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HospitalAntelope Valley Hospital Estimated FY2026 net: −$889K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 050056

1Hospital

Antelope Valley Hospital

2Location

Lancaster, CA (California’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 93534

Los Angeles County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 341 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

0.4264

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$554K estimate
Likely $451⁠–⁠602K; about $248 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$554K

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.4264 for Antelope Valley Hospital and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $55.4M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year: about $248 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $451–602K

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: 0.4264 This hospital 0.4264 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: 0.4264 This hospital 0.4264

Higher than 76% 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. 19Cut
  6. 20Cut
  7. 21Cut
  8. 22No
  9. 23—
  10. 24No
  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 0.3013, to 0.1251. 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

    Worse than 77% 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 value1.0766

    Z-score0.6156

    Part of score+0.1026

  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

    Better than 50% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.552

    Z-score−0.1260

    Part of score−0.0210

  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 91% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value1.239

    Z-score1.6680

    Part of score+0.2780

  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

    Better than 64% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.590

    Z-score−0.4458

    Part of score−0.0743

  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 77% 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 value0.556

    Z-score0.6907

    Part of score+0.1151

  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

    Worse than 62% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.772

    Z-score0.1561

    Part of score+0.0260

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 901.07660.96230.6156+0.1026Worse than 77% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.5520.559−0.1260−0.0210Better than 50% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI1.2390.4891.6680+0.2780Worse than 91% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.5900.795−0.4458−0.0743Better than 64% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.5560.3460.6907+0.1151Worse than 77% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.7720.6410.1561+0.0260Worse than 62% 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.

(0.6156PSI 90−0.1260CLABSI+1.6680CAUTI−0.4458SSI+0.6907CDI+0.1561MRSA)÷6measures=0.4264Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.0472 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.4264, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.6156 divided by 6 = +0.1026PSI 90+0.1026 CLABSI: z‑score −0.1260 divided by 6 = −0.0210CLABSI−0.0210 CAUTI: z‑score 1.6680 divided by 6 = +0.2780CAUTI+0.2780 SSI: z‑score −0.4458 divided by 6 = −0.0743SSI−0.0743 CDI: z‑score 0.6907 divided by 6 = +0.1151CDI+0.1151 MRSA: z‑score 0.1561 divided by 6 = +0.0260MRSA+0.0260 Total HAC Score: 0.4264Score0.4264 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.40.5 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.6156 divided by 6 = +0.1026PSI 90+0.1026 CLABSI: z‑score −0.1260 divided by 6 = −0.0210CLABSI−0.0210 CAUTI: z‑score 1.6680 divided by 6 = +0.2780CAUTI+0.2780 SSI: z‑score −0.4458 divided by 6 = −0.0743SSI−0.0743 CDI: z‑score 0.6907 divided by 6 = +0.1151CDI+0.1151 MRSA: z‑score 0.1561 divided by 6 = +0.0260MRSA+0.0260 Total HAC Score: 0.4264Score0.4264 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.40.5

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 900.6156+0.10260.1026
CLABSI−0.1260−0.02100.0816
CAUTI1.6680+0.27800.3596
SSI−0.4458−0.07430.2853
CDI0.6907+0.11510.4004
MRSA0.1561+0.02600.4264
Total HAC Score0.4264
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, 0.0472 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $554K 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 $554K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $554K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.4264 This hospital 0.4264 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $554K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $554Kat 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: 0.4264 This hospital 0.4264

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−$553,900
This hospital0.4264−$553,900
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$553,900

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.

($55,725,279payment−$46,448readmissions−$288,824value-based)×1%the cut=$553,900HAC cut

$553,900HAC cut÷2,235traditional Medicare stays=$248per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $554K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$46K and −$289K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $42,225,081
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $4,203,507
Outliers: unusually costly stays $3,106,077
Capital: buildings and equipment $3,884,389
Uncompensated care $2,306,225
Total, before the three programs $55,725,279
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9989 − 1) −$46,448
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9932 − 1) −$288,824
After these two $55,390,007
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $451⁠–⁠602K −$553,900
Net of the three programs likely −$973K to −$769K −$889,172

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)$42,225,081
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$4,203,507
Outliers: unusually costly stays$3,106,077
Capital: buildings and equipment$3,884,389
Uncompensated care$2,306,225
Total, before the three programs$55,725,279
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9989 − 1))−$46,448
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9932 − 1))−$288,824
After these two$55,390,007
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $451–602K)−$553,900
Net of the three programs (likely −$973K to −$769K)−$889,172

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 Score0.4264same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$554Ksame

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 0.4264 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 $554K, 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 901.0359 or lower
CLABSI0.429 or lower
CAUTI1.121 or lower
SSI0.424 or lower
CDI0.482 or lower
MRSA0.636 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.

CMS 1.0766 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.552 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 1.239 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.590 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.556 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.772 · 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 0.4264 among its measured results: +0.2780.
  • PSI 90 +0.1026
  • CLABSI −0.0210
  • CAUTI +0.2780
  • SSI −0.0743
  • CDI +0.1151
  • MRSA +0.0260

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 900.6156+0.1026same
CLABSI−0.1260−0.0210same
CAUTI1.6680+0.2780same
SSI−0.4458−0.0743same
CDI0.6907+0.1151same
MRSA0.1561+0.0260same

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 7 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 7.7250, higher than 86% of scores; cutFY2016: score 8.5000, higher than 93% of scores; cutFY2017: score 6.9400, higher than 81% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.3792, higher than 76% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.6147, higher than 85% of scores; cutFY2020: score 0.5513, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.4967, higher than 82% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.2970, higher than 74% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.2789, higher than 70% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.4324, higher than 78% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.4264, higher than 76% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 7.7250, higher than 86% of scores; cutFY2016: score 8.5000, higher than 93% of scores; cutFY2017: score 6.9400, higher than 81% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.3792, higher than 76% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.6147, higher than 85% of scores; cutFY2020: score 0.5513, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.4967, higher than 82% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.2970, higher than 74% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.2789, higher than 70% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.4324, higher than 78% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.4264, higher than 76% 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
FY20157.725086.8%cut
FY20168.500093.7%cut
FY20176.940081.6%cut
FY20180.379276.4%cut
FY20190.614785.9%cut
FY20200.551384.7%cut
FY20210.496782.7%cut
FY20220.297074.7%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.278970.2%not cut
FY20250.432478.5%cut
FY20260.426476.8%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. 5 of its 6 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.92 → 0.59 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.924CLABSI, 2018: 1.346CLABSI, 2019: 0.622CLABSI, 2021: 2.089CLABSI, 2022: 1.234CLABSI, 2023: 0.521CLABSI, 2024: 0.595 CAUTI 1.01 → 1.23 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.015CAUTI, 2018: 0.838CAUTI, 2019: 0.743CAUTI, 2021: 1.254CAUTI, 2022: 0.905CAUTI, 2023: 1.245CAUTI, 2024: 1.229 SSI, colon 0.60 → 0.55 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.596SSI, colon, 2018: 1.222SSI, colon, 2019: 0.597SSI, colon, 2021: 0.901SSI, colon, 2022: 1.099SSI, colon, 2023: 0.457SSI, colon, 2024: 0.552 SSI, hysterectomy 1.32 → 0.95 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 1.316SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.812SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.729SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 0.887SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 0.949 MRSA 1.06 → 0.52 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.063MRSA, 2018: 1.241MRSA, 2019: 0.516MRSA, 2021: 1.120MRSA, 2022: 1.759MRSA, 2023: 1.029MRSA, 2024: 0.515 C. diff 1.24 → 0.52 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.242C. diff, 2018: 0.714C. diff, 2019: 0.590C. diff, 2021: 0.662C. diff, 2022: 0.580C. diff, 2023: 0.588C. diff, 2024: 0.523 CLABSI 0.92 → 0.59 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.924CLABSI, 2018: 1.346CLABSI, 2019: 0.622CLABSI, 2021: 2.089CLABSI, 2022: 1.234CLABSI, 2023: 0.521CLABSI, 2024: 0.595 CAUTI 1.01 → 1.23 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.015CAUTI, 2018: 0.838CAUTI, 2019: 0.743CAUTI, 2021: 1.254CAUTI, 2022: 0.905CAUTI, 2023: 1.245CAUTI, 2024: 1.229 SSI, colon 0.60 → 0.55 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.596SSI, colon, 2018: 1.222SSI, colon, 2019: 0.597SSI, colon, 2021: 0.901SSI, colon, 2022: 1.099SSI, colon, 2023: 0.457SSI, colon, 2024: 0.552 SSI, hysterectomy 1.32 → 0.95 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 1.316SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.812SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.729SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 0.887SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 0.949 MRSA 1.06 → 0.52 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.063MRSA, 2018: 1.241MRSA, 2019: 0.516MRSA, 2021: 1.120MRSA, 2022: 1.759MRSA, 2023: 1.029MRSA, 2024: 0.515 C. diff 1.24 → 0.52 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.242C. diff, 2018: 0.714C. diff, 2019: 0.590C. diff, 2021: 0.662C. diff, 2022: 0.580C. diff, 2023: 0.588C. diff, 2024: 0.523

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, colonSSI, hysterectomyMRSAC. diff
20170.9241.0150.5961.3161.0631.242
20181.3460.8381.2220.8121.2410.714
20190.6220.7430.5970.7290.5160.590
20212.0891.2540.9010.0001.1200.662
20221.2340.9051.0990.0001.7590.580
20230.5211.2450.4570.8871.0290.588
20240.5951.2290.5520.9490.5150.523

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 75% of the other 276 scored there.

In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA area, its score is higher than 71% of the other 69 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 22% (300 to 499 beds) 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA area: CMS cut 21 of 70 (30%); middle score 0.0200Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA area70 hospitals30% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching 1,563 hospitals25% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds 523 hospitals22% 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: 0.4264 This hospital 0.4264 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA area: CMS cut 21 of 70 (30%); middle score 0.0200Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA area70 hospitals30% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching1,563 hospitals25% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds523 hospitals22% 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: 0.4264 This hospital 0.4264

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%−0.045376%
West region59315726%−0.030275%
California2777627%−0.021775%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA area702130%0.020071%
Not teaching1,56338925%−0.105377%
300 to 499 beds52311322%−0.038480%
Government40114035%0.160266%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057478%
This hospital0.4264
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 4 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 7 miles away.
5 mi10 mi25 mi8. Mission Community Hospital, Panorama City: score 1.0928, cut, 36 miles87. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City, Panorama City: score −0.0567, not cut, 36 miles76. USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, Glendale: score 0.3430, not cut, 36 miles65. Pacifica Hospital of the Valley, Sun Valley: score 1.5073, cut, 34 miles54. Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Mission Hills: score −0.3794, not cut, 33 miles43. Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, Valencia: score 0.7971, cut, 31 miles32. LAC/Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar: score 0.6690, cut, 30 miles21. Palmdale Regional Medical Center, Palmdale: score −0.5354, not cut, 7 miles1This hospital: Antelope Valley Hospital

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Palmdale Regional Medical Center, Palmdale, CA7−0.5354not cut
LAC/Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA300.6690cut
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, Valencia, CA310.7971cut
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Mission Hills, CA33−0.3794not cut
Pacifica Hospital of the Valley, Sun Valley, CA341.5073cut
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, Glendale, CA360.3430not cut
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City, Panorama City, CA36−0.0567not cut
Mission Community Hospital, Panorama City, CA361.0928cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Palmdale Regional Medical CenterPalmdale, CA7−0.5354No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 6 measures
2LAC/Olive View-UCLA Medical CenterSylmar, CA300.66901% cut$422KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
3Henry Mayo Newhall HospitalValencia, CA310.79711% cut$451KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
4Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterMission Hills, CA33−0.3794No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
5Pacifica Hospital of the ValleySun Valley, CA341.50731% cut$41KAbove the national median on 4 of 5 measures
6USC Verdugo Hills HospitalGlendale, CA360.3430No cut$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
7Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama CityPanorama City, CA36−0.0567No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
8Mission Community HospitalPanorama City, CA361.09281% cut$337KAbove the national median on 4 of 5 measures

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

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Paid & Penalized. Antelope Valley Hospital, Lancaster, CA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/050056/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.