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Hospitals in District of Columbia with the lowest serious complications

7 District of Columbia hospitals ranked by serious complications in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Sibley Memorial Hospital, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, United Medical Center. 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 District of Columbia by serious complications; 3 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
1	Sibley Memorial HospitalWashington, DC · Acute care	0.68, 99th percentile	5, 94th percentile	3, 39th percentile	12.2%, 35th percentile	9.8%, 73rd percentile	14.8%, 61st percentile	310 min, 1st percentile	0.96, 66th percentile	362	Compare Sibley Memorial Hospital
2	MedStar Washington Hospital CenterWashington, DC · Acute care	0.71, 98th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	2, 10th percentile	10.4%, 90th percentile	7.0%, 98th percentile	14.4%, 83rd percentile	377 min, 0th percentile	1.02, 33rd percentile	818	Compare MedStar Washington Hospital Center
3	United Medical CenterWashington, DC · Acute care	0.92, 67th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	—	—	9.5%, 79th percentile	14.7%, 68th percentile	264 min, 3rd percentile	1.04, 23rd percentile	—	Compare United Medical Center
4	Washington DC VA Medical CenterWashington, DC · Veterans Affairs	1.09, 20th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	11.9%, 46th percentile	7.4%, 97th percentile	14.5%, 79th percentile	—	—	291	Compare Washington DC VA Medical Center
5	MedStar Georgetown University HospitalWashington, DC · Acute care	1.13, 16th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	—	8.3%, 93rd percentile	14.7%, 68th percentile	365 min, 0th percentile	1.00, 44th percentile	535	Compare MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
6	George Washington University HospitalWashington, DC · Acute care	1.34, 5th percentile	2, 17th percentile	2, 10th percentile	10.5%, 89th percentile	7.7%, 96th percentile	15.3%, 28th percentile	345 min, 0th percentile	0.98, 55th percentile	371	Compare George Washington University Hospital
7	Howard University Hospital CorpWashington, DC · Acute care	1.62, 1st percentile	1, 3rd percentile	2, 10th percentile	10.9%, 80th percentile	9.9%, 72nd percentile	14.9%, 54th percentile	222 min, 11th percentile	0.98, 55th percentile	479	Compare Howard University Hospital Corp

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).