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CMS certification 490094

Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital

1500 N. 28th Street, Richmond, VA 23223

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital. 63% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. On all 5 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it is no different from the national rate. Emergency patients spend a median of 1 h 51 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 63% US average 71%
Patient survey rating Not rated 60 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 0 worse 0 better of 5 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 60 completed surveys, 9% 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
63%
VA 70% · US 71%
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
73%
VA 72% · US 72%
Nurses always communicated well
88%
VA 81% · US 80%
Doctors always communicated well
86%
VA 80% · US 80%
Staff always explained new medicines
68%
VA 62% · US 62%
Given information about recovering at home
88%
VA 87% · US 86%
Room was always clean
72%
VA 74% · US 74%
Always quiet at night
70%
VA 60% · US 60%

This hospital Virginia 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 VA US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 384 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 45 min 1 h 51 min 2 h 41 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 13 visits sampled 2 h 26 min 4 h 2 min 4 h 17 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 37,286 patients 2% 2% 2%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 33 patients 79% 67% 65%

How Bon Secours Richmond Community 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
Bon Secours Richmond Community HospitalThis hospitalNot rated63%1 h 51 minNo different
Cjw Medical CenterSame city4/564%2 h 47 min4 better 2 worse
Bon Secours St Marys HospitalSame city5/571%2 h 34 min4 better
Henrico Doctors' HospitalSame city4/569%2 h 28 min5 better 1 worse
Richmond VA Medical CenterSame city5/570%—6 better
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsSame city4/575%3 h 54 min3 better 1 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 Richmond.

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 109 cases Too few cases 3.5% 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.

3 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 288 cases No different 1.26 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.55 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 378 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 377 cases No different 0.27 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.49 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000

10 more measures 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.

1 better than the nation
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0 1

5 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.

3 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 33 cases No different 12.8 per 1,000 likely 9.4 per 1,000 – 17.6 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 514 cases No different 11.5 per 100 likely 9.5 per 100 – 14.1 per 100 10.7 per 100
ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 514 cases No different 4.6 per 100 likely 3.4 per 100 – 6.2 per 100 5.4 per 100

11 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

19 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
Emergency Medicine 4
Physician Assistant 3
Dietitian, Registered 2
Pharmacist 2
Physical Therapist 2
Psychiatry 2
Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology 1
Anesthesiology 1
Medical 1
Psychiatric/Mental Health 1

First 12 alphabetically

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 Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital

Is Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital a good hospital?

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital. On all 5 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 Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital?

63% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 60 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 1 h 51 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. 2% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.