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Middle Atlantic

CMS cut 86 of the 317 hospitals in the Middle Atlantic with a payment decision for fiscal year 2026: 27.1%, against 24.9% nationally.

Middle Atlantic · FY2026Compared with the nation

1Hospitals cut

86

Of 317 with a payment decision

2Share cut

27.1%

+2.3 pts vs the nation (24.9%)

3Rank

4th of 9

Share cut, highest first, among the divisions

4Median score

0.0622

Nation: −0.0453

5Scored on all 6

247

Of 317 scored (78%; nation 66%)

6Scored without data

6

Hospitals CMS gave its worst score on a measure

7Estimated dollars

$53.3M estimate
from 84 of its 86 cut hospitals17.4% of the nation’s $306M, this site’s estimate

Likely range $42.6–60.4M

8Per traditional Medicare stay

$57

The nation: $47

27% cut

Average Lowest score: −1.4728 Highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s line 86 of 718 here Average Lowest score: −1.4728 Highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s line 718 cut nationally · 86 here
Every hospital in the nation with a payment decision, lowest score to highest, each as tall as its score (above the rule, worse than average); the solid hairlines are the Middle Atlantic’s, red where CMS cut.

On the map

Each dot is a hospital in CMS’s file: red, cut; ringed, not cut; gray, no decision. Pick one to open its page.

Figure 1. The Middle Atlantic: 86 cut of 317 with a payment decision.
  • Cut
  • Not cut
  • Not subject (Maryland) or no score

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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PlaceWith a decisionHospitals cut
New Jersey615
New York12645
Pennsylvania13036

Its scores against the nation’s

The columns are this place’s hospitals; the outline is every hospital in the nation. Both are shares of their own hospitals, so a small place and the nation compare.

Figure 2. 27.1% of hospitals here scored past CMS’s line, against 24.9% nationally; the middle score here is 0.0622, and nationally −0.0453.
0%5%10%15% −1.6 to −1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.4 to −1.2: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.2 to −1.0: 2% here, 2% nationally−1.0 to −0.8: 3% here, 4% nationally−0.8 to −0.6: 7% here, 7% nationally−0.6 to −0.4: 8% here, 10% nationally−0.4 to −0.2: 9% here, 12% nationally−0.2 to 0.0: 13% here, 14% nationally0.0 to 0.2: 15% here, 12% nationally0.2 to 0.4: 15% here, 12% nationally0.4 to 0.6: 8% here, 8% nationally0.6 to 0.8: 7% here, 6% nationally0.8 to 1.0: 7% here, 4% nationally1.0 to 1.2: 2% here, 3% nationally1.2 to 1.4: 1% here, 1% nationally1.4 to 1.6: 1% here, 1% nationally1.6 to 1.8: 0% here, 0% nationally1.8 to 2.0: 0% here, 0% nationally2.0 to 2.2: 0% here, 0% nationally2.2 to 2.4: 1% here, 1% nationally CMS’s line −1.00.01.02.0 0%5%10%15% −1.6 to −1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.4 to −1.2: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.2 to −1.0: 2% here, 2% nationally−1.0 to −0.8: 3% here, 4% nationally−0.8 to −0.6: 7% here, 7% nationally−0.6 to −0.4: 8% here, 10% nationally−0.4 to −0.2: 9% here, 12% nationally−0.2 to 0.0: 13% here, 14% nationally0.0 to 0.2: 15% here, 12% nationally0.2 to 0.4: 15% here, 12% nationally0.4 to 0.6: 8% here, 8% nationally0.6 to 0.8: 7% here, 6% nationally0.8 to 1.0: 7% here, 4% nationally1.0 to 1.2: 2% here, 3% nationally1.2 to 1.4: 1% here, 1% nationally1.4 to 1.6: 1% here, 1% nationally1.6 to 1.8: 0% here, 0% nationally1.8 to 2.0: 0% here, 0% nationally2.0 to 2.2: 0% here, 0% nationally2.2 to 2.4: 1% here, 1% nationally CMS’s line −1.5−1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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Score fromtoHereNation
−1.6−1.4140
−1.4−1.2117
−1.2−1.0651
−1.0−0.811126
−0.8−0.623204
−0.6−0.426290
−0.4−0.230357
−0.20.040407
0.00.246343
0.20.447333
0.40.626237
0.60.822173
0.81.022116
1.01.2691
1.21.4430
1.41.6221
1.61.8110
1.82.003
2.02.2113
2.22.4224

Measure by measure

For each measure, the share of this place’s hospitals with a value worse than the national median. Half would be ordinary; a stem to the right of the line is a measure where more hospitals here did worse.

Figure 3. Worst against the nation on CDI (57% of its hospitals above the national median); best on CLABSI (47%).

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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MeasureHospitals with a valueHalf
PSI 9030854%
CLABSI27147%
CAUTI28854%
SSI26148%
CDI30557%
MRSA26756%

The Middle Atlantic across the line

The nation’s hospitals within 0.05 of CMS’s line that this site estimates, the Middle Atlantic’s in full ink: scores a hair apart, money all or nothing.

Figure 4. 15 of the nation’s 141 hospitals within 0.05 of CMS’s line that this site estimates are the Middle Atlantic’s: 5 cut, about $3.9M by this site’s estimate, and 10 not cut, where a cut would have been about $6.9M.
CMS’s line 82 not cut $52.8M at stake82 not cut$52.8M at stake 59 cut $29.8M cut59 cut$29.8M cut 0.340.360.380.400.42 Total HAC Score CMS’s line 82 not cut $52.8M at stake82 not cut$52.8M at stake 59 cut $29.8M cut59 cut$29.8M cut Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ: score 0.3342; a cut would have been $337KNew York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc., Brooklyn, NY: score 0.348; a cut would have been $467KSunnyview Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, Schenectady, NY: score 0.3548; a cut would have been $30KSUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY: score 0.3552; a cut would have been $3.8MExcela Health - Frick Hospital, Mount Pleasant, PA: score 0.3566; a cut would have been $38KSt Peter's Hospital, Albany, NY: score 0.358; a cut would have been $1.0MVirtua Willingboro Hospital, Willingboro, NJ: score 0.3684; a cut would have been $136KGeisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes Barre, PA: score 0.3689; a cut would have been $948KOswego Hospital, Oswego, NY: score 0.37; a cut would have been $117KUPMC Bedford Memorial, Everett, PA: score 0.3732; a cut would have been $35KPennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA: score 0.3799; cut $669KWestchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY: score 0.4141; cut $1.9MBon Secours Community Hospital, Port Jervis, NY: score 0.4236; cut $95KBrookdale Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY: score 0.4264; cut $969KSisters of Charity Hospital, Buffalo, NY: score 0.4272; cut $236K 0.340.360.380.400.42 Total HAC Score

3 more within 0.05 have no estimate, and Maryland’s 2 are exempt.

Estimate · Source: this site’s arithmetic on CMS’s FY2026 IPPS final rule files (the impact file, the rate tables and the value-based factors), its FY2026 HRRP supplemental file and HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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Side of the lineHospitalsEstimated cut, taken or not (whole dollars)
Under the line: not cut82$52,846,861
Over the line: cut59$29,847,503

The Middle Atlantic, year by year

Every hospital in the Middle Atlantic with a payment decision in any year, one sliver each, one row per fiscal year; red where CMS cut it. At the right of each row: the share of the Middle Atlantic’s hospitals cut that year, then the nation’s.

Figure 5. The Middle Atlantic’s share cut was above the nation’s in 11 of the 11 years CMS cut anyone; 308 of its 382 hospitals have been cut at least once.
201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 No hospital scored or cut 27.6% · 21.9%29.0% · 23.4%35.9% · 24.0%31.0% · 23.6%27.7% · 25.0%27.2% · 25.0%30.8% · 24.9%32.1% · 25.0%26.0% · 24.9%27.5% · 24.8%27.1% · 24.9% Ever cut: 308 Never cut: 74 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 No hospital scored or cut 27.6% · 21.9%29.0% · 23.4%35.9% · 24.0%31.0% · 23.6%27.7% · 25.0%27.2% · 25.0%30.8% · 24.9%32.1% · 25.0%26.0% · 24.9%27.5% · 24.8%27.1% · 24.9% Ever cut: 308 Never cut: 74

Source: CMS, HACRP hospital files for fiscal years 2015 to 2026 (Provider Data Catalog, its archives and, for the oldest years, the Internet Archive’s copies), and CMS’s cut lists for FY2015 and FY2016.

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Fiscal yearHospitals with a decisionCutShare cutNation
FY201536910227.6%21.9%
FY201636610629.0%23.4%
FY201736513135.9%24.0%
FY201835811131.0%23.6%
FY201936410127.7%25.0%
FY20203569727.2%25.0%
FY202134410630.8%24.9%
FY202233610832.1%25.0%
FY202300
FY20243238426.0%24.9%
FY20253208827.5%24.8%
FY20263178627.1%24.9%

Its states

Hospitals CMS cut, of those with a payment decision, and the middle score, by place.

PlaceWith a decisionHospitals cutShare cutMedian scoreEst. cut ($, modeled)
New Jersey615−0.1613$4.2M
New York126450.1614$33.4Mfrom 44 of its 45 cut hospitals
Pennsylvania130360.1104$15.8Mfrom 35 of its 36 cut hospitals

Every hospital in the Middle Atlantic

The sortable table of this place’s hospitals needs JavaScript; the CSV file holds every hospital’s values.

Download all hospitals’ data (CSV) · Data dictionary · CMS’s dataset page

Download all hospitals’ data (CSV) · Data dictionary · CMS’s dataset page

Back to the national picture

A penalty reflects how CMS’s formula scored relative performance; it is not a verdict on the quality of care.

Cite this page

Paid & Penalized. Middle Atlantic: hospital-acquired conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/division/middle-atlantic/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.