Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Florida with the highest appropriate sepsis care
166 Florida hospitals ranked by appropriate sepsis care in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Appropriate sepsis carehigher 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 | 65.0% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 151 | HCA Florida Lehigh Hospital | 56.0%, 28th 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 |
| T152 | Sacred Heart Hospital | 55.0%, 27th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 10.8%, 54th percentile | 14.1%, 91st percentile | 0.77, 95th percentile | 145 min, 52nd percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 547 | Compare Sacred Heart Hospital |
| T152 | Tampa General Hospital | 55.0%, 27th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 8.7%, 89th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 1.46, 3rd percentile | 234 min, 8th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 1,096 | Compare Tampa General Hospital |
| 154 | Baptist Hospital | 54.0%, 25th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 1.01, 33rd percentile | 201 min, 19th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 569 | Compare Baptist Hospital |
| T155 | Hialeah Hospital | 53.0%, 23rd 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 |
| T155 | Parrish Medical Center | 53.0%, 23rd 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 |
| T157 | Baptist Medical Center Beaches | 52.0%, 21st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 1.06, 25th percentile | 192 min, 23rd percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 146 | Compare Baptist Medical Center Beaches |
| T157 | Tampa General Hospital Brooksville | 52.0%, 21st 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 |
| T159 | Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital | 51.0%, 20th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 13.5%, 98th percentile | 0.76, 96th percentile | 216 min, 13th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 332 | Compare Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital |
| T159 | Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital | 51.0%, 20th 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 |
| 161 | Delray Medical Center | 50.0%, 19th 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 |
| T162 | Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health | 47.0%, 14th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.7%, 85th percentile | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 1.08, 22nd percentile | 270 min, 3rd percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 699 | Compare Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health |
| T162 | North Shore Medical Center | 47.0%, 14th 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 |
| 164 | AdventHealth Port Charlotte | 40.0%, 8th 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 |
| 165 | Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge | 39.0%, 7th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 16.1%, 6th percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | 165 min, 39th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 327 | Compare Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge |
| 166 | St Mary's Medical Center | 37.0%, 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 |
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.
- Appropriate sepsis care
- Percentage of patients who received appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock.
- 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).