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HospitalValley Regional Medical Center Estimated FY2026 net: −$89K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 450662

1Hospital

Valley Regional Medical Center

2Location

Brownsville, TX (Texas’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 78526

Cameron County

3Type

Minor teaching · 214 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

0.3233

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $204K, likely $155⁠–⁠256K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.3233 for Valley Regional Medical Center and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $204K estimate 1% of about $20.4M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year. Its score was 0.0566 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $155–256K

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: 0.3233 This hospital 0.3233 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: 0.3233 This hospital 0.3233

Higher than 71% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 3 of 11 years

  1. 15No
  2. 16No
  3. 17Cut
  4. 18Cut
  5. 19Cut
  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 CAUTI down to the national median (0.489) would lower the score the most: by 0.2290, to 0.0943. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 4; CAUTI 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 83% 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 value1.1311

    Z-score0.9954

    Part of score+0.1659

  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 61% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.448

    Z-score−0.3672

    Part of score−0.0612

  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.

    added the most

    Catheter-associated urinary tract infections

    Worse than 87% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value1.059

    Z-score1.2341

    Part of score+0.2057

  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 60% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.948

    Z-score0.1675

    Part of score+0.0279

  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 72% 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 value0.204

    Z-score−0.6723

    Part of score−0.1121

  6. MRSA (what it counts)

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

    MRSA bloodstream infections

    Worse than 75% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.976

    Z-score0.5825

    Part of score+0.0971

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 901.13110.96230.9954+0.1659Worse than 83% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.4480.559−0.3672−0.0612Better than 61% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI1.0590.4891.2341+0.2057Worse than 87% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.9480.7950.1675+0.0279Worse than 60% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.2040.346−0.6723−0.1121Better than 72% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.9760.6410.5825+0.0971Worse than 75% 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.

(0.9954PSI 90−0.3672CLABSI+1.2341CAUTI+0.1675SSI−0.6723CDI+0.5825MRSA)÷6measures=0.3233Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.0566 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.3233, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.9954 divided by 6 = +0.1659PSI 90+0.1659 CLABSI: z‑score −0.3672 divided by 6 = −0.0612CLABSI−0.0612 CAUTI: z‑score 1.2341 divided by 6 = +0.2057CAUTI+0.2057 SSI: z‑score 0.1675 divided by 6 = +0.0279SSI+0.0279 CDI: z‑score −0.6723 divided by 6 = −0.1121CDI−0.1121 MRSA: z‑score 0.5825 divided by 6 = +0.0971MRSA+0.0971 Total HAC Score: 0.3233Score0.3233 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.9954 divided by 6 = +0.1659PSI 90+0.1659 CLABSI: z‑score −0.3672 divided by 6 = −0.0612CLABSI−0.0612 CAUTI: z‑score 1.2341 divided by 6 = +0.2057CAUTI+0.2057 SSI: z‑score 0.1675 divided by 6 = +0.0279SSI+0.0279 CDI: z‑score −0.6723 divided by 6 = −0.1121CDI−0.1121 MRSA: z‑score 0.5825 divided by 6 = +0.0971MRSA+0.0971 Total HAC Score: 0.3233Score0.3233 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 900.9954+0.16590.1659
CLABSI−0.3672−0.06120.1047
CAUTI1.2341+0.20570.3104
SSI0.1675+0.02790.3383
CDI−0.6723−0.11210.2262
MRSA0.5825+0.09710.3233
Total HAC Score0.3233
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; 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, 0.0566 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.0566 higher, the cut would have been about $204K 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 $204K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $204K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.3233 This hospital 0.3233 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $204K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $204Kat 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: 0.3233 This hospital 0.3233

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−$203,739
This hospital0.3233$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$203,739

The money, line by line

This site estimates what traditional Medicare pays the hospital for a year of inpatient 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.

($20,462,798payment−$60,662readmissions−$28,243value-based)×1%the cut=$203,739at stake

$203,739at stake÷1,109traditional Medicare stays=$184per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $204K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$61K and −$28K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $14,443,303
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $1,254,690
Outliers: unusually costly stays $116,269
Capital: buildings and equipment $1,262,473
Uncompensated care $3,386,063
Total, before the three programs $20,462,798
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9958 − 1) −$60,662
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9980 − 1) −$28,243
After these two $20,373,893
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $203,739 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$104K to −$72K −$88,905

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, teaching payments, 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)$14,443,303
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$1,254,690
Outliers: unusually costly stays$116,269
Capital: buildings and equipment$1,262,473
Uncompensated care$3,386,063
Total, before the three programs$20,462,798
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9958 − 1))−$60,662
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9980 − 1))−$28,243
After these two$20,373,893
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $203,739)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$104K to −$72K)−$88,905

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 Score0.3233same
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 0.3233 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 $204K 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 1.1790
CLABSIup to 0.592
CAUTIup to 1.198
SSIup to 1.143
CDIup to 0.290
MRSAup to 1.136

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 1.1311 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.448 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 1.059 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.948 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.204 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.976 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. CAUTI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.3233 among its measured results: +0.2057.
  • PSI 90 +0.1659
  • CLABSI −0.0612
  • CAUTI +0.2057
  • SSI +0.0279
  • CDI −0.1121
  • MRSA +0.0971

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 900.9954+0.1659same
CLABSI−0.3672−0.0612same
CAUTI1.2341+0.2057same
SSI0.1675+0.0279same
CDI−0.6723−0.1121same
MRSA0.5825+0.0971same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/450662/

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 3 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.2000, higher than 62% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 5.7500, higher than 52% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 7.4200, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.7637, higher than 89% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.39, higher than 77% of scores; cutFY2020: score 0.3038, higher than 73% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.0894, higher than 60% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.6273, higher than 14% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.3565, higher than 28% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.0162, higher than 53% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.3233, higher than 71% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.2000, higher than 62% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 5.7500, higher than 52% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 7.4200, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.7637, higher than 89% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.39, higher than 77% of scores; cutFY2020: score 0.3038, higher than 73% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.0894, higher than 60% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.6273, higher than 14% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.3565, higher than 28% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.0162, higher than 53% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.3233, higher than 71% 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
FY20156.200062.5%not cut
FY20165.750052.5%not cut
FY20177.420088.6%cut
FY20180.763789.7%cut
FY20190.3977.1%cut
FY20200.303873.1%not cut
FY20210.089460.3%not cut
FY2022−0.627314.6%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.356528.0%not cut
FY20250.016253.1%not cut
FY20260.323371.8%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 2.05 → 0.42 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 2.052CLABSI, 2018: 1.603CLABSI, 2019: 0.498CLABSI, 2021: 1.175CLABSI, 2022: 0.828CLABSI, 2023: 0.476CLABSI, 2024: 0.423 CAUTI 1.84 → 0.30 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.845CAUTI, 2018: 2.333CAUTI, 2019: 0.401CAUTI, 2021: 1.448CAUTI, 2022: 1.109CAUTI, 2023: 1.812CAUTI, 2024: 0.303 SSI, colon 0.48 → 1.13 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.480SSI, colon, 2018: 0.930SSI, colon, 2019: 0.000SSI, colon, 2021: 0.349SSI, colon, 2022: 0.376SSI, colon, 2023: 0.446SSI, colon, 2024: 1.133 SSI, hysterectomy 0.98 → 0.87 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.981SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 1.324SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 0.870 MRSA 0.42 → 0.97 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.421MRSA, 2018: 0.921MRSA, 2019: 0.667MRSA, 2021: 3.150MRSA, 2022: 0.414MRSA, 2023: 0.977MRSA, 2024: 0.975 C. diff 0.80 → 0.19 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.798C. diff, 2018: 0.539C. diff, 2019: 0.261C. diff, 2021: 0.275C. diff, 2022: 0.222C. diff, 2023: 0.219C. diff, 2024: 0.190 CLABSI 2.05 → 0.42 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 2.052CLABSI, 2018: 1.603CLABSI, 2019: 0.498CLABSI, 2021: 1.175CLABSI, 2022: 0.828CLABSI, 2023: 0.476CLABSI, 2024: 0.423 CAUTI 1.84 → 0.30 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.845CAUTI, 2018: 2.333CAUTI, 2019: 0.401CAUTI, 2021: 1.448CAUTI, 2022: 1.109CAUTI, 2023: 1.812CAUTI, 2024: 0.303 SSI, colon 0.48 → 1.13 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.480SSI, colon, 2018: 0.930SSI, colon, 2019: 0.000SSI, colon, 2021: 0.349SSI, colon, 2022: 0.376SSI, colon, 2023: 0.446SSI, colon, 2024: 1.133 SSI, hysterectomy 0.98 → 0.87 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.981SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 1.324SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 0.870 MRSA 0.42 → 0.97 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.421MRSA, 2018: 0.921MRSA, 2019: 0.667MRSA, 2021: 3.150MRSA, 2022: 0.414MRSA, 2023: 0.977MRSA, 2024: 0.975 C. diff 0.80 → 0.19 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.798C. diff, 2018: 0.539C. diff, 2019: 0.261C. diff, 2021: 0.275C. diff, 2022: 0.222C. diff, 2023: 0.219C. diff, 2024: 0.190

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
20172.0521.8450.4800.4210.798
20181.6032.3330.9300.9210.539
20190.4980.4010.0000.9810.6670.261
20211.1751.4480.3490.0003.1500.275
20220.8281.1090.3760.0000.4140.222
20230.4761.8120.4461.3240.9770.219
20240.4230.3031.1330.8700.9750.190

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 85% 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 25% (All hospitals).
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 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds 1,193 hospitals23% 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: 0.3233 This hospital 0.3233 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 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds1,193 hospitals23% 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: 0.3233 This hospital 0.3233

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%−0.045371%
South region1,17426322%−0.105674%
Texas2553213%−0.236885%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056776%
100 to 299 beds1,19327523%−0.073273%
For-profit6519815%−0.259082%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057473%
This hospital0.3233
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 4 miles away.
5 mi10 mi25 mi8. Cornerstone Regional Hospital, Edinburg: score 0.0346, not cut, 47 miles87. Doctors Hosptal at Renaissance, Edinburg: score −0.7264, not cut, 47 miles76. Rio Grande Regional Hospital, McAllen: score 0.2625, not cut, 46 miles65. South Texas Health System, Edinburg: score 0.1105, not cut, 46 miles54. Knapp Medical Center, Weslaco: score −0.1451, not cut, 31 miles43. Harlingen Medical Center, Harlingen: score 0.2163, not cut, 21 miles32. VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLC, Harlingen: score 0.1736, not cut, 17 miles21. Valley Baptist Medical Center- Brownsville, Brownsville: score −0.5954, not cut, 4 miles1This hospital: Valley Regional Medical Center

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Valley Baptist Medical Center- Brownsville, Brownsville, TX4−0.5954not cut
VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLC, Harlingen, TX170.1736not cut
Harlingen Medical Center, Harlingen, TX210.2163not cut
Knapp Medical Center, Weslaco, TX31−0.1451not cut
South Texas Health System, Edinburg, TX460.1105not cut
Rio Grande Regional Hospital, McAllen, TX460.2625not cut
Doctors Hosptal at Renaissance, Edinburg, TX47−0.7264not cut
Cornerstone Regional Hospital, Edinburg, TX470.0346not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Valley Baptist Medical Center- BrownsvilleBrownsville, TX4−0.5954No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
2VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLCHarlingen, TX170.1736No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
3Harlingen Medical CenterHarlingen, TX210.2163No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
4Knapp Medical CenterWeslaco, TX31−0.1451No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
5South Texas Health SystemEdinburg, TX460.1105No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
6Rio Grande Regional HospitalMcAllen, TX460.2625No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
7Doctors Hosptal at RenaissanceEdinburg, TX47−0.7264No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 6 measures
8Cornerstone Regional HospitalEdinburg, TX470.0346No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 1 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Valley Regional Medical Center, Brownsville, TX: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/450662/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.