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Hospitals in Alabama with the lowest surgical site infections (colon)

33 Alabama hospitals ranked by surgical site infections (colon) in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Baldwin Health, Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus, St. Vincent's East. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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33 hospitals ranked in Alabama by surgical site infections (colon); 66 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better	Serious complicationslower is better	Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better	Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better	Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better	MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better	C. diff infectionslower is better	Compare
	National average	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
T1	Baldwin HealthFoley, AL · Acute care	0.00, 91st percentile	0.82, 90th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.46, 44th percentile	—	—	0.25, 54th percentile	Compare Baldwin Health
T1	Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur CampusDecatur, AL · Acute care	0.00, 91st percentile	1.19, 11th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.15, 72nd percentile	—	1.13, 17th percentile	0.29, 48th percentile	Compare Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus
T1	St. Vincent's EastBirmingham, AL · Acute care	0.00, 91st percentile	1.03, 29th percentile	1.07, 13th percentile	0.31, 59th percentile	—	0.38, 69th percentile	0.27, 52nd percentile	Compare St. Vincent's East
T1	Walker Baptist Medical CenterJasper, AL · Acute care	0.00, 91st percentile	0.92, 67th percentile	1.97, 3rd percentile	0.31, 59th percentile	—	1.21, 13th percentile	0.06, 78th percentile	Compare Walker Baptist Medical Center
T1	Flowers HospitalDothan, AL · Acute care	0.00, 91st percentile	0.60, 100th percentile	0.28, 68th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.84, 48th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	0.13, 71st percentile	Compare Flowers Hospital
T1	Gadsden Regional Medical CenterGadsden, AL · Acute care	0.00, 91st percentile	1.58, 2nd percentile	0.61, 39th percentile	0.33, 57th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.06, 78th percentile	Compare Gadsden Regional Medical Center
T1	North Alabama Medical CenterFlorence, AL · Acute care	0.00, 91st percentile	1.14, 15th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.22, 66th percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.43, 65th percentile	0.03, 80th percentile	Compare North Alabama Medical Center
T1	Northeast Alabama Regional Medical CenterAnniston, AL · Acute care	0.00, 91st percentile	0.91, 70th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.23, 65th percentile	—	0.57, 53rd percentile	1.33, 3rd percentile	Compare Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center
9	Southeast Health Medical CenterDothan, AL · Acute care	0.15, 81st percentile	0.95, 55th percentile	0.28, 68th percentile	0.19, 68th percentile	—	0.62, 48th percentile	0.45, 28th percentile	Compare Southeast Health Medical Center
10	Baptist Medical Center EastMontgomery, AL · Acute care	0.19, 79th percentile	1.18, 12th percentile	1.10, 12th percentile	0.95, 13th percentile	0.55, 69th percentile	0.90, 27th percentile	0.42, 31st percentile	Compare Baptist Medical Center East
11	USA Health HCA Providence Hospital, LLCMobile, AL · Acute care	0.32, 75th percentile	1.09, 20th percentile	1.02, 15th percentile	0.10, 74th percentile	—	0.88, 28th percentile	0.20, 62nd percentile	Compare USA Health HCA Providence Hospital, LLC
12	Crestwood Medical CenterHuntsville, AL · Acute care	0.36, 72nd percentile	0.94, 59th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.41, 74th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	0.17, 66th percentile	Compare Crestwood Medical Center
13	Princeton Baptist Medical CenterBirmingham, AL · Acute care	0.40, 70th percentile	1.23, 9th percentile	0.10, 78th percentile	0.44, 46th percentile	—	0.96, 23rd percentile	0.57, 19th percentile	Compare Princeton Baptist Medical Center
14	Shelby Baptist Medical CenterAlabaster, AL · Acute care	0.47, 66th percentile	1.45, 3rd percentile	0.87, 21st percentile	0.32, 58th percentile	—	1.03, 20th percentile	0.45, 28th percentile	Compare Shelby Baptist Medical Center
15	USA Health University HospitalMobile, AL · Acute care	0.47, 66th percentile	1.33, 6th percentile	1.03, 15th percentile	0.30, 59th percentile	—	2.19, 2nd percentile	0.47, 27th percentile	Compare USA Health University Hospital
16	Riverview Regional Medical CenterGadsden, AL · Acute care	0.58, 58th percentile	0.85, 85th percentile	0.33, 64th percentile	0.18, 69th percentile	—	2.69, 1st percentile	0.05, 79th percentile	Compare Riverview Regional Medical Center
17	Baptist Health Brookwood HospitalBirmingham, AL · Acute care	0.63, 56th percentile	0.95, 55th percentile	0.74, 29th percentile	1.08, 10th percentile	0.39, 75th percentile	0.42, 66th percentile	0.51, 24th percentile	Compare Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital
18	St Vincent's BirminghamBirmingham, AL · Acute care	0.64, 55th percentile	0.74, 97th percentile	1.33, 8th percentile	0.42, 48th percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.56, 54th percentile	0.31, 46th percentile	Compare St Vincent's Birmingham
19	Athens Limestone HospitalAthens, AL · Acute care	0.65, 54th percentile	0.87, 81st percentile	—	0.45, 45th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.44, 29th percentile	Compare Athens Limestone Hospital
20	Huntsville HospitalHuntsville, AL · Acute care	0.66, 54th percentile	1.73, 1st percentile	0.93, 19th percentile	0.80, 20th percentile	0.44, 73rd percentile	1.12, 17th percentile	0.27, 51st percentile	Compare Huntsville Hospital
21	Grandview Medical CenterBirmingham, AL · Acute care	0.67, 53rd percentile	0.86, 83rd percentile	0.20, 73rd percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.36, 70th percentile	0.23, 57th percentile	Compare Grandview Medical Center
22	University Of Alabama HospitalBirmingham, AL · Acute care	0.72, 50th percentile	1.16, 13th percentile	0.71, 31st percentile	0.52, 38th percentile	1.64, 23rd percentile	0.91, 26th percentile	0.40, 33rd percentile	Compare University Of Alabama Hospital
23	Thomas HospitalFairhope, AL · Acute care	0.72, 50th percentile	1.10, 19th percentile	0.67, 33rd percentile	1.07, 10th percentile	—	0.50, 59th percentile	0.94, 6th percentile	Compare Thomas Hospital
24	Springhill Medical CenterMobile, AL · Acute care	0.80, 44th percentile	0.97, 46th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.37, 53rd percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.76, 36th percentile	0.34, 42nd percentile	Compare Springhill Medical Center
25	Jackson Hospital & Clinic IncMontgomery, AL · Acute care	0.90, 37th percentile	0.95, 55th percentile	1.63, 5th percentile	0.80, 19th percentile	—	2.39, 1st percentile	1.10, 4th percentile	Compare Jackson Hospital & Clinic Inc
26	Baptist Medical Center SouthMontgomery, AL · Acute care	0.95, 34th percentile	1.98, 0th percentile	0.67, 34th percentile	1.12, 9th percentile	—	1.02, 20th percentile	0.60, 18th percentile	Compare Baptist Medical Center South
27	Marshall Medical CentersBoaz, AL · Acute care	0.97, 33rd percentile	0.97, 46th percentile	1.29, 9th percentile	1.36, 6th percentile	—	2.36, 1st percentile	0.32, 45th percentile	Compare Marshall Medical Centers
28	Cullman Regional Medical CenterCullman, AL · Acute care	1.05, 29th percentile	1.09, 20th percentile	1.51, 6th percentile	0.64, 28th percentile	—	0.76, 36th percentile	0.14, 70th percentile	Compare Cullman Regional Medical Center
29	The East Alabama Healthcare AuthorityOpelika, AL · Acute care	1.30, 20th percentile	0.99, 37th percentile	0.39, 59th percentile	0.33, 57th percentile	1.75, 19th percentile	0.54, 56th percentile	0.71, 12th percentile	Compare The East Alabama Healthcare Authority
30	DCH Regional Medical CenterTuscaloosa, AL · Acute care	1.36, 18th percentile	0.94, 59th percentile	1.03, 14th percentile	0.18, 69th percentile	0.30, 77th percentile	0.58, 52nd percentile	0.64, 16th percentile	Compare DCH Regional Medical Center
31	Mobile Infirmary Medical CenterMobile, AL · Acute care	1.42, 16th percentile	1.17, 12th percentile	0.36, 61st percentile	0.34, 56th percentile	2.27, 10th percentile	0.36, 70th percentile	0.72, 12th percentile	Compare Mobile Infirmary Medical Center
32	Medical West, An Affiliate Of UAB Health SystemBessemer, AL · Acute care	1.42, 16th percentile	1.16, 13th percentile	0.49, 50th percentile	0.66, 27th percentile	—	0.38, 69th percentile	0.41, 33rd percentile	Compare Medical West, An Affiliate Of UAB Health System
33	Helen Keller HospitalSheffield, AL · Acute care	2.66, 1st percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.52, 38th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.51, 23rd percentile	Compare Helen Keller Hospital

About these rankings

Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.

Surgical site infections (colon): Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Serious complications: Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Central line bloodstream infections: Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections: Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Surgical site infections (hysterectomy): Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
MRSA bloodstream infections: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
C. diff infections: Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).