Hospital rankings
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.
| # | Hospital | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 1 | Sibley Memorial Hospital | 0.68, 99th percentile | 0.25, 70th percentile | 1.05, 10th percentile | 0.46, 67th percentile | 1.61, 24th percentile | 2.27, 2nd percentile | 0.29, 49th percentile | Compare Sibley Memorial Hospital |
| 2 | MedStar Washington Hospital Center | 0.71, 98th percentile | 0.73, 29th percentile | 0.22, 66th percentile | 0.37, 72nd percentile | 1.07, 38th percentile | 0.57, 53rd percentile | 0.27, 52nd percentile | Compare MedStar Washington Hospital Center |
| 3 | United Medical Center | 0.92, 67th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 0.62, 16th percentile | Compare United Medical Center |
| 4 | Washington DC VA Medical Center | 1.09, 20th percentile | 3.01, 1st percentile | 0.48, 41st percentile | — | — | — | — | Compare Washington DC VA Medical Center |
| 5 | MedStar Georgetown University Hospital | 1.13, 16th percentile | 0.87, 22nd percentile | 0.13, 73rd percentile | 0.18, 80th percentile | — | 1.16, 15th percentile | 0.39, 35th percentile | Compare MedStar Georgetown University Hospital |
| 6 | George Washington University Hospital | 1.34, 5th percentile | 0.39, 59th percentile | 0.30, 59th percentile | 0.54, 61st percentile | — | 0.14, 81st percentile | 0.36, 38th percentile | Compare George Washington University Hospital |
| 7 | Howard University Hospital Corp | 1.62, 1st percentile | 0.88, 21st percentile | 0.20, 68th percentile | — | — | 0.63, 46th percentile | 0.62, 16th percentile | 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).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).