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Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-Bedford

1600 Hospital Parkway, Bedford, TX 76022

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services Birthing-friendly

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-Bedford has a CMS overall rating of 4 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 23 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 2 and worse on 2. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 30 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 4/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 74% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 3/5 1,005 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 2 worse 2 better of 23 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 1,005 completed surveys, 18% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
74%
TX 73% · US 71% · 4 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
71%
TX 74% · US 72% · 3 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
75%
TX 80% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
77%
TX 80% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
57%
TX 63% · US 62% · 2 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
90%
TX 86% · US 86% · 4 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
72%
TX 76% · US 74% · 4 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
62%
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 · 421 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 22 min 2 h 30 min 2 h 25 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 12 visits sampled 5 h 27 min 3 h 53 min 4 h 17 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 58,939 patients 0% 1% 2%
Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 14 patients 86% 67% 69%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 187 patients 80% 68% 65%

How Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-Bedford 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
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordThis hospital4/574%2 h 30 min2 better 2 worse
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital AzleSame county · Azle4/567%2 h 15 min2 better
Usmd Hospital at Arlington L PSame county · ArlingtonNot rated68%2 h 31 minNo different
Baylor Scott and White Orthopedic and Spine HospiSame county · ArlingtonNot rated82%2 h 10 min1 worse
Medical City ArlingtonSame county · Arlington2/558%2 h 11 min1 better 3 worse
Texas Health Arlington Memorial HospitalSame county · Arlington4/573%2 h 30 min3 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.

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 3,070 cases Too few cases 3.2% 3.9%
Heart attack 92 cases Too few cases 10.8% 11.9%
Heart failure 311 cases Too few cases 12.3% 11.1%
Pneumonia 424 cases Too few cases 16.5% 15.2%
Stroke 249 cases Too few cases 9.6% 11.9%
COPD 106 cases Too few cases 7.9% 8.6%
Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 34 cases Too few cases 3.1% 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 0.85 likely 0.48 – 1.22 1
Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 42 cases No different 164.86 per 1,000 likely 109.55 per 1,000 – 220.17 per 1,000 173.3 per 1,000
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 3,404 cases No different 0.49 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.29 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 4,540 cases No different 0.16 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.37 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 4,631 cases No different 0.23 per 1,000 likely 0.03 per 1,000 – 0.43 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 852 cases No different 1.91 per 1,000 likely 0.34 per 1,000 – 3.48 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 199 cases No different 1.91 per 1,000 likely 0.28 per 1,000 – 3.55 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 198 cases No different 7.74 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 15.78 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 914 cases No different 2.41 per 1,000 likely 0.22 per 1,000 – 4.61 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 187 cases No different 5.17 per 1,000 likely 1.2 per 1,000 – 9.14 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 244 cases No different 1.94 per 1,000 likely 0.47 per 1,000 – 3.41 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 863 cases No different 0.85 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.84 per 1,000 1.06 per 1,000

1 more measure 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.

2 better than the nation 4 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) No different 0.28 likely 0.01 – 1.37 1
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) Better 0 1
Surgical site infections after colon surgery No different 0.43 likely 0.07 – 1.43 1
Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy No different 1.08 likely 0.18 – 3.58 1
MRSA bloodstream infections No different 0.63 likely 0.11 – 2.07 1
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0.12 likely 0.04 – 0.29 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.

2 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after a heart attack 178 cases Too few cases 14.6% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 700 cases Too few cases 20.6% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 852 cases Too few cases 19.2% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 251 cases Too few cases 20.8% 20%
Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 42 cases Too few cases 11.3% 11%
Days back in hospital after a heart attack 100 cases Too few cases 0.2 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after heart failure 386 cases Too few cases 8.3 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 473 cases Too few cases 16.8 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 158 cases No different 13.6 per 1,000 likely 10.3 per 1,000 – 18.3 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 233 cases No different 0.9 likely 0.7 – 1.3 —

4 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

77 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 68 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 30
Emergency Medicine 18
Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology 7
Acute Care 4
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered 3
Dietitian, Registered 2
Pharmacist 2
Adult Health 1
Ambulatory Care 1
Anesthesiology 1
Clinical 1
Hospice and Palliative Medicine 1

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 $1,790 general $1,790 · research $0
All years, 2024–2025 $11,337 9 reported payments
  • 2024 $9,547
  • 2025 $1,790

General payments Research payments

What the 2025 general payments were for

Type of payment Amount Payments
Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan $1,194 2
Debt forgiveness $596 2

Largest paying companies, 2025

Company Amount Payments
Stryker Corporation $1,790 4

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 Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-Bedford

Is Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-Bedford a good hospital?

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-Bedford has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Of the 23 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 2 and worse on 2. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-Bedford?

74% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 1,005 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-Bedford emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 30 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. 0% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Does Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-Bedford receive money from drug and device companies?

Drug and device makers reported $1,790 in payments to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-Bedford for 2025, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.