Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Florida with the lowest left ED without being seen
166 Florida hospitals ranked by left ED without being seen in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Left ED without being seenlower 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 | 2.0% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T132 | HCA Florida Lehigh Hospital | 2.0%, 32nd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 1, 1st percentile | — | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 136 min, 60th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 53 | Compare HCA Florida Lehigh Hospital |
| T132 | HCA Florida Putnam Hospital | 2.0%, 32nd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 16.1%, 6th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 126 min, 69th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 99 | Compare HCA Florida Putnam Hospital |
| T132 | Halifax Health Medical Center | 2.0%, 32nd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 1.23, 9th percentile | 165 min, 39th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 709 | Compare Halifax Health Medical Center |
| T132 | Palmetto General Hospital | 2.0%, 32nd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 203 min, 18th percentile | 1.08, 12th percentile | 360 | Compare Palmetto General Hospital |
| T132 | Parrish Medical Center | 2.0%, 32nd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 13.8%, 9th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 1.10, 19th percentile | 205 min, 17th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 208 | Compare Parrish Medical Center |
| T132 | Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital | 2.0%, 32nd percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | — | — | 15.2%, 3rd percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | 156 min, 45th percentile | 0.90, 88th percentile | 25 | Compare Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital |
| T132 | Jackson Hospital | 2.0%, 32nd percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 1.09, 20th percentile | 147 min, 51st percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 100 | Compare Jackson Hospital |
| T132 | North Shore Medical Center | 2.0%, 32nd percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 1, 1st percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 10.8%, 54th percentile | 17.5%, 0th percentile | 0.89, 75th percentile | 180 min, 29th percentile | 1.14, 4th percentile | 816 | Compare North Shore Medical Center |
| T132 | Lakeside Medical Center | 2.0%, 32nd percentile | — | — | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 141 min, 55th percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 70 | Compare Lakeside Medical Center |
| T132 | Madison County Memorial Hospital | 2.0%, 32nd percentile | — | — | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | 137 min, 59th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Madison County Memorial Hospital |
| T132 | NH Jacksonville | 2.0%, 32nd percentile | — | 4, 76th percentile | — | — | — | — | 127 min, 68th percentile | — | 430 | Compare NH Jacksonville |
| T162 | Holmes Regional Medical Center | 3.0%, 17th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 10.6%, 87th percentile | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 214 min, 13th percentile | 1.08, 12th percentile | 514 | Compare Holmes Regional Medical Center |
| T162 | Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital | 3.0%, 17th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 13.8%, 96th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 164 min, 39th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 145 | Compare Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital |
| T162 | Desoto Memorial Hospital | 3.0%, 17th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 136 min, 60th percentile | 1.09, 10th percentile | 49 | Compare Desoto Memorial Hospital |
| T165 | UF Health Shands Hospital | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 1.10, 19th percentile | 248 min, 5th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 1,054 | Compare UF Health Shands Hospital |
| T165 | Shands Jacksonville | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 181 min, 29th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 715 | Compare Shands Jacksonville |
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.
- Left ED without being seen
- Percentage of patients who left the emergency department before being seen.
- 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).