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Top-rated hospitals in Connecticut

26 Connecticut hospitals ranked by overall star rating in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Sharon Hospital, Greenwich Hospital Association -, Stamford Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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26 hospitals ranked in Connecticut by overall star rating; 10 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T1Sharon HospitalSharon, CT · Acute care54—11.3%14.3%0.94130 min0.9278Compare
T1Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich, CT · Acute care5310.7%6.5%14.7%0.92176 min0.94206Compare
T1Stamford HospitalStamford, CT · Acute care5311.1%11.6%14.1%0.96200 min1.00305Compare
T1Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven, CT · Acute care539.4%7.1%14.2%0.70198 min0.99874Compare
T5Griffin HospitalDerby, CT · Acute care4411.1%11.6%13.6%1.01165 min0.94160Compare
T5MidState Medical CenterMeriden, CT · Acute care4312.2%12.2%14.9%0.71220 min1.02144Compare
T5Danbury HospitalDanbury, CT · Acute care4312.7%9.4%15.4%0.90209 min1.02345Compare
T5St Vincent's Medical CenterBridgeport, CT · Acute care4311.0%12.5%14.0%0.88228 min1.03397Compare
T5William W Backus HospitalNorwich, CT · Acute care4311.5%10.2%14.4%0.76174 min0.97213Compare
T5Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport, CT · Acute care4312.3%8.5%15.6%0.91140 min0.99497Compare
T5Hartford HospitalHartford, CT · Acute care429.6%10.8%15.5%0.67269 min1.02819Compare
T5Manchester Memorial HospitalManchester, CT · Acute care42—9.5%14.9%0.85223 min0.98249Compare
T13John Dempsey Hospital Of The University Of ConnectFarmington, CT · Acute care3412.6%12.4%14.8%1.01246 min0.99204Compare
T13Middlesex HospitalMiddletown, CT · Acute care34—12.7%14.7%0.82159 min0.95275Compare
T13West Haven VA Medical CenterWest Haven, CT · Veterans Affairs3412.6%7.4%15.6%1.01——813Compare
T13Windham Community Memorial HospitalWillimantic, CT · Acute care33—11.2%15.2%0.93138 min0.94130Compare
T13Johnson Memorial HospitalStafford Springs, CT · Acute care33—12.8%16.0%0.97182 min0.9892Compare
T13Norwalk HospitalNorwalk, CT · Acute care3310.9%10.7%14.7%0.98200 min1.00328Compare
T13Charlotte Hungerford HospitalTorrington, CT · Acute care33—13.0%16.1%0.83147 min0.96109Compare
T13Lawrence & Memorial HospitalNew London, CT · Acute care3311.1%9.7%14.3%1.05131 min0.97280Compare
T13Saint Mary's HospitalWaterbury, CT · Acute care3210.8%11.8%15.5%1.00249 min1.02347Compare
T22Bristol HospitalBristol, CT · Acute care23—10.8%16.0%1.12190 min1.06134Compare
T22Day Kimball HospitalPutnam, CT · Acute care23—10.5%15.2%0.97221 min1.07104Compare
T22The Hospital Of Central ConnecticutNew Britain, CT · Acute care2312.7%12.4%14.6%1.03173 min1.03330Compare
T22Waterbury HospitalWaterbury, CT · Acute care2311.7%12.4%14.8%1.18227 min1.03357Compare
T22St Francis Hospital & Medical CenterHartford, CT · Acute care2211.6%11.9%14.8%1.39275 min1.05617Compare

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.

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).