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Hospitals in Connecticut with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate

26 Connecticut hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Griffin Hospital, St Vincent's Medical Center, 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 hospital-wide readmission rate; 10 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average15.0%3.311.9%11.1%1.00162 min1.00
1Griffin HospitalDerby, CT · Acute care13.6%4411.1%11.6%1.01165 min0.94160Compare
2St Vincent's Medical CenterBridgeport, CT · Acute care14.0%4311.0%12.5%0.88228 min1.03397Compare
3Stamford HospitalStamford, CT · Acute care14.1%5311.1%11.6%0.96200 min1.00305Compare
4Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven, CT · Acute care14.2%539.4%7.1%0.70198 min0.99874Compare
T5Sharon HospitalSharon, CT · Acute care14.3%54—11.3%0.94130 min0.9278Compare
T5Lawrence & Memorial HospitalNew London, CT · Acute care14.3%3311.1%9.7%1.05131 min0.97280Compare
7William W Backus HospitalNorwich, CT · Acute care14.4%4311.5%10.2%0.76174 min0.97213Compare
8The Hospital Of Central ConnecticutNew Britain, CT · Acute care14.6%2312.7%12.4%1.03173 min1.03330Compare
T9Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich, CT · Acute care14.7%5310.7%6.5%0.92176 min0.94206Compare
T9Middlesex HospitalMiddletown, CT · Acute care14.7%34—12.7%0.82159 min0.95275Compare
T9Norwalk HospitalNorwalk, CT · Acute care14.7%3310.9%10.7%0.98200 min1.00328Compare
T12John Dempsey Hospital Of The University Of ConnectFarmington, CT · Acute care14.8%3412.6%12.4%1.01246 min0.99204Compare
T12St Francis Hospital & Medical CenterHartford, CT · Acute care14.8%2211.6%11.9%1.39275 min1.05617Compare
T12Waterbury HospitalWaterbury, CT · Acute care14.8%2311.7%12.4%1.18227 min1.03357Compare
T15Manchester Memorial HospitalManchester, CT · Acute care14.9%42—9.5%0.85223 min0.98249Compare
T15MidState Medical CenterMeriden, CT · Acute care14.9%4312.2%12.2%0.71220 min1.02144Compare
T17Windham Community Memorial HospitalWillimantic, CT · Acute care15.2%33—11.2%0.93138 min0.94130Compare
T17Day Kimball HospitalPutnam, CT · Acute care15.2%23—10.5%0.97221 min1.07104Compare
19Danbury HospitalDanbury, CT · Acute care15.4%4312.7%9.4%0.90209 min1.02345Compare
T20Hartford HospitalHartford, CT · Acute care15.5%429.6%10.8%0.67269 min1.02819Compare
T20Saint Mary's HospitalWaterbury, CT · Acute care15.5%3210.8%11.8%1.00249 min1.02347Compare
T22Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport, CT · Acute care15.6%4312.3%8.5%0.91140 min0.99497Compare
T22West Haven VA Medical CenterWest Haven, CT · Veterans Affairs15.6%3412.6%7.4%1.01——813Compare
T24Johnson Memorial HospitalStafford Springs, CT · Acute care16.0%33—12.8%0.97182 min0.9892Compare
T24Bristol HospitalBristol, CT · Acute care16.0%23—10.8%1.12190 min1.06134Compare
26Charlotte Hungerford HospitalTorrington, CT · Acute care16.1%33—13.0%0.83147 min0.96109Compare

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.
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.
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).