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Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional Hospital

1000 South Beckham Ave, Tyler, TX 75701

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Ut Health East Texas Tyler 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 26 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 6. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 36 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).

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CMS overall rating 2/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 67% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 2/5 1,615 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 6 worse 1 better of 26 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 1,615 completed surveys, 19% 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
65%
TX 74% · US 72% · 2 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
74%
TX 80% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
73%
TX 80% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
55%
TX 63% · US 62% · 2 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
84%
TX 86% · US 86% · 3 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
61%
TX 76% · US 74% · 2 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
55%
TX 66% · US 60% · 3 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 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 TX US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 403 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 45 min 2 h 36 min 2 h 25 min 2 h 42 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 37,162 patients 0% 1% 2%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 580 patients 75% 68% 65%

How Ut Health East Texas Tyler 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
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalThis hospital2/567%2 h 36 min1 better 6 worse
Baylor Scott & White Texas Spine & Joint HospitalSame city5/586%2 h 32 min1 worse
CHRISTUS Mother Frances HospitalSame city4/575%1 h 42 min8 better 2 worse
University of Texas Health Science Center at TylerSame city4/581%2 h 33 min1 better
Ut Health East Texas Athens HospitalSame ZIP area · Athens2/572%2 h 35 min1 better 3 worse
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital- JacksonvilleSame ZIP area · JacksonvilleNot rated92%1 h 36 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 Tyler.

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 5,506 cases Too few cases 4.5% 3.9%
Heart attack 297 cases Too few cases 12.7% 11.9%
Heart failure 440 cases Too few cases 11.1% 11.1%
Pneumonia 592 cases Too few cases 13.8% 15.2%
Stroke 638 cases Too few cases 14.5% 11.9%
COPD 133 cases Too few cases 11.8% 8.6%
Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 180 cases Too few cases 2.5% 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.

1 worse than the nation 11 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 1.15 likely 0.89 – 1.4 1
After hip or knee replacement 424 cases Too few cases 4.1% 4.1%
Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 158 cases Worse 230.74 per 1,000 likely 190.19 per 1,000 – 271.3 per 1,000 173.3 per 1,000
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 7,396 cases No different 0.5 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.06 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 9,677 cases No different 0.26 per 1,000 likely 0.07 per 1,000 – 0.45 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 10,118 cases No different 0.24 per 1,000 likely 0.06 per 1,000 – 0.42 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 3,448 cases No different 3.03 per 1,000 likely 1.8 per 1,000 – 4.27 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 1,851 cases No different 1.9 per 1,000 likely 0.55 per 1,000 – 3.26 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 1,864 cases No different 11.07 per 1,000 likely 6.45 per 1,000 – 15.68 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 3,594 cases No different 3.81 per 1,000 likely 2.11 per 1,000 – 5.51 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 1,795 cases No different 7.84 per 1,000 likely 4.86 per 1,000 – 10.82 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 629 cases No different 1.46 per 1,000 likely 0.07 per 1,000 – 2.86 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 2,058 cases No different 1.62 per 1,000 likely 0.75 per 1,000 – 2.5 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.

2 better than the nation 3 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) No different 1.37 likely 0.78 – 2.25 1
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) Better 0.52 likely 0.24 – 1 1
Surgical site infections after colon surgery No different 0.51 likely 0.16 – 1.22 1
MRSA bloodstream infections No different 0.68 likely 0.27 – 1.4 1
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0.18 likely 0.09 – 0.33 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.

1 worse than the nation 3 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after a heart attack 553 cases Too few cases 16.7% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 946 cases Too few cases 22.2% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 1,030 cases Too few cases 18.5% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 310 cases Too few cases 20.5% 20%
Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 276 cases Too few cases 14.3% 11%
Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 411 cases Too few cases 6.8% 5.8%
Days back in hospital after a heart attack 330 cases Too few cases -0.4 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after heart failure 521 cases Too few cases 28.6 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 678 cases Too few cases 28.5 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 1,303 cases No different 13.7 per 1,000 likely 10.7 per 1,000 – 17.3 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 108 cases No different 10.9 per 100 likely 7.3 per 100 – 16.1 per 100 10.7 per 100
ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 108 cases No different 4.7 per 100 likely 3 per 100 – 7.5 per 100 5.4 per 100
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 1,125 cases Worse 1.3 likely 1.1 – 1.5 —

1 more measure had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

147 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 12 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
Internal Medicine 35
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered 29
Emergency Medicine 15
Family 12
Nurse Practitioner 6
Acute Care 5
Critical Care Medicine 5
Hospitalist 3
Neurology 3
Registered Nurse 3
Pain Medicine 2
Pediatrics 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 $28,231 general $28,074 · research $158
All years, 2020–2025 $221,227 118 reported payments
Studies funded, 2025 1 7 companies paid in total
  • 2020 $40,482
  • 2021 $28,227
  • 2022 $37,950
  • 2023 $57,610
  • 2024 $28,726
  • 2025 $28,231

General payments Research payments

What the 2025 general payments were for

Type of payment Amount Payments
Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan $13,250 1
Space rental and facility fees $10,601 13
Grants $4,140 6
Debt forgiveness $83 1

Largest paying companies, 2025

Company Amount Payments
AngioDynamics, Inc. $13,250 1
Neurocrine BioSciences, Inc. $5,000 2
Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. $4,101 10
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. $2,640 5
Stryker Corporation $1,583 2
Penumbra, Inc. $1,500 1
Pfizer INC. $158 9

Largest research studies funded here, 2025

Study Amount
AN INTERVENTIONAL OPENLABEL RANDOMIZED MULTICENTER PHASE 3 STUDY OF PF07220060 PLUS LETROZOLE COMPARED TO CDK46 INHIBITOR PLUS LETROZOLE IN PARTICIPA… PFIZER INC. $158

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 Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional Hospital

Is Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional Hospital a good hospital?

Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 26 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 6. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Ut Health East Texas Tyler 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 1,615 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional Hospital emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 36 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. 0% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Does Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?

Drug and device makers reported $28,231 in payments to Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional Hospital for 2025, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.