UPMC Altoona
Acute Care Hospitals · Voluntary non-profit - Private
620 Howard Avenue
Altoona, PA 16601
- Emergency services
- Medicare overall rating: 3 of 5 stars
At a glance
- Clinicians who list this hospital
- 809
- Physicians (MD and DO)
- 579
- Residents and fellows in training (full-time equivalents, fiscal year 2025)
- 28
- Medical groups
- 15+
Quality and patient experience
- Medicare overall rating (of 5)
- 3
- Patient survey rating (of 5)
- 2
- Patients who would definitely recommend it (national average 71%)
- 48%
Compared with the national rate
| Measures | Better | Same | Worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths after treatment | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Safety of care (infections, complications) | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Readmissions and return visits | 1 | 9 | 1 |
Number of Medicare quality measures where this hospital’s rate is statistically better than, the same as (no different from), or worse than the national rate.
What patients said
- Doctors communicated well 2 of 5 stars
- Nurses communicated well 3 of 5 stars
- Explained medicines 2 of 5 stars
- Discharge information 3 of 5 stars
- Clean 3 of 5 stars
- Quiet at night 1 of 5 stars
From 518 patient surveys (HCAHPS), period ending 09/30/2025.
Medicare “birthing-friendly” hospital: takes part in a maternity care quality program and follows recommended safety practices.
Source: CMS Care Compare (Hospital General Information; Patient survey HCAHPS). Ratings describe the hospital overall, not individual doctors.
Physicians by specialty
- Family Medicine 114
- Internal Medicine 40
- Radiology 34
- Emergency Medicine 32
- Neurology 25
- Urology 22
- General Surgery 21
- Hematology & Oncology 19
- Radiation Oncology 18
- Infectious Disease 18
- Pathology 17
- Anesthesiology 17
- Nephrology (Kidney) 15
- Cardiology 15
- Orthopedic Surgery 13
- Gastroenterology 11
- OB-GYN (Obstetrics & Gynecology) 11
- Endocrinology & Diabetes 9
- Pulmonology 9
- Rheumatology 8
- Neurosurgery 7
- ENT (Otolaryngology) 6
- Critical Care Medicine 6
- Cardiothoracic Surgery 6
- Interventional Radiology 6
- Ophthalmology 5
- Interventional Cardiology 5
- Trauma Surgery 4
- Psychiatry 4
- Vascular Surgery 4
- Cardiac Electrophysiology 4
- Dermatology 4
- Hospitalist 4
- Surgical Oncology 3
- Plastic Surgery 3
- Gynecologic Oncology 3
- Pain Medicine 3
- Medical Oncology 3
- Sports Medicine 2
- Neuroradiology 2
- Transplant Surgery 2
- Allergy & Immunology 2
- Facial Plastic Surgery 2
- Urogynecology 2
- General Practice 2
- Geriatric Medicine 2
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) 2
- Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology 2
- Hematology 2
- Hand Surgery 2
- Hospice & Palliative Medicine 2
- Mohs Surgery 1
- Nuclear Medicine 1
- Sleep Medicine 1
- Dermatopathology 1
- Joint Replacement Surgery 1
- Pediatric Anesthesiology 1
- Spine Surgery 1
Other clinicians
Medical groups whose clinicians work here
- University of Pittsburgh Physicians 294
- UPMC Altoona Regional Health Services, Inc. 161
- UPMC Altoona 110
- Phoenix Rehabilitation and Health Services Inc 73
- Vantage Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Inc 57
- Dlp Conemaugh Physician Practices LLC 37
- Mount Nittany Medical Center Health Services Inc 22
- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Cancer Services 19
- UPMC Bedford Memorial 19
- Pittsburgh Critical Care Associates Inc 19
- Oncology Hematology Association Inc 16
- University Orthopedics Center, LTD 15
- Cambria Somerset Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Group Inc 9
- Hematology Oncology Association 9
- Somerset Health Services Inc 9
Number of each group’s clinicians who list this hospital.
Other hospitals in the same county
Sources: CMS Hospital General Information and Doctors and Clinicians Facility Affiliation (Care Compare), CMS certification number 390073. Counts are clinicians who list this hospital with Medicare; they include part-time and visiting clinicians and aren’t staff totals. Residents and beds are from the hospital’s Medicare cost report. Ratings are Medicare’s, not ours.