Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Delaware with the lowest surgical site infections (colon)
5 Delaware hospitals ranked by surgical site infections (colon) in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus, Beebe Medical Center, Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc.. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Surgical site infections (colon)lower 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 | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus | 0.40, 70th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 13.4%, 9th percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 1.16, 13th percentile | 268 min, 3rd percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 304 | Compare Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus |
| 2 | Beebe Medical Center | 0.47, 66th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 3.07, 0th percentile | 174 min, 33rd percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 155 | Compare Beebe Medical Center |
| 3 | Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc. | 0.66, 54th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 0.89, 75th percentile | 167 min, 37th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 119 | Compare Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc. |
| 4 | Christiana Hospital | 0.77, 46th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 0.77, 95th percentile | 272 min, 3rd percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 1,196 | Compare Christiana Hospital |
| 5 | Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus | 0.93, 35th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 1.26, 8th percentile | 252 min, 5th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 168 | Compare Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus |
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.
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- 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).