CMS certification 450865

Ascension Seton Southwest

7900 Fm 1826, Austin, TX 78737

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Ascension Seton Southwest. 86% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. On all 7 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it is no different from the national rate. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 10 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 Not rated There are too few measures or measure groups reported to calculate a star rating or measure group score.

Would definitely recommend 86% US average 71%

Patient survey rating Not rated 66 completed surveys

Compared with the nation 0 worse 0 better of 7 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 66 completed surveys, 21% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Fewer than 100 patients completed the CAHPS survey. Use these scores with caution, as the number of surveys may be too low to reliably assess facility performance.

Would definitely recommend the hospital

86%

TX 73% · US 71%

Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10

83%

TX 74% · US 72%

Nurses always communicated well

89%

TX 80% · US 80%

Doctors always communicated well

83%

TX 80% · US 80%

Staff always explained new medicines

77%

TX 63% · US 62%

Given information about recovering at home

89%

TX 86% · US 86%

Room was always clean

79%

TX 76% · US 74%

Always quiet at night

69%

TX 66% · US 60%

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. 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 · 350 visits sampled	2 h 10 min	2 h 25 min	2 h 42 min
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 14 patients	71%	68%	65%

How Ascension Seton Southwest 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
Ascension Seton SouthwestThis hospital	Not rated	86%	2 h 10 min	No different
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- AustinSame city	Not rated	85%	1 h 57 min	1 worse
Northwest Hills Surgical HospitalSame city	Not rated	79%	—	No different
The Hospital at Westlake Medical CenterSame city	Not rated	65%	—	No different
North Austin Medical CenterSame city	3/5	69%	2 h 43 min	3 better 1 worse
Ascension Seton NorthwestSame city	4/5	70%	2 h 53 min	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 Austin.

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 95 cases	Too few cases	3.7%	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.

6 no different

Measure	CMS comparison	This hospital	National
Serious complications, combined measure	No different	0.99 likely 0.48 – 1.51	1
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 73 cases	No different	0.62 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.95 per 1,000	0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 141 cases	No different	0.21 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.45 per 1,000	0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 138 cases	No different	0.27 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.49 per 1,000	0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 30 cases	No different	2.33 per 1,000 likely 0.6 per 1,000 – 4.07 per 1,000	2.34 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 31 cases	No different	3.49 per 1,000 likely 0.85 per 1,000 – 6.12 per 1,000	3.52 per 1,000

7 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, readmissions and return visits. That is common at small, rural and specialty hospitals, and says nothing either way about quality.

Clinicians registered at this address

31 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
Pediatrics	8
Emergency Medicine	4
Anesthesiology	2
Family Medicine	2
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered	2
Specialist	2
Cardiovascular Disease	1
Chiropractor	1
Emergency Medical Services	1
Family	1
Internal Medicine	1
Mental Health	1

First 12 alphabetically

Aditya Gupta, MD Internal Medicine Amanda Noel Boardman, NP Nurse Practitioner Bruce Alan Morgan, PT Physical Therapist Bruce L Bolbock, MD Anesthesiology Cesar Taylor, MD Anesthesiology Chelsea Taylor Short, PAC Physician Assistant Christopher Smith, MD Family Medicine David Dillard Grayson, MD Emergency Medicine Dennis Raymond Watts, MD Emergency Medicine Haydee Coromoto Rimer, MD Pediatrics Heather Michelle Fontenot, LSA Surgical Assistant Jessica Rose Hill, MD Pediatrics

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 Ascension Seton Southwest

Is Ascension Seton Southwest a good hospital?

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Ascension Seton Southwest. On all 7 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it is no different from the national rate. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Ascension Seton Southwest?

86% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 66 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Ascension Seton Southwest emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 10 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.