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HospitalUniversity of Texas Medical Branch Galveston Estimated FY2026 net: −$2.4M×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 450018

1Hospital

University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston

2Location

Galveston, TX (Texas’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 77555

Galveston County

3Type

Major teaching · 740 beds · Government · Urban

4Care Compare stars

3 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

0.7830

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$1.5M estimate
Likely $1.2⁠–⁠1.7M; about $305 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$1.5M

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.7830 for University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $152M, 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 $305 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $1.2–1.7M

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: 0.7830 This hospital 0.7830 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: 0.7830 This hospital 0.7830

Higher than 89% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 6 of 11 years

  1. 15Cut
  2. 16Cut
  3. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21No
  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 MRSA down to the national median (0.641) would lower the score the most: by 0.2090, to 0.5740. Try it in the what-if

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

    Worse than 80% 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 value1.0958

    Z-score0.7494

    Part of score+0.1249

  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 80% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.969

    Z-score0.8414

    Part of score+0.1402

  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 82% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.897

    Z-score0.8436

    Part of score+0.1406

  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 66% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value1.053

    Z-score0.3473

    Part of score+0.0579

  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 79% 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 value0.579

    Z-score0.7798

    Part of score+0.1300

  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 85% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value1.241

    Z-score1.1363

    Part of score+0.1894

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 901.09580.96230.7494+0.1249Worse than 80% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.9690.5590.8414+0.1402Worse than 80% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.8970.4890.8436+0.1406Worse than 82% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI1.0530.7950.3473+0.0579Worse than 66% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.5790.3460.7798+0.1300Worse than 79% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA1.2410.6411.1363+0.1894Worse than 85% 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.

(0.7494PSI 90+0.8414CLABSI+0.8436CAUTI+0.3473SSI+0.7798CDI+1.1363MRSA)÷6measures=0.7830Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.4038 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.7830, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.7494 divided by 6 = +0.1249PSI 90+0.1249 CLABSI: z‑score 0.8414 divided by 6 = +0.1402CLABSI+0.1402 CAUTI: z‑score 0.8436 divided by 6 = +0.1406CAUTI+0.1406 SSI: z‑score 0.3473 divided by 6 = +0.0579SSI+0.0579 CDI: z‑score 0.7798 divided by 6 = +0.1300CDI+0.1300 MRSA: z‑score 1.1363 divided by 6 = +0.1894MRSA+0.1894 Total HAC Score: 0.7830Score0.7830 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.8 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.7494 divided by 6 = +0.1249PSI 90+0.1249 CLABSI: z‑score 0.8414 divided by 6 = +0.1402CLABSI+0.1402 CAUTI: z‑score 0.8436 divided by 6 = +0.1406CAUTI+0.1406 SSI: z‑score 0.3473 divided by 6 = +0.0579SSI+0.0579 CDI: z‑score 0.7798 divided by 6 = +0.1300CDI+0.1300 MRSA: z‑score 1.1363 divided by 6 = +0.1894MRSA+0.1894 Total HAC Score: 0.7830Score0.7830 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.8

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 900.7494+0.12490.1249
CLABSI0.8414+0.14020.2651
CAUTI0.8436+0.14060.4057
SSI0.3473+0.05790.4636
CDI0.7798+0.13000.5936
MRSA1.1363+0.18940.7830
Total HAC Score0.7830
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, 0.4038 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $1.5M 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 $1.5M at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $1.5M at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.7830 This hospital 0.7830 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $1.5M at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $1.5Mat 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: 0.7830 This hospital 0.7830

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−$1,523,005
This hospital0.7830−$1,523,005
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$1,523,005

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.

($118,164,555payment+$35,035,470teaching, MA stays−$592,325readmissions−$307,192value-based)×1%the cut=$1,523,005HAC cut

$1,523,005HAC cut÷5,000traditional Medicare stays=$305per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $1.5M: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$592K and −$307K.

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 $64,383,110
Teaching (indirect medical education) $22,993,140
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $35,035,470
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $2,332,600
Outliers: unusually costly stays $2,192,245
Capital: buildings and equipment $7,474,281
Uncompensated care $18,789,179
Total, before the three programs $153,200,025
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9908 − 1) −$592,325
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9952 − 1) −$307,192
After these two $152,300,508
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $1.2⁠–⁠1.7M −$1,523,005
Net of the three programs likely −$2.7M to −$2.1M −$2,422,522

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)$64,383,110
Teaching (indirect medical education)$22,993,140
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$35,035,470
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$2,332,600
Outliers: unusually costly stays$2,192,245
Capital: buildings and equipment$7,474,281
Uncompensated care$18,789,179
Total, before the three programs$153,200,025
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9908 − 1))−$592,325
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9952 − 1))−$307,192
After these two$152,300,508
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $1.2–1.7M)−$1,523,005
Net of the three programs (likely −$2.7M to −$2.1M)−$2,422,522

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 Score0.7830same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$1.5Msame

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 0.7830 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 $1.5M, 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
SSInot possible with this measure alone
CDInot possible with this measure alone
MRSA0.081 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 1.0958 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.969 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.897 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 1.053 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.579 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 1.241 · 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 0.7830 among its measured results: +0.1894.
  • PSI 90 +0.1249
  • CLABSI +0.1402
  • CAUTI +0.1406
  • SSI +0.0579
  • CDI +0.1300
  • MRSA +0.1894

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 900.7494+0.1249same
CLABSI0.8414+0.1402same
CAUTI0.8436+0.1406same
SSI0.3473+0.0579same
CDI0.7798+0.1300same
MRSA1.1363+0.1894same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/450018/

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 3 years in a row.

Figure 6. CMS cut this hospital in 6 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 7.7500, higher than 86% of scores; cutFY2017: score 5.8100, higher than 59% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.0758, higher than 58% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.0654, higher than 57% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.0282, higher than 50% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.2803, higher than 71% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.7525, higher than 90% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.4389, higher than 77% of scores; cutFY2025: score 0.4794, higher than 80% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.7830, higher than 89% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 7.7250, higher than 86% of scores; cutFY2016: score 7.7500, higher than 86% of scores; cutFY2017: score 5.8100, higher than 59% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.0758, higher than 58% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.0654, higher than 57% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.0282, higher than 50% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.2803, higher than 71% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.7525, higher than 90% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.4389, higher than 77% of scores; cutFY2025: score 0.4794, higher than 80% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.7830, higher than 89% 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
FY20167.750086.8%cut
FY20175.810059.0%not cut
FY20180.075858.6%not cut
FY20190.065457.8%not cut
FY2020−0.028250.3%not cut
FY20210.280371.9%not cut
FY20220.752590.3%cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.438977.8%cut
FY20250.479480.5%cut
FY20260.783089.5%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 6 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.94 → 0.86 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.940CLABSI, 2018: 0.994CLABSI, 2019: 0.992CLABSI, 2021: 1.367CLABSI, 2022: 1.100CLABSI, 2023: 1.069CLABSI, 2024: 0.864 CAUTI 0.61 → 0.90 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.612CAUTI, 2018: 0.630CAUTI, 2019: 0.636CAUTI, 2021: 1.321CAUTI, 2022: 0.815CAUTI, 2023: 0.899CAUTI, 2024: 0.895 SSI, colon 0.68 → 1.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.683SSI, colon, 2018: 0.407SSI, colon, 2019: 0.394SSI, colon, 2021: 1.519SSI, colon, 2022: 0.676SSI, colon, 2023: 0.852SSI, colon, 2024: 0.999 SSI, hysterectomy 1.21 → 2.10 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 1.206SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 2.329SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 3.565SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 2.053SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.745SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 1.143SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 2.096 MRSA 1.37 → 1.38 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.368MRSA, 2018: 1.423MRSA, 2019: 1.605MRSA, 2021: 2.571MRSA, 2022: 1.753MRSA, 2023: 1.107MRSA, 2024: 1.382 C. diff 0.63 → 0.49 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.631C. diff, 2018: 0.424C. diff, 2019: 0.401C. diff, 2021: 0.640C. diff, 2022: 0.550C. diff, 2023: 0.675C. diff, 2024: 0.494 CLABSI 0.94 → 0.86 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.940CLABSI, 2018: 0.994CLABSI, 2019: 0.992CLABSI, 2021: 1.367CLABSI, 2022: 1.100CLABSI, 2023: 1.069CLABSI, 2024: 0.864 CAUTI 0.61 → 0.90 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.612CAUTI, 2018: 0.630CAUTI, 2019: 0.636CAUTI, 2021: 1.321CAUTI, 2022: 0.815CAUTI, 2023: 0.899CAUTI, 2024: 0.895 SSI, colon 0.68 → 1.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.683SSI, colon, 2018: 0.407SSI, colon, 2019: 0.394SSI, colon, 2021: 1.519SSI, colon, 2022: 0.676SSI, colon, 2023: 0.852SSI, colon, 2024: 0.999 SSI, hysterectomy 1.21 → 2.10 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 1.206SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 2.329SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 3.565SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 2.053SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.745SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 1.143SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 2.096 MRSA 1.37 → 1.38 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.368MRSA, 2018: 1.423MRSA, 2019: 1.605MRSA, 2021: 2.571MRSA, 2022: 1.753MRSA, 2023: 1.107MRSA, 2024: 1.382 C. diff 0.63 → 0.49 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.631C. diff, 2018: 0.424C. diff, 2019: 0.401C. diff, 2021: 0.640C. diff, 2022: 0.550C. diff, 2023: 0.675C. diff, 2024: 0.494

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
20170.9400.6120.6831.2061.3680.631
20180.9940.6300.4072.3291.4230.424
20190.9920.6360.3943.5651.6050.401
20211.3671.3211.5192.0532.5710.640
20221.1000.8150.6760.7451.7530.550
20231.0690.8990.8521.1431.1070.675
20240.8640.8950.9992.0961.3820.494

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 Texas, its score is higher than 93% of the other 254 scored there.

In Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area, its score is higher than 93% of the other 44 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 13% (Texas) to 35% (Government).
All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals 2,886 hospitals25% cut South region: CMS cut 263 of 1,174 (22%); middle score −0.1056South region 1,174 hospitals22% cut Texas: CMS cut 32 of 255 (13%); middle score −0.2368Texas 255 hospitals13% cut Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area: CMS cut 6 of 45 (13%); middle score −0.3709Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area45 hospitals13% cut Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching 424 hospitals32% cut 500 beds and up: CMS cut 105 of 365 (29%); middle score 0.1323500 beds and up 365 hospitals29% 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: 0.7830 This hospital 0.7830 All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals2,886 hospitals25% cut South region: CMS cut 263 of 1,174 (22%); middle score −0.1056South region1,174 hospitals22% cut Texas: CMS cut 32 of 255 (13%); middle score −0.2368Texas255 hospitals13% cut Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area: CMS cut 6 of 45 (13%); middle score −0.3709Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area45 hospitals13% cut Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching424 hospitals32% cut 500 beds and up: CMS cut 105 of 365 (29%); middle score 0.1323500 beds and up365 hospitals29% 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: 0.7830 This hospital 0.7830

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%−0.045389%
South region1,17426322%−0.105689%
Texas2553213%−0.236893%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area45613%−0.370993%
Major teaching42413632%0.178088%
500 beds and up36510529%0.132390%
Government40114035%0.160280%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057491%
This hospital0.7830
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 25 miles away.
5 mi10 mi25 mi8. HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland, Pearland: score −0.7731, not cut, 38 miles87. HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast, Pasadena: score −0.7220, not cut, 35 miles76. Baytown Medical Center LP, Baytown: score 0.0548, not cut, 34 miles65. Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital, Baytown: score −0.4851, not cut, 34 miles54. St Luke's Patients Medical Center, Pasadena: score −0.4387, not cut, 33 miles43. HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake, Webster: score −0.3709, not cut, 27 miles32. Memorial Hermann Houston Physicians Hospital, Webster: score −0.6189, not cut, 26 miles21. Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital, Nassau Bay: score −0.7512, not cut, 25 miles1This hospital: University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital, Nassau Bay, TX25−0.7512not cut
Memorial Hermann Houston Physicians Hospital, Webster, TX26−0.6189not cut
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake, Webster, TX27−0.3709not cut
St Luke's Patients Medical Center, Pasadena, TX33−0.4387not cut
Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital, Baytown, TX34−0.4851not cut
Baytown Medical Center LP, Baytown, TX340.0548not cut
HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast, Pasadena, TX35−0.7220not cut
HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland, Pearland, TX38−0.7731not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalNassau Bay, TX25−0.7512No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
2Memorial Hermann Houston Physicians HospitalWebster, TX26−0.6189No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 1 measures
3HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster, TX27−0.3709No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
4St Luke's Patients Medical CenterPasadena, TX33−0.4387No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 5 measures
5Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown, TX34−0.4851No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
6Baytown Medical Center LPBaytown, TX340.0548No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 1 measures
7HCA Houston Healthcare SoutheastPasadena, TX35−0.7220No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
8HCA Houston Healthcare PearlandPearland, TX38−0.7731No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Galveston, TX: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/450018/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.