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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
T1832Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care−0.33%2311.1%9.6%14.9%1.44212 min1.00254Compare
T1832Moberly Regional Medical CenterMoberly, MO · Acute care−0.33%23—11.1%15.2%0.95114 min0.94101Compare
T1832North Arkansas Regional Medical CenterHarrison, AR · Acute care−0.33%23—12.6%15.1%1.04149 min1.03174Compare
T1832St Francis Hospital & Medical CenterHartford, CT · Acute care−0.33%2211.6%11.9%14.8%1.39275 min1.05617Compare
T1832Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale, PA · Acute care−0.33%2312.3%11.5%14.3%1.09212 min1.0283Compare
T1832Wilson N Jones Regional Medical CenterSherman, TX · Acute care−0.33%2311.7%10.5%14.6%1.06156 min1.15241Compare
T1832Huntington Beach HospitalHuntington Beach, CA · Acute care−0.33%11—9.6%14.8%0.90158 min1.25131Compare
T1832SUNY/Downstate University Hospital Of BrooklynBrooklyn, NY · Acute care−0.33%1211.3%10.1%15.9%1.05164 min1.02376Compare
T1832Dunes Surgical HospitalDakota Dunes, SD · Acute care−0.33%—4——15.3%0.90—0.9538Compare
T1860UF Health Shands HospitalGainesville, FL · Acute care−0.34%5310.9%9.7%15.7%1.10248 min0.981,054Compare
T1860Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon, TN · Acute care−0.34%5410.9%10.5%13.9%0.91162 min0.96250Compare
T1860AdventHealth Dade CityDade City, FL · Acute care−0.34%4411.3%10.1%14.8%0.89137 min1.02122Compare
T1860HCA Florida Kendall HospitalMiami, FL · Acute care−0.34%4210.8%8.8%15.7%0.84126 min1.06447Compare
T1860Johnston HealthSmithfield, NC · Acute care−0.34%4411.9%12.9%15.2%0.80187 min0.95175Compare
T1860Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego, CA · Acute care−0.34%4311.1%10.5%15.3%0.92194 min1.04700Compare
T1860VCU Health Tappahannock HospitalTappahannock, VA · Acute care−0.34%44—9.9%15.2%0.93186 min0.9667Compare
T1860Baptist Health FloydNew Albany, IN · Acute care−0.34%3310.1%10.1%15.0%1.09172 min1.13225Compare
T1860Bartow Regional Medical CenterBartow, FL · Acute care−0.34%3311.9%11.9%14.1%1.09128 min0.9872Compare
T1860Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields, IL · Acute care−0.34%3211.2%9.3%16.2%1.09228 min1.03300Compare
T1860Havasu Regional Medical CenterLake Havasu City, AZ · Acute care−0.34%3210.7%13.0%15.5%0.78233 min0.95152Compare
T1860Methodist Hospital Of SacramentoSacramento, CA · Acute care−0.34%3312.5%10.7%15.2%0.85185 min0.94158Compare
T1860Northern Nevada Medical CenterSparks, NV · Acute care−0.34%3312.6%12.6%13.9%0.97145 min0.93108Compare
T1860Northside HospitalAtlanta, GA · Acute care−0.34%3312.5%10.2%15.1%1.07228 min0.93444Compare
T1860Oviedo Medical CenterOviedo, FL · Acute care−0.34%34—7.5%15.9%0.8699 min0.9996Compare
T1860Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido, CA · Acute care−0.34%3213.1%11.4%14.0%0.94231 min1.12679Compare
T1860Prattville Baptist HospitalPrattville, AL · Acute care−0.34%34—11.8%15.5%0.94204 min0.9385Compare
T1860Renown South Meadows Medical CenterReno, NV · Acute care−0.34%33—10.1%14.5%0.95181 min0.95118Compare
T1860Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg, NC · Acute care−0.34%3313.3%10.9%15.2%0.96195 min0.93104Compare
T1860St Luke's The Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands, TX · Acute care−0.34%3411.6%11.1%14.6%0.96166 min1.06241Compare
T1860Virtua Willingboro HospitalWillingboro, NJ · Acute care−0.34%3212.1%11.4%14.8%0.91178 min1.07221Compare
T1860Franciscan Health DyerDyer, IN · Acute care−0.34%2212.4%9.5%15.0%0.86160 min1.07198Compare
T1860HCA Florida Gulf Coast HospitalPanama City, FL · Acute care−0.34%2212.0%8.3%14.1%0.72134 min1.08282Compare
T1860MercyOne Siouxland Medical CenterSioux City, IA · Acute care−0.34%2213.1%11.2%15.1%1.44199 min0.98—Compare
T1860Queens Hospital CenterJamaica, NY · Acute care−0.34%2211.5%9.7%16.3%0.88245 min0.96581Compare
T1860Regional West Medical CenterScottsbluff, NE · Acute care−0.34%2211.2%14.0%14.9%0.97202 min1.03166Compare
T1860UCI Health-LakewoodLakewood, CA · Acute care−0.34%2111.5%10.8%15.6%1.15222 min1.16—Compare
T1860Henry Ford Health St John HospitalDetroit, MI · Acute care−0.34%1210.3%9.4%15.3%0.88170 min0.96625Compare
T1860Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalNew Rochelle, NY · Acute care−0.34%1213.3%10.5%15.3%0.94178 min1.11242Compare
T1860UCI Health - Los AlamitosLos Alamitos, CA · Acute care−0.34%1—14.1%9.7%15.4%1.19238 min1.03—Compare
T1860Ennis Regional Medical CenterEnnis, TX · Acute care−0.34%————14.8%0.99120 min0.9860Compare
T1891AdventHealth Wesley ChapelWesley Chapel, FL · Acute care−0.35%5411.3%9.4%15.2%1.04159 min0.95169Compare
T1891Memorial HospitalBelleville, IL · Acute care−0.35%549.9%9.0%14.8%0.73195 min0.96341Compare
T1891Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco, NY · Acute care−0.35%549.3%10.0%14.1%0.86196 min0.94259Compare
T1891Ascension Seton NorthwestAustin, TX · Acute care−0.35%43—8.5%14.4%0.87173 min1.08124Compare
T1891Lakewood Ranch Medical CenterBradenton, FL · Acute care−0.35%4212.8%11.7%15.0%0.83132 min1.09120Compare
T1891Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park, NY · Acute care−0.35%4311.1%8.4%15.6%1.03252 min1.061,025Compare
T1891McLeod Loris HospitalLoris, SC · Acute care−0.35%4415.6%14.7%15.0%0.78138 min1.00105Compare
T1891St Vincent's Medical CenterBridgeport, CT · Acute care−0.35%4311.0%12.5%14.0%0.88228 min1.03397Compare
T1891Stonesprings Hospital CenterDulles, VA · Acute care−0.35%43—13.0%14.9%0.87121 min0.97124Compare
T1891Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care−0.35%4312.1%8.6%15.8%0.99243 min1.02891Compare

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).