Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Alabama with the lowest CABG surgery death rate
19 Alabama hospitals ranked by CABG surgery death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Huntsville Hospital, University Of Alabama Hospital, Princeton Baptist Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
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| National average | 2.4% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | Huntsville Hospital | 1.5%, 96th percentile | 16.6%, 0th percentile | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 19.9%, 5th percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | 12.9%, 30th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare Huntsville Hospital |
| 2 | University Of Alabama Hospital | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 12.2%, 90th percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | 10.8%, 66th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare University Of Alabama Hospital |
| 3 | Princeton Baptist Medical Center | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 13.6%, 7th percentile | 9.1%, 85th percentile | 17.3%, 20th percentile | 10.2%, 12th percentile | 12.1%, 42nd percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Princeton Baptist Medical Center |
| T4 | Gadsden Regional Medical Center | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 20.8%, 3rd percentile | 8.9%, 38th percentile | 14.3%, 16th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Gadsden Regional Medical Center |
| T4 | Shelby Baptist Medical Center | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 16.3%, 33rd percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | 11.3%, 56th percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | Compare Shelby Baptist Medical Center |
| 6 | St. Vincent's East | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 16.5%, 30th percentile | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 10.4%, 73rd percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare St. Vincent's East |
| T7 | St Vincent's Birmingham | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 8.8%, 88th percentile | 16.5%, 30th percentile | 6.6%, 94th percentile | 10.5%, 71st percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare St Vincent's Birmingham |
| T7 | Baptist Medical Center South | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 15.6%, 43rd percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | 12.7%, 33rd percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Baptist Medical Center South |
| 9 | Springhill Medical Center | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 14.5%, 61st percentile | 8.7%, 43rd percentile | 13.1%, 27th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Springhill Medical Center |
| 10 | Jackson Hospital & Clinic Inc | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 20.3%, 4th percentile | 7.0%, 88th percentile | 12.0%, 44th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare Jackson Hospital & Clinic Inc |
| 11 | The East Alabama Healthcare Authority | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 13.4%, 9th percentile | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 17.5%, 18th percentile | 11.6%, 3rd percentile | 13.6%, 22nd percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare The East Alabama Healthcare Authority |
| 12 | Flowers Hospital | 2.7%, 28th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 13.3%, 12th percentile | 19.5%, 6th percentile | 12.0%, 2nd percentile | 14.1%, 17th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Flowers Hospital |
| 13 | Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital | 3.0%, 19th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 17.6%, 17th percentile | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | 12.8%, 31st percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital |
| T14 | Southeast Health Medical Center | 3.2%, 14th percentile | 13.5%, 8th percentile | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 16.9%, 25th percentile | 9.1%, 34th percentile | 13.1%, 27th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare Southeast Health Medical Center |
| T14 | USA Health HCA Providence Hospital, LLC | 3.2%, 14th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 17.5%, 18th percentile | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 15.6%, 9th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare USA Health HCA Providence Hospital, LLC |
| 16 | Thomas Hospital | 3.3%, 12th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 20.1%, 4th percentile | 11.2%, 5th percentile | 14.2%, 16th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Thomas Hospital |
| 17 | Grandview Medical Center | 3.4%, 9th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 14.5%, 61st percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | 13.7%, 21st percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare Grandview Medical Center |
| 18 | Mobile Infirmary Medical Center | 4.0%, 4th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 17.2%, 21st percentile | 9.2%, 31st percentile | 13.6%, 22nd percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Mobile Infirmary Medical Center |
| 19 | North Alabama Medical Center | 5.3%, 1st percentile | 13.7%, 6th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 19.3%, 7th percentile | 7.0%, 88th percentile | 17.3%, 4th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare North Alabama Medical Center |
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.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke patients.
- Hospital-wide readmission rate
- Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.