Ascension Seton Highland Lakes

Ascension Seton Highland Lakes is a nonprofit voluntary hospital located in Burnet, TX, holding CMS certification number 451365. The Austin covers Burnet-area healthcare news, including major facility changes, regulatory ratings, and service-line developments at Ascension Seton Highland Lakes.

As a critical-access hospital, Ascension Seton Highland Lakes provides 24-hour emergency and inpatient care for a primarily rural service area, with a maximum of 25 inpatient beds and an average length of stay under 96 hours. The facility operates a 24-hour emergency department.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) assigns Ascension Seton Highland Lakes an overall quality rating of 5 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 Burnet residents, Ascension Seton Highland Lakes 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 Burnet-area healthcare facilities — including Ascension Seton Highland Lakes.

Story tip about Ascension Seton Highland Lakes? 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.