MD · Acute Care Hospitals
Meritus Medical Center
Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, MD. CMS-certified hospital reporting Medicare claims under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.
- 2/5★
- CMS overall rating
- #2,345 of 2,866
- Peer rank by rating
- Acute Care Hospitals
- Facility type
- Not indexed
- Price transparency MRF
11116 MEDICAL CAMPUS ROAD, Hagerstown, MD 21742
Hospital Quality Scorecard
One composite verdict from 4 of 4 CMS Hospital Compare datasets, each benchmarked against every hospital nationally. Missing datasets are excluded, not counted against the score.
- CMS Star Rating F
- 2 / 5
- Mortality Outcomes B+
- 0 better / 0 worse
- Patient Safety F
- 1 better / 2 worse
- Readmission Rates F
- 0 better / 2 worse
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating
CMS mortality measures vs. the national rate (6 measures reported)
CMS patient-safety measures vs. the national rate (8 measures reported)
CMS readmission measures vs. the national rate (10 measures reported)
Source: CMS Hospital Compare (star rating + mortality/safety/readmission outcome measures). Benchmarks are national p10-p90 percentiles across every hospital with a reported value for each measure, computed 2026-05-15. Not a clinical recommendation.
CMS Hospital Compare placement
According to CMS Hospital Compare, Meritus Medical Center ranks #2,345 of 2,866 rated hospitals by overall star rating (2/5).
- #2,345
- of 2,866 rated hospitals
- 2/5
- overall star rating
- MD
- state
Placement is among hospitals with a published overall_rating > 0, ordered by rating descending.
CMS hospital plate
Facility 210001 · MD 2/5★
STAR-2 · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · MRF-PENDING · NP-OWN · TYPE-ACUTE · ER-ON · QUAL-STRAIN
- STAR-2 2/5 stars
- LOWER-Q #2345/2866
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0★ peer
- MRF-PENDING MRF not indexed
- NP-OWN Voluntary non-profit - Pri…
- TYPE-ACUTE Acute Care Hospitals
- ER-ON ER reported
- QUAL-STRAIN 4 below · 1 above
Nearest rated peer outside MD: Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, IL (±0★)
Instrument codes from this facility’s CMS Hospital Compare sheet: star band, peer rank, photo-finish gap, MRF disclosure, ownership, type, ER line, and quality-measure posture. Not a placement score.
Star-rating neighbourhood around Meritus Medical Center
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest rated peers outside MD, not a full Hospital Compare board reprint.
Where this rating sits nationally
CMS overall star rating across 2,866 rated US hospitals
2 Top 92% higher than 8% of 2,866 CMS-rated hospitals
Each bar is a 1-wide band; taller bars hold more CMS-rated hospitals. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source CMS Hospital Compare, overall_rating · 2026-05-15
Meritus Medical Center carries more below-average CMS measure cells
Hospital Compare shows 4 below-average cells versus 1 above-average across mortality, safety, and readmission - a STRAIN posture on the published measure stack.
Cell counts are CMS Hospital Compare measure-group tallies (above / same / below national average), not a composite grade or clinical verdict.
Price transparency data not indexed yet
Under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (effective Jan 2021), hospitals must publish machine-readable files with standard charges including cash/self-pay rates. PlainProcedure has not indexed an MRF for this facility yet; see hospital price transparency or the transparency notes.
Contact
(240) 313-9500
11116 MEDICAL CAMPUS ROAD, Hagerstown, MD 21742
What to do with this hospital profile
Meritus Medical Center posts a STRAIN CMS measure sheet (4 below-avg cells). Compare MD peers and Medicare procedure costs next.
- Statewide average Medicare allowed amounts, provider counts, and hospital totals for MD. MD profile
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- How federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule disclosures map to PlainProcedure when no MRF is indexed yet. Transparency guide
- How CMS star ratings, quality measure bands, and peer ranks are sourced and compared. Methodology
CMS quality stars and Medicare averages describe reporting cohorts, not clinical advice or a price quote for your visit.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Nationwide hospitals with similar CMS profiles
Care Compare-derived peer sets for Meritus Medical Center, all outside MD so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the same-state hospital list stays local).
Similar CMS star rating
Nearest rated hospitals outside MD (2/5 here).
Similar Acute Care Hospitals peers
Nearest same facility-type hospitals outside MD.
Similar mortality/safety/readmission shape
Nearest hospitals outside MD by CMS above/same/below cell totals (1/19/4 here · QUAL-STRAIN). Distinct from star-rating and facility-type peers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does Meritus Medical Center rank among CMS-rated hospitals?
Meritus Medical Center's 2/5-star CMS overall rating sits at the 8th percentile of the 2,866 US hospitals with a published rating.
What type of hospital is Meritus Medical Center?
Meritus Medical Center is an acute care hospitals, voluntary non-profit - private ownership, located in Hagerstown, MD.
Does Meritus Medical Center publish machine-readable price data?
Meritus Medical Center does not currently have indexed machine-readable price-transparency data on this site; estimated commercial and cash prices above are derived from procedure-level CMS/RAND benchmarks, not this facility's own file.