Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Massachusetts with the lowest surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
8 Massachusetts hospitals ranked by surgical site infections (hysterectomy) in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Brigham And Women's Hospital, Boston Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower 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 |
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| National average | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Brigham And Women's Hospital | 0.33, 76th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 9.1%, 99th percentile | 6.7%, 99th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 300 min, 1st percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 663 | Compare Brigham And Women's Hospital |
| 2 | Boston Medical Center | 0.43, 73rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 6.6%, 99th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 1.14, 15th percentile | 227 min, 10th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 441 | Compare Boston Medical Center |
| 3 | Massachusetts General Hospital | 0.68, 61st percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 9.3%, 99th percentile | 6.8%, 99th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 288 min, 2nd percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 907 | Compare Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 4 | Baystate Medical Center | 0.77, 54th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | 1.69, 1st percentile | 286 min, 2nd percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 716 | Compare Baystate Medical Center |
| 5 | Tufts Medical Center | 0.78, 54th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 17.2%, 0th percentile | 1.32, 6th percentile | 208 min, 15th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 415 | Compare Tufts Medical Center |
| 6 | UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus | 2.23, 11th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 291 min, 2nd percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 325 | Compare UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus |
| 7 | Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington | 2.64, 7th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 1.09, 20th percentile | 226 min, 10th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 327 | Compare Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington |
| 8 | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | 3.75, 2nd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 6.9%, 99th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 336 min, 0th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 597 | Compare Beth Israel Deaconess 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.
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- 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).