CMS certification 490043
Inova Loudoun Hospital
44045 Riverside Parkway, Leesburg, VA 20176
Inova Loudoun Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. 77% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 24 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 7 and worse on 2. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 54 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).
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What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 641 completed surveys, 25% 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 very 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 | VA | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 386 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min | 2 h 54 min | 2 h 41 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 12 visits sampled | 4 h 5 min | 4 h 2 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 99,116 patients | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 37 patients | 76% | 69% | 69% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 360 patients | 78% | 67% | 65% |
How Inova Loudoun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Loudoun HospitalThis hospital | 5/5 | 77% | 2 h 54 min | 7 better 2 worse |
| Stonesprings Hospital CenterSame county · Dulles | 4/5 | 75% | 2 h 1 min | 2 worse |
| Uva Health Haymarket Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Haymarket | 4/5 | 78% | 3 h 24 min | 1 better 2 worse |
| Fauquier HospitalSame ZIP area · Warrenton | 3/5 | 57% | 2 h 42 min | 2 better 1 worse |
| Reston Hospital CenterSame ZIP area · Reston | 3/5 | 64% | 2 h 12 min | 1 better 3 worse |
| Uva Health Prince William Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Manassas | 3/5 | 64% | 3 h 13 min | 1 better 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.
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 3,475 cases | Too few cases | 2.6% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 180 cases | Too few cases | 11.1% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 798 cases | Too few cases | 9% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 985 cases | Too few cases | 11.1% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 366 cases | Too few cases | 9.1% | 11.9% |
| COPD 136 cases | Too few cases | 6.3% | 8.6% |
1 more measure 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 | 0.68 likely 0.36 – 1.01 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 47 cases | Too few cases | 4.1% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 88 cases | No different | 151.35 per 1,000 likely 99.35 per 1,000 – 203.35 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 6,971 cases | No different | 0.13 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.75 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 8,532 cases | No different | 0.19 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.38 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 8,396 cases | No different | 0.23 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.42 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 1,175 cases | No different | 2.07 per 1,000 likely 0.54 per 1,000 – 3.6 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 371 cases | No different | 1.55 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.23 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 379 cases | No different | 5.23 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 12.83 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 1,374 cases | No different | 3.31 per 1,000 likely 1.27 per 1,000 – 5.34 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 358 cases | No different | 4.19 per 1,000 likely 0.31 per 1,000 – 8.08 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 353 cases | No different | 1.95 per 1,000 likely 0.48 per 1,000 – 3.42 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 1,310 cases | No different | 1.04 per 1,000 likely 0.08 per 1,000 – 2 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.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) | No different | 0.66 likely 0.11 – 2.17 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | No different | 0.4 likely 0.1 – 1.08 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 0.41 likely 0.07 – 1.34 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.26 likely 0.14 – 0.43 | 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.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Readmitted after a heart attack 198 cases | Too few cases | 13.7% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 893 cases | Too few cases | 18.7% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 1,106 cases | Too few cases | 16.8% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 189 cases | Too few cases | 18.1% | 20% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 45 cases | Too few cases | 5.9% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 173 cases | Too few cases | -2.8 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 926 cases | Too few cases | -29.9 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 1,056 cases | Too few cases | -7.6 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 1,149 cases | No different | 14.7 per 1,000 likely 11.5 per 1,000 – 19.1 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 38 cases | No different | 10.7 per 100 likely 7.2 per 100 – 15.9 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 38 cases | No different | 5 per 100 likely 3.2 per 100 – 7.9 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 564 cases | No different | 1.1 likely 0.9 – 1.4 | — |
2 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
200 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 |
|---|---|
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 41 |
| Internal Medicine | 23 |
| Emergency Medicine | 17 |
| Family | 15 |
| Anesthesiology | 11 |
| Physician Assistant | 10 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 8 |
| Surgical Assistant | 7 |
| Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | 6 |
| Pediatrics | 6 |
| Speech-Language Pathologist | 6 |
| Family Medicine | 4 |
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.
- 2019 $72,400
- 2020 $2,940
- 2021 $862
- 2022 $2.4M
- 2023 $3.5M
- 2024 $3.2M
- 2025 $4.9M
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Space rental and facility fees | $42,762 | 18 |
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $35,465 | 12 |
| Consulting fees | $15,396 | 3 |
| Gifts | $7,000 | 3 |
| Education | $6,000 | 2 |
| Grants | $1,500 | 1 |
| Debt forgiveness | $120 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Lilly and Company | $1.2M | 4 |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $965,314 | 12 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | $889,470 | 104 |
| Taiho Oncology, INC. | $215,180 | 11 |
| E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $200,048 | 3 |
| AstraZeneca UK Limited | $165,658 | 2 |
| Abbott Laboratories | $150,632 | 20 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $135,848 | 37 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| EMBER-4: A RANDOMIZED, OPEN-LABEL, PHASE 3 STUDY OF ADJUVANT IMLUNESTRANT VS STANDARD ADJUVANT ENDOCRINE THERAPY IN PATIENTS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECE… Eli Lilly and Company · NCT05514054 | $620,081 |
| A Phase III, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Randomized, Multicenter, International Study of Durvalumab Plus Oleclumab and Durvalumab Plus Monalizu… AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $444,941 |
| PULMONARY HYPERTENSION SCREENING IN PATIENTS WITH INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE FOR EARLIER DETECTION (PHINDER) United Therapeutics Corporation · NCT05776225 | $427,790 |
| A PHASE 1A/1B STUDY OF LY3484356 ADMINISTERED AS MONOTHERAPY AND IN COMBINATION WITH ABEMACICLIB TO PATIENTS WITH ER+, HER2- LOCALLY ADVANCED OR META… Eli Lilly and Company · NCT04188548 | $322,855 |
| A PHASE 1A/1B STUDY OF LY3537982 IN PATIENTS WITH KRAS G12C-MUTANT ADVANCED SOLID TUMORS Eli Lilly and Company · NCT04956640 | $295,048 |
| A Phase 3 Open-label, Randomised Study of Datopotamab Deruxtecan?(DatoDXd) With or Without Durvalumab Versus Investigators Choice of Therapy in Patie… AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $226,266 |
| A Phase 2 Study of Futibatinib in Combination With PD-1 Antibody-based Standard of Care Therapy in Patients With Solid Tumors. TAIHO ONCOLOGY, INC. | $215,180 |
| A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Phase 3 Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Inhaled Treprostinil in Subjects With Idiopathic Pulmonar… United Therapeutics Corporation · NCT04708782 | $199,168 |
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.
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Common questions about Inova Loudoun Hospital
Is Inova Loudoun Hospital a good hospital?
Inova Loudoun Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. Of the 24 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 7 and worse on 2. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Inova Loudoun Hospital?
77% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 641 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Inova Loudoun Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 54 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with very high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 21 min. 1% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Inova Loudoun Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $4.9M in payments to Inova Loudoun Hospital for 2025, most of it research funding, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.