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HospitalBaylor Scott & White Medical Center- Austin Estimated FY2026 net: −$2K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 670136

1Hospital

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Austin

2Location

Austin, TX (Texas’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 78735

Travis County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 16 beds · Nonprofit · Urban

4Care Compare stars

Not Available

Overall rating, CMS Care Compare data of July 22, 2026
CMS footnote 16: There are too few measures or measure groups reported to calculate a star rating or measure group score.
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5Total HAC Score

0.1196

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $17K, likely $12⁠–⁠21K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.1196 for Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Austin and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $17K estimate 1% of about $1.7M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year. Its score was 0.2603 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $12–21K

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: 0.1196 This hospital 0.1196 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: 0.1196 This hospital 0.1196

Higher than 60% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Never cut in 5 years

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

In FY2021 and FY2022, CMS reports a payment reduction decision for this hospital but no Total HAC Score.

Where the score came from

CMS scored this hospital on 3 of the 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 0.5818, to −0.4622. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 3 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 2; 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 67% 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 value1.0128

    Z-score0.1702

    Part of score+0.0567

  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

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

  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

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

  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 91% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value1.814

    Z-score1.6509

    Part of score+0.5503

  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 91% 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 value0.000

    Z-score−1.4622

    Part of score−0.4874

  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

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

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 901.01280.96230.1702+0.0567Worse than 67% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSIno value published0.559no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
CAUTIno value published0.489no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
SSI1.8140.7951.6509+0.5503Worse than 91% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.0000.346−1.4622−0.4874Better than 91% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSAno value published0.641no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure

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 3; a bar right of zero raised the score and one left of zero lowered it.

(0.1702PSI 90+1.6509SSI−1.4622CDI)÷3measures=0.1196Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.2603 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.1196, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.1702 divided by 3 = +0.0567PSI 90+0.0567 SSI: z‑score 1.6509 divided by 3 = +0.5503SSI+0.5503 CDI: z‑score −1.4622 divided by 3 = −0.4874CDI−0.4874 Total HAC Score: 0.1196Score0.1196 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.40.50.6 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.1702 divided by 3 = +0.0567PSI 90+0.0567 SSI: z‑score 1.6509 divided by 3 = +0.5503SSI+0.5503 CDI: z‑score −1.4622 divided by 3 = −0.4874CDI−0.4874 Total HAC Score: 0.1196Score0.1196 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.40.50.6

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 900.1702+0.05670.0567
SSI1.6509+0.55030.6070
CDI−1.4622−0.48740.1196
Total HAC Score0.1196
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, 0.2603 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.2603 higher, the cut would have been about $17K 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 $17K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $17K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.1196 This hospital 0.1196 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $17K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $17Kat 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: 0.1196 This hospital 0.1196

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−$16,976
This hospital0.1196$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$16,976

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.

($1,699,205payment−$1,628readmissions+$0value-based)×1%the cut=$16,976at stake

$16,976at stake÷167traditional Medicare stays=$102per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $17K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$2K and $0.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $1,479,968
Outliers: unusually costly stays $103,405
Capital: buildings and equipment $115,832
Total, before the three programs $1,699,205
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9989 − 1) −$1,628
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) not in CMS’s value-based factors: no adjustment $0
After these two $1,697,577
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $16,976 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$2K to −$1K −$1,628

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, teaching payments, low-income-patient payments, a sole community hospital rate difference, a low-volume adjustment, and uncompensated care payments.

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)$1,479,968
Outliers: unusually costly stays$103,405
Capital: buildings and equipment$115,832
Total, before the three programs$1,699,205
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9989 − 1))−$1,628
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (not in CMS’s value-based factors: no adjustment)$0
After these two$1,697,577
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $16,976)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$2K to −$1K)−$1,628

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 Score0.1196same
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 0.1196 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 $17K 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 1.1242
SSIany value: every SSI value past the cap (2.118) scores the same
CDIup to 0.201

Each measure weighs 1 ÷ 3 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 1.0128 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.2327

CMS 1.814 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0571

CMS 0.000 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.1291

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Figure 5. SSI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.1196 among its measured results: +0.5503.
  • PSI 90 +0.0567
  • SSI +0.5503
  • CDI −0.4874

A measure adds its z‑score divided by 3, 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 900.1702+0.0567same
SSI1.6509+0.5503same
CDI−1.4622−0.4874same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/670136/

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 5 years and never cut it.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2024: score −0.1228, higher than 43% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.5786, higher than 16% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.1196, higher than 60% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2024: score −0.1228, higher than 43% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.5786, higher than 16% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.1196, higher than 60% 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
FY2015no decision
FY2016no decision
FY2017no decision
FY2018no decision
FY2019no decision
FY2020no decision
FY2021N/Anot cut, with no score published
FY2022N/Anot cut, with no score published
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.122843.8%not cut
FY2025−0.578616.8%not cut
FY20260.119660.1%not cut

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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX area, its score is higher than 76% of the other 17 scored there.

Figure 7. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 6% (Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX area) to 28% (Fewer than 100 beds).
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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX area: CMS cut 1 of 18 (6%); middle score −0.3001Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX area18 hospitals6% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching 1,563 hospitals25% cut Fewer than 100 beds: CMS cut 225 of 805 (28%); middle score −0.1154Fewer than 100 beds 805 hospitals28% cut Nonprofit: CMS cut 478 of 1,830 (26%); middle score −0.0134Nonprofit 1,830 hospitals26% cut Urban: CMS cut 510 of 2,241 (23%); middle score −0.0574Urban 2,241 hospitals23% cut CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1012 This hospital: 0.1196 This hospital 0.1196 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX area: CMS cut 1 of 18 (6%); middle score −0.3001Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX area18 hospitals6% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching1,563 hospitals25% cut Fewer than 100 beds: CMS cut 225 of 805 (28%); middle score −0.1154Fewer than 100 beds805 hospitals28% cut Nonprofit: CMS cut 478 of 1,830 (26%); middle score −0.0134Nonprofit1,830 hospitals26% cut Urban: CMS cut 510 of 2,241 (23%); middle score −0.0574Urban2,241 hospitals23% cut CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1.5−1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0 This hospital: 0.1196 This hospital 0.1196

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%−0.045360%
South region1,17426322%−0.105663%
Texas2553213%−0.236876%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX area1816%−0.300176%
Not teaching1,56338925%−0.105363%
Fewer than 100 beds80522528%−0.115462%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013458%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057461%
This hospital0.1196
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 8. CMS cut 1 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 3 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda, Buda: score 0.1341, not cut, 11 miles87. Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital, Austin: score 0.8824, cut, 9 miles76. St David's Medical Center, Austin: score 0.1673, not cut, 7 miles65. Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin, Austin: score −0.5209, not cut, 7 miles54. Dell Seton Med Center at the University of TX, Austin: score 0.3109, not cut, 6 miles43. The Hospital at Westlake Medical Center, Austin: score −0.5845, not cut, 4 miles32. St David's South Austin Medical Center, Austin: score −0.1688, not cut, 4 miles21. Ascension Seton Southwest, Austin: score 0.0142, not cut, 3 miles1This hospital: Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Austin

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Ascension Seton Southwest, Austin, TX30.0142not cut
St David's South Austin Medical Center, Austin, TX4−0.1688not cut
The Hospital at Westlake Medical Center, Austin, TX4−0.5845not cut
Dell Seton Med Center at the University of TX, Austin, TX60.3109not cut
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin, Austin, TX7−0.5209not cut
St David's Medical Center, Austin, TX70.1673not cut
Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital, Austin, TX90.8824cut
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda, Buda, TX110.1341not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Ascension Seton SouthwestAustin, TX30.0142No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 1 measures
2St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin, TX4−0.1688No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
3The Hospital at Westlake Medical CenterAustin, TX4−0.5845No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 1 measures
4Dell Seton Med Center at the University of TXAustin, TX60.3109No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
5Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin, TX7−0.5209No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
6St David's Medical CenterAustin, TX70.1673No cut$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
7Northwest Hills Surgical HospitalAustin, TX90.88241% cut$17KAbove the national median on 1 of 2 measures
8Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - BudaBuda, TX110.1341No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 1 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Austin, Austin, TX: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/670136/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.