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HospitalRaritan Bay Medical Center Estimated FY2026 net: −$245K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 310039

1Hospital

Raritan Bay Medical Center

2Location

Perth Amboy, NJ (New Jersey’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 08861

Middlesex County

3Type

Minor teaching · 460 beds · Nonprofit · Urban

4Care Compare stars

4 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

−0.3256

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $475K, likely $362⁠–⁠597K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of −0.3256 for Raritan Bay Medical Center and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $475K estimate 1% of about $47.5M, 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. Its score was 0.7055 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $362–597K

Its score was at or below CMS’s line, so this program did not cut its Medicare payments 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.

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: −0.3256 This hospital −0.3256 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: −0.3256 This hospital −0.3256

Higher than 30% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

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

  1. 15No
  2. 16No
  3. 17Cut
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21No
  8. 22No
  9. 23—
  10. 24No
  11. 25No
  12. 26No

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 MRSA down to the national median (0.641) would lower the score the most: by 0.1449, to −0.4705. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 1; MRSA 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 86% 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 value0.8455

    Z-score−0.9977

    Part of score−0.1663

  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 73% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.309

    Z-score−0.6897

    Part of score−0.1150

  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

    Better than 62% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.374

    Z-score−0.4171

    Part of score−0.0695

  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 54% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.729

    Z-score−0.2077

    Part of score−0.0346

  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

    Better than 61% 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 value0.276

    Z-score−0.3935

    Part of score−0.0656

  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.

    added the most

    MRSA bloodstream infections

    Worse than 79% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value1.057

    Z-score0.7517

    Part of score+0.1253

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 900.84550.9623−0.9977−0.1663Better than 86% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.3090.559−0.6897−0.1150Better than 73% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.3740.489−0.4171−0.0695Better than 62% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.7290.795−0.2077−0.0346Better than 54% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.2760.346−0.3935−0.0656Better than 61% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA1.0570.6410.7517+0.1253Worse than 79% 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.

(−0.9977PSI 90−0.6897CLABSI−0.4171CAUTI−0.2077SSI−0.3935CDI+0.7517MRSA)÷6measures=−0.3256Total HAC Score

Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make −0.3257; CMS reports −0.3256. The small difference is rounding.

This hospital’s score is 0.7055 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to −0.3256, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.9977 divided by 6 = −0.1663PSI 90−0.1663 CLABSI: z‑score −0.6897 divided by 6 = −0.1150CLABSI−0.1150 CAUTI: z‑score −0.4171 divided by 6 = −0.0695CAUTI−0.0695 SSI: z‑score −0.2077 divided by 6 = −0.0346SSI−0.0346 CDI: z‑score −0.3935 divided by 6 = −0.0656CDI−0.0656 MRSA: z‑score 0.7517 divided by 6 = +0.1253MRSA+0.1253 Total HAC Score: −0.3256Score−0.3256 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.6−0.4−0.20.00.20.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.9977 divided by 6 = −0.1663PSI 90−0.1663 CLABSI: z‑score −0.6897 divided by 6 = −0.1150CLABSI−0.1150 CAUTI: z‑score −0.4171 divided by 6 = −0.0695CAUTI−0.0695 SSI: z‑score −0.2077 divided by 6 = −0.0346SSI−0.0346 CDI: z‑score −0.3935 divided by 6 = −0.0656CDI−0.0656 MRSA: z‑score 0.7517 divided by 6 = +0.1253MRSA+0.1253 Total HAC Score: −0.3256Score−0.3256 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.6−0.4−0.20.00.20.4

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 90−0.9977−0.1663−0.1663
CLABSI−0.6897−0.1150−0.2813
CAUTI−0.4171−0.0695−0.3508
SSI−0.2077−0.0346−0.3854
CDI−0.3935−0.0656−0.4510
MRSA0.7517+0.1253−0.3257
Total HAC Score−0.3256
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, 0.7055 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.7055 higher, the cut would have been about $475K by this site’s estimate, the same as at CMS’s highest score, 2.3133.
CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $475K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $475K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: −0.3256 This hospital −0.3256 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $475K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $475Kat 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: −0.3256 This hospital −0.3256

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−$474,606
This hospital−0.3256$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$474,606

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.

($46,300,500payment+$1,405,497teaching, MA stays−$197,665readmissions−$47,723value-based)×1%the cut=$474,606at stake

$474,606at stake÷3,025traditional Medicare stays=$157per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $475K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$198K and −$48K.

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 $35,297,274
Teaching (indirect medical education) $1,699,917
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $1,405,497
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $1,923,348
Outliers: unusually costly stays $664,295
Capital: buildings and equipment $3,121,349
Uncompensated care $3,594,317
Total, before the three programs $47,705,997
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9944 − 1) −$197,665
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9986 − 1) −$47,723
After these two $47,460,609
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $474,606 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$288K to −$198K −$245,388

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)$35,297,274
Teaching (indirect medical education)$1,699,917
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$1,405,497
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$1,923,348
Outliers: unusually costly stays$664,295
Capital: buildings and equipment$3,121,349
Uncompensated care$3,594,317
Total, before the three programs$47,705,997
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9944 − 1))−$197,665
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9986 − 1))−$47,723
After these two$47,460,609
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $474,606)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$288K to −$198K)−$245,388

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 Score−0.3256same
Payment reduction decisionNosame
Payment cut0%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$0same

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 −0.3256 and a payment reduction decision of No.

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.

How much cushion?

Staying at or under CMS’s line keeps about $475K out of this program’s cut, this site estimates: a score a hair over would cost all of it.

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

MeasureHighest value that keeps No
PSI 90any value: every PSI 90 value past the cap (1.3482) scores the same
CLABSIany value: every CLABSI value past the cap (1.572) scores the same
CAUTIany value: every CAUTI value past the cap (1.537) scores the same
SSIany value: every SSI value past the cap (2.118) scores the same
CDIany value: every CDI value past the cap (0.944) scores the same
MRSAany value: every MRSA value past the cap (1.762) scores the same

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 0.8455 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.309 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.374 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.729 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.276 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 1.057 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. MRSA added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of −0.3256 among its measured results: +0.1253.
  • PSI 90 −0.1663
  • CLABSI −0.1150
  • CAUTI −0.0695
  • SSI −0.0346
  • CDI −0.0656
  • MRSA +0.1253

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 90−0.9977−0.1663same
CLABSI−0.6897−0.1150same
CAUTI−0.4171−0.0695same
SSI−0.2077−0.0346same
CDI−0.3935−0.0656same
MRSA0.7517+0.1253same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/310039/

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.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.6750, higher than 68% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 5.7500, higher than 52% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 6.7600, higher than 79% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.0779, higher than 58% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.1671, higher than 39% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.1870, higher than 38% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.0384, higher than 49% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.2019, higher than 69% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.0548, higher than 57% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.1531, higher than 41% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.3256, higher than 30% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.6750, higher than 68% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 5.7500, higher than 52% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 6.7600, higher than 79% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.0779, higher than 58% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.1671, higher than 39% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.1870, higher than 38% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.0384, higher than 49% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.2019, higher than 69% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.0548, higher than 57% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.1531, higher than 41% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.3256, higher than 30% of scores; not 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
FY20156.675068.7%not cut
FY20165.750052.5%not cut
FY20176.760079.0%cut
FY20180.077958.7%not cut
FY2019−0.167139.7%not cut
FY2020−0.187038.0%not cut
FY2021−0.038449.4%not cut
FY20220.201969.3%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.054857.3%not cut
FY2025−0.153141.5%not cut
FY2026−0.325630.7%not 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. 3 of its 5 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.42 → 0.51 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.420CLABSI, 2018: 0.202CLABSI, 2019: 0.409CLABSI, 2021: 0.624CLABSI, 2022: 0.587CLABSI, 2023: 0.000CLABSI, 2024: 0.508 CAUTI 0.50 → 0.39 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.496CAUTI, 2018: 0.000CAUTI, 2019: 0.000CAUTI, 2021: 1.191CAUTI, 2022: 1.630CAUTI, 2023: 0.354CAUTI, 2024: 0.386 SSI, colon 1.17 → 0.41 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.166SSI, colon, 2018: 0.733SSI, colon, 2019: 2.204SSI, colon, 2023: 1.254SSI, colon, 2024: 0.407 MRSA 0.75 → 0.89 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.746MRSA, 2018: 1.364MRSA, 2019: 1.644MRSA, 2021: 0.395MRSA, 2022: 0.480MRSA, 2023: 1.294MRSA, 2024: 0.894 C. diff 1.08 → 0.33 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.082C. diff, 2018: 0.694C. diff, 2019: 0.698C. diff, 2021: 0.333C. diff, 2022: 0.150C. diff, 2023: 0.221C. diff, 2024: 0.331 CLABSI 0.42 → 0.51 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.420CLABSI, 2018: 0.202CLABSI, 2019: 0.409CLABSI, 2021: 0.624CLABSI, 2022: 0.587CLABSI, 2023: 0.000CLABSI, 2024: 0.508 CAUTI 0.50 → 0.39 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.496CAUTI, 2018: 0.000CAUTI, 2019: 0.000CAUTI, 2021: 1.191CAUTI, 2022: 1.630CAUTI, 2023: 0.354CAUTI, 2024: 0.386 SSI, colon 1.17 → 0.41 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.166SSI, colon, 2018: 0.733SSI, colon, 2019: 2.204SSI, colon, 2023: 1.254SSI, colon, 2024: 0.407 MRSA 0.75 → 0.89 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.746MRSA, 2018: 1.364MRSA, 2019: 1.644MRSA, 2021: 0.395MRSA, 2022: 0.480MRSA, 2023: 1.294MRSA, 2024: 0.894 C. diff 1.08 → 0.33 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.082C. diff, 2018: 0.694C. diff, 2019: 0.698C. diff, 2021: 0.333C. diff, 2022: 0.150C. diff, 2023: 0.221C. diff, 2024: 0.331

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
20170.4200.4961.1660.7461.082
20180.2020.0000.7331.3640.694
20190.4090.0002.2041.6440.698
20210.6241.1910.3950.333
20220.5871.6300.4800.150
20230.0000.3541.2541.2940.221
20240.5080.3860.4070.8940.331

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 New Jersey, its score is higher than 35% of the other 60 scored there.

In Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ area, its score is higher than 42% of the other 14 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is below the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 0% (Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ area) to 28% (Northeast region).
All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals 2,886 hospitals25% cut Northeast region: CMS cut 124 of 436 (28%); middle score 0.0478Northeast region 436 hospitals28% cut New Jersey: CMS cut 5 of 61 (8%); middle score −0.1613New Jersey 61 hospitals8% cut Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ area: CMS cut 0 of 15 (0%); middle score −0.2089Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ area15 hospitals0% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching 873 hospitals21% 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: −0.3256 This hospital −0.3256 All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals2,886 hospitals25% cut Northeast region: CMS cut 124 of 436 (28%); middle score 0.0478Northeast region436 hospitals28% cut New Jersey: CMS cut 5 of 61 (8%); middle score −0.1613New Jersey61 hospitals8% cut Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ area: CMS cut 0 of 15 (0%); middle score −0.2089Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ area15 hospitals0% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching873 hospitals21% 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: −0.3256 This hospital −0.3256

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%−0.045330%
Northeast region43612428%0.047825%
New Jersey6158%−0.161335%
Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ area1500%−0.208942%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056727%
300 to 499 beds52311322%−0.038425%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013427%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057430%
This hospital−0.3256
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 1 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 5 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island: score 0.8955, cut, 12 miles87. Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island: score 0.1881, not cut, 11 miles76. Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth: score −0.7689, not cut, 10 miles65. Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick: score −0.5369, not cut, 9 miles54. Bayshore Medical Center, Holmdel: score −0.6258, not cut, 9 miles43. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick: score 0.2232, not cut, 9 miles32. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway, Rahway: score −0.3461, not cut, 6 miles21. JFK University Medical Center, Edison: score 0.1003, not cut, 5 miles1This hospital: Raritan Bay Medical Center

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
JFK University Medical Center, Edison, NJ50.1003not cut
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway, Rahway, NJ6−0.3461not cut
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ90.2232not cut
Bayshore Medical Center, Holmdel, NJ9−0.6258not cut
Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ9−0.5369not cut
Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth, NJ10−0.7689not cut
Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY110.1881not cut
Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, NY120.8955cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1JFK University Medical CenterEdison, NJ50.1003No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
2Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at RahwayRahway, NJ6−0.3461No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 5 measures
3Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick, NJ90.2232No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
4Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel, NJ9−0.6258No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
5Saint Peter's University HospitalNew Brunswick, NJ9−0.5369No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
6Trinitas Regional Medical CenterElizabeth, NJ10−0.7689No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
7Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island, NY110.1881No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
8Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island, NY120.89551% cut$584KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy, NJ: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/310039/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.