Ascension Seton Northwest

Ascension Seton Northwest is a nonprofit voluntary hospital located in Austin, TX, holding CMS certification number 450867. The Austin covers Austin-area healthcare news, including major facility changes, regulatory ratings, and service-line developments at Ascension Seton Northwest.

As an acute-care hospital, Ascension Seton Northwest treats short-term, severe medical conditions including emergencies, surgeries, trauma, and critical illness. The facility operates a 24-hour emergency department.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) assigns Ascension Seton Northwest an overall quality rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on its most recent public reporting cycle. The CMS overall rating is a composite of mortality, safety, readmission, patient experience, effectiveness of care, timeliness of care, and efficient imaging measures. The Austin tracks rating changes year-over-year for every hospital in our coverage area; a one-star change typically reflects meaningful shifts in clinical performance.

For Austin residents, Ascension Seton Northwest is one of the hospital options to weigh when choosing emergency care, surgical care, or specialty services. The Austin regularly reports on hospital expansions, closures, leadership changes, and major regulatory actions affecting Austin-area healthcare facilities — including Ascension Seton Northwest.

Story tip about Ascension Seton Northwest? Email editor@nexcom.media. For more healthcare coverage, visit theaustin.org/news. This profile uses public data from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (Hospital General Information dataset) and is updated as CMS releases new reporting cycles.