Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, MD
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About Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center is an acute care hospital in Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland. It reports its ownership to Medicare as nonprofit (private). It provides emergency services. It is listed as a Level II trauma center. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 3 out of 5. It has 438 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 Johns Hopkins Hospital, the, about 2.0 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 1.20
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)No different · SIR 1.01
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.56
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)No different · SIR 0.95
- Surgical site infections after colon surgeryNo different · SIR 0.60
68% 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 recommend68%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1068%
- Completed surveys1,071
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
39.28720, -76.55470
Nearby hospitals
- Johns Hopkins Hospital, the600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD · Level I traumaAcute care hospital2.0 mi
- Kennedy Krieger Institute707 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD · Emergency roomChildren's hospital2.3 mi
- Mercy Medical Center Inc301 Saint Paul Place, Baltimore, MD · Emergency roomAcute care hospital3.2 mi
- University of MD Medical Center Midtown Campus827 Linden Avenue, Baltimore, MD · Emergency roomAcute care hospital3.7 mi
- University of Maryland Medical Center22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD · Emergency roomAcute care hospital3.7 mi
- VA Maryland Healthcare System - Baltimore10 North Greene Street, Baltimore, MD · Emergency roomVA medical center3.7 mi
- Loch Raven VA Medical Center3901 The Alameda, Baltimore, MDVA medical center4.0 mi
- Medstar Harbor Hospital3001 South Hanover Street, Baltimore, MDAcute care hospital4.1 mi
- Medstar Union Memorial Hospital201 East University Parkway, Baltimore, MD · Emergency roomAcute care hospital4.4 mi
- Grace Medical Center2000 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD · Emergency roomHospital5.0 mi
Frequently asked questions
Where is Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center located?
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center is at 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224 in Baltimore City.
Does Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center have an emergency room?
Yes. Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 322 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center?
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 3 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 Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center a trauma center?
Yes. It is listed as a Level II 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 Maryland 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 Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (410) 550-0123.
Would patients recommend Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (1,071 completed surveys), 68% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 68% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
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