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 | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 15.0% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | ||
| T51 | Milford Regional Medical Center | 17.2%, 0th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 15.0%, 52nd percentile | 6.4%, 96th percentile | — | 11.8%, 47th percentile | Compare Milford Regional Medical Center |
| T51 | VA Boston Healthcare System - Jamaica Plain | 17.2%, 0th percentile | 10.1%, 95th percentile | 6.6%, 99th percentile | 10.8%, 97th percentile | 5.7%, 99th percentile | — | — | Compare VA Boston Healthcare System - Jamaica Plain |
| T51 | Tufts Medical Center | 17.2%, 0th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 9.8%, 99th percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | 1.5%, 96th percentile | 13.2%, 26th percentile | Compare Tufts Medical Center |
| 54 | Baystate Franklin Medical Center | 17.3%, 0th percentile | — | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 13.0%, 82nd percentile | 8.7%, 43rd percentile | — | 12.1%, 42nd percentile | Compare Baystate Franklin Medical Center |
| 55 | South Shore Hospital | 17.4%, 0th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 14.7%, 58th percentile | 6.5%, 95th percentile | — | 12.3%, 39th percentile | 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.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke patients.