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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
T2901Lakes Regional HealthcareSpirit Lake, IA · Acute care−2.62%25—17.0%14.4%1.12125 min0.8849Compare
T2901Oklahoma Center For Orthopaedic & Multi-SpOklahoma City, OK · Acute care−2.62%————15.3%0.96—0.936Compare
2903AllianceHealth DurantDurant, OK · Acute care−2.83%1213.8%10.6%17.9%0.83152 min0.98148Compare
2904Milford Regional Medical CenterMilford, MA · Acute care−2.97%4412.8%8.9%17.2%0.83274 min0.97121Compare
T2905Baylor Scott And White Surgical Hospital At ShermaSherman, TX · Acute care−3.00%3———14.9%0.91128 min0.9614Compare
T2905Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal, IL · Acute care−3.00%3411.5%13.5%14.7%0.85196 min0.96176Compare
T2905Winchester HospitalWinchester, MA · Acute care−3.00%3311.0%10.0%16.8%0.81233 min0.93189Compare
T2905Castleview HospitalPrice, UT · Acute care−3.00%23—11.0%15.0%0.91135 min1.0184Compare
T2905Brown University Health Morton HospitalTaunton, MA · Acute care−3.00%1211.8%12.2%16.7%0.88209 min1.01133Compare
T2905Oroville HospitalOroville, CA · Acute care−3.00%1112.6%8.6%19.3%0.94243 min0.88133Compare
T2905St Lucie Medical CenterPort Saint Lucie, FL · Acute care−3.00%1211.1%10.9%17.5%0.86108 min1.00282Compare
T2905Arizona Orthopedic And Surgical Specialty HospitalPhoenix, AZ · Acute care−3.00%—4——14.0%0.98—0.9524Compare
T2905Christus Central Louisiana Surgical HospitalAlexandria, LA · Acute care−3.00%————14.8%0.93—1.1324Compare
T2905Methodist McKinney HospitalMckinney, TX · Acute care−3.00%————15.4%0.9592 min1.0923Compare
T2905Midwest Orthopedic Specialty HospitalFranklin, WI · Acute care−3.00%—5——15.7%0.94——16Compare
T2905Sioux Falls Specialty HospitalSioux Falls, SD · Acute care−3.00%—5——14.9%0.86—0.9433Compare
T2905Surgical Institute Of ReadingWyomissing, PA · Acute care−3.00%—4——16.0%0.92—0.9315Compare
T2905Sutter Surgical Hospital - North ValleyYuba City, CA · Acute care−3.00%————14.6%0.90—1.0014Compare
T2905Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital SouthlakeSouthlake, TX · Acute care−3.00%—4——15.0%0.95110 min0.9017Compare

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).