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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
T2395Las Palmas Medical Center A Campus Of LPDS HealthcEl Paso, TX · Acute care−0.63%2211.8%11.6%15.5%0.80127 min1.07642Compare
T2395Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterNewark, NJ · Acute care−0.63%2212.7%11.0%14.9%0.96176 min1.11665Compare
T2395UVA Health Culpeper Medical CenterCulpeper, VA · Acute care−0.63%22—10.9%15.3%0.98158 min1.0270Compare
T2395Citizens Baptist Medical CenterTalladega, AL · Acute care−0.63%14—12.1%15.0%0.96118 min1.02122Compare
T2405Baystate Wing HospitalPalmer, MA · Acute care−0.64%4312.6%7.8%14.8%0.92214 min0.9941Compare
T2405Corpus Christi Medical Center,TheCorpus Christi, TX · Acute care−0.64%439.5%7.5%14.5%1.08135 min1.04631Compare
T2405Anderson HospitalMaryville, IL · Acute care−0.64%3312.8%11.8%15.8%1.10231 min1.03151Compare
T2405Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park, IL · Acute care−0.64%3312.3%9.3%15.1%0.92222 min1.01274Compare
T2405HCA Florida Largo HospitalLargo, FL · Acute care−0.64%2212.6%9.0%15.6%1.10110 min1.07452Compare
T2405Piedmont Medical CenterRock Hill, SC · Acute care−0.64%2113.5%11.8%14.0%1.29184 min1.03288Compare
T2405Yavapai Regional Medical CenterPrescott, AZ · Acute care−0.64%2310.8%12.4%15.5%1.40180 min0.99228Compare
T2405Lompoc Valley Medical CenterLompoc, CA · Acute care−0.64%12—13.6%15.9%1.01171 min1.00170Compare
T2405Merit Health River OaksFlowood, MS · Acute care−0.64%1113.3%10.0%15.0%0.89134 min1.07106Compare
T2414St Lukes HospitalBethlehem, PA · Acute care−0.65%5410.8%8.4%15.7%0.61132 min0.97817Compare
T2414Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati, OH · Acute care−0.65%4311.6%10.1%15.1%1.03142 min0.95297Compare
T2414Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia, SC · Acute care−0.65%3411.6%12.6%14.6%0.88223 min1.00460Compare
T2414MUSC Health Florence Medical CenterFlorence, SC · Acute care−0.65%3310.8%9.4%15.3%1.05176 min0.98420Compare
T2414Arkansas Heart Hospital-EncoreBryant, AR · Acute care−0.65%2411.5%14.0%15.3%0.90191 min0.9925Compare
T2414Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany, GA · Acute care−0.65%2212.9%13.1%16.0%1.30330 min0.93691Compare
T2414Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine RidgeNaples, FL · Acute care−0.65%2211.3%10.3%16.1%0.91165 min1.00327Compare
T2421Baldwin HealthFoley, AL · Acute care−0.66%4310.7%11.8%14.6%0.82140 min0.98112Compare
T2421Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont, TX · Acute care−0.66%4311.6%11.3%15.1%0.87195 min1.09487Compare
T2421Mountainview HospitalLas Vegas, NV · Acute care−0.66%439.6%6.6%15.1%1.13168 min1.08407Compare
T2421Russell County HospitalLebanon, VA · Acute care−0.66%44—11.4%15.8%—130 min0.9178Compare
T2421UVA Health Haymarket Medical CenterHaymarket, VA · Acute care−0.66%44—14.7%15.2%0.87204 min0.9660Compare
T2421Beckley ARH HospitalBeckley, WV · Acute care−0.66%3311.6%10.5%14.9%0.84219 min1.03173Compare
T2421Bronson Battle Creek HospitalBattle Creek, MI · Acute care−0.66%33—11.9%15.4%1.11191 min0.94204Compare
T2421Lewisgale Hospital MontgomeryBlacksburg, VA · Acute care−0.66%3411.7%12.4%14.4%0.72124 min0.93146Compare
T2421Merit Health MadisonCanton, MS · Acute care−0.66%34—11.2%15.8%0.95136 min0.9567Compare
T2421Sky Ridge Medical CenterLone Tree, CO · Acute care−0.66%3210.9%10.4%15.2%0.96139 min1.04304Compare
T2421Covenant Medical CenterSaginaw, MI · Acute care−0.66%2313.1%10.8%15.8%1.28198 min1.04623Compare
T2432United Hospital Center, IncBridgeport, WV · Acute care−0.67%4410.5%10.6%16.3%0.79212 min0.97375Compare
T2432HCA Florida Highlands HospitalSebring, FL · Acute care−0.67%3212.3%9.9%15.9%1.02130 min1.01126Compare
T2432Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette, LA · Acute care−0.67%3412.4%11.4%15.0%0.83140 min1.04344Compare
T2432Affiliate Of Vitruvian HealthCleveland, TN · Acute care−0.67%2314.6%12.1%14.2%0.77202 min1.00351Compare
T2432ECU Health Medical CenterGreenville, NC · Acute care−0.67%2313.0%13.4%15.9%0.88289 min0.99909Compare
T2432Northeastern Health SystemTahlequah, OK · Acute care−0.67%2313.2%14.5%15.0%1.18126 min0.9798Compare
T2432Oneida Health HospitalOneida, NY · Acute care−0.67%24—10.9%15.4%0.93160 min0.95101Compare
T2439Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin, IL · Acute care−0.68%4411.3%7.2%15.4%0.82193 min0.99255Compare
T2439San Gabriel Valley Medical CenterSan Gabriel, CA · Acute care−0.68%4312.4%8.0%14.8%0.95138 min1.21273Compare
T2439Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington, NC · Acute care−0.68%3214.9%9.8%13.7%1.27228 min0.93238Compare
T2439Bethesda NorthCincinnati, OH · Acute care−0.68%339.8%10.7%15.5%0.82155 min1.00465Compare
T2439Kettering Health Main CampusKettering, OH · Acute care−0.68%3413.1%12.1%15.2%0.77144 min1.05494Compare
T2439Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York, NY · Acute care−0.68%3212.7%8.4%16.4%0.97239 min1.031,111Compare
T2439Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville, TX · Acute care−0.68%2312.1%11.4%16.2%1.33176 min1.05192Compare
T2439Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis, MO · Acute care−0.68%229.6%11.3%15.8%0.80254 min1.02767Compare
T2439Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterJackson, MS · Acute care−0.68%2312.8%11.4%16.1%2.43211 min1.03639Compare
T2439Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh, NY · Acute care−0.68%2311.0%10.2%15.1%1.10194 min1.00244Compare
T2439Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City, TN · Acute care−0.68%1213.9%11.1%15.5%1.23211 min1.06585Compare
T2450Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville, IL · Acute care−0.69%4310.7%8.6%14.8%0.81214 min1.00284Compare

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).