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Hospitals with the lowest surgical site infections (colon)

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1,776 hospitals ranked by surgical site infections (colon); 3,643 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better	Serious complicationslower is better	Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better	Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better	Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better	MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better	C. diff infectionslower is better	Compare
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T850	SSM Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis, MO · Acute care	0.68, 52nd percentile	1.14, 15th percentile	0.96, 17th percentile	0.39, 51st percentile	—	1.12, 17th percentile	0.23, 57th percentile	Compare SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
852	Wellington Regional Medical CenterWellington, FL · Acute care	0.68, 52nd percentile	0.91, 70th percentile	0.71, 31st percentile	0.42, 47th percentile	—	0.27, 76th percentile	0.26, 53rd percentile	Compare Wellington Regional Medical Center
T853	Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth, MN · Acute care	0.68, 52nd percentile	0.90, 73rd percentile	0.24, 71st percentile	0.87, 16th percentile	0.88, 47th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	0.16, 68th percentile	Compare Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
T853	Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee HealthFort Myers, FL · Acute care	0.68, 52nd percentile	1.08, 22nd percentile	0.41, 57th percentile	0.05, 76th percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.47, 62nd percentile	0.14, 70th percentile	Compare Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health
T853	Corning HospitalCorning, NY · Acute care	0.68, 52nd percentile	1.15, 14th percentile	—	1.47, 5th percentile	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Corning Hospital
856	Brigham And Women's HospitalBoston, MA · Acute care	0.68, 52nd percentile	0.88, 78th percentile	0.60, 39th percentile	0.71, 24th percentile	0.33, 76th percentile	0.51, 58th percentile	0.51, 24th percentile	Compare Brigham And Women's Hospital
857	Wellspan Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon, PA · Acute care	0.69, 52nd percentile	0.80, 93rd percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.31, 59th percentile	—	1.08, 18th percentile	0.26, 53rd percentile	Compare Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital
T858	Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical CenterDanville, KY · Acute care	0.69, 52nd percentile	0.96, 51st percentile	0.38, 59th percentile	0.25, 63rd percentile	—	1.46, 8th percentile	0.50, 24th percentile	Compare Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center
T858	Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington, PA · Acute care	0.69, 52nd percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.78, 27th percentile	0.33, 57th percentile	0.71, 58th percentile	0.79, 34th percentile	0.42, 31st percentile	Compare Jefferson Abington Hospital
T860	Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville, TX · Acute care	0.69, 52nd percentile	1.59, 1st percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.47, 42nd percentile	—	—	0.78, 10th percentile	Compare Peterson Regional Medical Center
T860	Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria, CA · Acute care	0.69, 52nd percentile	0.67, 99th percentile	0.85, 23rd percentile	0.24, 64th percentile	—	0.95, 23rd percentile	0.08, 77th percentile	Compare Marian Regional Medical Center
T860	Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo, TX · Acute care	0.69, 52nd percentile	1.02, 31st percentile	0.31, 65th percentile	0.83, 18th percentile	0.64, 64th percentile	1.09, 18th percentile	0.45, 28th percentile	Compare Shannon Medical Center
T863	Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterMission Hills, CA · Acute care	0.69, 51st percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	1.09, 13th percentile	1.26, 7th percentile	0.64, 64th percentile	0.95, 24th percentile	0.40, 33rd percentile	Compare Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
T863	Banner Wyoming Medical CenterCasper, WY · Acute care	0.69, 51st percentile	1.21, 10th percentile	0.21, 73rd percentile	0.45, 45th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.29, 48th percentile	Compare Banner Wyoming Medical Center
T863	St Peter's HospitalAlbany, NY · Acute care	0.69, 51st percentile	1.20, 10th percentile	0.95, 18th percentile	0.66, 27th percentile	2.60, 8th percentile	0.41, 67th percentile	0.54, 21st percentile	Compare St Peter's Hospital
866	Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula, CA · Acute care	0.69, 51st percentile	0.95, 55th percentile	0.61, 39th percentile	0.46, 44th percentile	—	0.44, 64th percentile	0.52, 23rd percentile	Compare Temecula Valley Hospital
867	Hurley Medical CenterFlint, MI · Acute care	0.69, 51st percentile	0.85, 85th percentile	0.23, 72nd percentile	0.31, 58th percentile	—	0.56, 54th percentile	0.39, 35th percentile	Compare Hurley Medical Center
868	Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn, NY · Acute care	0.69, 51st percentile	0.90, 73rd percentile	1.74, 4th percentile	0.63, 29th percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	1.27, 11th percentile	0.43, 30th percentile	Compare Maimonides Medical Center
869	Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care	0.69, 51st percentile	1.33, 6th percentile	0.85, 23rd percentile	0.93, 14th percentile	—	1.64, 6th percentile	0.07, 78th percentile	Compare Slidell Memorial Hospital
870	St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson, NJ · Acute care	0.70, 51st percentile	0.73, 97th percentile	0.15, 76th percentile	0.37, 52nd percentile	—	0.46, 63rd percentile	0.23, 57th percentile	Compare St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc
T871	Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield, CA · Acute care	0.70, 51st percentile	0.82, 90th percentile	1.10, 12th percentile	0.31, 59th percentile	—	0.41, 67th percentile	0.15, 69th percentile	Compare Adventist Health Bakersfield
T871	Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta, GA · Acute care	0.70, 51st percentile	1.23, 9th percentile	1.33, 8th percentile	0.35, 55th percentile	2.81, 6th percentile	1.30, 11th percentile	0.29, 48th percentile	Compare Grady Memorial Hospital
873	Genesis HospitalZanesville, OH · Acute care	0.70, 51st percentile	1.12, 17th percentile	0.22, 72nd percentile	0.15, 72nd percentile	—	0.26, 77th percentile	0.71, 12th percentile	Compare Genesis Hospital
874	Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda, CA · Acute care	0.70, 51st percentile	0.71, 98th percentile	0.47, 51st percentile	0.15, 72nd percentile	0.75, 54th percentile	0.69, 42nd percentile	0.38, 36th percentile	Compare Loma Linda University Medical Center
875	HCA Houston Healthcare PearlandPearland, TX · Acute care	0.70, 51st percentile	1.00, 35th percentile	0.90, 20th percentile	0.96, 13th percentile	—	—	0.19, 63rd percentile	Compare HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland
T876	St. Patrick HospitalMissoula, MT · Acute care	0.71, 51st percentile	0.69, 99th percentile	1.36, 7th percentile	0.60, 31st percentile	—	0.27, 76th percentile	0.32, 44th percentile	Compare St. Patrick Hospital
T876	Salina Regional Health CenterSalina, KS · Acute care	0.71, 51st percentile	1.16, 13th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.91, 15th percentile	—	2.72, 1st percentile	0.76, 11th percentile	Compare Salina Regional Health Center
878	University Of Iowa Hospital & ClinicsIowa City, IA · Acute care	0.71, 51st percentile	1.25, 8th percentile	0.85, 23rd percentile	0.42, 48th percentile	0.70, 59th percentile	0.73, 38th percentile	0.41, 32nd percentile	Compare University Of Iowa Hospital & Clinics
879	UPMC Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg, PA · Acute care	0.71, 51st percentile	1.16, 13th percentile	0.53, 46th percentile	0.55, 35th percentile	0.61, 65th percentile	1.31, 11th percentile	0.67, 14th percentile	Compare UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals
T880	Corpus Christi Medical Center,TheCorpus Christi, TX · Acute care	0.71, 50th percentile	1.08, 22nd percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.22, 66th percentile	1.71, 20th percentile	0.45, 64th percentile	0.06, 79th percentile	Compare Corpus Christi Medical Center,The
T880	UCHealth Greeley HospitalGreeley, CO · Acute care	0.71, 50th percentile	1.15, 14th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	1.29, 6th percentile	—	—	0.23, 58th percentile	Compare UCHealth Greeley Hospital
T882	St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington, LA · Acute care	0.71, 50th percentile	0.74, 97th percentile	0.15, 76th percentile	0.15, 71st percentile	—	0.50, 59th percentile	0.53, 22nd percentile	Compare St Tammany Parish Hospital
T882	Lee's Summit Medical CenterLees Summit, MO · Acute care	0.71, 50th percentile	0.98, 41st percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	0.27, 51st percentile	Compare Lee's Summit Medical Center
884	Northwest Medical CenterTucson, AZ · Acute care	0.71, 50th percentile	0.76, 96th percentile	0.87, 21st percentile	0.45, 44th percentile	—	0.73, 39th percentile	0.20, 61st percentile	Compare Northwest Medical Center
T885	Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont, TX · Acute care	0.71, 50th percentile	0.87, 81st percentile	0.13, 77th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.23, 78th percentile	0.09, 76th percentile	Compare Christus Southeast Texas- St Elizabeth
T885	Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care	0.71, 50th percentile	1.41, 4th percentile	0.25, 70th percentile	0.20, 67th percentile	—	0.83, 32nd percentile	0.46, 27th percentile	Compare Lake Charles Memorial Hospital
T885	Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana, CA · Acute care	0.71, 50th percentile	0.82, 90th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.30, 60th percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.42, 67th percentile	0.44, 29th percentile	Compare Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
888	Williamson Medical CenterFranklin, TN · Acute care	0.71, 50th percentile	0.92, 67th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.73, 23rd percentile	0.78, 53rd percentile	0.62, 47th percentile	0.14, 70th percentile	Compare Williamson Medical Center
T889	Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland, CA · Acute care	0.72, 50th percentile	0.88, 78th percentile	0.27, 68th percentile	0.72, 24th percentile	—	1.43, 9th percentile	0.23, 58th percentile	Compare Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
T889	West Jersey HospitalVoorhees, NJ · Acute care	0.72, 50th percentile	1.04, 28th percentile	0.27, 69th percentile	0.37, 53rd percentile	0.72, 57th percentile	0.11, 81st percentile	0.15, 69th percentile	Compare West Jersey Hospital
T889	Tucson Medical CenterTucson, AZ · Acute care	0.72, 50th percentile	1.30, 6th percentile	0.41, 57th percentile	0.81, 19th percentile	1.85, 17th percentile	0.18, 80th percentile	0.25, 54th percentile	Compare Tucson Medical Center
T889	University Of Alabama HospitalBirmingham, AL · Acute care	0.72, 50th percentile	1.16, 13th percentile	0.71, 31st percentile	0.52, 38th percentile	1.64, 23rd percentile	0.91, 26th percentile	0.40, 33rd percentile	Compare University Of Alabama Hospital
T893	AdventHealth Wesley ChapelWesley Chapel, FL · Acute care	0.72, 50th percentile	1.04, 28th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.27, 62nd percentile	—	0.42, 66th percentile	0.19, 64th percentile	Compare AdventHealth Wesley Chapel
T893	New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, NY · Acute care	0.72, 50th percentile	0.40, 100th percentile	0.63, 36th percentile	0.57, 34th percentile	0.31, 76th percentile	0.74, 37th percentile	0.22, 59th percentile	Compare New York-Presbyterian Hospital
T893	Elkhart General HospitalElkhart, IN · Acute care	0.72, 50th percentile	0.95, 55th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.25, 63rd percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.98, 22nd percentile	0.32, 44th percentile	Compare Elkhart General Hospital
T893	Thomas HospitalFairhope, AL · Acute care	0.72, 50th percentile	1.10, 19th percentile	0.67, 33rd percentile	1.07, 10th percentile	—	0.50, 59th percentile	0.94, 6th percentile	Compare Thomas Hospital
897	Ascension St Vincent's SouthsideJacksonville, FL · Acute care	0.72, 50th percentile	0.94, 59th percentile	0.93, 19th percentile	0.28, 61st percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.20, 62nd percentile	Compare Ascension St Vincent's Southside
T898	Houston Methodist The Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands, TX · Acute care	0.72, 49th percentile	0.55, 100th percentile	0.36, 61st percentile	0.33, 57th percentile	2.54, 8th percentile	0.95, 24th percentile	0.22, 59th percentile	Compare Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital
T898	Mercy Medical Center - Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids, IA · Acute care	0.72, 49th percentile	1.24, 8th percentile	1.12, 12th percentile	0.13, 73rd percentile	—	1.12, 17th percentile	0.45, 28th percentile	Compare Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids
T898	University Of Toledo Medical CenterToledo, OH · Acute care	0.72, 49th percentile	1.54, 2nd percentile	0.21, 73rd percentile	0.34, 56th percentile	—	0.63, 46th percentile	0.38, 36th percentile	Compare University Of Toledo 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.

Surgical site infections (colon): Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
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 (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).