Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Alabama with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate
75 Alabama hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 15.0% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | ||
| T48 | Hale County Hospital | 15.2%, 34th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Hale County Hospital |
| 52 | St Vincent's Birmingham | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 8.8%, 88th percentile | 16.5%, 30th percentile | 6.6%, 94th percentile | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 10.5%, 71st percentile | Compare St Vincent's Birmingham |
| T53 | Walker Baptist Medical Center | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | — | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 15.3%, 48th percentile | 9.3%, 28th percentile | — | 21.1%, 2nd percentile | Compare Walker Baptist Medical Center |
| T53 | Mizell Memorial Hospital | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | — | 13.4%, 12th percentile | 21.4%, 2nd percentile | 9.0%, 36th percentile | — | — | Compare Mizell Memorial Hospital |
| T53 | North Alabama Shoals Hospital | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare North Alabama Shoals Hospital |
| T56 | Atmore Community Hospital | 15.5%, 19th percentile | — | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 19.0%, 8th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Atmore Community Hospital |
| T56 | Prattville Baptist Hospital | 15.5%, 19th percentile | — | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 15.7%, 42nd percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | — | 12.8%, 31st percentile | Compare Prattville Baptist Hospital |
| T56 | D W McMillan Memorial Hospital | 15.5%, 19th percentile | — | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 15.1%, 51st percentile | — | — | — | Compare D W McMillan Memorial Hospital |
| T59 | Evergreen Medical Center | 15.6%, 16th percentile | — | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 19.4%, 6th percentile | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | — | — | Compare Evergreen Medical Center |
| T59 | Springhill Medical Center | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 14.5%, 61st percentile | 8.7%, 43rd percentile | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 13.1%, 27th percentile | Compare Springhill Medical Center |
| T59 | University Of Alabama Hospital | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 12.2%, 90th percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 10.8%, 66th percentile | Compare University Of Alabama Hospital |
| T59 | Community Hospital Inc | 15.6%, 16th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Community Hospital Inc |
| T63 | Riverview Regional Medical Center | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 20.4%, 4th percentile | 9.1%, 34th percentile | — | 14.9%, 12th percentile | Compare Riverview Regional Medical Center |
| T63 | USA Health University Hospital | 15.7%, 13th percentile | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 17.0%, 24th percentile | — | — | 14.0%, 18th percentile | Compare USA Health University Hospital |
| T63 | Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 14.4%, 2nd percentile | 14.7%, 5th percentile | 18.5%, 11th percentile | 8.7%, 43rd percentile | — | 18.5%, 3rd percentile | Compare Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center |
| T66 | Grandview Medical Center | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 14.5%, 61st percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | 3.4%, 9th percentile | 13.7%, 21st percentile | Compare Grandview Medical Center |
| T66 | St Vincent's St Clair | 15.8%, 11th percentile | — | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 14.3%, 64th percentile | 7.4%, 80th percentile | — | 12.0%, 44th percentile | Compare St Vincent's St Clair |
| T66 | Jackson Hospital & Clinic Inc | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 20.3%, 4th percentile | 7.0%, 88th percentile | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 12.0%, 44th percentile | Compare Jackson Hospital & Clinic Inc |
| T66 | Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway Campus | 15.8%, 11th percentile | — | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 17.0%, 24th percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | — | 19.9%, 2nd percentile | Compare Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway Campus |
| T70 | Flowers Hospital | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 13.3%, 12th percentile | 19.5%, 6th percentile | 12.0%, 2nd percentile | 2.7%, 28th percentile | 14.1%, 17th percentile | Compare Flowers Hospital |
| T70 | Gadsden Regional Medical Center | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 20.8%, 3rd percentile | 8.9%, 38th percentile | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 14.3%, 16th percentile | Compare Gadsden Regional Medical Center |
| T70 | North Alabama Medical Center | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 13.7%, 6th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 19.3%, 7th percentile | 7.0%, 88th percentile | 5.3%, 1st percentile | 17.3%, 4th percentile | Compare North Alabama Medical Center |
| 73 | Helen Keller Hospital | 16.0%, 7th percentile | — | 17.8%, 0th percentile | 14.6%, 60th percentile | 8.8%, 41st percentile | — | 21.9%, 1st percentile | Compare Helen Keller Hospital |
| 74 | Russellville Hospital | 16.3%, 4th percentile | — | — | 15.7%, 42nd percentile | 8.7%, 43rd percentile | — | — | Compare Russellville Hospital |
| 75 | Cullman Regional Medical Center | 16.6%, 2nd percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 10.7%, 56th percentile | 21.0%, 2nd percentile | 10.2%, 12th percentile | — | 16.1%, 7th percentile | Compare Cullman Regional 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke patients.