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HospitalVHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLC Estimated FY2026 net: −$414K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 450033

1Hospital

VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLC

2Location

Harlingen, TX (Texas’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 78550

Cameron County

3Type

Minor teaching · 578 beds · For-profit · Urban

4Care Compare stars

2 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

0.1736

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $385K, likely $313⁠–⁠418K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.1736 for VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLC and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $385K estimate 1% of about $38.5M, 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 0.2063 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $313–418K

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.

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: 0.1736 This hospital 0.1736 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: 0.1736 This hospital 0.1736

Higher than 62% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Never cut in 11 years

  1. 15No
  2. 16No
  3. 17No
  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 SSI down to the national median (0.795) would lower the score the most: by 0.1702, to 0.0034. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 3; 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 79% 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 value1.0842

    Z-score0.6682

    Part of score+0.1114

  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 74% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.847

    Z-score0.5584

    Part of score+0.0931

  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 64% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.360

    Z-score−0.4508

    Part of score−0.0751

  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 81% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value1.391

    Z-score0.9263

    Part of score+0.1544

  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 53% 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 value0.326

    Z-score−0.1999

    Part of score−0.0333

  6. MRSA (what it counts)

    Bloodstream infections with MRSA, a germ that resists several antibiotics, found by a lab test and starting in the hospital. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    MRSA bloodstream infections

    Better than 65% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.477

    Z-score−0.4604

    Part of score−0.0767

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 901.08420.96230.6682+0.1114Worse than 79% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.8470.5590.5584+0.0931Worse than 74% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.3600.489−0.4508−0.0751Better than 64% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI1.3910.7950.9263+0.1544Worse than 81% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.3260.346−0.1999−0.0333Better than 53% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.4770.641−0.4604−0.0767Better than 65% 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.

(0.6682PSI 90+0.5584CLABSI−0.4508CAUTI+0.9263SSI−0.1999CDI−0.4604MRSA)÷6measures=0.1736Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.2063 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.1736, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.6682 divided by 6 = +0.1114PSI 90+0.1114 CLABSI: z‑score 0.5584 divided by 6 = +0.0931CLABSI+0.0931 CAUTI: z‑score −0.4508 divided by 6 = −0.0751CAUTI−0.0751 SSI: z‑score 0.9263 divided by 6 = +0.1544SSI+0.1544 CDI: z‑score −0.1999 divided by 6 = −0.0333CDI−0.0333 MRSA: z‑score −0.4604 divided by 6 = −0.0767MRSA−0.0767 Total HAC Score: 0.1736Score0.1736 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.6682 divided by 6 = +0.1114PSI 90+0.1114 CLABSI: z‑score 0.5584 divided by 6 = +0.0931CLABSI+0.0931 CAUTI: z‑score −0.4508 divided by 6 = −0.0751CAUTI−0.0751 SSI: z‑score 0.9263 divided by 6 = +0.1544SSI+0.1544 CDI: z‑score −0.1999 divided by 6 = −0.0333CDI−0.0333 MRSA: z‑score −0.4604 divided by 6 = −0.0767MRSA−0.0767 Total HAC Score: 0.1736Score0.1736 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.4

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 900.6682+0.11140.1114
CLABSI0.5584+0.09310.2045
CAUTI−0.4508−0.07510.1294
SSI0.9263+0.15440.2838
CDI−0.1999−0.03330.2505
MRSA−0.4604−0.07670.1738
Total HAC Score0.1736
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, 0.2063 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.2063 higher, the cut would have been about $385K 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 $385K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $385K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.1736 This hospital 0.1736 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $385K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $385Kat 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: 0.1736 This hospital 0.1736

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−$384,863
This hospital0.1736$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$384,863

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.

($37,293,690payment+$1,606,558teaching, MA stays−$213,197readmissions−$200,792value-based)×1%the cut=$384,863at stake

$384,863at stake÷2,026traditional Medicare stays=$190per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $385K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$213K and −$201K.

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 $25,686,411
Teaching (indirect medical education) $614,162
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $1,606,558
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $1,358,297
Outliers: unusually costly stays $632,656
Capital: buildings and equipment $2,230,038
Uncompensated care $6,772,126
Total, before the three programs $38,900,248
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9917 − 1) −$213,197
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9922 − 1) −$200,792
After these two $38,486,259
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $384,863 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$453K to −$358K −$413,989

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)$25,686,411
Teaching (indirect medical education)$614,162
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$1,606,558
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$1,358,297
Outliers: unusually costly stays$632,656
Capital: buildings and equipment$2,230,038
Uncompensated care$6,772,126
Total, before the three programs$38,900,248
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9917 − 1))−$213,197
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9922 − 1))−$200,792
After these two$38,486,259
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $384,863)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$453K to −$358K)−$413,989

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 Score0.1736same
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 0.1736 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 $385K 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 90up to 1.2608
CLABSIup to 1.378
CAUTIup to 0.871
SSIup to 2.111
CDIup to 0.644
MRSAup to 1.067

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 1.0842 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.847 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.360 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 1.391 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.326 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.477 · 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 0.1736 among its measured results: +0.1544.
  • PSI 90 +0.1114
  • CLABSI +0.0931
  • CAUTI −0.0751
  • SSI +0.1544
  • CDI −0.0333
  • MRSA −0.0767

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 900.6682+0.1114same
CLABSI0.5584+0.0931same
CAUTI−0.4508−0.0751same
SSI0.9263+0.1544same
CDI−0.1999−0.0333same
MRSA−0.4604−0.0767same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/450033/

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 made a decision on this hospital in 11 years and never cut it.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.6500, higher than 68% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 5.2500, higher than 45% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 4.9100, higher than 40% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.4191, higher than 24% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.2724, higher than 32% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.3721, higher than 26% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.2015, higher than 37% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.1945, higher than 68% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.2472, higher than 35% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.2294, higher than 36% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.1736, higher than 62% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.6500, higher than 68% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 5.2500, higher than 45% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 4.9100, higher than 40% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.4191, higher than 24% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.2724, higher than 32% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.3721, higher than 26% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.2015, higher than 37% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.1945, higher than 68% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.2472, higher than 35% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.2294, higher than 36% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.1736, higher than 62% 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
FY20156.650068.2%not cut
FY20165.250045.0%not cut
FY20174.910040.3%not cut
FY2018−0.419124.4%not cut
FY2019−0.272432.2%not cut
FY2020−0.372126.2%not cut
FY2021−0.201537.3%not cut
FY20220.194568.8%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.247235.1%not cut
FY2025−0.229436.0%not cut
FY20260.173662.9%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. 4 of its 6 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 1.16 → 1.10 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.162CLABSI, 2018: 0.715CLABSI, 2019: 0.852CLABSI, 2021: 1.168CLABSI, 2022: 0.792CLABSI, 2023: 0.582CLABSI, 2024: 1.097 CAUTI 0.88 → 0.20 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.878CAUTI, 2018: 0.601CAUTI, 2019: 0.535CAUTI, 2021: 0.379CAUTI, 2022: 0.311CAUTI, 2023: 0.559CAUTI, 2024: 0.203 SSI, colon 0.54 → 0.92 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.540SSI, colon, 2018: 0.613SSI, colon, 2019: 2.342SSI, colon, 2021: 1.017SSI, colon, 2022: 0.991SSI, colon, 2023: 2.118SSI, colon, 2024: 0.924 SSI, hysterectomy 0.00 → 1.24 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 1.549SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.884SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.673SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 0.554SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 1.238 MRSA 1.19 → 0.60 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.193MRSA, 2018: 0.355MRSA, 2019: 0.998MRSA, 2021: 0.905MRSA, 2022: 0.740MRSA, 2023: 0.353MRSA, 2024: 0.602 C. diff 0.55 → 0.35 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.550C. diff, 2018: 0.199C. diff, 2019: 0.271C. diff, 2021: 0.300C. diff, 2022: 0.453C. diff, 2023: 0.302C. diff, 2024: 0.348 CLABSI 1.16 → 1.10 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.162CLABSI, 2018: 0.715CLABSI, 2019: 0.852CLABSI, 2021: 1.168CLABSI, 2022: 0.792CLABSI, 2023: 0.582CLABSI, 2024: 1.097 CAUTI 0.88 → 0.20 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.878CAUTI, 2018: 0.601CAUTI, 2019: 0.535CAUTI, 2021: 0.379CAUTI, 2022: 0.311CAUTI, 2023: 0.559CAUTI, 2024: 0.203 SSI, colon 0.54 → 0.92 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.540SSI, colon, 2018: 0.613SSI, colon, 2019: 2.342SSI, colon, 2021: 1.017SSI, colon, 2022: 0.991SSI, colon, 2023: 2.118SSI, colon, 2024: 0.924 SSI, hysterectomy 0.00 → 1.24 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 1.549SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.884SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.673SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 0.554SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 1.238 MRSA 1.19 → 0.60 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.193MRSA, 2018: 0.355MRSA, 2019: 0.998MRSA, 2021: 0.905MRSA, 2022: 0.740MRSA, 2023: 0.353MRSA, 2024: 0.602 C. diff 0.55 → 0.35 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.550C. diff, 2018: 0.199C. diff, 2019: 0.271C. diff, 2021: 0.300C. diff, 2022: 0.453C. diff, 2023: 0.302C. diff, 2024: 0.348

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
20171.1620.8780.5400.0001.1930.550
20180.7150.6010.6130.0000.3550.199
20190.8520.5352.3421.5490.9980.271
20211.1680.3791.0171.8840.9050.300
20220.7920.3110.9910.6730.7400.453
20230.5820.5592.1180.5540.3530.302
20241.0970.2030.9241.2380.6020.348

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 79% of the other 254 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 7 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 13% (Texas) to 29% (500 beds and up).
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 Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching 873 hospitals21% cut 500 beds and up: CMS cut 105 of 365 (29%); middle score 0.1323500 beds and up 365 hospitals29% cut For-profit: CMS cut 98 of 651 (15%); middle score −0.2590For-profit 651 hospitals15% 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: 0.1736 This hospital 0.1736 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 Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching873 hospitals21% cut 500 beds and up: CMS cut 105 of 365 (29%); middle score 0.1323500 beds and up365 hospitals29% cut For-profit: CMS cut 98 of 651 (15%); middle score −0.2590For-profit651 hospitals15% 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: 0.1736 This hospital 0.1736

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%−0.045362%
South region1,17426322%−0.105666%
Texas2553213%−0.236879%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056766%
500 beds and up36510529%0.132353%
For-profit6519815%−0.259074%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057465%
This hospital0.1736
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 6 miles away.
5 mi10 mi25 mi8. Rio Grande Regional Hospital, McAllen: score 0.2625, not cut, 34 miles87. Doctors Hosptal at Renaissance, Edinburg: score −0.7264, not cut, 33 miles76. Cornerstone Regional Hospital, Edinburg: score 0.0346, not cut, 33 miles65. South Texas Health System, Edinburg: score 0.1105, not cut, 32 miles54. Valley Baptist Medical Center- Brownsville, Brownsville: score −0.5954, not cut, 20 miles43. Knapp Medical Center, Weslaco: score −0.1451, not cut, 19 miles32. Valley Regional Medical Center, Brownsville: score 0.3233, not cut, 17 miles21. Harlingen Medical Center, Harlingen: score 0.2163, not cut, 6 miles1This hospital: VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLC

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Harlingen Medical Center, Harlingen, TX60.2163not cut
Valley Regional Medical Center, Brownsville, TX170.3233not cut
Knapp Medical Center, Weslaco, TX19−0.1451not cut
Valley Baptist Medical Center- Brownsville, Brownsville, TX20−0.5954not cut
South Texas Health System, Edinburg, TX320.1105not cut
Cornerstone Regional Hospital, Edinburg, TX330.0346not cut
Doctors Hosptal at Renaissance, Edinburg, TX33−0.7264not cut
Rio Grande Regional Hospital, McAllen, TX340.2625not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Harlingen Medical CenterHarlingen, TX60.2163No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
2Valley Regional Medical CenterBrownsville, TX170.3233No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
3Knapp Medical CenterWeslaco, TX19−0.1451No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
4Valley Baptist Medical Center- BrownsvilleBrownsville, TX20−0.5954No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
5South Texas Health SystemEdinburg, TX320.1105No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
6Cornerstone Regional HospitalEdinburg, TX330.0346No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 1 measures
7Doctors Hosptal at RenaissanceEdinburg, TX33−0.7264No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 6 measures
8Rio Grande Regional HospitalMcAllen, TX340.2625No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLC, Harlingen, TX: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/450033/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.