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Hospitals in Florida with the smallest Medicare readmissions penalties

165 Florida hospitals ranked by readmissions penalty in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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165 hospitals ranked in Florida by readmissions penalty; 56 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalReadmissions penaltyhigher is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average−0.34%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
151Broward Health NorthDeerfield Beach, FL · Acute care−1.10%3213.3%8.6%15.7%1.05187 min1.11409Compare
152Jupiter Medical CenterJupiter, FL · Acute care−1.20%4310.9%10.9%16.0%1.16186 min1.01340Compare
153HCA Florida Poinciana HospitalKissimmee, FL · Acute care−1.31%2311.6%9.2%16.0%0.93114 min0.9194Compare
154HCA Florida Lawnwood HospitalFort Pierce, FL · Acute care−1.33%1212.8%9.8%16.5%1.00128 min1.09497Compare
155HCA Florida Fawcett HospitalPort Charlotte, FL · Acute care−1.34%1112.3%13.0%16.6%0.77113 min0.99265Compare
156HCA Florida Twin Cities HospitalNiceville, FL · Acute care−1.36%54—8.1%15.6%0.87114 min0.9865Compare
157Good Samaritan Medical CenterWest Palm Beach, FL · Acute care−1.38%2211.3%10.3%15.8%0.97111 min1.00333Compare
158Marion Communtiy HospitalOcala, FL · Acute care−1.40%1211.8%11.9%17.0%2.12114 min1.03545Compare
159HCA Florida Northside HospitalSaint Petersburg, FL · Acute care−1.42%1211.7%9.4%16.7%1.13162 min1.05288Compare
160HCA Florida Bayonet Point HospitalHudson, FL · Acute care−1.53%2213.2%9.1%16.5%1.19166 min1.05392Compare
161HCA Florida Lake City HospitalLake City, FL · Acute care−1.56%3310.8%11.8%16.2%0.83114 min1.01141Compare
162AdventHealth Port CharlottePort Charlotte, FL · Acute care−1.58%1111.3%12.1%16.1%1.26132 min1.01254Compare
163AdventHealth OrlandoOrlando, FL · Acute care−1.61%339.7%6.6%16.0%1.10160 min0.993,289Compare
164HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin HospitalFort Walton Beach, FL · Acute care−1.79%3311.0%9.5%17.0%0.95139 min1.06331Compare
165St Lucie Medical CenterPort Saint Lucie, FL · Acute care−3.00%1211.1%10.9%17.5%0.86108 min1.00282Compare

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.

Readmissions penalty
Change to Medicare payments under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, which cuts payments (by up to 3%) to hospitals with more readmissions than expected. 0% means no penalty..
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).