Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, CA
Also known as SCVMC
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About Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center is an acute care hospital in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California. It reports its ownership to Medicare as public (local government). It provides emergency services. It is listed as a Level I adult, Level II pediatric trauma center. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 2 out of 5. It has 681 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. CMS also lists an inpatient rehabilitation unit inside the hospital. It meets the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation criteria for maternity care. The nearest other listed hospital is O’Connor Hospital, about 0.9 mi away.
Quality ratings
How this hospital compares with the national rate on each measure group:
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information. How star ratings work.
Emergency room times
Lower times are better. Reporting period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Timely and Effective Care. What these numbers mean.
Infections and sepsis care
- MRSA bloodstream infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.37
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)No different · SIR 0.73
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.26
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)Better than national · SIR 0.56
- Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomyNo different · SIR 2.57
- Surgical site infections after colon surgeryWorse than national · SIR 2.57
70% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock received all the recommended early care steps (SEP-1). Higher is better.
SIR is the standardized infection ratio: below 1 means fewer infections than predicted for a hospital like this one. Period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Healthcare-Associated Infections and Timely and Effective Care.
What patients say
- Patient survey star rating
- Would definitely recommend70%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1067%
- Completed surveys4,032
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
37.31635, -121.93191
Nearby hospitals
- O’Connor Hospital2105 Forest Avenue, San Jose, CA · Emergency roomHospital0.9 mi
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara700 Lawrence Expressway, Santa Clara, CA · Emergency roomAcute care hospital3.6 mi
- Kaiser Permanente Psychiatric Health Facility-Sant3840 Homestead Road, Santa Clara, CA · Emergency roomPsychiatric hospital3.6 mi
- Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center710 Lawrence Expressway, Santa Clara, CA · Emergency roomHospital3.9 mi
- Children's Healthcare Organization Of Northern California - Pediatric Hospital3777 South Bascom Avenue, Campbell, CAChildren's hospital4.0 mi
- El Camino Hospital Los Gatos815 Pollard Road, Los Gatos, CA · Emergency roomHospital4.2 mi
- Good Samaritan Hospital2425 Samaritan Drive, San Jose, CA · Emergency roomAcute care hospital4.6 mi
- Mission Oaks Hospital15891 Los Gatos Almaden Road, Los Gatos, CAHospital5.1 mi
- Regional Medical Center of San Jose225 North Jackson Avenue, San Jose, CA · Level II traumaHospital5.5 mi
- El Camino Health2500 Grant Road, Mountain View, CA · Emergency roomAcute care hospital8.8 mi
Frequently asked questions
Where is Santa Clara Valley Medical Center located?
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center is at 751 South Bascom Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128 in Santa Clara County.
Does Santa Clara Valley Medical Center have an emergency room?
Yes. Santa Clara Valley Medical Center reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 149 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center?
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 2 out of 5. The rating combines measures of mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care, compared with hospitals nationwide.
Is Santa Clara Valley Medical Center a trauma center?
Yes. It is listed as a Level I adult, Level II pediatric trauma center in the HIFLD hospitals data, which is compiled from state trauma registries (source date March 2024). Trauma designations are renewed periodically, so confirm with the California EMS or trauma program. In an emergency, call 911: paramedics take seriously injured patients to the right trauma center.
What is the phone number of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (408) 885-5000.
Would patients recommend Santa Clara Valley Medical Center?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (4,032 completed surveys), 70% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 67% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
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