Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Alabama with the highest appropriate sepsis care
62 Alabama hospitals ranked by appropriate sepsis care in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Appropriate sepsis carehigher is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | 65.0% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 51 | D W McMillan Memorial Hospital | 50.0%, 19th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | — | — | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 166 min, 38th percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 65 | Compare D W McMillan Memorial Hospital |
| T52 | Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital | 48.0%, 16th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 158 min, 43rd percentile | 1.09, 10th percentile | 595 | Compare Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital |
| T52 | Medical West, An Affiliate Of UAB Health System | 48.0%, 16th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 1.16, 13th percentile | 147 min, 51st percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 310 | Compare Medical West, An Affiliate Of UAB Health System |
| 54 | Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus | 47.0%, 14th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 14.8%, 4th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 1.19, 11th percentile | 160 min, 42nd percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 457 | Compare Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus |
| T55 | Highlands Medical Center | 42.0%, 10th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 1.00, 35th percentile | 176 min, 32nd percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 170 | Compare Highlands Medical Center |
| T55 | Princeton Baptist Medical Center | 42.0%, 10th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.6%, 7th percentile | 9.1%, 85th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 1.23, 9th percentile | 164 min, 39th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 505 | Compare Princeton Baptist Medical Center |
| T57 | Evergreen Medical Center | 40.0%, 8th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | — | 118 min, 76th percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 44 | Compare Evergreen Medical Center |
| T57 | Gadsden Regional Medical Center | 40.0%, 8th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 1.58, 2nd percentile | 201 min, 19th percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 346 | Compare Gadsden Regional Medical Center |
| T59 | Mizell Memorial Hospital | 33.0%, 4th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | — | — | 13.4%, 12th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 1.06, 25th percentile | 130 min, 65th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 99 | Compare Mizell Memorial Hospital |
| T59 | The Health Care Authority Of The City Of Greenville- Lv Stabler Hospital | 33.0%, 4th percentile | — | — | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 115 min, 78th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 72 | Compare The Health Care Authority Of The City Of Greenville- Lv Stabler Hospital |
| 61 | Lake Martin Community Hospital | 29.0%, 3rd percentile | — | 5, 97th percentile | — | — | 14.3%, 86th percentile | — | 116 min, 77th percentile | 0.78, 99th percentile | 46 | Compare Lake Martin Community Hospital |
| 62 | Whitfield Regional Hospital | 0.0%, 0th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 1.45, 3rd percentile | 119 min, 75th percentile | 0.85, 95th percentile | 99 | Compare Whitfield Regional 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.
- Appropriate sepsis care
- Percentage of patients who received appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock.
- Overall star rating
- CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
- Patient survey star rating
- HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure 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.
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Time in emergency department
- Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
- Medicare spending per patient
- Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
- Total beds
- Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).