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Ascension Seton Cedar Park

1401 Medical Parkway, Cedar Park, TX 78613

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Ascension Seton Cedar Park has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 61% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 21 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 22 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).

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CMS overall rating 3/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 61% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 2/5 401 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 1 worse 1 better of 21 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 401 completed surveys, 12% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
61%
TX 73% · US 71% · 2 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
63%
TX 74% · US 72% · 2 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
73%
TX 80% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
77%
TX 80% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
55%
TX 63% · US 62% · 2 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
79%
TX 86% · US 86% · 2 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
72%
TX 76% · US 74% · 3 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
52%
TX 66% · US 60% · 3 of 5 stars

This hospital Texas 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 TX US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 385 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 45 min 2 h 22 min 2 h 25 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 25 visits sampled 4 h 7 min 3 h 53 min 4 h 17 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 32,329 patients 1% 1% 2%
Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 12 patients 75% 67% 69%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 165 patients 65% 68% 65%

How Ascension Seton Cedar Park 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
Ascension Seton Cedar ParkThis hospital3/561%2 h 22 min1 better 1 worse
Ascension Seton WilliamsonSame county · Round Rock4/571%2 h 59 min3 better
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockSame county · Round Rock4/577%3 h 15 min5 better
Round Rock Medical CenterSame county · Round Rock3/572%2 h 13 min2 better 1 worse
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center -TaylorSame county · TaylorNot rated73%—1 better
Ascension Seton Highland LakesSame ZIP area · Burnet5/5—1 h 56 min1 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 1,256 cases Too few cases 3.9% 3.9%
Heart attack 86 cases Too few cases 10.9% 11.9%
Heart failure 119 cases Too few cases 9.3% 11.1%
Pneumonia 275 cases Too few cases 18.7% 15.2%
Stroke 84 cases Too few cases 14.1% 11.9%
COPD 59 cases Too few cases 9.2% 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.

12 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 0.79 likely 0.37 – 1.21 1
After hip or knee replacement 105 cases Too few cases 3.9% 4.1%
Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 32 cases No different 158.69 per 1,000 likely 95.59 per 1,000 – 221.78 per 1,000 173.3 per 1,000
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 1,718 cases No different 0.35 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.35 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 2,363 cases No different 0.19 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.42 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 2,331 cases No different 0.25 per 1,000 likely 0.04 per 1,000 – 0.46 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 435 cases No different 2.14 per 1,000 likely 0.48 per 1,000 – 3.81 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 161 cases No different 1.63 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.34 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 180 cases No different 6.77 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 15.42 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 456 cases No different 2.97 per 1,000 likely 0.54 per 1,000 – 5.41 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 163 cases No different 4.67 per 1,000 likely 0.57 per 1,000 – 8.78 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 112 cases No different 1.73 per 1,000 likely 0.21 per 1,000 – 3.25 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 437 cases No different 0.95 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.99 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.

1 better than the nation 2 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) No different 0 1
Surgical site infections after colon surgery No different 0 1
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0.35 likely 0.11 – 0.84 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.

2 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after a heart attack 81 cases Too few cases 14.2% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 182 cases Too few cases 21.5% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 403 cases Too few cases 19.4% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 96 cases Too few cases 19.6% 20%
Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 105 cases Too few cases 4.8% 5.8%
Days back in hospital after a heart attack 78 cases Too few cases 2.4 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after heart failure 124 cases Too few cases -5.7 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 287 cases Too few cases 26.8 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 286 cases No different 15.6 per 1,000 likely 11.6 per 1,000 – 20.6 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 161 cases No different 1.2 likely 0.9 – 1.7 —

4 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

131 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
Obstetrics & Gynecology 17
Internal Medicine 14
Physician Assistant 9
Family 8
Hematology & Oncology 6
Oncology 6
Dermatology 5
Surgery 5
Dietitian, Registered 4
Emergency Medicine 4
Pediatrics 4
Physical Therapist 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 Ascension Seton Cedar Park

Is Ascension Seton Cedar Park a good hospital?

Ascension Seton Cedar Park has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 21 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Ascension Seton Cedar Park?

61% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 401 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Ascension Seton Cedar Park emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 22 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.