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Background: The Trauma Quality Improvement Program was designed by the American College of Surgeons to measure quality benchmarks across American College of Surgeons–certified trauma centers. The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey was developed to report patient satisfaction with inpatient care and has been used as a surrogate for quality of care by the Affordable Care Act. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation of hospitals’ Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems data to the Trauma Quality Improvement Program quality analysis. Methods: A retrospective review of available Trauma Quality Improvement Program and Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems results from an American College of Surgeons level 1 trauma center 2016–2017 was performed. Trauma Quality Improvement Program and Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems data were represented as either above, at, or below the mean of national data and were analyzed using the Fisher exact test. Results: Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores from wards participating in care of trauma patients were summarized by perceived level of quality. Trauma Quality Improvement Program data for risk‐adjusted mortality were included in analysis for all trauma admissions. The Fisher exact test was used to analyze contingency tables of data and was found to support the null hypothesis (P=.1109). Conclusion: Overall Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems rating is most significant for hospitals because it is a global view of patient satisfaction and is used to determine a portion of hospital reimbursement. It is believed that higher patient satisfaction is correlated with lower readmission rates and improved outcomes, thus resulting in cost savings for hospitals. However, it appears that overall Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems rating does not correlate with measured outcomes in terms of risk‐adjusted mortality for trauma admissions. It is suggested from these data that trauma patients be considered independently from other hospitalizations and that Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems may not be an appropriate tool to determine reimbursement for trauma admission.