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Hospitals with the smallest Medicare readmissions penalties

Rank every Medicare-certified hospital on any CMS quality measure. Filter by state, type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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2,919 hospitals ranked by readmissions penalty; 2,500 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
T881Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care−0.05%4311.1%6.4%15.8%0.82280 min1.01475Compare
T881Riverside Medical CenterKankakee, IL · Acute care−0.05%4312.1%12.8%15.0%0.95167 min1.09341Compare
T881St Francis-DowntownGreenville, SC · Acute care−0.05%4312.1%11.6%14.1%0.80163 min1.01245Compare
T881St Joseph HospitalNashua, NH · Acute care−0.05%4311.0%12.9%14.5%0.92202 min1.02208Compare
T881Summit Healthcare Regional Medical CenterShow Low, AZ · Acute care−0.05%4211.0%8.5%14.0%1.37183 min0.92101Compare
T881Sutter Tracy Community HospitalTracy, CA · Acute care−0.05%43—10.6%13.9%0.84165 min0.9882Compare
T881University Of Kansas Health System Olathe HospitalOlathe, KS · Acute care−0.05%4311.5%10.8%14.4%0.91232 min1.00300Compare
T881Atrium Health University CityCharlotte, NC · Acute care−0.05%33—10.7%14.9%1.01148 min0.93130Compare
T881Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier HospitalCharleston, SC · Acute care−0.05%34—14.8%13.7%0.80153 min1.01204Compare
T881Boston Medical CenterBoston, MA · Acute care−0.05%3311.7%6.6%15.3%1.14227 min1.00441Compare
T881Campbell County HealthGillette, WY · Acute care−0.05%3410.8%14.4%14.1%1.15180 min0.93119Compare
T881Christus Southern New MexicoAlamogordo, NM · Acute care−0.05%3312.6%11.4%15.3%0.93202 min0.9598Compare
T881Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North GeorgiaRinggold, GA · Acute care−0.05%3——11.1%14.8%—118 min1.0864Compare
T881Concord Hospital- LaconiaLaconia, NH · Acute care−0.05%3310.7%12.5%15.6%0.94197 min0.97143Compare
T881Delta County Memorial HospitalDelta, CO · Acute care−0.05%33—12.9%14.8%0.96143 min0.9649Compare
T881Harris HealthHouston, TX · Acute care−0.05%33—9.7%15.1%1.08367 min0.98975Compare
T881Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde, NC · Acute care−0.05%3310.5%12.6%15.1%0.94193 min0.98178Compare
T881Hillsboro Medical CenterHillsboro, OR · Acute care−0.05%3312.0%12.4%14.5%1.00200 min0.96215Compare
T881Marshall Medical CentersBoaz, AL · Acute care−0.05%33—12.1%13.3%0.97143 min1.00240Compare
T881Nicholas H Noyes Memorial HospitalDansville, NY · Acute care−0.05%33—11.5%15.7%0.93202 min0.8372Compare
T881Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical CenterBoise, ID · Acute care−0.05%3311.7%13.5%13.8%1.03154 min1.02365Compare
T881San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland, CA · Acute care−0.05%3311.9%8.9%15.5%1.12257 min1.06363Compare
T881Sentara Halifax Regional HospitalSouth Boston, VA · Acute care−0.05%33—11.8%14.3%0.91160 min0.84192Compare
T881Southern Tennessee Regional Health System LawrenceLawrenceburg, TN · Acute care−0.05%33—13.2%15.2%0.94129 min1.0796Compare
T881St Marys HealthcareAmsterdam, NY · Acute care−0.05%33—9.3%15.4%1.04155 min1.07149Compare
T881Trinity HospitalsMinot, ND · Acute care−0.05%3210.2%10.2%14.6%1.03247 min0.93312Compare
T881University Health SystemSan Antonio, TX · Acute care−0.05%3411.6%10.6%15.1%0.97366 min1.031,034Compare
T881Alaska Native Medical CenterAnchorage, AK · Acute care−0.05%2211.3%13.1%15.0%1.67122 min0.88167Compare
T881Benefis Hospitals IncGreat Falls, MT · Acute care−0.05%2312.1%15.0%14.0%0.92186 min0.94398Compare
T881Garnet Health Medical Center CatskillsHarris, NY · Acute care−0.05%22—9.2%15.7%0.92183 min0.98164Compare
T881Marshfield Medical Center - Beaver Dam (MMC-BD)Beaver Dam, WI · Acute care−0.05%23—15.6%14.9%0.95183 min0.86125Compare
T881Maui Memorial Medical CenterWailuku, HI · Acute care−0.05%2312.5%12.8%14.1%1.17140 min0.86213Compare
T881Punxsutawney Area HospitalPunxsutawney, PA · Acute care−0.05%24—11.7%15.5%0.99136 min0.9549Compare
T881Volunteer Community HospitalMartin, TN · Acute care−0.05%24—11.3%14.8%0.98163 min1.20100Compare
T881Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell, GA · Acute care−0.05%2211.7%10.8%14.5%1.37176 min0.95167Compare
T881Ed Fraser Memorial HospitalMacclenny, FL · Acute care−0.05%1——15.2%15.0%—156 min0.9025Compare
T881Lac/Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterTorrance, CA · Acute care−0.05%1212.6%8.8%16.3%1.40313 min0.89553Compare
T881Roseland Community HospitalChicago, IL · Acute care−0.05%11—9.6%15.9%1.14246 min1.13162Compare
T881The University HospitalNewark, NJ · Acute care−0.05%12—12.1%15.6%0.95307 min1.11519Compare
T881Dorminy Medical CenterFitzgerald, GA · Acute care−0.05%————15.6%1.06157 min0.88—Compare
T941Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville, CA · Acute care−0.06%5410.7%9.4%14.6%0.90226 min0.95328Compare
T941Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa, CA · Acute care−0.06%5311.8%10.5%14.4%1.03212 min0.96170Compare
T941UCSan Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical CenterSan Diego, CA · Acute care−0.06%539.1%7.8%14.3%1.02259 min0.99600Compare
T941Blessing HospitalQuincy, IL · Acute care−0.06%4312.3%14.3%15.3%1.04167 min1.00312Compare
T941CHI Health LakesideOmaha, NE · Acute care−0.06%4311.8%13.3%15.1%0.85179 min0.96157Compare
T941CHI Health St. ElizabethLincoln, NE · Acute care−0.06%43—14.3%15.0%0.79158 min1.03265Compare
T941Contra Costa Regional Medical CenterMartinez, CA · Acute care−0.06%43—8.8%14.2%1.08171 min0.96164Compare
T941Mayo Clinic Health System In Red WingRed Wing, MN · Acute care−0.06%44—11.8%14.3%0.97152 min0.8350Compare
T941Munson Healthcare Manistee HospitalManistee, MI · Acute care−0.06%44—10.3%14.1%0.99125 min0.7725Compare
T941Munson Medical CenterTraverse City, MI · Acute care−0.06%4313.5%14.1%14.4%0.82259 min0.91377Compare

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).