ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER
1401 ST. JOSEPH PARKWAY, HOUSTON, TX 77002
3★ care at below-average cost — fair value
Score = 60% quality + 40% relative cost within category
Hospital details
- Type
- Acute Care Hospitals
- Ownership
- Physician
- Emergency services
- Yes
- EHR meaningful use
- —
National comparison
Procedures & outcomes
For a planned procedure — how often this hospital performs it and how patients fared
Outcome rates
For each measure below, lower is better. “vs national” compares this hospital to the U.S. average.
Mortality
- Heart failure — 30-day death rate~ Similar to national11.1%national 11.6% · based on 29 cases
Share of heart-failure patients who died within 30 days of admission.
- Heart attack — 30-day death rateNot availableNot reported by CMS
Share of heart-attack patients who died within 30 days of admission.
- Pneumonia — 30-day death rate▼ Worse than national16.9%national 16% · based on 27 cases
Share of pneumonia patients who died within 30 days of admission.
- COPD — 30-day death rateNot availableNot reported by CMS
Share of COPD patients who died within 30 days of admission.
- Stroke — 30-day death rateNot availableNot reported by CMS
Share of stroke patients who died within 30 days of admission.
- Heart bypass (CABG) — 30-day death rateNot availableNot reported by CMS
Share of coronary-bypass patients who died within 30 days of surgery.
Complications & readmissions
- Hip/knee replacement — complication rateNot availableNot reported by CMS
Share of hip- or knee-replacement patients with a serious complication after surgery. Matters most for a planned joint replacement.
Safety
- Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)▲ Better than national0.94national 1.00
A composite of avoidable harms (bedsores, falls, surgical problems). 1.0 is the national baseline; lower is safer.
Infections
- Central-line bloodstream infections▲ Better than national0.00national 1.00
Bloodstream infections from central IV lines, vs. the number expected.
- Catheter urinary-tract infections▲ Better than national0.49national 1.00
Urinary infections from catheters, vs. the number expected.
- Surgical-site infections (colon surgery)Not availableNot reported by CMS
Infections after colon surgery, vs. the number expected.
- MRSA bloodstream infections▲ Better than national0.49national 1.00
Antibiotic-resistant staph (MRSA) blood infections, vs. expected.
- C. diff intestinal infections▲ Better than national0.00national 1.00
Clostridioides difficile gut infections, vs. the number expected.
Financial context (from HCRIS)
Cross-referenced from this hospital's Medicare cost report
For full financial detail — charity care, payer mix, multi-year trends — see the HCRIS link below.
What to look for
Which numbers matter most when choosing — in plain language
- For a planned procedure, volume matters: hospitals that do a procedure often tend to have better results. Check the discharge counts below.
- Complication and 30-day death rates show how patients actually fared — lower is better, and "vs national" tells you how this hospital compares.
- Infection rates (the SIR figures) flag how well the hospital prevents hospital-acquired infections; 1.0 is the national baseline.
- The overall star rating is a useful summary, but the specific measure that matches your reason for going matters more.
Questions to ask
Bring these to a tour, call, or appointment
Questions to ask — ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER
Hospital · checklist from CareLens (CMS Care Compare data)
- How many of this procedure do you perform each year, and what are your complication rates?
- What is your rate of hospital-acquired infections compared with the national average?
- Who will be the lead surgeon or physician, and how experienced are they with my case?
- What is the typical length of stay, and what does recovery look like?
- What happens if there is a complication — do you have the ICU and specialists on site?
- What will my out-of-pocket cost be, and is the hospital in my insurance network?
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Source: CMS Care Compare · data current as of June 2025.