CMS certification 490120
Chesapeake General Hospital
736 Battlefield Blvd, North, Chesapeake, VA 23320
Chesapeake General Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 63% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 23 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 5 and worse on 3. Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 7 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: 1,886 completed surveys, 20% 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 · 384 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min | 3 h 7 min | 2 h 41 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 16 visits sampled | 5 h 17 min | 4 h 2 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 60,743 patients | 3% | 2% | 2% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 279 patients | 63% | 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 3,915 cases | Too few cases | 3.6% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 276 cases | Too few cases | 11.6% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 703 cases | Too few cases | 9.5% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 641 cases | Too few cases | 13.6% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 505 cases | Too few cases | 10.6% | 11.9% |
| COPD 274 cases | Too few cases | 9.6% | 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 | 1.29 likely 0.99 – 1.59 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 67 cases | Too few cases | 4.6% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 98 cases | No different | 188.47 per 1,000 likely 141.81 per 1,000 – 235.13 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 7,470 cases | No different | 0.95 per 1,000 likely 0.37 per 1,000 – 1.53 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 8,683 cases | No different | 0.33 per 1,000 likely 0.13 per 1,000 – 0.52 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 8,638 cases | No different | 0.26 per 1,000 likely 0.08 per 1,000 – 0.45 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 1,749 cases | No different | 2.24 per 1,000 likely 0.82 per 1,000 – 3.66 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 743 cases | No different | 1.44 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.04 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 726 cases | Worse | 17.18 per 1,000 likely 10.44 per 1,000 – 23.92 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 1,771 cases | No different | 3.86 per 1,000 likely 1.91 per 1,000 – 5.8 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 707 cases | No different | 4.74 per 1,000 likely 1.2 per 1,000 – 8.28 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 439 cases | No different | 1.59 per 1,000 likely 0.14 per 1,000 – 3.05 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 1,529 cases | No different | 0.94 per 1,000 likely 0.03 per 1,000 – 1.85 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 | 0.52 likely 0.13 – 1.43 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | No different | 1.32 likely 0.73 – 2.2 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | Better | 0.17 likely 0.01 – 0.84 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | No different | 1.23 likely 0.21 – 4.07 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | Better | 0.19 likely 0.01 – 0.95 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.37 likely 0.2 – 0.61 | 1 |
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 248 cases | Too few cases | 14.1% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 1,017 cases | Too few cases | 21.4% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 724 cases | Too few cases | 17.5% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 392 cases | Too few cases | 20.5% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 30 cases | Too few cases | 12.7% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 64 cases | Too few cases | 5.5% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 226 cases | Too few cases | 6.3 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 786 cases | Too few cases | 5.2 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 642 cases | Too few cases | 27.1 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 2,332 cases | No different | 13.4 per 1,000 likely 10.7 per 1,000 – 16.7 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 516 cases | No different | 0.8 likely 0.6 – 1.1 | — |
3 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
170 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 | 28 |
| Emergency Medicine | 18 |
| Physician Assistant | 18 |
| Internal Medicine | 15 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 11 |
| Surgical Assistant | 11 |
| Emergency Medical Services | 10 |
| Pharmacist | 9 |
| Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | 8 |
| Family | 6 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 5 |
| Acute Care | 4 |
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 Chesapeake General Hospital
Is Chesapeake General Hospital a good hospital?
Chesapeake General Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 23 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 5 and worse on 3. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Chesapeake General Hospital?
63% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 1,886 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Chesapeake General Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 7 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. 3% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.