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Hospitals in Kentucky with the highest patients' overall rating

60 Kentucky hospitals ranked by patients' overall rating 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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60 hospitals ranked in Kentucky by patients' overall rating; 43 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Patients' overall ratinghigher is better	Overall star ratinghigher is better	Patient survey star ratinghigher is better	Heart attack death ratelower is better	Heart failure death ratelower is better	Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data	Serious complicationslower is better	Time in emergency departmentlower is better	Medicare spending per patientlower is better	Total beds	Compare
	National average	88		3.3	11.9%	11.1%	15.0%	1.00	162 min	1.00
T50	Saint Joseph HospitalLexington, KY · Acute care	85, 19th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	2, 10th percentile	13.2%, 11th percentile	10.2%, 66th percentile	15.2%, 34th percentile	1.35, 5th percentile	128 min, 67th percentile	1.00, 44th percentile	468	Compare Saint Joseph Hospital
T50	Harlan ARH HospitalHarlan, KY · Acute care	85, 19th percentile	2, 17th percentile	3, 39th percentile	—	13.8%, 9th percentile	16.5%, 3rd percentile	0.97, 46th percentile	196 min, 21st percentile	0.95, 71st percentile	150	Compare Harlan ARH Hospital
T50	Paintsville ARH HospitalPaintsville, KY · Acute care	85, 19th percentile	2, 17th percentile	3, 39th percentile	—	14.0%, 8th percentile	15.5%, 19th percentile	0.97, 46th percentile	165 min, 39th percentile	0.96, 66th percentile	72	Compare Paintsville ARH Hospital
T50	UofL Health - Jewish Hospital And Mary & Elizabeth HospitalLouisville, KY · Acute care	85, 19th percentile	2, 17th percentile	2, 10th percentile	12.2%, 35th percentile	13.4%, 12th percentile	15.6%, 16th percentile	1.26, 8th percentile	138 min, 58th percentile	1.01, 38th percentile	1,261	Compare UofL Health - Jewish Hospital And Mary & Elizabeth Hospital
T50	Middlesboro ARH HospitalMiddlesboro, KY · Acute care	85, 19th percentile	1, 3rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	—	14.8%, 4th percentile	15.6%, 16th percentile	0.97, 46th percentile	166 min, 38th percentile	1.09, 10th percentile	96	Compare Middlesboro ARH Hospital
T56	Frankfort Regional Medical CenterFrankfort, KY · Acute care	84, 13th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	2, 10th percentile	11.6%, 58th percentile	11.4%, 41st percentile	16.0%, 7th percentile	0.90, 73rd percentile	163 min, 40th percentile	0.94, 76th percentile	173	Compare Frankfort Regional Medical Center
T56	Highlands ARH Regional Medical CenterPrestonsburg, KY · Acute care	84, 13th percentile	2, 17th percentile	3, 39th percentile	12.6%, 23rd percentile	11.1%, 48th percentile	15.1%, 40th percentile	0.90, 73rd percentile	190 min, 24th percentile	1.05, 19th percentile	166	Compare Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
T56	Lake Cumberland Regional HospitalSomerset, KY · Acute care	84, 13th percentile	2, 17th percentile	3, 39th percentile	13.5%, 8th percentile	11.8%, 34th percentile	15.9%, 9th percentile	0.88, 78th percentile	180 min, 29th percentile	1.03, 28th percentile	215	Compare Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital
T59	Hazard ARH Regional Medical CenterHazard, KY · Acute care	83, 8th percentile	2, 17th percentile	3, 39th percentile	10.8%, 83rd percentile	11.5%, 39th percentile	14.7%, 68th percentile	0.99, 37th percentile	174 min, 33rd percentile	1.06, 16th percentile	308	Compare Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center
T59	Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical CenterSouth Williamson, KY · Acute care	83, 8th percentile	2, 17th percentile	3, 39th percentile	—	10.1%, 68th percentile	16.4%, 3rd percentile	0.95, 55th percentile	168 min, 37th percentile	0.81, 98th percentile	113	Compare Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center

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.

Patients' overall rating: HCAHPS overall hospital rating, linear mean score (0-100).
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).