CMS certification 450856
South Texas Spine and Surgical Hospital
18600 North Hardy Oak Blvd, San Antonio, TX 78258
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for South Texas Spine and Surgical Hospital. 83% 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 none and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 1 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: 291 completed surveys, 43% 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 low; 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 · 103 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 3 min | 2 h 1 min | 2 h 25 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 121 patients | 1% | 1% | 2% |
How South Texas Spine and Surgical 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Texas Spine and Surgical HospitalThis hospital | Not rated | 83% | 2 h 1 min | 1 worse |
| Methodist Hospital Stone OakSame city | 4/5 | 72% | 2 h 46 min | 5 better 2 worse |
| CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Medical CenterSame city | 3/5 | 70% | 2 h 50 min | 3 better 1 worse |
| Legent Orthopedic + SpineSame city | Not rated | 83% | — | No different |
| Foundation Surgical Hospital of San AntonioSame city | Not rated | 81% | — | 1 worse |
| Baptist Neighborhood Hospital Thousand OaksSame city | 5/5 | 79% | 1 h 55 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 San Antonio.
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 535 cases | Too few cases | 4% | 3.9% |
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious complications, combined measure | No different | 0.81 likely 0.36 – 1.27 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 359 cases | Too few cases | 4.9% | 4.1% |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 388 cases | No different | 0.5 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.71 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 982 cases | No different | 0.27 per 1,000 likely 0.04 per 1,000 – 0.5 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 969 cases | No different | 0.3 per 1,000 likely 0.09 per 1,000 – 0.51 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 961 cases | No different | 2.34 per 1,000 likely 0.71 per 1,000 – 3.96 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 957 cases | No different | 1.61 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.32 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 952 cases | No different | 6.13 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 14.36 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 974 cases | No different | 2.6 per 1,000 likely 0.32 per 1,000 – 4.88 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 939 cases | No different | 4.3 per 1,000 likely 0.36 per 1,000 – 8.23 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 369 cases | No different | 1.75 per 1,000 likely 0.22 per 1,000 – 3.28 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 396 cases | No different | 1.02 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.1 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
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.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 370 cases | Too few cases | 5.2% | 5.8% |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 77 cases | No different | 0.9 likely 0.6 – 1.3 | — |
12 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Not reported for this hospital
CMS had too few cases here to publish results for infections caught in the hospital. That is common at small, rural and specialty hospitals, and says nothing either way about quality.
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 South Texas Spine and Surgical Hospital
Is South Texas Spine and Surgical Hospital a good hospital?
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for South Texas Spine and Surgical Hospital. Of the 6 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend South Texas Spine and Surgical Hospital?
83% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 291 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the South Texas Spine and Surgical Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 1 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with low patient volume, like this one, the median is 2 h 3 min. 1% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.