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Hospitals in Illinois with the smallest Medicare readmissions penalties

114 Illinois hospitals ranked by readmissions penalty in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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114 hospitals ranked in Illinois by readmissions penalty; 79 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
T101Silver Cross Hospital And Medical CentersNew Lenox, IL · Acute care−1.01%5313.1%12.4%14.9%1.11224 min0.97304Compare
T101St Marys HospitalDecatur, IL · Acute care−1.01%1311.8%12.3%15.1%1.67148 min1.00355Compare
103UW HealthRockford, IL · Acute care−1.05%3311.6%10.2%15.1%0.90217 min0.99397Compare
104OSF Little Company Of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park, IL · Acute care−1.08%2313.2%8.4%16.5%0.93256 min0.95298Compare
105CGH Medical CenterSterling, IL · Acute care−1.11%1313.9%13.7%15.6%1.03198 min0.9698Compare
106Herrin HospitalHerrin, IL · Acute care−1.15%1212.9%10.9%17.0%1.00157 min1.01104Compare
107Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon, IL · Acute care−1.25%3413.8%10.5%14.9%0.97210 min0.93203Compare
108Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst, IL · Acute care−1.31%3310.7%10.8%15.7%0.89166 min0.98247Compare
109Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights, IL · Acute care−1.33%4311.1%8.3%15.5%1.28252 min0.99436Compare
110Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford, IL · Acute care−1.34%2313.0%11.9%14.7%0.91223 min1.05254Compare
111Alton Memorial HospitalAlton, IL · Acute care−1.38%4410.6%11.6%15.1%0.80196 min0.93222Compare
112Louis A Weiss Memorial HospitalChicago, IL · Acute care−1.74%1—13.2%8.4%16.1%1.32210 min1.12—Compare
113Mc Donough District HospitalMacomb, IL · Acute care−1.77%34—11.4%15.1%0.98145 min0.93144Compare
114Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal, IL · Acute care−3.00%3411.5%13.5%14.7%0.85196 min0.96176Compare

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).