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Hospitals in District of Columbia with the lowest catheter-associated urinary tract infections

6 District of Columbia hospitals ranked by catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Howard University Hospital Corp, MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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6 hospitals ranked in District of Columbia by catheter-associated urinary tract infections; 4 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better	Overall star ratinghigher is better	Patient survey star ratinghigher is better	Heart attack death ratelower is better	Heart failure death ratelower is better	Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data	Serious complicationslower is better	Time in emergency departmentlower is better	Medicare spending per patientlower is better	Total beds	Compare
	National average	1.00		3.3	11.9%	11.1%	15.0%	1.00	162 min	1.00
1	MedStar Georgetown University HospitalWashington, DC · Acute care	0.13, 73rd percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	—	8.3%, 93rd percentile	14.7%, 68th percentile	1.13, 16th percentile	365 min, 0th percentile	1.00, 44th percentile	535	Compare MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
2	Howard University Hospital CorpWashington, DC · Acute care	0.20, 68th percentile	1, 3rd percentile	2, 10th percentile	10.9%, 80th percentile	9.9%, 72nd percentile	14.9%, 54th percentile	1.62, 1st percentile	222 min, 11th percentile	0.98, 55th percentile	479	Compare Howard University Hospital Corp
3	MedStar Washington Hospital CenterWashington, DC · Acute care	0.22, 66th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	2, 10th percentile	10.4%, 90th percentile	7.0%, 98th percentile	14.4%, 83rd percentile	0.71, 98th percentile	377 min, 0th percentile	1.02, 33rd percentile	818	Compare MedStar Washington Hospital Center
4	George Washington University HospitalWashington, DC · Acute care	0.30, 59th percentile	2, 17th percentile	2, 10th percentile	10.5%, 89th percentile	7.7%, 96th percentile	15.3%, 28th percentile	1.34, 5th percentile	345 min, 0th percentile	0.98, 55th percentile	371	Compare George Washington University Hospital
5	Washington DC VA Medical CenterWashington, DC · Veterans Affairs	0.48, 41st percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	11.9%, 46th percentile	7.4%, 97th percentile	14.5%, 79th percentile	1.09, 20th percentile	—	—	291	Compare Washington DC VA Medical Center
6	Sibley Memorial HospitalWashington, DC · Acute care	1.05, 10th percentile	5, 94th percentile	3, 39th percentile	12.2%, 35th percentile	9.8%, 73rd percentile	14.8%, 61st percentile	0.68, 99th percentile	310 min, 1st percentile	0.96, 66th percentile	362	Compare Sibley Memorial Hospital

About these rankings

Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.

Catheter-associated urinary tract infections: Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Overall star rating: CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
Patient survey star rating: HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
Heart attack death rate: 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate: 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Hospital-wide readmission rate: Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
Serious complications: Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Time in emergency department: Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
Medicare spending per patient: Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
Total beds: Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).