Metro area

Cleveland, OH

CMS cut 5 of the 22 hospitals in Cleveland, OH with a payment decision for fiscal year 2026: 22.7%, against 24.9% nationally.

Cleveland, OH · FY2026Compared with the nation

1Hospitals cut

Of 22 with a payment decision

2Share cut

22.7%

−2.2 pts vs the nation (24.9%)

3Rank

22nd of 59

Share cut, highest first, among metro areas with at least 10 hospitals with a decision

4Median score

−0.1414

Nation: −0.0453

5Scored on all 6

Of 22 scored (86%; nation 66%)

6Scored without data

Hospitals CMS gave its worst score on a measure

7Estimated dollars

$6.0M estimate

1.9% of the nation’s $306M, this site’s estimate

Likely range $4.8–6.6M

8Per traditional Medicare stay

$102

The nation: $47

23% cut

Every hospital in the nation with a payment decision, lowest score to highest, each as tall as its score (above the rule, worse than average); the solid hairlines are Cleveland, OH’s, red where CMS cut.

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Each dot is a hospital in CMS’s file: red, cut; ringed, not cut; gray, no decision. Pick one to open its page.

Figure 1. Cleveland, OH: 5 cut of 22 with a payment decision.

Cut
Not cut
Not subject (Maryland) or no score

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

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Hospital	City	Total HAC Score	Payment reduction
Ashtabula County Medical Center	Ashtabula	−0.8640	No
Cleveland Clinic	Cleveland	0.5695	Yes
Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital	Avon	−0.1826	No
Euclid Hospital	Euclid	−0.4450	No
Fairview Hospital	Cleveland	−0.3216	No
Glenbeigh Health Sources	Rock Creek	−1.4597	No
Hillcrest Hospital	Mayfield Heights	−0.4460	No
Lake Health	Concord	−0.3185	No
Lake Health Beachwood Medical Center	Beachwood	−0.1002	No
Lutheran Hospital	Cleveland	0.7663	Yes
Marymount Hospital	Garfield Heights	−0.4236	No
Medina Hospital	Medina	0.6256	Yes
Mercy Regional Medical Center	Lorain	0.5999	Yes
Metrohealth System	Cleveland	0.8038	Yes
Parma Community General Hospital	Parma	−0.3765	No
South Pointe Hospital	Warrensville Heights	−0.5222	No
Southwest General Health Center	Middleburg Heights	0.3087	No
UH Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland	0.3029	No
UH Regional Hospitals	Chardon	0.2947	No
UH St John Medical Center	Westlake	0.1320	No
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical Center	Elyria	0.0121	No
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center	Beachwood	−0.2970	No

Its scores against the nation’s

The columns are this place’s hospitals; the outline is every hospital in the nation. Both are shares of their own hospitals, so a small place and the nation compare.

Figure 2. 22.7% of hospitals here scored past CMS’s line, against 24.9% nationally; the middle score here is −0.1414, and nationally −0.0453.

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

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Score from	to	Here	Nation
−1.6	−1.4	1	40
−1.4	−1.2	0	17
−1.2	−1.0	0	51
−1.0	−0.8	1	126
−0.8	−0.6	0	204
−0.6	−0.4	4	290
−0.4	−0.2	4	357
−0.2	0.0	2	407
0.0	0.2	2	343
0.2	0.4	3	333
0.4	0.6	1	237
0.6	0.8	3	173
0.8	1.0	1	116
1.0	1.2	0	91
1.2	1.4	0	30
1.4	1.6	0	21
1.6	1.8	0	10
1.8	2.0	0	3
2.0	2.2	0	13
2.2	2.4	0	24

Measure by measure

For each measure, the share of this place’s hospitals with a value worse than the national median. Half would be ordinary; a stem to the right of the line is a measure where more hospitals here did worse.

Figure 3. Worst against the nation on CDI (75% of its hospitals above the national median); best on CLABSI (40%).

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

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Measure	Hospitals with a value	Half
PSI 90	21	43%
CLABSI	20	40%
CAUTI	20	55%
SSI	19	53%
CDI	20	75%
MRSA	20	45%

Cleveland, OH, year by year

Every hospital in Cleveland, OH with a payment decision in any year, one sliver each, one row per fiscal year; red where CMS cut it. At the right of each row: the share of Cleveland, OH’s hospitals cut that year, then the nation’s.

Figure 4. Cleveland, OH’s share cut was above the nation’s in 1 of the 11 years CMS cut anyone; 13 of its 22 hospitals have been cut at least once.

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 year	Hospitals with a decision	Cut	Share cut	Nation
FY2015	20	5	25.0%	21.9%
FY2016	20	4	20.0%	23.4%
FY2017	20	4	20.0%	24.0%
FY2018	20	2	10.0%	23.6%
FY2019	21	5	23.8%	25.0%
FY2020	21	3	14.3%	25.0%
FY2021	21	5	23.8%	24.9%
FY2022	21	3	14.3%	25.0%
FY2023	0	0
FY2024	22	2	9.1%	24.9%
FY2025	22	3	13.6%	24.8%
FY2026	22	5	22.7%	24.9%

Every hospital in Cleveland, OH

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Every hospital in CMS’s file in Cleveland, OH, with its Total HAC Score and payment reduction decision as CMS reports them

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Cite this page

Paid & Penalized. Cleveland, OH: hospital-acquired conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/metro/17410/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.