St Bernards Medical Center

St Bernards Medical Center holds a CMS 1-star quality rating — the lowest tier of the federal Hospital Compare program. The rating reflects measurable underperformance on the composite of mortality, safety, and patient-experience measures. The CMS Hospital Compare measure bundle skews toward worse-than-benchmark performance, with the readmission and mortality measures driving most of the gap.

Average Medicare payment per documented procedure at St Bernards Medical Center is $16,359, near the national median for acute-care hospitals. Combined cost-and-quality value comes to 40/100 — a middling result, reflecting either average quality at average cost or trade-offs in one direction.

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 St Bernards Medical Center lists 9 distinct DRG codes — a mid-range procedure mix, including Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC, Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, Cervical Spinal Fusion without CC/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.