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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College Stati

700 Scott & White Drive, College Station, TX 77845

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services Birthing-friendly

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College Stati has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. 81% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 27 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 3 h 28 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).

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CMS overall rating 4/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 81% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 4/5 1,151 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 2 worse 1 better of 27 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 1,151 completed surveys, 19% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
81%
TX 73% · US 71% · 5 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
80%
TX 74% · US 72% · 4 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
82%
TX 80% · US 80% · 4 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
82%
TX 80% · US 80% · 4 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
67%
TX 63% · US 62% · 4 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
88%
TX 86% · US 86% · 4 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
80%
TX 76% · US 74% · 4 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
68%
TX 66% · US 60% · 4 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 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 TX US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 383 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 22 min 3 h 28 min 2 h 25 min 2 h 42 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 40,090 patients 2% 1% 2%
Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 17 patients 88% 67% 69%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 148 patients 73% 68% 65%

How Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College Stati 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
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiThis hospital4/581%3 h 28 min1 better 2 worse
Chi St Joseph Health Regional HospitalSame county · Bryan2/567%2 h 38 min3 better 1 worse
Physicians Centre,theSame county · BryanNot rated85%1 h 50 min1 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 2,325 cases Too few cases 3.6% 3.9%
Heart attack 123 cases Too few cases 12.8% 11.9%
Heart failure 248 cases Too few cases 10.9% 11.1%
Pneumonia 229 cases Too few cases 14.1% 15.2%
Stroke 188 cases Too few cases 7.5% 11.9%
COPD 109 cases Too few cases 9.7% 8.6%
Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 66 cases Too few cases 3.2% 2.4%

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 0.86 likely 0.5 – 1.22 1
After hip or knee replacement 49 cases Too few cases 3.7% 4.1%
Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 52 cases No different 162.31 per 1,000 likely 108.87 per 1,000 – 215.75 per 1,000 173.3 per 1,000
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 3,344 cases No different 0.45 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.22 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 4,089 cases No different 0.27 per 1,000 likely 0.06 per 1,000 – 0.48 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 4,109 cases No different 0.31 per 1,000 likely 0.11 per 1,000 – 0.52 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 993 cases No different 2.1 per 1,000 likely 0.56 per 1,000 – 3.65 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 367 cases No different 1.55 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.22 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 372 cases No different 5.82 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 13.85 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 1,048 cases No different 3.44 per 1,000 likely 1.26 per 1,000 – 5.62 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 348 cases No different 5.07 per 1,000 likely 1.14 per 1,000 – 9 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 243 cases No different 1.97 per 1,000 likely 0.49 per 1,000 – 3.45 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 795 cases No different 1.35 per 1,000 likely 0.36 per 1,000 – 2.34 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 5 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) No different 0.95 likely 0.16 – 3.13 1
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) No different 1.41 likely 0.36 – 3.84 1
Surgical site infections after colon surgery No different 1.99 likely 0.81 – 4.14 1
Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy No different 1.62 likely 0.41 – 4.4 1
MRSA bloodstream infections No different 1.3 likely 0.33 – 3.54 1
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0.17 likely 0.04 – 0.46 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.

4 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after a heart attack 166 cases Too few cases 14.4% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 410 cases Too few cases 21.5% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 337 cases Too few cases 17% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 220 cases Too few cases 20.6% 20%
Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 75 cases Too few cases 11.4% 11%
Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 49 cases Too few cases 6.1% 5.8%
Days back in hospital after a heart attack 128 cases Too few cases -3.3 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after heart failure 280 cases Too few cases -5.6 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 227 cases Too few cases -11.3 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 1,753 cases No different 11.9 per 1,000 likely 9.3 per 1,000 – 15.4 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 125 cases No different 10.6 per 100 likely 7.6 per 100 – 14.3 per 100 10.7 per 100
ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 125 cases No different 5.7 per 100 likely 3.8 per 100 – 8.2 per 100 5.4 per 100
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 578 cases No different 0.9 likely 0.7 – 1.2 —

1 more measure had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

187 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 49
Emergency Medicine 33
Internal Medicine 16
Physician Assistant 13
Physical Therapist 8
Anesthesiology 7
Family 6
Acute Care 5
Neonatal 5
Pharmacist 5
Speech-Language Pathologist 5
Diagnostic Radiology 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 Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College Stati

Is Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College Stati a good hospital?

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College Stati has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Of the 27 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 Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College Stati?

81% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 1,151 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College Stati emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 28 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 22 min. 2% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.