Ascension St Vincent Salem

Ascension St Vincent Salem does not carry an overall CMS Hospital Compare star rating — typically because the hospital is too small, too specialized, or reports too few of the underlying measures to compute the composite. The CMS Hospital Compare measures break roughly evenly between better- and worse-than-benchmark performance, which is the modal pattern across U.S. hospitals.

On payment metrics, Ascension St Vincent Salem runs expensive: average Medicare payment across documented procedures is $18,286, in the upper bracket of U.S. hospitals. The composite value score of 53/100 puts Ascension St Vincent Salem in the middle of the value distribution: not a standout choice on cost-vs-quality grounds, but not poor either.

Ownership is non-profit, the dominant pattern in U.S. acute care. Non-profit hospitals generally reinvest operating margins rather than distribute them; the federal CMS measure set treats them identically to other ownership categories for reporting purposes. The CMS payment record for Ascension St Vincent Salem lists 11 distinct DRG codes — a mid-range procedure mix, including Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with CC, GI Hemorrhage with MCC. Emergency services are available, which is the norm for acute-care hospitals and a meaningful factor for any patient choosing a facility for unplanned care.