Burleson St Joseph Health CenterCaldwell, TX
Burleson St Joseph Health Center is a non-profit critical access hospital in Caldwell, Texas, with an emergency department. According to HospitalsInEachState.com's analysis of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 1 hr 20 min in its emergency department, 1 hr 7 min shorter than the Texas average of 2 hr 27 min.
- Time ZoneCST
- CountyBurleson
- Emergency CapableYes
- FIPS48051
- Area Code979
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Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 1 hour 20 minutes in the emergency department at Burleson St Joseph Health Center. That is 1 hour 7 minutes shorter than the Texas average of 2 hours 27 minutes.
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 Burleson St Joseph Health Center. For a medical emergency, call 911.
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Timely and effective care
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · all patients unless noted · Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Burleson St Joseph Health Center's emergency department is classed by CMS as low volume.
| Measure | This hospital | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Typical time in the ER before going homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving, for ER patients sent home (not counting mental health patients or transfers). Lower is better. 362 patients. | 80 min | 162 min |
| Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 36 patients. | 334 min | 287 min |
| Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 6,809 patients. | 0% | 2% |
| Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 167 patients. | 81% | 78% |
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. About the data.
Doctors at Burleson St Joseph Health Center
36 Medicare-enrolled doctors and other clinicians list this hospital as an affiliation, across 9 specialties.
Size and finances
Medicare cost report · fiscal year ending Jun 2025
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 Texas hospital finances.
Who owns Burleson St Joseph Health Center
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Burleson St Joseph Health Center of Caldwell Texas, a non-profit organization, incorporated 1995.
54 doctors and other clinicians list Burleson St Joseph Health Center as a hospital affiliation in Medicare's clinician directory.
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The area around Burleson St Joseph Health Center
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Burleson is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 15.
Mental health: Burleson is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 16.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Texas earn a median $95,970 a year. Healthcare salaries in Texas.
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. Texas shortage areas
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Care after a stay at Burleson St Joseph Health Center
Medicare-certified providers near this hospital, with their CMS ratings. A hospital discharge planner can make the referral.
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Figures as of the July 2026 CMS release Updated automatically when CMS publishes new data Permanent link: hospitalsineachstate.com/hospitals/texas/caldwell/burleson-st-joseph-health-center/1101-woodson-dr/