Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital in Virginia Beach, VA
Also known as Virginia Beach General Hospital
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About Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital
Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital is an acute care hospital in Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach City, Virginia. It reports its ownership to Medicare as nonprofit (other). It provides emergency services. It is listed as a Level III trauma center. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 4 out of 5. It has 320 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 Virginia Beach Psychiatric Center, about 2.5 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 0.51
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)Better than national · SIR 0.31
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.46
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)Better than national · SIR 0.20
- Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomyNo different · SIR 1.40
- Surgical site infections after colon surgeryNo different · SIR 0.62
83% 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 recommend71%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1073%
- Completed surveys940
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
36.86366, -76.02802
Nearby hospitals
- Virginia Beach Psychiatric Center1100 First Colonial Road, Virginia Beach, VAPsychiatric hospital2.5 mi
- Sentara Princess Anne Hospital2025 Glenn Mitchell Drive, Virginia Beach, VA · Emergency roomHospital7.2 mi
- Sentara Princess Anne Hospital2025 Glenn Mitchell Drive, Virginia Beach, VAAcute care hospital9.0 mi
- Sentara Leigh Hospital830 Kempsville Road, Norfolk, VAAcute care hospital9.0 mi
- Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital1309 Kempsville Road, Norfolk, VALong-term care hospital9.8 mi
- Chesapeake General Hospital736 Battlefield Blvd, North, Chesapeake, VA · Emergency roomAcute care hospital14 mi
- Childrens Hospital of the Kings Daughters Inc601 Children'S Lane, Norfolk, VA · Level I traumaChildren's hospital15 mi
- Hospital for Extended Recovery600 Gresham Drive Suite 700, Norfolk, VALong-term care hospital15 mi
- Sentara Norfolk General Hospital600 Gresham Dr, Norfolk, VA · Level I traumaAcute care hospital15 mi
- NMC Portsmouth620 John Paul Jones Cir, Portsmouth, VA · Emergency roomMilitary hospital15 mi
Frequently asked questions
Where is Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital located?
Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital is at 1060 First Colonial Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23454 in Virginia Beach City.
Does Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital have an emergency room?
Yes. Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 125 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital?
Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 4 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 Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital a trauma center?
Yes. It is listed as a Level III trauma center in the HIFLD hospitals data, which is compiled from state trauma registries (source date April 2024). Trauma designations are renewed periodically, so confirm with the Virginia 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 Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (757) 395-8000.
Would patients recommend Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (940 completed surveys), 71% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 73% 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.