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HospitalSanta Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital Estimated FY2026 net: −$1.7M×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 050112

1Hospital

Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital

2Location

Santa Monica, CA (California’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 90404

Los Angeles County

3Type

Major teaching · 331 beds · Nonprofit · Urban · Rural referral center

4Care Compare stars

5 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

0.9006

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$1.3M estimate
Likely $982K⁠–⁠$1.6M; about $306 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$1.3M

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.9006 for Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $129M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year plus the teaching payments Medicare makes on its Medicare Advantage patients’ stays: about $306 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $982K–$1.6M

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 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: 0.9006 This hospital 0.9006 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: 0.9006 This hospital 0.9006

Higher than 92% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 5 of 11 years

  1. 15Cut
  2. 16Cut
  3. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20Cut
  7. 21No
  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 SSI down to the national median (0.795) would lower the score the most: by 0.3058, to 0.5948. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 6; SSI 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 71% 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 value1.0339

    Z-score0.3175

    Part of score+0.0529

  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 91% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value1.322

    Z-score1.6603

    Part of score+0.2767

  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.

    Catheter-associated urinary tract infections

    Worse than 87% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value1.044

    Z-score1.1980

    Part of score+0.1997

  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.

    added the most

    Surgical site infections after colon surgery or abdominal hysterectomy

    Worse than 92% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value1.866

    Z-score1.7400

    Part of score+0.2900

  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 71% 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 value0.494

    Z-score0.4506

    Part of score+0.0751

  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 56% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.715

    Z-score0.0370

    Part of score+0.0062

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 901.03390.96230.3175+0.0529Worse than 71% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI1.3220.5591.6603+0.2767Worse than 91% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI1.0440.4891.1980+0.1997Worse than 87% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI1.8660.7951.7400+0.2900Worse than 92% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.4940.3460.4506+0.0751Worse than 71% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.7150.6410.0370+0.0062Worse than 56% 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.

(0.3175PSI 90+1.6603CLABSI+1.1980CAUTI+1.7400SSI+0.4506CDI+0.0370MRSA)÷6measures=0.9006Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.5214 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.9006, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.3175 divided by 6 = +0.0529PSI 90+0.0529 CLABSI: z‑score 1.6603 divided by 6 = +0.2767CLABSI+0.2767 CAUTI: z‑score 1.1980 divided by 6 = +0.1997CAUTI+0.1997 SSI: z‑score 1.7400 divided by 6 = +0.2900SSI+0.2900 CDI: z‑score 0.4506 divided by 6 = +0.0751CDI+0.0751 MRSA: z‑score 0.0370 divided by 6 = +0.0062MRSA+0.0062 Total HAC Score: 0.9006Score0.9006 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.81.0 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.3175 divided by 6 = +0.0529PSI 90+0.0529 CLABSI: z‑score 1.6603 divided by 6 = +0.2767CLABSI+0.2767 CAUTI: z‑score 1.1980 divided by 6 = +0.1997CAUTI+0.1997 SSI: z‑score 1.7400 divided by 6 = +0.2900SSI+0.2900 CDI: z‑score 0.4506 divided by 6 = +0.0751CDI+0.0751 MRSA: z‑score 0.0370 divided by 6 = +0.0062MRSA+0.0062 Total HAC Score: 0.9006Score0.9006 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.81.0

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 900.3175+0.05290.0529
CLABSI1.6603+0.27670.3296
CAUTI1.1980+0.19970.5293
SSI1.7400+0.29000.8193
CDI0.4506+0.07510.8944
MRSA0.0370+0.00620.9006
Total HAC Score0.9006
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, and of the teaching payments Medicare makes on its Medicare Advantage stays; 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, 0.5214 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $1.3M 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 $1.3M at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $1.3M at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.9006 This hospital 0.9006 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $1.3M at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $1.3Mat 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: 0.9006 This hospital 0.9006

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−$1,288,743
This hospital0.9006−$1,288,743
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$1,288,743

The money, line by line

This site estimates what traditional Medicare pays the hospital for a year of inpatient stays, and the teaching payments Medicare makes on its Medicare Advantage patients’ 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.

($122,550,900payment+$6,725,548teaching, MA stays−$480,970readmissions+$78,851value-based)×1%the cut=$1,288,743HAC cut

$1,288,743HAC cut÷4,214traditional Medicare stays=$306per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $1.3M: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$481K and +$79K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays, and for teaching on Medicare Advantage stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $76,344,448
Teaching (indirect medical education) $15,465,858
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $6,725,548
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $3,293,500
Outliers: unusually costly stays $17,012,597
Capital: buildings and equipment $8,614,199
Uncompensated care $1,820,298
Total, before the three programs $129,276,448
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9937 − 1) −$480,970
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0010 − 1) +$78,851
After these two $128,874,329
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $982K⁠–⁠$1.6M −$1,288,743
Net of the three programs likely −$2.0M to −$1.4M −$1,690,862

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, 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)$76,344,448
Teaching (indirect medical education)$15,465,858
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$6,725,548
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$3,293,500
Outliers: unusually costly stays$17,012,597
Capital: buildings and equipment$8,614,199
Uncompensated care$1,820,298
Total, before the three programs$129,276,448
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9937 − 1))−$480,970
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0010 − 1))+$78,851
After these two$128,874,329
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $982K–$1.6M)−$1,288,743
Net of the three programs (likely −$2.0M to −$1.4M)−$1,690,862

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 Score0.9006same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$1.3Msame

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 0.9006 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 $1.3M, 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
CLABSInot possible with this measure alone
CAUTInot possible with this measure alone
SSI0.039 or lower
CDInot possible with this measure alone
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 1.0339 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 1.322 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 1.044 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 1.866 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.494 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.715 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. SSI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.9006 among its measured results: +0.2900.
  • PSI 90 +0.0529
  • CLABSI +0.2767
  • CAUTI +0.1997
  • SSI +0.2900
  • CDI +0.0751
  • MRSA +0.0062

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 900.3175+0.0529same
CLABSI1.6603+0.2767same
CAUTI1.1980+0.1997same
SSI1.7400+0.2900same
CDI0.4506+0.0751same
MRSA0.0370+0.0062same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/050112/

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 2 years in a row.

Figure 6. CMS cut this hospital in 5 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 7.0250, higher than 78% of scores; cutFY2016: score 8.0000, higher than 89% of scores; cutFY2017: score 6.0800, higher than 65% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.1631, higher than 39% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.3048, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.4549, higher than 81% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.0875, higher than 60% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.0493, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.0272, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.6864, higher than 87% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.9006, higher than 92% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 7.0250, higher than 78% of scores; cutFY2016: score 8.0000, higher than 89% of scores; cutFY2017: score 6.0800, higher than 65% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.1631, higher than 39% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.3048, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.4549, higher than 81% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.0875, higher than 60% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.0493, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.0272, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.6864, higher than 87% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.9006, higher than 92% 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
FY20157.025078.1%cut
FY20168.000089.1%cut
FY20176.080065.4%not cut
FY2018−0.163139.4%not cut
FY20190.304872.7%not cut
FY20200.454981.1%cut
FY20210.087560.0%not cut
FY2022−0.049348.7%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.027255.3%not cut
FY20250.686487.9%cut
FY20260.900692.1%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. 4 of its 5 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 1.91 → 1.50 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.914CLABSI, 2018: 0.880CLABSI, 2019: 0.755CLABSI, 2021: 1.078CLABSI, 2022: 0.660CLABSI, 2023: 1.158CLABSI, 2024: 1.500 CAUTI 1.14 → 0.57 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.137CAUTI, 2018: 0.783CAUTI, 2019: 0.932CAUTI, 2021: 2.002CAUTI, 2022: 1.337CAUTI, 2023: 1.515CAUTI, 2024: 0.570 SSI, colon 0.46 → 0.85 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.456SSI, colon, 2018: 1.613SSI, colon, 2019: 0.000SSI, colon, 2021: 0.495SSI, colon, 2022: 1.301SSI, colon, 2023: 3.271SSI, colon, 2024: 0.852 MRSA 1.83 → 0.64 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.826MRSA, 2018: 1.190MRSA, 2019: 0.737MRSA, 2021: 1.339MRSA, 2022: 0.880MRSA, 2023: 0.811MRSA, 2024: 0.639 C. diff 1.13 → 0.43 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.127C. diff, 2018: 0.972C. diff, 2019: 0.557C. diff, 2021: 0.758C. diff, 2022: 0.471C. diff, 2023: 0.554C. diff, 2024: 0.433 CLABSI 1.91 → 1.50 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.914CLABSI, 2018: 0.880CLABSI, 2019: 0.755CLABSI, 2021: 1.078CLABSI, 2022: 0.660CLABSI, 2023: 1.158CLABSI, 2024: 1.500 CAUTI 1.14 → 0.57 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.137CAUTI, 2018: 0.783CAUTI, 2019: 0.932CAUTI, 2021: 2.002CAUTI, 2022: 1.337CAUTI, 2023: 1.515CAUTI, 2024: 0.570 SSI, colon 0.46 → 0.85 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.456SSI, colon, 2018: 1.613SSI, colon, 2019: 0.000SSI, colon, 2021: 0.495SSI, colon, 2022: 1.301SSI, colon, 2023: 3.271SSI, colon, 2024: 0.852 MRSA 1.83 → 0.64 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.826MRSA, 2018: 1.190MRSA, 2019: 0.737MRSA, 2021: 1.339MRSA, 2022: 0.880MRSA, 2023: 0.811MRSA, 2024: 0.639 C. diff 1.13 → 0.43 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.127C. diff, 2018: 0.972C. diff, 2019: 0.557C. diff, 2021: 0.758C. diff, 2022: 0.471C. diff, 2023: 0.554C. diff, 2024: 0.433

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
20171.9141.1370.4561.8261.127
20180.8800.7831.6131.1900.972
20190.7550.9320.0000.7370.557
20211.0782.0020.4951.3390.758
20220.6601.3371.3010.8800.471
20231.1581.5153.2710.8110.554
20241.5000.5700.8520.6390.433

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 90% of the other 276 scored there.

In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA area, its score is higher than 86% 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 32% (Major teaching).
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 Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching 424 hospitals32% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds 523 hospitals22% cut Nonprofit: CMS cut 478 of 1,830 (26%); middle score −0.0134Nonprofit 1,830 hospitals26% 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: 0.9006 This hospital 0.9006 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 Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching424 hospitals32% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds523 hospitals22% cut Nonprofit: CMS cut 478 of 1,830 (26%); middle score −0.0134Nonprofit1,830 hospitals26% 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: 0.9006 This hospital 0.9006

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%−0.045392%
West region59315726%−0.030291%
California2777627%−0.021790%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA area702130%0.020086%
Major teaching42413632%0.178093%
300 to 499 beds52311322%−0.038496%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013492%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057494%
This hospital0.9006
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 none of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is less than a mile away.
5 mi8. Sherman Oaks Hospital, Sherman Oaks: score −1.2170, not cut, 9 miles87. Encino Hospital Medical Center, Encino: score −0.6552, not cut, 9 miles76. Docs Surgical Hospital, Los Angeles: score −0.5231, not cut, 7 miles65. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles: score 0.2860, not cut, 7 miles54. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West La, Los Angeles: score 0.0495, not cut, 6 miles43. Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital, Marina Del Rey: score −0.2584, not cut, 4 miles32. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles: score 0.1977, not cut, 4 miles21. Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica: score 0.3304, not cut, less than a mile1This hospital: Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, CAunder 10.3304not cut
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA40.1977not cut
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital, Marina Del Rey, CA4−0.2584not cut
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West La, Los Angeles, CA60.0495not cut
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA70.2860not cut
Docs Surgical Hospital, Los Angeles, CA7−0.5231not cut
Encino Hospital Medical Center, Encino, CA9−0.6552not cut
Sherman Oaks Hospital, Sherman Oaks, CA9−1.2170not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica, CAunder 10.3304No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
2Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA40.1977No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
3Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey HospitalMarina Del Rey, CA4−0.2584No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
4Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West LaLos Angeles, CA60.0495No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
5Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA70.2860No cut$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
6Docs Surgical HospitalLos Angeles, CA7−0.5231No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 1 measures
7Encino Hospital Medical CenterEncino, CA9−0.6552No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 5 measures
8Sherman Oaks HospitalSherman Oaks, CA9−1.2170No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 5 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital, Santa Monica, CA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/050112/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.