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HospitalSouth Texas Health System Estimated FY2026 net: −$132K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 450119

1Hospital

South Texas Health System

2Location

Edinburg, TX (Texas’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 78539

Hidalgo County

3Type

Minor teaching · 870 beds · For-profit · Urban · Rural referral center

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

0.1105

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $582K, likely $474⁠–⁠632K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.1105 for South Texas Health System and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $582K estimate 1% of about $58.2M, 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 0.2694 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $474–632K

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: 0.1105 This hospital 0.1105 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: 0.1105 This hospital 0.1105

Higher than 59% 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 PSI 90 down to the national median (0.9623) would lower the score the most: by 0.2461, to −0.1356. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 2; PSI 90 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.

    added the most

    Patient safety and adverse events composite

    Worse than 88% 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 value1.1738

    Z-score1.2936

    Part of score+0.2156

  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 62% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.433

    Z-score−0.4020

    Part of score−0.0670

  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 85% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.999

    Z-score1.0895

    Part of score+0.1816

  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 56% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.695

    Z-score−0.2659

    Part of score−0.0443

  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 60% 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 value0.282

    Z-score−0.3702

    Part of score−0.0617

  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 74% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.371

    Z-score−0.6819

    Part of score−0.1136

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 901.17380.96231.2936+0.2156Worse than 88% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.4330.559−0.4020−0.0670Better than 62% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.9990.4891.0895+0.1816Worse than 85% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.6950.795−0.2659−0.0443Better than 56% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.2820.346−0.3702−0.0617Better than 60% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.3710.641−0.6819−0.1136Better than 74% 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.

(1.2936PSI 90−0.4020CLABSI+1.0895CAUTI−0.2659SSI−0.3702CDI−0.6819MRSA)÷6measures=0.1105Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.2694 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.1105, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 1.2936 divided by 6 = +0.2156PSI 90+0.2156 CLABSI: z‑score −0.4020 divided by 6 = −0.0670CLABSI−0.0670 CAUTI: z‑score 1.0895 divided by 6 = +0.1816CAUTI+0.1816 SSI: z‑score −0.2659 divided by 6 = −0.0443SSI−0.0443 CDI: z‑score −0.3702 divided by 6 = −0.0617CDI−0.0617 MRSA: z‑score −0.6819 divided by 6 = −0.1136MRSA−0.1136 Total HAC Score: 0.1105Score0.1105 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 1.2936 divided by 6 = +0.2156PSI 90+0.2156 CLABSI: z‑score −0.4020 divided by 6 = −0.0670CLABSI−0.0670 CAUTI: z‑score 1.0895 divided by 6 = +0.1816CAUTI+0.1816 SSI: z‑score −0.2659 divided by 6 = −0.0443SSI−0.0443 CDI: z‑score −0.3702 divided by 6 = −0.0617CDI−0.0617 MRSA: z‑score −0.6819 divided by 6 = −0.1136MRSA−0.1136 Total HAC Score: 0.1105Score0.1105 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 901.2936+0.21560.2156
CLABSI−0.4020−0.06700.1486
CAUTI1.0895+0.18160.3302
SSI−0.2659−0.04430.2859
CDI−0.3702−0.06170.2242
MRSA−0.6819−0.11360.1106
Total HAC Score0.1105
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, 0.2694 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.2694 higher, the cut would have been about $582K 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 $582K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $582K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.1105 This hospital 0.1105 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $582K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $582Kat 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: 0.1105 This hospital 0.1105

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−$581,920
This hospital0.1105$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$581,920

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.

($54,595,574payment+$3,728,790teaching, MA stays−$143,556readmissions+$11,198value-based)×1%the cut=$581,920at stake

$581,920at stake÷2,515traditional Medicare stays=$231per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $582K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$144K and +$11K.

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 $32,626,383
Teaching (indirect medical education) $1,148,122
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $3,728,790
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $2,875,363
Outliers: unusually costly stays $790,864
Capital: buildings and equipment $2,985,827
Uncompensated care $14,169,015
Total, before the three programs $58,324,364
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9956 − 1) −$143,556
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0003 − 1) +$11,198
After these two $58,192,006
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $581,920 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$145K to −$114K −$132,358

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)$32,626,383
Teaching (indirect medical education)$1,148,122
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$3,728,790
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$2,875,363
Outliers: unusually costly stays$790,864
Capital: buildings and equipment$2,985,827
Uncompensated care$14,169,015
Total, before the three programs$58,324,364
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9956 − 1))−$143,556
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0003 − 1))+$11,198
After these two$58,192,006
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $581,920)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$145K to −$114K)−$132,358

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 Score0.1105same
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 0.1105 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 $582K 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
CLABSIup to 1.127
CAUTIany value: every CAUTI value past the cap (1.537) scores the same
SSIup to 1.636
CDIup to 0.698
MRSAup to 1.142

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 1.1738 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.433 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.999 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.695 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.282 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.371 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. PSI 90 added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.1105 among its measured results: +0.2156.
  • PSI 90 +0.2156
  • CLABSI −0.0670
  • CAUTI +0.1816
  • SSI −0.0443
  • CDI −0.0617
  • MRSA −0.1136

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 901.2936+0.2156same
CLABSI−0.4020−0.0670same
CAUTI1.0895+0.1816same
SSI−0.2659−0.0443same
CDI−0.3702−0.0617same
MRSA−0.6819−0.1136same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/450119/

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 2.9500, higher than 11% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 2.5000, higher than 7% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 3.5300, higher than 19% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.2851, higher than 31% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.408, higher than 25% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.5568, higher than 17% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.6884, higher than 12% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.4759, higher than 21% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.1052, higher than 45% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.0265, higher than 50% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.1105, higher than 59% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 2.9500, higher than 11% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 2.5000, higher than 7% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 3.5300, higher than 19% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.2851, higher than 31% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.408, higher than 25% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.5568, higher than 17% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.6884, higher than 12% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.4759, higher than 21% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.1052, higher than 45% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.0265, higher than 50% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.1105, higher than 59% 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
FY20152.950011.5%not cut
FY20162.50007.5%not cut
FY20173.530019.7%not cut
FY2018−0.285131.8%not cut
FY2019−0.40825.2%not cut
FY2020−0.556817.3%not cut
FY2021−0.688412.7%not cut
FY2022−0.475921.2%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.105245.0%not cut
FY2025−0.026550.2%not cut
FY20260.110559.7%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. 4 of its 6 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.36 → 0.30 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.363CLABSI, 2018: 0.392CLABSI, 2019: 0.000CLABSI, 2021: 1.363CLABSI, 2022: 0.751CLABSI, 2023: 0.549CLABSI, 2024: 0.305 CAUTI 0.98 → 1.10 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.982CAUTI, 2018: 0.484CAUTI, 2019: 0.430CAUTI, 2021: 1.994CAUTI, 2022: 0.896CAUTI, 2023: 0.902CAUTI, 2024: 1.104 SSI, colon 0.00 → 1.08 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.000SSI, colon, 2018: 0.000SSI, colon, 2019: 0.000SSI, colon, 2021: 0.669SSI, colon, 2022: 0.731SSI, colon, 2023: 0.440SSI, colon, 2024: 1.080 SSI, hysterectomy 1.90 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 1.903SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.000 MRSA 0.81 → 0.24 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.808MRSA, 2018: 0.225MRSA, 2019: 0.513MRSA, 2021: 0.377MRSA, 2022: 0.260MRSA, 2023: 0.517MRSA, 2024: 0.237 C. diff 0.61 → 0.31 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.606C. diff, 2018: 0.568C. diff, 2019: 0.280C. diff, 2021: 0.273C. diff, 2022: 0.342C. diff, 2023: 0.259C. diff, 2024: 0.308 CLABSI 0.36 → 0.30 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.363CLABSI, 2018: 0.392CLABSI, 2019: 0.000CLABSI, 2021: 1.363CLABSI, 2022: 0.751CLABSI, 2023: 0.549CLABSI, 2024: 0.305 CAUTI 0.98 → 1.10 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.982CAUTI, 2018: 0.484CAUTI, 2019: 0.430CAUTI, 2021: 1.994CAUTI, 2022: 0.896CAUTI, 2023: 0.902CAUTI, 2024: 1.104 SSI, colon 0.00 → 1.08 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.000SSI, colon, 2018: 0.000SSI, colon, 2019: 0.000SSI, colon, 2021: 0.669SSI, colon, 2022: 0.731SSI, colon, 2023: 0.440SSI, colon, 2024: 1.080 SSI, hysterectomy 1.90 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 1.903SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.000 MRSA 0.81 → 0.24 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.808MRSA, 2018: 0.225MRSA, 2019: 0.513MRSA, 2021: 0.377MRSA, 2022: 0.260MRSA, 2023: 0.517MRSA, 2024: 0.237 C. diff 0.61 → 0.31 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.606C. diff, 2018: 0.568C. diff, 2019: 0.280C. diff, 2021: 0.273C. diff, 2022: 0.342C. diff, 2023: 0.259C. diff, 2024: 0.308

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
20170.3630.9820.0001.9030.8080.606
20180.3920.4840.0000.2250.568
20190.0000.4300.0000.5130.280
20211.3631.9940.6690.0000.3770.273
20220.7510.8960.7310.2600.342
20230.5490.9020.4400.5170.259
20240.3051.1041.0800.2370.308

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 76% of the other 254 scored there.

In McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX area, its score is higher than 80% of the other 5 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in 7 of the 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 0% (McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX area) 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX area: CMS cut 0 of 6 (0%); middle score −0.0223McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX area6 hospitals0% 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: 0.1105 This hospital 0.1105 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX area: CMS cut 0 of 6 (0%); middle score −0.0223McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX area6 hospitals0% 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: 0.1105 This hospital 0.1105

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%−0.045359%
South region1,17426322%−0.105662%
Texas2553213%−0.236876%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX area600%−0.022380%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056762%
500 beds and up36510529%0.132348%
For-profit6519815%−0.259071%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057461%
This hospital0.1105
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 less than a mile away.
5 mi10 mi25 mi8. Starr County Memorial Hospital, Rio Grande City: score 2.1931, cut, 43 miles87. VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLC, Harlingen: score 0.1736, not cut, 32 miles76. Harlingen Medical Center, Harlingen: score 0.2163, not cut, 32 miles65. Knapp Medical Center, Weslaco: score −0.1451, not cut, 15 miles54. Mission Regional Medical Center, Mission: score −0.0792, not cut, 9 miles43. Rio Grande Regional Hospital, McAllen: score 0.2625, not cut, 6 miles32. Doctors Hosptal at Renaissance, Edinburg: score −0.7264, not cut, about a mile21. Cornerstone Regional Hospital, Edinburg: score 0.0346, not cut, less than a mile1This hospital: South Texas Health System

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Cornerstone Regional Hospital, Edinburg, TXunder 10.0346not cut
Doctors Hosptal at Renaissance, Edinburg, TX1−0.7264not cut
Rio Grande Regional Hospital, McAllen, TX60.2625not cut
Mission Regional Medical Center, Mission, TX9−0.0792not cut
Knapp Medical Center, Weslaco, TX15−0.1451not cut
Harlingen Medical Center, Harlingen, TX320.2163not cut
VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLC, Harlingen, TX320.1736not cut
Starr County Memorial Hospital, Rio Grande City, TX432.1931cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Cornerstone Regional HospitalEdinburg, TXunder 10.0346No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 1 measures
2Doctors Hosptal at RenaissanceEdinburg, TX1−0.7264No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 6 measures
3Rio Grande Regional HospitalMcAllen, TX60.2625No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
4Mission Regional Medical CenterMission, TX9−0.0792No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
5Knapp Medical CenterWeslaco, TX15−0.1451No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
6Harlingen Medical CenterHarlingen, TX320.2163No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
7VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLCHarlingen, TX320.1736No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
8Starr County Memorial HospitalRio Grande City, TX432.19311% cut$29KAbove the national median on 1 of 1 measures

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Paid & Penalized. South Texas Health System, Edinburg, TX: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/450119/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.