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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
T1292Mercy Medical Center - Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids, IA · Acute care−0.14%4413.3%10.2%15.1%1.24148 min0.95347Compare
T1292Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield, TX · Acute care−0.14%4412.0%10.2%15.0%0.78212 min1.13294Compare
T1292Sanford Medical Center BismarckBismarck, ND · Acute care−0.14%4210.2%9.5%13.9%1.06180 min0.88233Compare
T1292St Bernard Parish HospitalChalmette, LA · Acute care−0.14%44—11.0%15.0%—180 min0.8140Compare
T1292William W Backus HospitalNorwich, CT · Acute care−0.14%4311.5%10.2%14.4%0.76174 min0.97213Compare
T1292Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago, IL · Acute care−0.14%3211.8%10.1%14.0%1.30186 min1.12443Compare
T1292Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson, TN · Acute care−0.14%3313.6%13.2%14.4%0.87241 min1.10771Compare
T1292Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care−0.14%3210.7%7.9%15.4%1.07268 min1.05783Compare
T1292Mount Sinai Medical Center Of Florida, IncMiami Beach, FL · Acute care−0.14%3311.1%9.1%15.3%1.10174 min1.02672Compare
T1292North Okaloosa Medical CenterCrestview, FL · Acute care−0.14%3210.9%9.6%16.5%0.76112 min1.03110Compare
T1292Riverside Shore Memorial HospitalOnancock, VA · Acute care−0.14%3411.7%12.7%15.6%0.94141 min0.9252Compare
T1292Swedish Edmonds HospitalEdmonds, WA · Acute care−0.14%3313.7%13.5%13.8%0.88187 min0.94217Compare
T1292Tallahassee Memorial HealthcareTallahassee, FL · Acute care−0.14%3311.8%11.1%14.3%0.89204 min1.04772Compare
T1292Heights University HospitalJersey City, NJ · Acute care−0.14%2211.1%11.8%14.8%1.24159 min1.20401Compare
T1292Princeton Community Hospital Assn IncPrinceton, WV · Acute care−0.14%2312.1%11.5%16.6%1.11172 min1.06267Compare
T1292The Hospital Of Central ConnecticutNew Britain, CT · Acute care−0.14%2312.7%12.4%14.6%1.03173 min1.03330Compare
T1292Westchester Medical CenterValhalla, NY · Acute care−0.14%2212.1%11.8%14.7%1.22235 min1.10895Compare
T1318AdventHealth Castle RockCastle Rock, CO · Acute care−0.15%5312.1%10.4%14.4%0.94165 min0.9290Compare
T1318Ascension SE Wisconsin HospitalMilwaukee, WI · Acute care−0.15%5311.3%9.8%13.6%0.93124 min—538Compare
T1318Aurora Medical Center - SummitSummit, WI · Acute care−0.15%5412.0%11.1%14.7%0.93142 min0.9066Compare
T1318Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack, NJ · Acute care−0.15%5310.0%8.2%14.4%0.72202 min1.09781Compare
T1318Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire HospitalEau Claire, WI · Acute care−0.15%5410.3%12.0%13.6%0.68178 min0.95304Compare
T1318Mayo Clinic HospitalPhoenix, AZ · Acute care−0.15%558.3%7.7%14.1%0.91202 min0.94280Compare
T1318Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva, IL · Acute care−0.15%5411.7%8.1%14.0%0.69212 min0.98118Compare
T1318Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, IL · Acute care−0.15%5410.1%5.7%15.0%0.74350 min0.94894Compare
T1318Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla, CA · Acute care−0.15%548.9%7.7%13.8%1.38186 min0.97332Compare
T1318Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyPleasanton, CA · Acute care−0.15%5312.5%9.5%14.0%0.79199 min1.01175Compare
T1318Allegheny Valley HospitalNatrona, PA · Acute care−0.15%43—10.2%15.7%0.92203 min1.00228Compare
T1318Community Hospital, LLCOklahoma City, OK · Acute care−0.15%44——14.3%0.9282 min1.0445Compare
T1318Lakeland Hospital, St JosephSt Joseph, MI · Acute care−0.15%4313.0%12.0%14.0%0.79153 min0.93313Compare
T1318Martin Luther King, Jr. Community HospitalLos Angeles, CA · Acute care−0.15%43—9.9%14.9%0.92150 min0.95131Compare
T1318Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey, PA · Acute care−0.15%4312.0%9.2%15.3%0.87261 min1.05631Compare
T1318Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan, GA · Acute care−0.15%4310.5%9.2%14.4%1.01204 min0.92143Compare
T1318Saint Michael's Medical CenterNewark, NJ · Acute care−0.15%43—9.3%16.0%1.02169 min0.96358Compare
T1318Texas Health Hospital FriscoFrisco, TX · Acute care−0.15%4312.2%10.8%15.2%0.89157 min1.0993Compare
T1318University Of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor, MI · Acute care−0.15%449.9%8.9%15.3%0.92345 min0.91884Compare
T1318Clinch Valley Medical CenterRichlands, VA · Acute care−0.15%3412.1%10.7%16.0%1.08174 min0.94175Compare
T1318Essentia HealthFargo, ND · Acute care−0.15%3310.4%10.2%14.8%0.77108 min1.02142Compare
T1318Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene, TX · Acute care−0.15%3312.7%13.0%15.1%0.92128 min1.10615Compare
T1318Kingman Regional Medical CenterKingman, AZ · Acute care−0.15%3312.9%11.1%14.5%1.12209 min0.88235Compare
T1318Parkview Community Hospital Medical CenterRiverside, CA · Acute care−0.15%33—11.4%15.2%0.94172 min1.43193Compare
T1318Rutland Regional Medical CenterRutland, VT · Acute care−0.15%3411.9%13.7%14.7%1.38190 min0.95301Compare
T1318UF Health Leesburg HospitalLeesburg, FL · Acute care−0.15%3313.2%8.8%15.1%0.84166 min1.04330Compare
T1318Union General HospitalBlairsville, GA · Acute care−0.15%33—11.1%14.7%0.92165 min1.0645Compare
T1318Beaumont Hospital - TaylorTaylor, MI · Acute care−0.15%2213.0%12.2%14.9%1.14187 min1.05163Compare
T1318Merrimack Health Lawrence HospitalLawrence, MA · Acute care−0.15%2211.7%12.5%14.9%1.10241 min1.07189Compare
T1318Norton-King's Daughters' HealthMadison, IN · Acute care−0.15%23—12.7%15.3%0.95178 min1.0186Compare
T1318Orange County Global Medical CenterSanta Ana, CA · Acute care−0.15%2211.3%11.7%14.5%0.85186 min1.05282Compare
T1318Wilson Memorial HospitalSidney, OH · Acute care−0.15%2311.9%12.5%15.0%0.94162 min1.0171Compare
T1350Baptist Health LagrangeLa Grange, KY · Acute care−0.16%54—10.6%14.4%0.98138 min1.0190Compare

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).