Provider Data Catalog

Patient Survey (PCH - HCAHPS) PPS-Exempt Cancer Hospital - State

A list of the state averages for the HCAHPS survey responses.

Freshness

Last posted
Period covered
Update frequency

Dates as CMS lists them in its catalog. CMS last changed the data itself on Jul 22, 2026.

Columns 7

The Provider Data Catalog lists only column headers in machine-readable form. Full definitions are in the data dictionary.

ColumnWhat it meansType
Statestatetext
Measure IDmeasure_idtext
HCAHPS Questionhcahps_questiontext
HCAHPS Answer Descriptionhcahps_answer_descriptiontext
HCAHPS Answer Percenthcahps_answer_percenttext
Start Datestart_datetext
End Dateend_datetext

At a glance

Catalog
Provider Data Catalog
Publisher
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Rows
2,856
Columns
7
State column
state
Topics
Hospitals, Quality and ratings

API

Free, no key needed. This request returns the first 10 rows as JSON:

https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/qatj-nmws/0?limit=10

To keep only one state, filter on the state column.

CMS's description

A list of the state averages for the HCAHPS survey responses. HCAHPS is a national, standardized survey of hospital patients about their experiences during a recent inpatient hospital stay.

The summary at the top is the first sentence of this description. Record id pdc:qatj-nmws. This record as JSON.

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