CMS certification 490113
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center
2300 Opitz Boulevard, Woodbridge, VA 22191
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 65% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 20 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 2. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 46 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: 940 completed surveys, 18% 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 · 1,427 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min | 2 h 46 min | 2 h 41 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 67 visits sampled | 7 h 2 min | 4 h 2 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 73,514 patients | 5% | 2% | 2% |
| Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 27 patients | 56% | 69% | 69% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 243 patients | 77% | 67% | 65% |
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 2,074 cases | Too few cases | 3.5% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 101 cases | Too few cases | 12.5% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 420 cases | Too few cases | 9.8% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 512 cases | Too few cases | 15% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 188 cases | Too few cases | 12.9% | 11.9% |
| COPD 125 cases | Too few cases | 9.5% | 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 | 0.91 likely 0.53 – 1.29 | 1 |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 43 cases | No different | 156.44 per 1,000 likely 102.25 per 1,000 – 210.63 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 4,565 cases | No different | 0.18 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.91 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 5,084 cases | No different | 0.26 per 1,000 likely 0.06 per 1,000 – 0.47 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 5,086 cases | No different | 0.23 per 1,000 likely 0.03 per 1,000 – 0.43 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 541 cases | No different | 2.68 per 1,000 likely 1.04 per 1,000 – 4.32 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 77 cases | No different | 1.62 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.33 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 87 cases | No different | 7.89 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 17.24 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 568 cases | No different | 4.35 per 1,000 likely 2.02 per 1,000 – 6.69 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 73 cases | No different | 5.82 per 1,000 likely 1.61 per 1,000 – 10.03 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 151 cases | No different | 2.01 per 1,000 likely 0.51 per 1,000 – 3.5 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 770 cases | No different | 1.69 per 1,000 likely 0.67 per 1,000 – 2.71 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.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) | No different | 0.25 likely 0.01 – 1.21 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.2 likely 0.01 – 0.98 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 0 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.86 likely 0.14 – 2.84 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.18 likely 0.06 – 0.42 | 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 107 cases | Too few cases | 13% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 575 cases | Too few cases | 22.8% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 631 cases | Too few cases | 16.7% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 159 cases | Too few cases | 22.1% | 20% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 89 cases | Too few cases | -34.5 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 486 cases | Too few cases | 14.7 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 513 cases | Too few cases | 15 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 1,049 cases | No different | 12.7 per 1,000 likely 9.8 per 1,000 – 16.8 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 343 cases | No different | 1.1 likely 0.8 – 1.5 | — |
5 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
107 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 7 residents and trainees. 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 | 24 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 19 |
| Internal Medicine | 7 |
| Acute Care | 6 |
| Physician Assistant | 6 |
| Anesthesiology | 5 |
| Pediatrics | 5 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 4 |
| Hospitalist | 3 |
| Medical | 3 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 3 |
| Emergency | 2 |
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 Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center
Is Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center a good hospital?
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 20 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 2. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center?
65% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 940 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 46 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. 5% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.