Hospital record · FY2026CCN 010016

1Hospital

Shelby Baptist Medical Center

2Location

Alabaster, AL (Alabama’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 35007

Shelby County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 252 beds · Nonprofit · Urban

4Care Compare stars

2 of 5 stars

Overall rating, CMS Care Compare data of July 22, 2026
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5Total HAC Score

0.6591

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut

CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$182K estimate

Likely $139⁠–⁠229K; about $144 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$182K

cut from its FY2026 Medicare inpatient payments, this site estimates estimate

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.6591 for Shelby Baptist Medical Center and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $18.2M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year: about $144 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $139–229K

Its score was above CMS’s line, so CMS cut its Medicare inpatient payments by 1% for the year. The score compares hospitals with each other; it is not a grade of the quality of care.

CMS cut scores of 0.3799 and above.

Each year CMS cuts the hospitals with the highest quarter of scores, those above the 75th percentile, so the line moves with other hospitals’ scores.

Higher than 86% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 1 of 11 years

15No
16No
17No
18No
19No
20No
21No
22No
23—
24No
25No
26Cut

Where the score came from

CMS scored this hospital on all 6 measures. On every measure a lower value is better. Each row puts the hospital among every hospital with a value: the gray columns are those hospitals, the tall tick is the national median, and the hatched ends score the same as CMS’s floor or cap.

Bringing PSI 90 down to the national median (0.9623) would lower the score the most: by 0.4490, to 0.2101. That change alone would put the score under CMS’s line. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 5; PSI 90 added the most to its score.

This hospital
National median
Scores the same as CMS’s floor or cap

PSI 90 (what it counts)
Safety problems such as serious bedsores, falls that break a bone and blood clots after surgery, found by CMS in traditional Medicare claims. A value of 1 matches the national composite value.
added the most
Patient safety and adverse events composite
Worse than 96% of the other 2,808 hospitals
estimate

This site recomputes this measure’s z‑score from CMS’s published value. The recompute can differ from CMS’s z‑score by up to 0.0021. How this site estimates

CMS value1.4414

Z-score2.5111

Part of score+0.4185
CLABSI (what it counts)
Bloodstream infections tied to a central line, a tube often placed in a large vein in the neck, chest or groin. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.
Central line–associated bloodstream infections
Worse than 89% of the other 2,181 hospitals

CMS value1.225

Z-score1.4353

Part of score+0.2392
CAUTI (what it counts)
Urinary tract infections that start from a urinary catheter, a tube that drains the bladder. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
Worse than 67% of the other 2,354 hospitals

CMS value0.655

Z-score0.2603

Part of score+0.0434
SSI (what it counts)
Deep infections at the site of colon surgery or an abdominal hysterectomy, within a month of the operation, pooled into one measure. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.
Surgical site infections after colon surgery or abdominal hysterectomy
Better than 79% of the other 2,269 hospitals

CMS value0.341

Z-score−0.8723

Part of score−0.1454
CDI (what it counts)
C. diff infections, which cause diarrhea and inflammation of the colon, found by a lab test and starting in the hospital. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.
Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections
Worse than 60% of the other 2,766 hospitals
estimate

This site recomputes this measure’s z‑score from CMS’s published value. The recompute can differ from CMS’s z‑score by up to 0.0071. How this site estimates

CMS value0.417

Z-score0.1525

Part of score+0.0254
MRSA (what it counts)
Bloodstream infections with MRSA, a germ that resists several antibiotics, found by a lab test and starting in the hospital. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.
MRSA bloodstream infections
Worse than 71% of the other 2,067 hospitals

CMS value0.921

Z-score0.4675

Part of score+0.0779

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

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Measure	CMS value	National median	Z-score	Part of the score	Among hospitals
PSI 90	1.4414	0.9623	2.5111	+0.4185	Worse than 96% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI	1.225	0.559	1.4353	+0.2392	Worse than 89% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI	0.655	0.489	0.2603	+0.0434	Worse than 67% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI	0.341	0.795	−0.8723	−0.1454	Better than 79% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI	0.417	0.346	0.1525	+0.0254	Worse than 60% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA	0.921	0.641	0.4675	+0.0779	Worse than 71% of the other 2,067 hospitals

How the parts add up

CMS adds the z‑scores and divides by the number of measures scored, so each measure counts the same. Each bar below is one z‑score divided by 6; a bar right of zero raised the score and one left of zero lowered it.

(2.5111PSI 90+1.4353CLABSI+0.2603CAUTI−0.8723SSI+0.1525CDI+0.4675MRSA)÷6measures=0.6591Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.2799 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.6591, above CMS’s line.

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

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Measure	Z-score	Part of the score	Running total
PSI 90	2.5111	+0.4185	0.4185
CLABSI	1.4353	+0.2392	0.6577
CAUTI	0.2603	+0.0434	0.7011
SSI	−0.8723	−0.1454	0.5557
CDI	0.1525	+0.0254	0.5811
MRSA	0.4675	+0.0779	0.6590
Total HAC Score			0.6591
CMS’s line		0.3792	0.3799

The money is a cliff

This program’s cut doesn’t grow with the score. Over CMS’s line, CMS cuts 1% of what traditional Medicare pays a hospital for inpatient stays that year; at or under the line, this program cuts nothing.

The chart draws what the cut would be for this hospital at any Total HAC Score, from this site’s estimate of its payments, with its own score marked.

Figure 3. The cut is a cliff, not a slope: this hospital’s score, 0.2799 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $182K by this site’s estimate, and at CMS’s highest score, 2.3133, the cut would be the same.

Under the axis, every Total HAC Score CMS published: 306 of the 2,929 scored within 0.1 of CMS’s line, on one side or the other.

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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Score	Total HAC Score	Estimated HAC cut (whole dollars)
Any score up to 0.3792	0.3792	$0
Any score from 0.3799	0.3799	−$181,834
This hospital	0.6591	−$181,834
CMS’s highest score	2.3133	−$181,834

The money, line by line

This site estimates what traditional Medicare pays the hospital for a year of inpatient stays, from CMS’s FY2026 payment files, then applies Medicare’s three hospital quality programs: the readmissions and value-based adjustments to the base payment, and the HAC cut last, as the law sets.

The readmissions and value-based programs adjust only the base payment: the DRG rates times the hospital’s cases, and a Medicare-dependent hospital’s add-on. The HAC cut comes last and takes 1% of everything left, teaching, low-income-patient, outlier, capital and uncompensated care payments included.

($18,338,989payment−$83,820readmissions−$71,807value-based)×1%the cut=$181,834HAC cut

$181,834HAC cut÷1,265traditional Medicare stays=$144per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $182K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$84K and −$72K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base	$16,435,389
Outliers: unusually costly stays	$580,827
Capital: buildings and equipment	$1,322,773
Total, before the three programs	$18,338,989
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9949 − 1)	−$83,820
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9956 − 1)	−$71,807
After these two	$18,183,362
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $139⁠–⁠229K	−$181,834
Net of the three programs likely −$397K to −$272K	−$337,461

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, teaching payments, low-income-patient payments, a sole community hospital rate difference, a low-volume adjustment, and uncompensated care payments.

Whole dollars, so every line adds up; the estimate is not that precise. Each likely range spans the middle 80% of the misses this site’s estimate made for similar hospitals (or for a wider group, where there were too few) when it was checked against their FY2024 cost reports: one year’s check, not a promise of how often a hospital’s actual figure lands inside.

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Line	Amount (whole dollars)
DRG payments at the federal rates (the base)	$16,435,389
Outliers: unusually costly stays	$580,827
Capital: buildings and equipment	$1,322,773
Total, before the three programs	$18,338,989
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9949 − 1))	−$83,820
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9956 − 1))	−$71,807
After these two	$18,183,362
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $139–229K)	−$181,834
Net of the three programs (likely −$397K to −$272K)	−$337,461

What if a measure were different?

Change a measure’s value to see how this site recomputes the Total HAC Score, the payment reduction decision and, by its estimate, the money, starting from CMS’s values. The money doesn’t slide with the score: it drops off a cliff at CMS’s line.

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	CMS reports	Hypothetical
Total HAC Score	0.6591	same
Payment reduction decision	Yes	same
Payment cut	1%	same
Estimated HAC cut estimate	$182K	same

CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799

The faint ticks are CMS’s line in earlier years under the same formula, from about 0.300 (FY2022) to about 0.375 (FY2024). The line moves every year, so a hospital can cross it without changing anything.

CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.6591 and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

A what-if shows the formula’s arithmetic, not what a hospital could realistically change or how. CMS’s real result also depends on other hospitals.

What would it take?

Getting under CMS’s line would keep about $182K, this site estimates: the whole cut, however far under the score lands.

From CMS’s values, one measure at a time, with every other measure held at CMS’s value.

Measure	Value that would read No
PSI 90	1.1075 or lower
CLABSI	0.501 or lower
CAUTI	not possible with this measure alone
SSI	not possible with this measure alone
CDI	not possible with this measure alone
MRSA	0.117 or lower

Each measure weighs 1 ÷ 6 of the score.

Measure values

SIR 1.0 = as many infections as predicted · Lower is better

On each track the tick is the national median; shaded values score the same as the floor or cap, as this site fits them to CMS’s values.

Patient safety and adverse events composite PSI 90

PSI 90 value

CMS 1.4414 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

Central line–associated bloodstream infections CLABSI

CLABSI value

CMS 1.225 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

Catheter-associated urinary tract infections CAUTI

CAUTI value

CMS 0.655 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

Surgical site infections after colon surgery or abdominal hysterectomy SSI

SSI value

CMS 0.341 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections CDI

CDI value

CMS 0.417 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

MRSA bloodstream infections MRSA

MRSA value

CMS 0.921 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. PSI 90 added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.6591 among its measured results: +0.4185.

PSI 90 +0.4185
CLABSI +0.2392
CAUTI +0.0434
SSI −0.1454
CDI +0.0254
MRSA +0.0779

A measure adds its z‑score divided by 6, the number of measures scored. Bars right of the center line raise the score. Hatched: assigned by CMS.

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

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Measure	Z-score	Part of the score	Hypothetical
PSI 90	2.5111	+0.4185	same
CLABSI	1.4353	+0.2392	same
CAUTI	0.2603	+0.0434	same
SSI	−0.8723	−0.1454	same
CDI	0.1525	+0.0254	same
MRSA	0.4675	+0.0779	same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/010016/

Among hospitals with a Yes or No payment decision, CMS cut those with a published Total HAC Score of 0.3799 or higher and none at 0.3792 or lower. Maryland’s hospitals are scored but not subject to the reduction.

Held fixed: every other hospital’s results, CMS’s line, and each measure’s mean, spread, floor and cap as this site fits them to CMS’s published values.

Year by year

Where this hospital’s score fell among every hospital’s, each year CMS published one. A score near the top is among the highest; the shaded band is where CMS cut. Places compare across years even where CMS changed how it builds the score.

Figure 6. CMS cut this hospital in 1 of the 11 years it made a decision.

● Red: a year CMS cut it ○ Hollow: a year it didn’t

This site recomputes · 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 year	Total HAC Score	Higher than this share of scores	Payment reduction
FY2015	4.4000	33.0%	not cut
FY2016	3.0000	11.2%	not cut
FY2017	4.5300	33.7%	not cut
FY2018	−0.4529	22.8%	not cut
FY2019	−0.3321	29.1%	not cut
FY2020	−0.2713	32.2%	not cut
FY2021	−0.5064	19.4%	not cut
FY2022	−0.5523	17.7%	not cut
FY2023			no decision
FY2024	−0.1736	40.3%	not cut
FY2025	0.2231	67.0%	not cut
FY2026	0.6591	86.0%	cut

Its infections, year by year

This hospital’s infection rate against prediction for each calendar year Care Compare published one, on each measure with at least two years of results (black), over the nation’s middle hospital (gray). Below the dashed line at one, fewer infections than predicted. Each year is measured against the same fixed baseline, not against other hospitals, so unlike the score they can all improve at once.

Figure 7. 2 of its 5 infection measures ended lower than they started.

Source: CMS Care Compare, healthcare-associated infections by hospital, calendar years 2017 to 2024 (Provider Data Catalog archives; the oldest year through the Internet Archive’s copy).

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Calendar year	CLABSI	CAUTI	SSI, colon	MRSA	C. diff
2017	0.665	0.436	0.205	0.308	0.918
2018	0.173	0.684	0.226	1.586	0.410
2019	0.182	0.357	0.000	0.337	0.485
2021	0.429	0.580	0.285	1.664	0.254
2022	0.377	0.461	0.000	0.732	0.556
2023	0.803	0.167	0.668	1.496	0.560
2024	1.662	1.124	0.000	0.428	0.276

Among hospitals like it

Each row is a group this hospital belongs to, drawn from every hospital in it with a payment decision. Red columns are hospitals past CMS’s line, the ones CMS cut; the short tick is the group’s middle score.

In Alabama, its score is higher than 71% of the other 67 scored there.

In Birmingham, AL area, its score is higher than 66% of the other 12 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 22% (South region) to 43% (Alabama).

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

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Group	With a decision	Hospitals cut	Share cut	Middle score	Hospital higher than
All hospitals	2,886	718	25%	−0.0453	86%
South region	1,174	263	22%	−0.1056	86%
Alabama	68	29	43%	0.2561	71%
Birmingham, AL area	13	5	38%	0.2881	66%
Not teaching	1,563	389	25%	−0.1053	84%
100 to 299 beds	1,193	275	23%	−0.0732	88%
Nonprofit	1,830	478	26%	−0.0134	85%
Urban	2,241	510	23%	−0.0574	88%
This hospital				0.6591
CMS’s line				0.3792	0.3799

The nearest hospitals

The 8 closest hospitals with a Total HAC Score, in a straight line. The squares are each hospital’s measures in order: filled, above the national median; open, at or below it; hatched, assigned by CMS; blank, not scored.

Figure 9. CMS cut 1 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 13 miles away.

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

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Hospital	Miles	Score	Decision
Medical West, An Affiliate of UAB Health System, Bessemer, AL	13	0.6634	cut
Grandview Medical Center, Birmingham, AL	14	−0.2979	not cut
Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital, Birmingham, AL	15	−0.2243	not cut
Princeton Baptist Medical Center, Birmingham, AL	17	0.3154	not cut
UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority, Birmingham, AL	17	0.0109	not cut
University of Alabama Hospital, Birmingham, AL	18	0.2881	not cut
St Vincent's Birmingham, Birmingham, AL	18	−0.1513	not cut
St. Vincent's East, Birmingham, AL	25	−0.0474	not cut

#	Hospital	Miles	Score	Decision	Est. cut ($, modeled)	Measures
1	Medical West, An Affiliate of UAB Health SystemBessemer, AL	13	0.6634	1% cut	$120K	Above the national median on 6 of 6 measures
2	Grandview Medical CenterBirmingham, AL	14	−0.2979	No cut	$0	Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
3	Baptist Health Brookwood HospitalBirmingham, AL	15	−0.2243	No cut	$0	Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
4	Princeton Baptist Medical CenterBirmingham, AL	17	0.3154	No cut	$0	Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
5	UAB Callahan Eye Hospital AuthorityBirmingham, AL	17	0.0109	No cut	$0	Above the national median on 1 of 1 measures
6	University of Alabama HospitalBirmingham, AL	18	0.2881	No cut	$0	Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
7	St Vincent's BirminghamBirmingham, AL	18	−0.1513	No cut	$0	Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
8	St. Vincent's EastBirmingham, AL	25	−0.0474	No cut	$0	Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Shelby Baptist Medical Center, Alabaster, AL: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/010016/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.