Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, MD

Holy Cross Hospital is an acute care hospital in Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland. It reports its ownership to Medicare as nonprofit (church-affiliated). It does not report emergency services to Medicare. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 2 out of 5. It has 377 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 Walter Reed National Military Med Cen, about 3.3 mi away.

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.

Lower times are better. Reporting period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Timely and Effective Care. What these numbers mean.

• MRSA bloodstream infectionsNo different · SIR 0.83
• Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)No different · SIR 1.29
• Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.42
• Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)No different · SIR 0.99
• Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomyNo different · SIR 1.87
• Surgical site infections after colon surgeryNo different · SIR 0.65

84% 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.

• Patient survey star rating
• Would definitely recommend66%
• Rated the hospital 9 or 1062%
• Completed surveys3,841

Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.

• Walter Reed National Military Med Cen

  4494 Palmer Rd N, Bethesda, MD · Emergency room
  Military hospital

  3.3 mi
• Suburban Hospital

  8600 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD · Level II trauma
  Acute care hospital

  4.2 mi
• Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center

  11890 Healing Way, Silver Spring, MD · Emergency room
  Acute care hospital

  4.8 mi

• Walter Reed National Military Med Cen

  4494 Palmer Rd N, Bethesda, MD · Emergency room
  Military hospital

  3.3 mi
• Suburban Hospital

  8600 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD · Level II trauma
  Acute care hospital

  4.2 mi
• Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center

  11890 Healing Way, Silver Spring, MD · Emergency room
  Acute care hospital

  4.8 mi
• Psychiatric Institute of Washington

  4228 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
  Psychiatric hospital

  5.5 mi
• Medstar Washington Hospital Center

  110 Irving Street NW, Washington, DC · Level I trauma
  Acute care hospital

  6.0 mi
• Medstar National Rehabilitation Hospital

  102 Irving Street NW, Washington, DC
  Rehabilitation hospital

  6.0 mi
• Washington Dc VA Medical Center

  50 Irving Street N.W., Washington, DC · Emergency room
  VA medical center

  6.0 mi
• Children's National Hospital

  111 Michigan Ave, NW, Washington, DC · Level I trauma
  Children's hospital

  6.3 mi
• Howard University Hospital Corp

  2041 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC · Level I trauma
  Acute care hospital

  6.8 mi
• Sibley Memorial Hospital

  5255 Loughboro Rd NW, Washington, DC · Emergency room
  Acute care hospital

  6.8 mi