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Hospitals in Delaware with the highest patient survey star rating

7 Delaware hospitals ranked by patient survey star rating in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus, Wilmington VA Medical Center, Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc.. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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7 hospitals ranked in Delaware by patient survey star rating; 6 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Patient survey star ratinghigher is better	Overall 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
	National average	3.3		11.9%	11.1%	15.0%	1.00	162 min	1.00
1	Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex CampusMilford, DE · Acute care	4, 76th percentile	3, 43rd 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
T2	Wilmington VA Medical CenterWilmington, DE · Veterans Affairs	3, 39th percentile	4, 73rd percentile	—	8.1%, 94th percentile	14.8%, 61st percentile	0.92, 67th percentile	—	—	300	Compare Wilmington VA Medical Center
T2	Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc.Seaford, DE · Acute care	3, 39th percentile	3, 43rd 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.
T4	Christiana HospitalNewark, DE · Acute care	2, 10th percentile	4, 73rd 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
T4	Beebe Medical CenterLewes, DE · Acute care	2, 10th percentile	3, 43rd 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
T4	St Francis HospitalWilmington, DE · Acute care	2, 10th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	13.1%, 13th percentile	9.1%, 85th percentile	14.8%, 61st percentile	0.88, 78th percentile	192 min, 23rd percentile	0.98, 55th percentile	395	Compare St Francis Hospital
T4	Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent CampusDover, DE · Acute care	2, 10th percentile	2, 17th 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

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.

Patient survey star rating: HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
Overall star rating: CMS overall hospital quality 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).