Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center in Chicago, IL
Also known as Mount Sinai Hospital
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About Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center
Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center is an acute care hospital in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. It reports its ownership to Medicare as nonprofit (private). It provides emergency services. It is listed as a Level I trauma center. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 1 out of 5. It has 288 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. It meets the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation criteria for maternity care. The nearest other listed hospital is Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital, about 0.2 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 1.53
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)No different · SIR 1.06
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.45
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)Worse than national · SIR 2.63
- Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomyNo different · SIR 0.66
- Surgical site infections after colon surgeryNo different · SIR 1.35
54% 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 recommend48%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1053%
- Completed surveys416
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
41.86012, -87.69572
Nearby hospitals
- Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital1401 S California Avenue, Chicago, ILRehabilitation hospital0.2 mi
- Saint Anthony Hospital2875 West 19th Street, Chicago, IL · Emergency roomAcute care hospital0.3 mi
- Jesse Brown VA Medical Center - VA Chicago Healthcare System820 S Damen Street, Chicago, IL · Emergency roomVA medical center1.3 mi
- RML Specialty Hospital3435 West Van Buren Street, Chicago, ILHospital1.4 mi
- University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics1740 West Taylor St Suite 1400, Chicago, IL · Emergency roomAcute care hospital1.4 mi
- John H Stroger Jr Hospital1901 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL · Level I traumaAcute care hospital1.5 mi
- Rush University Medical Center1653 West Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL · Emergency roomAcute care hospital1.8 mi
- Rush Specialty Hospital, LLC516 S Loomis St, Chicago, ILLong-term care hospital2.1 mi
- Garfield Park Behavioral Hospital520 North Ridgeway Avenue, Chicago, ILPsychiatric hospital2.5 mi
- Humboldt Park Health1044 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL · Emergency roomAcute care hospital2.7 mi
Frequently asked questions
Where is Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center located?
Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center is at 15th Street At California, Chicago, IL 60608 in Cook County.
Does Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center have an emergency room?
Yes. Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 200 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center?
Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 1 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 Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center a trauma center?
Yes. It is listed as a Level I trauma center in the HIFLD hospitals data, which is compiled from state trauma registries (source date December 2023). Trauma designations are renewed periodically, so confirm with the Illinois 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 Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (773) 542-2000.
Would patients recommend Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (416 completed surveys), 48% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 53% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
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