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Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA

CMS cut 3 of the 20 hospitals in Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA with a payment decision for fiscal year 2026: 15.0%, against 24.9% nationally.

Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA · FY2026Compared with the nation

1Hospitals cut

3

Of 20 with a payment decision

2Share cut

15.0%

−9.9 pts vs the nation (24.9%)

3Rank

27th of 59

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

4Median score

0.0360

Nation: −0.0453

5Scored on all 6

14

Of 20 scored (70%; nation 66%)

6Scored without data

2

Hospitals CMS gave its worst score on a measure

7Estimated dollars

$559K estimate
0.2% of the nation’s $306M, this site’s estimate

Likely range $425–702K

8Per traditional Medicare stay

$9

The nation: $47

15% cut

Average Lowest score: −1.4728 Highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s line 3 of 718 here Average Lowest score: −1.4728 Highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s line 718 cut nationally · 3 here
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 Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA’s, red where CMS cut.

On the map

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. Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA: 3 cut of 20 with a payment decision.
Jefferson Lansdale Hospital, Lansdale: 0.0245 · not cutSt Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus, Quakertown: −0.5185 · not cutSt Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus, Sellersville: 0.1179 · not cutLower Bucks Hospital, Bristol: −0.9388 · not cutHoly Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center, Meadowbrook: −0.2500 · not cutSuburban Community Hospital, Norristown: −0.6302 · not cutPottstown Hospital, Pottstown: 0.6988 · cutPhoenixville Hospital, Phoenixville: 0.5400 · cutBryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr: 0.1007 · not cutPaoli Hospital, Paoli: 0.1028 · not cutChester County Hospital, West Chester: 0.0475 · not cutMain Line Hospital Lankenau, Wynnewood: −0.2339 · not cutDoylestown Hospital, Doylestown: −0.0574 · not cutJefferson Abington Hospital, Abington: 0.0622 · not cutSt Mary Medical Center, Langhorne: 0.2826 · not cutValley Forge Medical Center, Norristown: 2.1966 · cutEagleville Hospital, Eagleville: −0.2492 · not cutRothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital, Bensalem: −0.4810 · not cutPhysicians Care Surgical Hospital, Royersford: −0.3711 · not cutJefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital, East Norriton: 0.1806 · not cut Jefferson Lansdale Hospital, Lansdale: 0.0245 · not cutSt Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus, Quakertown: −0.5185 · not cutSt Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus, Sellersville: 0.1179 · not cutLower Bucks Hospital, Bristol: −0.9388 · not cutHoly Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center, Meadowbrook: −0.2500 · not cutSuburban Community Hospital, Norristown: −0.6302 · not cutPottstown Hospital, Pottstown: 0.6988 · cutPhoenixville Hospital, Phoenixville: 0.5400 · cutBryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr: 0.1007 · not cutPaoli Hospital, Paoli: 0.1028 · not cutChester County Hospital, West Chester: 0.0475 · not cutMain Line Hospital Lankenau, Wynnewood: −0.2339 · not cutDoylestown Hospital, Doylestown: −0.0574 · not cutJefferson Abington Hospital, Abington: 0.0622 · not cutSt Mary Medical Center, Langhorne: 0.2826 · not cutValley Forge Medical Center, Norristown: 2.1966 · cutEagleville Hospital, Eagleville: −0.2492 · not cutRothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital, Bensalem: −0.4810 · not cutPhysicians Care Surgical Hospital, Royersford: −0.3711 · not cutJefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital, East Norriton: 0.1806 · not cut
  • 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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HospitalCityTotal HAC ScorePayment reduction
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr0.1007No
Chester County HospitalWest Chester0.0475No
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown−0.0574No
Eagleville HospitalEagleville−0.2492No
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical CenterMeadowbrook−0.2500No
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington0.0622No
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton0.1806No
Jefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale0.0245No
Lower Bucks HospitalBristol−0.9388No
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood−0.2339No
Paoli HospitalPaoli0.1028No
Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville0.5400Yes
Physicians Care Surgical HospitalRoyersford−0.3711No
Pottstown HospitalPottstown0.6988Yes
Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty HospitalBensalem−0.4810No
St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville0.1179No
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks CampusQuakertown−0.5185No
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne0.2826No
Suburban Community HospitalNorristown−0.6302No
Valley Forge Medical CenterNorristown2.1966Yes

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. 15.0% of hospitals here scored past CMS’s line, against 24.9% nationally; the middle score here is 0.0360, and nationally −0.0453.
0%10%20%30% −1.6 to −1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.4 to −1.2: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.2 to −1.0: 0% here, 2% nationally−1.0 to −0.8: 5% here, 4% nationally−0.8 to −0.6: 5% here, 7% nationally−0.6 to −0.4: 10% here, 10% nationally−0.4 to −0.2: 20% here, 12% nationally−0.2 to 0.0: 5% here, 14% nationally0.0 to 0.2: 35% here, 12% nationally0.2 to 0.4: 5% here, 12% nationally0.4 to 0.6: 5% here, 8% nationally0.6 to 0.8: 5% here, 6% nationally0.8 to 1.0: 0% here, 4% nationally1.0 to 1.2: 0% here, 3% nationally1.2 to 1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally1.4 to 1.6: 0% here, 1% nationally1.6 to 1.8: 0% here, 0% nationally1.8 to 2.0: 0% here, 0% nationally2.0 to 2.2: 0% here, 0% nationally2.2 to 2.4: 5% here, 1% nationally CMS’s line −1.00.01.02.0 0%10%20%30% −1.6 to −1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.4 to −1.2: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.2 to −1.0: 0% here, 2% nationally−1.0 to −0.8: 5% here, 4% nationally−0.8 to −0.6: 5% here, 7% nationally−0.6 to −0.4: 10% here, 10% nationally−0.4 to −0.2: 20% here, 12% nationally−0.2 to 0.0: 5% here, 14% nationally0.0 to 0.2: 35% here, 12% nationally0.2 to 0.4: 5% here, 12% nationally0.4 to 0.6: 5% here, 8% nationally0.6 to 0.8: 5% here, 6% nationally0.8 to 1.0: 0% here, 4% nationally1.0 to 1.2: 0% here, 3% nationally1.2 to 1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally1.4 to 1.6: 0% here, 1% nationally1.6 to 1.8: 0% here, 0% nationally1.8 to 2.0: 0% here, 0% nationally2.0 to 2.2: 0% here, 0% nationally2.2 to 2.4: 5% here, 1% nationally CMS’s line −1.5−1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0

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

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Score fromtoHereNation
−1.6−1.4040
−1.4−1.2017
−1.2−1.0051
−1.0−0.81126
−0.8−0.61204
−0.6−0.42290
−0.4−0.24357
−0.20.01407
0.00.27343
0.20.41333
0.40.61237
0.60.81173
0.81.00116
1.01.2091
1.21.4030
1.41.6021
1.61.8010
1.82.003
2.02.2013
2.22.4124

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 SSI (71% of its hospitals above the national median); best on PSI 90 (17%).

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

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MeasureHospitals with a valueHalf
PSI 901817%
CLABSI1464%
CAUTI1663%
SSI1471%
CDI1753%
MRSA1560%

Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA, year by year

Every hospital in Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA 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 Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA’s hospitals cut that year, then the nation’s.

Figure 4. Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA’s share cut was above the nation’s in 3 of the 11 years CMS cut anyone; 12 of its 20 hospitals have been cut at least once.
201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 No hospital scored or cut 30.0% · 21.9%15.0% · 23.4%20.0% · 24.0%22.2% · 23.6%10.0% · 25.0%25.0% · 25.0%30.0% · 24.9%30.0% · 25.0%15.0% · 24.9%10.0% · 24.8%15.0% · 24.9% Ever cut: 12 Never cut: 8 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 No hospital scored or cut 30.0% · 21.9%15.0% · 23.4%20.0% · 24.0%22.2% · 23.6%10.0% · 25.0%25.0% · 25.0%30.0% · 24.9%30.0% · 25.0%15.0% · 24.9%10.0% · 24.8%15.0% · 24.9% Ever cut: 12 Never cut: 8

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 yearHospitals with a decisionCutShare cutNation
FY201520630.0%21.9%
FY201620315.0%23.4%
FY201720420.0%24.0%
FY201818422.2%23.6%
FY201920210.0%25.0%
FY202020525.0%25.0%
FY202120630.0%24.9%
FY202220630.0%25.0%
FY202300
FY202420315.0%24.9%
FY202520210.0%24.8%
FY202620315.0%24.9%

Every hospital in Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA

The sortable table of this place’s hospitals needs JavaScript; the CSV file holds every hospital’s values.

Download all hospitals’ data (CSV) · Data dictionary · CMS’s dataset page

Download all hospitals’ data (CSV) · Data dictionary · CMS’s dataset page

Back to the national picture

A penalty reflects how CMS’s formula scored relative performance; it is not a verdict on the quality of care.

Cite this page

Paid & Penalized. Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA: hospital-acquired conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/metro/33874/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.