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HospitalEl Centro Regional Medical Center Estimated FY2026 net: −$192K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 050045

1Hospital

El Centro Regional Medical Center

2Location

El Centro, CA (California’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 92243

Imperial County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 153 beds · Government · Urban

4Care Compare stars

1 of 5 stars

Overall rating, CMS Care Compare data of July 22, 2026
Open on Care Compare (opens in a new tab)

5Total HAC Score

0.5567

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$189K estimate
Likely $144⁠–⁠238K; about $156 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$189K

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.5567 for El Centro Regional Medical Center and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $18.9M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year: about $156 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $144–238K

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.

lowest −1.4728 highest 2.3133 1% cut Middle hospital: −0.0453 Middle hospital−0.0453 CMS’s line: 0.3799 and up CMS’s line0.3799 and up This hospital: 0.5567 This hospital 0.5567 lowest −1.4728 highest 2.3133 1% cut Middle hospital: −0.0453 Middle hospital−0.0453 CMS’s line: 0.3799 and up CMS’s line0.3799 and up This hospital: 0.5567 This hospital 0.5567

Higher than 82% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 9 of 11 years

  1. 15Cut
  2. 16Cut
  3. 17Cut
  4. 18Cut
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21Cut
  8. 22Cut
  9. 23—
  10. 24Cut
  11. 25Cut
  12. 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 CAUTI down to the national median (0.489) would lower the score the most: by 0.4210, to 0.1357. 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 4; CAUTI added the most to its score.
  • This hospital
  • National median
  • Scores the same as CMS’s floor or cap
  1. 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.

    Patient safety and adverse events composite

    Better than 76% 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 value0.8867

    Z-score−0.7105

    Part of score−0.1184

  2. 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 79% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.958

    Z-score0.8159

    Part of score+0.1360

  3. 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.

    added the most

    Catheter-associated urinary tract infections

    Worse than 99% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value2.573

    Z-score2.3863

    Part of score+0.3977

  4. 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

    Worse than 58% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.916

    Z-score0.1126

    Part of score+0.0188

  5. 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 99% 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 value1.741

    Z-score2.1931

    Part of score+0.3655

  6. 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

    Better than 87% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.000

    Z-score−1.4573

    Part of score−0.2429

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

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MeasureCMS valueNational medianZ-scorePart of the scoreAmong hospitals
PSI 900.88670.9623−0.7105−0.1184Better than 76% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.9580.5590.8159+0.1360Worse than 79% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI2.5730.4892.3863+0.3977Worse than 99% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.9160.7950.1126+0.0188Worse than 58% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI1.7410.3462.1931+0.3655Worse than 99% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.0000.641−1.4573−0.2429Better than 87% 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.

(−0.7105PSI 90+0.8159CLABSI+2.3863CAUTI+0.1126SSI+2.1931CDI−1.4573MRSA)÷6measures=0.5567Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.1775 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.5567, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.7105 divided by 6 = −0.1184PSI 90−0.1184 CLABSI: z‑score 0.8159 divided by 6 = +0.1360CLABSI+0.1360 CAUTI: z‑score 2.3863 divided by 6 = +0.3977CAUTI+0.3977 SSI: z‑score 0.1126 divided by 6 = +0.0188SSI+0.0188 CDI: z‑score 2.1931 divided by 6 = +0.3655CDI+0.3655 MRSA: z‑score −1.4573 divided by 6 = −0.2429MRSA−0.2429 Total HAC Score: 0.5567Score0.5567 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.20.00.20.40.60.8 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.7105 divided by 6 = −0.1184PSI 90−0.1184 CLABSI: z‑score 0.8159 divided by 6 = +0.1360CLABSI+0.1360 CAUTI: z‑score 2.3863 divided by 6 = +0.3977CAUTI+0.3977 SSI: z‑score 0.1126 divided by 6 = +0.0188SSI+0.0188 CDI: z‑score 2.1931 divided by 6 = +0.3655CDI+0.3655 MRSA: z‑score −1.4573 divided by 6 = −0.2429MRSA−0.2429 Total HAC Score: 0.5567Score0.5567 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.20.00.20.40.60.8

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

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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreRunning total
PSI 90−0.7105−0.1184−0.1184
CLABSI0.8159+0.13600.0176
CAUTI2.3863+0.39770.4153
SSI0.1126+0.01880.4341
CDI2.1931+0.36550.7996
MRSA−1.4573−0.24290.5567
Total HAC Score0.5567
CMS’s line0.37920.3799

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, 0.1775 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $189K by this site’s estimate, and at CMS’s highest score, 2.3133, the cut would be the same.
CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $189K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $189K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.5567 This hospital 0.5567 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $189K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $189Kat any score from 0.3799 −1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.5567 This hospital 0.5567

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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ScoreTotal HAC ScoreEstimated HAC cut (whole dollars)
Any score up to 0.37920.3792$0
Any score from 0.37990.3799−$189,316
This hospital0.5567−$189,316
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$189,316

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.

($18,934,675payment−$3,056readmissions+$0value-based)×1%the cut=$189,316HAC cut

$189,316HAC cut÷1,212traditional Medicare stays=$156per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $189K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$3K and $0.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $15,278,736
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $1,257,593
Outliers: unusually costly stays $221,542
Capital: buildings and equipment $1,359,212
Uncompensated care $817,592
Total, before the three programs $18,934,675
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9998 − 1) −$3,056
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) not in CMS’s value-based factors: no adjustment $0
After these two $18,931,619
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $144⁠–⁠238K −$189,316
Net of the three programs likely −$226K to −$155K −$192,372

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

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.

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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LineAmount (whole dollars)
DRG payments at the federal rates (the base)$15,278,736
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$1,257,593
Outliers: unusually costly stays$221,542
Capital: buildings and equipment$1,359,212
Uncompensated care$817,592
Total, before the three programs$18,934,675
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9998 − 1))−$3,056
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (not in CMS’s value-based factors: no adjustment)$0
After these two$18,931,619
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $144–238K)−$189,316
Net of the three programs (likely −$226K to −$155K)−$192,372

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 reportsHypothetical
Total HAC Score0.5567same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$189Ksame

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 0.5567 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 $189K, 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.

MeasureValue that would read No
PSI 90not possible with this measure alone
CLABSI0.498 or lower
CAUTI1.095 or lower
SSI0.294 or lower
CDI0.668 or lower
MRSAnot possible with this measure alone

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.

CMS 0.8867 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.958 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 2.573 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.916 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 1.741 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.000 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. CAUTI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.5567 among its measured results: +0.3977.
  • PSI 90 −0.1184
  • CLABSI +0.1360
  • CAUTI +0.3977
  • SSI +0.0188
  • CDI +0.3655
  • MRSA −0.2429

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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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreHypothetical
PSI 90−0.7105−0.1184same
CLABSI0.8159+0.1360same
CAUTI2.3863+0.3977same
SSI0.1126+0.0188same
CDI2.1931+0.3655same
MRSA−1.4573−0.2429same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/050045/

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.

Its longest run: cut 4 years in a row.

Figure 6. CMS cut this hospital in 9 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 7.5750, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2016: score 9.2500, higher than 97% of scores; cutFY2017: score 7.5700, higher than 90% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.7638, higher than 89% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.0317, higher than 54% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.3248, higher than 74% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.5557, higher than 85% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.9507, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2024: score 1.1099, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2025: score 1.0728, higher than 95% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.5567, higher than 82% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 7.5750, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2016: score 9.2500, higher than 97% of scores; cutFY2017: score 7.5700, higher than 90% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.7638, higher than 89% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.0317, higher than 54% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.3248, higher than 74% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.5557, higher than 85% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.9507, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2024: score 1.1099, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2025: score 1.0728, higher than 95% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.5567, higher than 82% of scores; cut 151617181920212223242526

● 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 yearTotal HAC ScoreHigher than this share of scoresPayment reduction
FY20157.575084.7%cut
FY20169.250097.8%cut
FY20177.570090.3%cut
FY20180.763889.8%cut
FY20190.031754.6%not cut
FY20200.324874.3%not cut
FY20210.555785.1%cut
FY20220.950794.5%cut
FY2023no decision
FY20241.109994.5%cut
FY20251.072895.0%cut
FY20260.556782.4%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.
CLABSI 1.50 → 0.95 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2018: 1.505CLABSI, 2019: 1.421CLABSI, 2021: 11.023CLABSI, 2022: 7.832CLABSI, 2023: 0.961CLABSI, 2024: 0.955 CAUTI 1.05 → 1.67 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.050CAUTI, 2018: 1.909CAUTI, 2019: 3.845CAUTI, 2021: 4.052CAUTI, 2022: 3.017CAUTI, 2023: 3.517CAUTI, 2024: 1.674 SSI, colon 0.77 → 0.75 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2019: 0.772SSI, colon, 2021: 0.000SSI, colon, 2022: 0.947SSI, colon, 2023: 0.749 MRSA 0.00 → 1.43 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2018: 0.000MRSA, 2021: 0.631MRSA, 2022: 1.431 C. diff 0.34 → 2.13 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.336C. diff, 2018: 0.584C. diff, 2019: 0.997C. diff, 2021: 0.406C. diff, 2022: 0.783C. diff, 2023: 1.329C. diff, 2024: 2.125 CLABSI 1.50 → 0.95 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2018: 1.505CLABSI, 2019: 1.421CLABSI, 2021: 11.023CLABSI, 2022: 7.832CLABSI, 2023: 0.961CLABSI, 2024: 0.955 CAUTI 1.05 → 1.67 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.050CAUTI, 2018: 1.909CAUTI, 2019: 3.845CAUTI, 2021: 4.052CAUTI, 2022: 3.017CAUTI, 2023: 3.517CAUTI, 2024: 1.674 SSI, colon 0.77 → 0.75 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2019: 0.772SSI, colon, 2021: 0.000SSI, colon, 2022: 0.947SSI, colon, 2023: 0.749 MRSA 0.00 → 1.43 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2018: 0.000MRSA, 2021: 0.631MRSA, 2022: 1.431 C. diff 0.34 → 2.13 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.336C. diff, 2018: 0.584C. diff, 2019: 0.997C. diff, 2021: 0.406C. diff, 2022: 0.783C. diff, 2023: 1.329C. diff, 2024: 2.125

Rates above 6 are drawn at 6; the table holds them.

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 yearCLABSICAUTISSI, colonMRSAC. diff
20171.0500.336
20181.5051.9090.0000.584
20191.4213.8450.7720.997
202111.0234.0520.0000.6310.406
20227.8323.0170.9471.4310.783
20230.9613.5170.7491.329
20240.9551.6742.125

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 California, its score is higher than 83% of the other 276 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 7 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 23% (Urban) to 35% (Government).
All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals 2,886 hospitals25% cut West region: CMS cut 157 of 593 (26%); middle score −0.0302West region 593 hospitals26% cut California: CMS cut 76 of 277 (27%); middle score −0.0217California 277 hospitals27% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching 1,563 hospitals25% cut 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds 1,193 hospitals23% cut Government: CMS cut 140 of 401 (35%); middle score 0.1602Government 401 hospitals35% cut Urban: CMS cut 510 of 2,241 (23%); middle score −0.0574Urban 2,241 hospitals23% cut CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1012 This hospital: 0.5567 This hospital 0.5567 All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals2,886 hospitals25% cut West region: CMS cut 157 of 593 (26%); middle score −0.0302West region593 hospitals26% cut California: CMS cut 76 of 277 (27%); middle score −0.0217California277 hospitals27% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching1,563 hospitals25% cut 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds1,193 hospitals23% cut Government: CMS cut 140 of 401 (35%); middle score 0.1602Government401 hospitals35% cut Urban: CMS cut 510 of 2,241 (23%); middle score −0.0574Urban2,241 hospitals23% cut CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1.5−1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0 This hospital: 0.5567 This hospital 0.5567

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

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GroupWith a decisionHospitals cutShare cutMiddle scoreHospital higher than
All hospitals2,88671825%−0.045382%
West region59315726%−0.030282%
California2777627%−0.021783%
Not teaching1,56338925%−0.105381%
100 to 299 beds1,19327523%−0.073284%
Government40114035%0.160273%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057484%
This hospital0.5567
CMS’s line0.37920.3799

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 3 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 12 miles away.
10 mi25 mi50 mi8. Palomar Medical Center Poway, Poway: score 0.2072, not cut, 88 miles87. Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Chula Vista: score 0.3905, cut, 85 miles76. Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage: score −0.4630, not cut, 84 miles65. Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa: score 0.0755, not cut, 84 miles54. John F Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Indio: score −0.9917, not cut, 75 miles43. Exceptional Community Hospital Yuma, Yuma: score 2.1717, cut, 61 miles32. Yuma Regional Medical Center, Yuma: score 0.1542, not cut, 55 miles21. Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District, Brawley: score 1.4007, cut, 12 miles1This hospital: El Centro Regional Medical Center

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District, Brawley, CA121.4007cut
Yuma Regional Medical Center, Yuma, AZ550.1542not cut
Exceptional Community Hospital Yuma, Yuma, AZ612.1717cut
John F Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Indio, CA75−0.9917not cut
Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa, CA840.0755not cut
Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, CA84−0.4630not cut
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Chula Vista, CA850.3905cut
Palomar Medical Center Poway, Poway, CA880.2072not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Pioneers Memorial Healthcare DistrictBrawley, CA121.40071% cut$156KAbove the national median on 6 of 6 measures
2Yuma Regional Medical CenterYuma, AZ550.1542No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
3Exceptional Community Hospital YumaYuma, AZ612.17171% cut$13KAbove the national median on 1 of 1 measures
4John F Kennedy Memorial HospitalIndio, CA75−0.9917No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 6 measures
5Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa, CA840.0755No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
6Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage, CA84−0.4630No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
7Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista, CA850.39051% cut$638KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
8Palomar Medical Center PowayPoway, CA880.2072No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. El Centro Regional Medical Center, El Centro, CA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/050045/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.