Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Massachusetts with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate
55 Massachusetts hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 15.0% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T51 | Milford Regional Medical Center | 17.2%, 0th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 0.83, 89th percentile | 274 min, 2nd percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 121 | Compare Milford Regional Medical Center |
| T51 | VA Boston Healthcare System - Jamaica Plain | 17.2%, 0th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.1%, 95th percentile | 6.6%, 99th percentile | — | — | — | 920 | Compare VA Boston Healthcare System - Jamaica Plain |
| T51 | Tufts Medical Center | 17.2%, 0th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 1.32, 6th percentile | 208 min, 15th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 415 | Compare Tufts Medical Center |
| 54 | Baystate Franklin Medical Center | 17.3%, 0th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 194 min, 22nd percentile | 0.92, 83rd percentile | 92 | Compare Baystate Franklin Medical Center |
| 55 | South Shore Hospital | 17.4%, 0th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 1.21, 10th percentile | 233 min, 8th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 284 | Compare South Shore Hospital |
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).