Stanford Health Care in Stanford, CA
Also known as Stanford Hospital
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About Stanford Health Care
Stanford Health Care is an acute care hospital in Stanford, Santa Clara County, California. It reports its ownership to Medicare as nonprofit (private). It provides emergency services. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 5 out of 5. It has 368 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. CMS also lists an inpatient rehabilitation unit inside the hospital. The nearest other listed hospital is Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hsp at Stanford, about 0.3 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 infectionsNo different · SIR 0.86
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)Better than national · SIR 0.32
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.45
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)No different · SIR 0.87
- Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomyNo different · SIR 0.37
- Surgical site infections after colon surgeryBetter than national · SIR 0.24
53% 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 recommend83%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1079%
- Completed surveys6,810
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
37.43438, -122.17760
Nearby hospitals
- Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hsp at Stanford725 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA · Level I traumaChildren's hospital0.3 mi
- Menlo Park Surgical Hospital570 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CAHospital2.1 mi
- Palo Alto VA Medical Center3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA · Emergency roomVA medical center2.9 mi
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City1100 Veterans Boulevard, Redwood City, CA · Emergency roomAcute care hospital4.6 mi
- Sequoia Hospital170 Alameda De Las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · Emergency roomAcute care hospital5.3 mi
- El Camino Health2500 Grant Road, Mountain View, CA · Emergency roomAcute care hospital7.1 mi
- San Mateo Medical Center222 W 39th Ave, San Mateo, CA · Emergency roomAcute care hospital9.4 mi
- Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center710 Lawrence Expressway, Santa Clara, CA · Emergency roomHospital12 mi
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara700 Lawrence Expressway, Santa Clara, CA · Emergency roomAcute care hospital12 mi
- Kaiser Permanente Psychiatric Health Facility-Sant3840 Homestead Road, Santa Clara, CA · Emergency roomPsychiatric hospital12 mi
Frequently asked questions
Where is Stanford Health Care located?
Stanford Health Care is at 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305 in Santa Clara County.
Does Stanford Health Care have an emergency room?
Yes. Stanford Health Care reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 276 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of Stanford Health Care?
Stanford Health Care has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 5 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 Stanford Health Care a trauma center?
We have no trauma center designation on record for Stanford Health Care. Hospitals without one still treat injuries in their emergency department and transfer patients who need a trauma center. Check the California trauma program for the current list.
What is the phone number of Stanford Health Care?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (650) 723-4000.
Would patients recommend Stanford Health Care?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (6,810 completed surveys), 83% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 79% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
Related guides
- How CMS Hospital Star Ratings WorkThe five measure groups behind the 1 to 5 star Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating, how it is calculated and what it leaves out.
- How to Choose a HospitalA practical checklist for planned care: insurance networks, procedure volume, quality ratings, certifications and cost estimates.
- ER Wait Times ExplainedHow triage and the Emergency Severity Index decide who is seen first, why emergency rooms get crowded and where to find timing data.
- What Is a Trauma Center? Levels I to V ExplainedWhat each trauma center level provides, who designates and verifies them, pediatric trauma centers and how trauma systems route patients.