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Intermountain Health Riverton Hospital

3741 West 12600 South, Riverton, UT 84065

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Intermountain Health Riverton Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. 78% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 15 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 2 and worse on none. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 35 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).

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CMS overall rating 5/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 78% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 4/5 1,083 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 0 worse 2 better of 15 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 1,083 completed surveys, 24% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
78%
UT 77% · US 71% · 5 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
75%
UT 78% · US 72% · 4 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
80%
UT 81% · US 80% · 4 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
82%
UT 82% · US 80% · 4 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
59%
UT 63% · US 62% · 3 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
89%
UT 89% · US 86% · 4 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
77%
UT 79% · US 74% · 4 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
52%
UT 62% · US 60% · 3 of 5 stars

This hospital Utah 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 UT US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 463 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 45 min 2 h 35 min 2 h 13 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 13 visits sampled 4 h 58 min 3 h 25 min 4 h 17 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 34,385 patients 1% 1% 2%
Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 20 patients 45% 69% 69%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 111 patients 60% 68% 65%

How Intermountain Health Riverton 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
Intermountain Health Riverton HospitalThis hospital5/578%2 h 35 min2 better
Holy Cross Hospital-Jordan ValleySame county · West Jordan4/562%2 h 40 min3 better
Intermountain Health Alta View HospitalSame county · Sandy5/580%3 h 2 min2 better
Holy Cross Hospital - Salt LakeSame county · Salt Lake City3/566%2 h 26 min1 better
Intermountain Medical CenterSame county · Murray5/578%3 h 38 min9 better
Lone Peak HospitalSame county · Draper5/580%1 h 49 min2 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 951 cases Too few cases 3% 3.9%
Heart failure 79 cases Too few cases 12% 11.1%
Pneumonia 94 cases Too few cases 14.4% 15.2%

4 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.

11 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 0.94 likely 0.45 – 1.42 1
After hip or knee replacement 30 cases Too few cases 4.6% 4.1%
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 649 cases No different 0.5 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.7 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 904 cases No different 0.2 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.44 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 858 cases No different 0.26 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.48 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 140 cases No different 2.3 per 1,000 likely 0.58 per 1,000 – 4.02 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 44 cases No different 1.67 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.4 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 42 cases No different 9.12 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 19.16 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 149 cases No different 3.28 per 1,000 likely 0.72 per 1,000 – 5.84 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 35 cases No different 5.19 per 1,000 likely 0.87 per 1,000 – 9.51 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 34 cases No different 1.75 per 1,000 likely 0.22 per 1,000 – 3.27 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 145 cases No different 1.03 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.11 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.

3 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Surgical site infections after colon surgery No different 0 1
Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy No different 0 1
C. diff intestinal infections No different 0.44 likely 0.07 – 1.44 1

3 more measures 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.

4 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after heart failure 139 cases Too few cases 18.5% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 188 cases Too few cases 17.4% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 33 cases Too few cases 20.1% 20%
Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 29 cases Too few cases 6% 5.8%
Days back in hospital after heart failure 84 cases Too few cases -43.1 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 108 cases Too few cases -25.3 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 918 cases No different 12.9 per 1,000 likely 9.9 per 1,000 – 17 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 54 cases No different 10.5 per 100 likely 7.3 per 100 – 15 per 100 10.7 per 100
ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 54 cases No different 5.2 per 100 likely 3.4 per 100 – 8.1 per 100 5.4 per 100
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 168 cases No different 1 likely 0.7 – 1.4 —

4 more measures had too few cases here to report.

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 Intermountain Health Riverton Hospital

Is Intermountain Health Riverton Hospital a good hospital?

Intermountain Health Riverton Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. Of the 15 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 2 and worse on none. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Intermountain Health Riverton Hospital?

78% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 1,083 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Intermountain Health Riverton Hospital emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 35 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. 1% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.