Complications & Deaths Measures
20
CMS-tracked
Florida · Acute Care
According to PlainHospital's CMS star-rating ranking (CMS Hospital Compare overall stars), St Josephs Hospital ranks #1136 of 3182 rated US hospitals by overall star rating (highest = #1).
Data currency: Hospital quality, safety, and patient-experience measures from the CMS Care Compare program (published quarterly), last refreshed May 2026. See our methodology for source dates. Spot a figure that looks wrong? Report a correction.
3001 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Tampa, FL 33607 · Hillsborough County · (813) 870-4398
The verdict
According to PlainHospital's CMS star-rating ranking (CMS Hospital Compare overall stars), St Josephs Hospital ranks #1136 of 3182 rated US hospitals by overall star rating (highest = #1). That corpus rank reflects an above-median CMS star rating nationally, with 6 quality measures beating the national benchmark (3 worse).
Since the last CMS release
This hospital held its 4-star rating across the May 2026 and August 2026 CMS releases.
CMS replaces its file at each release rather than publishing a changelog, so this comparison exists only because the earlier release is kept on file. See what changed nationally.
Where St Josephs Hospital sits among rated US hospitals
4 Higher than most higher than 58% of 3,182 rated hospitals
CMS star rating (1–5 stars), bucketed by value
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Source CMS Hospital Compare, overall hospital rating · 2026-08-14
St Josephs Hospital
4 stars
Florida state average
3.1 stars
National average
3.2 stars
What this shows At 4 stars, St Josephs Hospital rates above the Florida average of 3.1 and above the national average of 3.2.
Complications & Deaths Measures
20
CMS-tracked
Patient Experience
17
HCAHPS domains
Infection Types
6
CDC NHSN
4 of 5 stars
| Measure | Score | vs. National |
|---|---|---|
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate | 1.05 | Same as National |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite | 0.86 | Same as National |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications | 151.36 | Same as National |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patients | 2.3 | Same as National |
| Death rate for COPD patients | 8 | Same as National |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 12.6 | Same as National |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 10.8 | Same as National |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 14 | Better than National |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 12.3 | Same as National |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality Rate | 3.8 | Same as National |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate | 0.29 | Same as National |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rate | 0.29 | Same as National |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate | 3.99 | Same as National |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate | 1.54 | Same as National |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate | 1.71 | Same as National |
Source: CMS Hospital Compare, HCAHPS patient survey star ratings.
| Survey Question | Star Rating |
|---|---|
| Cleanliness - linear mean score | N/A |
| Cleanliness - star rating | 4 |
| Communication about medicines - linear mean score | N/A |
| Communication about medicines - star rating | 3 |
| Discharge information - linear mean score | N/A |
| Discharge information - star rating | 3 |
| Doctor communication - linear mean score | N/A |
| Doctor communication - star rating | 3 |
| Nurse communication - linear mean score | N/A |
| Nurse communication - star rating | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating - linear mean score | N/A |
| Overall hospital rating - star rating | 4 |
| Quietness - linear mean score | N/A |
| Quietness - star rating | 4 |
| Recommend hospital - linear mean score | N/A |
| Recommend hospital - star rating | 4 |
| Summary star rating | 4 |
| Measure | Score | vs. National |
|---|---|---|
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards) | 0.331 | Better than National |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards) | 0.199 | Better than National |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) | 0.155 | Better than National |
| MRSA Bacteremia | 0.277 | Better than National |
| SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy | 0 | Better than National |
| SSI - Colon Surgery | 0.533 | Same as National |
| Measure | Score | vs. National |
|---|---|---|
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate | 14.8 | Same as National |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate | 21.9 | Worse than National |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patients | 19.8 | More Days Than Average per 100 Discharges |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patients | 11.1 | More Days Than Average per 100 Discharges |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patients | -2 | Average Days per 100 Discharges |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Readmission Measure (HWR) | 16.6 | Worse than National |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate | 15.2 | Same as National |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy | 4.7 | Same as National |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy | 8.9 | Same as National |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement | N/A | Number of Cases Too Small |
| Rate of readmission for CABG | 8.7 | Same as National |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients | 17.2 | Same as National |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies) | 12.5 | Same as National |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery | 1 | Same as National |
| Measure | Score |
|---|---|
| Medicare hospital spending per patient (Medicare Spending per Beneficiary) | 1.01 (Above average) |
CMS maternal-care measures reported for this facility. The Hospital Compare maternal extract lists measure names and reporting windows; it does not publish numeric scores or sample sizes in the corpus we ingest, so those columns are omitted rather than filled with N/A.
| Measure |
|---|
| Cesarean Birth |
| Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure |
| Risk Adjusted Severe Obstetric Complications (All) |
| Risk Adjusted Severe Obstetric Complications (excluding blood-transfusion-only cases) |
Peer sets for St Josephs Hospital outside Florida, keyed to the strong better-than-national share.
Nearest overall stars outside FL (4/5 here).
Nearest mortality measures rated better than national, outside FL (1 better here).
Other Medicare-certified hospitals in Florida.
One of 220 Medicare-certified hospitals in Florida, 6 are shown here.
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What to do with St Josephs Hospital
Use this page's CMS-sourced figures as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
CMS Hospital Compare figures are informational only, not medical advice; always consult your care team.
According to PlainHospital's CMS star-rating ranking, St Josephs Hospital ranks #1136 of 3182 rated US hospitals by overall star rating (highest = #1). That ordinal matches our top-rated hospital listing (star_rating DESC). See /methodology#corpus-placement.
St Josephs Hospital has an overall CMS star rating of 4 out of 5 (mid-band), above the 3.2-star national average.
6 of 25 compared mortality, safety, and readmission measures rate better than the national average at St Josephs Hospital (strong better-share tercile); 3 rate worse (elevated).
St Josephs Hospital reports 17 HCAHPS patient-experience domain scores. Star ratings range from 3 to 4 out of 5.
St Josephs Hospital tracks 6 healthcare-associated infection types (CDC NHSN). 5 are better than the national benchmark, 0 are worse, and 1 are at the national average.
Yes, St Josephs Hospital provides emergency services.
St Josephs Hospital is a Acute Care Hospitals facility with Voluntary non-profit - Church ownership, located in Tampa, FL. This facility has received the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation.
1 Medicare spending category is on file for St Josephs Hospital, per episode vs. the national median.
Yes, St Josephs Hospital reports 4 maternal health measures. This facility has been designated as Birthing-Friendly by CMS.
Read our methodology & full data source list · Source: CMS Hospital Compare · measure windows