Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Florida with the highest patients would recommend
165 Florida hospitals ranked by patients would recommend in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Patients would recommendhigher 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 | 87 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T142 | St Mary's Medical Center | 79, 6th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 155 min, 46th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 413 | Compare St Mary's Medical Center |
| T152 | Hialeah Hospital | 78, 4th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.1%, 74th percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 1.08, 22nd percentile | 130 min, 65th percentile | 1.17, 3rd percentile | 356 | Compare Hialeah Hospital |
| T152 | Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center | 78, 4th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 1, 1st percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 138 min, 58th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 199 | Compare Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center |
| T152 | Wellington Regional Medical Center | 78, 4th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 13.5%, 11th percentile | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | 175 min, 32nd percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 235 | Compare Wellington Regional Medical Center |
| T152 | Tampa General Hospital Brooksville | 78, 4th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 1, 1st percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 16.8%, 1st percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 164 min, 39th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 244 | Compare Tampa General Hospital Brooksville |
| T156 | HCA Florida Northwest Hospital | 77, 3rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 1, 1st percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 8.4%, 92nd percentile | 16.7%, 2nd percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 149 min, 50th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 289 | Compare HCA Florida Northwest Hospital |
| T156 | Palmetto General Hospital | 77, 3rd 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 |
| T156 | AdventHealth Port Charlotte | 77, 3rd percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 1, 1st percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 16.1%, 6th percentile | 1.26, 8th percentile | 132 min, 63rd percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 254 | Compare AdventHealth Port Charlotte |
| T156 | HCA Florida Northside Hospital | 77, 3rd percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 9.4%, 81st percentile | 16.7%, 2nd percentile | 1.13, 16th percentile | 162 min, 41st percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 288 | Compare HCA Florida Northside Hospital |
| 160 | West Boca Medical Center | 74, 1st percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 1, 1st percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | 137 min, 59th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 195 | Compare West Boca Medical Center |
| 161 | Central Florida Lake Monroe Hospital | 73, 1st percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 1, 1st percentile | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 9.1%, 85th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 121 min, 73rd percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 221 | Compare Central Florida Lake Monroe Hospital |
| T162 | HCA Florida Lehigh Hospital | 72, 1st 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 |
| T162 | HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital | 72, 1st percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 1, 1st percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 16.6%, 2nd percentile | 0.77, 95th percentile | 113 min, 80th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 265 | Compare HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital |
| 164 | North Shore Medical Center | 71, 1st 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 |
| 165 | Delray Medical Center | 70, 0th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 1, 1st percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | 1.05, 26th percentile | 144 min, 53rd percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 536 | Compare Delray Medical Center |
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.
- Patients would recommend
- HCAHPS willingness to recommend the hospital, linear mean score (0-100).
- 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).