Source: CMS Care Compare, July 2026 releaseER figures are medians, not live waitsAbout the data
Visiting Karmanos Cancer Center
- Photo ID and your insurance, Medicare or Medicaid card
- A list of your medicines, doses and allergies
- Your doctor's name and phone number
- A phone charger
Official links: Website for Karmanos Cancer Center (opens the hospital's site)
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Quick answers about Karmanos Cancer Center
What is the phone number for Karmanos Cancer Center?
The main phone number for Karmanos Cancer Center is (800) 527-6266, from Medicare's hospital records.
Call (800) 527-6266What is the address of Karmanos Cancer Center?
Karmanos Cancer Center is at 4100 John R St, Detroit, MI 48201.
Directions (opens Google Maps)Does Karmanos Cancer Center have an emergency room?
Yes. Karmanos Cancer Center has an emergency department, according to Medicare data.
What is Karmanos Cancer Center's Medicare star rating?
Karmanos Cancer Center has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Star ratings come from CMS quality and safety measures, not patient reviews.
Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
CMS has not reported an emergency department wait time for Karmanos Cancer Center. That usually means too few cases to report, or no emergency department.
Source: CMS Hospital General Information and Timely & Effective Care. Wait times are a median over a past 12-month reporting period, not live data. Not affiliated with CMS or with Karmanos Cancer Center. For a medical emergency, call 911.
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What patients say
CMS patient survey (HCAHPS) · 397 completed surveys · patients discharged Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Patients gave Karmanos Cancer Center a 4-star patient experience rating out of 5. 78% would definitely recommend it (U.S. average 71%). 78% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
The patient survey (HCAHPS) asks a random sample of adult patients about their recent hospital stay. CMS adjusts the results for the mix of patients and how the survey was done, so hospitals can be compared fairly. About the data.
Compare Karmanos Cancer Center
Infections, complications and deaths
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · compared with hospitals nationwide
Karmanos Cancer Center was no different from the national benchmark on all 4 hospital-acquired infections CMS could compare. Its rate of serious complications was same as national.
Hospital-acquired infections
Serious complications
Death rates within 30 days
| Patients treated for | This hospital | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Pneumonia patients | 16.3% | 15.2% |
| Hospital-wide, all conditions | 3.4% | 3.9% |
Risk-adjusted rates. CMS has not published a statistical better/worse comparison for these death rates in the current release, so small differences from the U.S. rate may be chance.
Other complications
None of the other safety indicators CMS compares was statistically better or worse than national.
All 10 complication measures
| Measure | This hospital | U.S. | CMS comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores)per 1,000 patients | 0.4 | 0.63 | Same as national |
| Falls in the hospital that caused a broken boneper 1,000 patients | 0.26 | 0.27 | Same as national |
| Collapsed lung caused by a medical procedureper 1,000 patients | 0.2 | 0.21 | Same as national |
| Bleeding or blood clot under the skin after surgeryper 1,000 patients | 3.53 | 2.34 | Same as national |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgeryper 1,000 patients | 1.59 | 1.67 | Same as national |
| Respiratory failure after surgeryper 1,000 patients | 7.58 | 9.42 | Same as national |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgeryper 1,000 patients | 4.36 | 3.52 | Same as national |
| Bloodstream infection (sepsis) after surgeryper 1,000 patients | 6.5 | 5.27 | Same as national |
| Surgical wound splitting openper 1,000 patients | 2.04 | 1.77 | Same as national |
| Accidental cuts or tears during abdominal surgeryper 1,000 patients | 2.02 | 1.06 | Same as national |
"Better" or "worse" means CMS found the difference from the national benchmark statistically significant; most hospitals are "no different". Infection results compare the infections a hospital reported with the number predicted for a hospital of its size and type (a ratio below 1 means fewer than predicted), for Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. Death and complication rates are risk-adjusted for how sick patients were. Each death rate counts deaths within 30 days of a hospital stay, pooled over one to three years of Medicare patients depending on the measure. About the data.
Readmissions and return visits
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Medicare patients · Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
On the 4 readmission and return-visit measures CMS could compare, Karmanos Cancer Center was no different from the national rate or its expected level.
Back in the hospital within 30 days
| After a stay for | This hospital | U.S. | CMS comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pneumonia | 16.8% | 17.3% | Not compared |
Return trips after a stay or procedure
Medicare's readmission program
Excess readmission ratio: this hospital's predicted readmissions divided by the number expected for a typical hospital with the same patients. Above 1.00 means more readmissions than expected.
| Condition | Ratio | Patients | Readmissions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pneumonia | 0.984 | – | Fewer than expected |
Readmission rates count Medicare patients who were admitted to any acute-care hospital within 30 days of leaving this one, adjusted for how sick they were. "Better" or "worse" means CMS found the difference from the national rate statistically significant; most hospitals are "no different". Return-day and outpatient-surgery measures compare the hospital with what CMS expected for its own patients. The Readmissions Reduction Program ratios are shown as CMS publishes them; whether a hospital's payments are reduced depends on how its ratios compare with similar hospitals, so a ratio above 1.00 alone doesn't mean a penalty. About the data.
Timely and effective care
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · all patients unless noted · Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
| Measure | This hospital | U.S.* |
|---|---|---|
| Sepsis: got all recommended early treatmentPatients with severe sepsis or septic shock who received every step of the recommended early care bundle. Higher is better. 18 patients. | 33% | 65% |
| Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 1,775 patients. | 75% | 78% |
| Discharged on two opioids, or an opioid and a benzodiazepinePatients sent home with prescriptions that raise the risk of overdose when combined. Lower is better. 82 patients. | 13% | 15% |
| Colonoscopy: right follow-up interval for average-risk patientsHigher is better. 21 patients. | 71% | 93% |
| Blood clot prevention given in intensive careHigher is better. 437 patients. | 95% | 97%* |
CMS publishes these process-of-care measures without a better/worse verdict, so the U.S. figure is shown for context; small differences, or results based on few patients, may not mean much. *Median of all hospitals CMS reports, where CMS publishes no national figure. About the data.
Medicare spending and payment programs
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
The Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program cuts Medicare payments by 1% for the quarter of hospitals with the worst scores. The Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program withholds a small share of every hospital's Medicare payments and pays it back according to the total performance score. A spending ratio of 1.00 equals the national median; spending reflects prices, the services patients received and care after discharge, not quality. Some hospitals, such as critical access, children's and cancer hospitals, are not part of these programs. About the data.
Care after a stay at Karmanos Cancer Center
Medicare-certified providers near this hospital, with their CMS ratings. A hospital discharge planner can make the referral.
Skilled nursing facilities nearby
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Doctors at Karmanos Cancer Center
165 Medicare-enrolled doctors and other clinicians list this hospital as an affiliation, across 27 specialties.
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What Medicare paid at Karmanos Cancer Center
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · original Medicare patients · 2024
Average hospital charges and actual payments for the procedures Medicare patients most often had here, compared with the average for Michigan.
Hospital stays
| Stay | Stays | Avg billed | Avg payment (Medicare + patient) | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Septicemia or severe sepsis without ventilator >96 hours with major complicationsDRG 871 | 31 | $67,051 | $18,753 | +10% |
| Autologous bone marrow transplant with complicationsDRG 016 | 23 | $121,711 | $51,187 | −31% |
| Allogeneic bone marrow transplantDRG 014 | 17 | $526,137 | $158,172 | same |
| Chemotherapy with acute leukemia as secondary diagnosis or with high dose chemotherapy aDRG 837 | 15 | $87,865 | $40,442 | −32% |
| Chemotherapy without acute leukemia as secondary diagnosis with complicationsDRG 847 | 13 | $34,631 | $10,360 | −28% |
| Major chest procedures with complicationsDRG 164 | 11 | $53,013 | $21,281 | −17% |
Outpatient services
| Service | Services | Avg billed | Avg allowed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 2 Excision/Biopsy/Incision and DrainageAPC 5072 | 219 | $6,019 | $1,415 |
| Level 2 Urology and Related ServicesAPC 5372 | 154 | $3,270 | $599 |
| Level 3 Excision/Biopsy/Incision and DrainageAPC 5073 | 109 | $10,631 | $2,466 |
| Level 3 Vascular ProceduresAPC 5183 | 106 | $14,514 | $2,807 |
| Level 2 Vascular ProceduresAPC 5182 | 53 | $11,255 | $1,370 |
Charges are the hospital's list prices; payments are what Medicare, the patient and any other insurer actually paid (for outpatient services, Medicare's allowed amount). Private insurance prices differ. "vs state" compares this hospital's average payment with the state average for the same stay. All procedure costs.
Size and finances
Medicare cost report · fiscal year ending Sep 2024
As reported by the hospital to CMS; not audited. Operating margin is income from patient care divided by net patient revenue and leaves out investment income and donations. Compare Michigan hospital finances.
Who owns Karmanos Cancer Center
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Hospital .
331 doctors and other clinicians list Karmanos Cancer Center as a hospital affiliation in Medicare's clinician directory.
Organizations with 5% or more ownership (directly or through other companies), partnership interests or operational control, as the hospital reported them to Medicare. Records can lag behind recent sales. Individuals are not listed. Who owns America's hospitals.
Non-profit finances
IRS Form 990 · tax year ending Sep 2023 · Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Hospital (EIN 20-1649466)
As filed with the IRS by Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Hospital. Matched by name and address, so check the filing to confirm it's the right organization. See the full Form 990 filings · Non-profit hospital finances.
The area around Karmanos Cancer Center
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Parts of Wayne are federally designated health professional shortage areas (13 designations). Highest shortage score 22.
Mental health: Parts of Wayne are federally designated health professional shortage areas (13 designations). Highest shortage score 21.
Dental: Parts of Wayne are federally designated health professional shortage areas (9 designations). Highest shortage score 21.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Michigan earn a median $94,300 a year. Healthcare salaries in Michigan.
Shortage areas are designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration where there are too few primary care, mental health or dental providers for the population; scores run from 0 to 25 for primary and mental health care and 0 to 26 for dental care, higher meaning greater need. Michigan shortage areas
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