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Hospitals in Alabama with the lowest serious complications

59 Alabama hospitals ranked by serious complications in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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59 hospitals ranked in Alabama by serious complications; 40 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Serious complicationslower 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	Time in emergency departmentlower is better	Medicare spending per patientlower is better	Total beds	Compare
	National average	1.00		3.3	11.9%	11.1%	15.0%	162 min	1.00
T50	Clay County HospitalAshland, AL · Acute care	1.19, 11th percentile	—	—	—	—	14.7%, 68th percentile	91 min, 94th percentile	1.04, 23rd percentile	—	Compare Clay County Hospital
52	St Vincent's ChiltonClanton, AL · Acute care	1.20, 10th percentile	—	5, 97th percentile	—	—	14.8%, 61st percentile	164 min, 39th percentile	—	30	Compare St Vincent's Chilton
53	Princeton Baptist Medical CenterBirmingham, AL · Acute care	1.23, 9th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	13.6%, 7th percentile	9.1%, 85th percentile	14.4%, 83rd percentile	164 min, 39th percentile	1.02, 33rd percentile	505	Compare Princeton Baptist Medical Center
54	USA Health University HospitalMobile, AL · Acute care	1.33, 6th percentile	2, 17th percentile	3, 39th percentile	—	11.5%, 39th percentile	15.7%, 13th percentile	211 min, 14th percentile	0.98, 55th percentile	406	Compare USA Health University Hospital
T55	Shelby Baptist Medical CenterAlabaster, AL · Acute care	1.45, 3rd percentile	2, 17th percentile	3, 39th percentile	12.8%, 19th percentile	10.2%, 66th percentile	14.0%, 93rd percentile	182 min, 28th percentile	1.02, 33rd percentile	252	Compare Shelby Baptist Medical Center
T55	Whitfield Regional HospitalDemopolis, AL · Acute care	1.45, 3rd percentile	2, 17th percentile	3, 39th percentile	—	11.3%, 44th percentile	14.9%, 54th percentile	119 min, 75th percentile	0.85, 95th percentile	99	Compare Whitfield Regional Hospital
57	Gadsden Regional Medical CenterGadsden, AL · Acute care	1.58, 2nd percentile	2, 17th percentile	2, 10th percentile	11.3%, 68th percentile	9.6%, 77th percentile	15.9%, 9th percentile	201 min, 19th percentile	1.07, 14th percentile	346	Compare Gadsden Regional Medical Center
58	Huntsville HospitalHuntsville, AL · Acute care	1.73, 1st percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	16.6%, 0th percentile	11.7%, 35th percentile	14.3%, 86th percentile	238 min, 7th percentile	1.03, 28th percentile	881	Compare Huntsville Hospital
59	Baptist Medical Center SouthMontgomery, AL · Acute care	1.98, 0th percentile	2, 17th percentile	3, 39th percentile	13.2%, 11th percentile	12.7%, 19th percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	220 min, 12th percentile	1.01, 38th percentile	432	Compare Baptist Medical Center South

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.

Serious complications: Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
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.
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).