (Adalimumab) in Patients With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis (UC) ABBVIE INC. | $3,210 |
| A Long-Term Registry of Humira (Adalimumab) in Patients With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis (UC) ABBVIE INC. · NCT01848561 | $500 |
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.
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Common questions about Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple
Is Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple a good hospital?
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple has a CMS overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. Of the 27 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 7 and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple?
74% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 2,016 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 52 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with very high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 21 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 Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $445,059 in payments to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple for 2025, most of it research funding, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.