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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. Leading: New England Baptist Hospital, Emerson Hospital -, Massachusetts Eye And Ear Infirmary -. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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55 hospitals ranked in Massachusetts by hospital-wide readmission rate; 29 more match but have no reported value.

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National average15.0%11.9%11.1%15.2%8.6%2.4%11.9%
1New England Baptist HospitalBoston, MA · Acute care11.7%——————Compare
2Emerson Hospital -W Concord, MA · Acute care13.5%11.9%10.2%15.1%7.1%—16.1%Compare
3Massachusetts Eye And Ear Infirmary -Boston, MA · Acute care13.9%——————Compare
4Brigham And Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain, MA · Acute care14.1%10.8%5.9%8.4%5.9%—7.9%Compare
5Fairview HospitalGreat Barrington, MA · Critical access14.2%—11.5%15.0%7.5%——Compare
6Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA · Acute care14.3%9.3%6.8%12.9%5.3%1.5%10.1%Compare
T7Baystate Wing HospitalPalmer, MA · Acute care14.8%12.6%7.8%14.8%7.9%—18.1%Compare
T7St Vincent HospitalWorcester, MA · Acute care14.8%10.8%9.3%16.1%8.9%2.0%11.4%Compare
T9Brigham And Women's HospitalBoston, MA · Acute care14.9%9.1%6.7%10.1%6.0%2.2%9.5%Compare
T9Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield, MA · Acute care14.9%11.9%11.4%15.8%7.7%—9.7%Compare
T9Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA · Acute care14.9%11.9%7.2%13.3%7.5%—17.9%Compare
T9UMass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester, MA · Acute care14.9%11.0%10.3%11.9%7.8%2.2%12.6%Compare
T9Merrimack Health Lawrence HospitalLawrence, MA · Acute care14.9%11.7%12.5%18.2%11.3%—13.2%Compare
14Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River, MA · Acute care15.0%11.6%10.1%15.1%8.8%2.2%9.9%Compare
T15Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton, MA · Acute care15.1%10.9%8.1%11.9%7.5%—8.2%Compare
T15Nantucket Cottage HospitalNantucket, MA · Acute care15.1%—11.6%12.9%———Compare
17The Cooley Dickinson Hospital IncNorthampton, MA · Acute care15.2%11.7%13.1%15.8%8.1%—13.1%Compare
T18Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth, MA · Acute care15.3%12.5%7.5%11.5%6.6%—12.8%Compare
T18Boston Medical CenterBoston, MA · Acute care15.3%11.7%6.6%11.9%7.0%2.5%11.9%Compare
T18Athol Memorial HospitalAthol, MA · Critical access15.3%—11.5%11.4%7.0%——Compare
T21Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge, MA · Acute care15.5%11.0%9.6%11.3%7.1%1.8%10.3%Compare
T21Anna Jaques HospitalNewburyport, MA · Acute care15.5%12.1%8.8%15.2%7.8%—17.3%Compare
T21UMass Memorial HealthAlliance HospitalsLeominster, MA · Acute care15.5%11.1%8.6%12.7%7.6%—12.8%Compare
24Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington, MA · Acute care15.6%10.8%8.9%14.1%7.1%2.4%11.4%Compare
T25Baystate Noble HospitalWestfield, MA · Acute care15.7%—10.7%11.6%7.6%—11.8%Compare
T25Heywood Hospital -Gardner, MA · Acute care15.7%—12.3%17.1%8.0%—12.5%Compare
T25Mercy Medical CenterSpringfield, MA · Acute care15.7%11.7%12.3%16.2%8.5%—14.4%Compare
T28Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamNeedham, MA · Acute care15.8%—8.0%9.5%7.8%—10.0%Compare
T28Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly, MA · Acute care15.8%10.3%7.8%12.0%6.2%—10.2%Compare
T28Holy Family HospitalMethuen, MA · Acute care15.8%12.1%11.3%13.5%7.5%—13.4%Compare
T28MetroWest Medical CenterFramingham, MA · Acute care15.8%11.0%10.7%14.4%7.1%—11.3%Compare
T32North Shore Medical Center -Salem, MA · Acute care15.9%11.9%9.1%9.8%5.9%—10.1%Compare
T32Saint Anne's HospitalFall River, MA · Acute care15.9%10.5%10.6%13.3%9.1%—10.6%Compare
T34Falmouth HospitalFalmouth, MA · Acute care16.0%10.7%10.6%13.7%7.4%—11.4%Compare
T34Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, MA · Acute care16.0%11.3%6.9%11.0%6.7%2.3%10.3%Compare
T34UMass Memorial Health - Harrington HospitalSouthbridge, MA · Acute care16.0%—11.9%15.0%9.9%—13.0%Compare
T37MelroseWakefield HealthcareMelrose, MA · Acute care16.1%12.2%9.7%13.2%8.0%—9.4%Compare
T37Good Samaritan Medical CenterBrockton, MA · Acute care16.1%11.7%9.7%12.5%7.4%—11.1%Compare
T37Lowell General HospitalLowell, MA · Acute care16.1%12.4%10.5%16.3%8.8%—11.5%Compare
T40Holyoke Medical CenterHolyoke, MA · Acute care16.2%12.1%11.6%15.7%7.1%—12.0%Compare
T40Sturdy Memorial HospitalAttleboro, MA · Acute care16.2%11.3%9.8%13.0%6.7%—7.3%Compare
T42Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - MiltonMilton, MA · Acute care16.3%11.8%7.5%11.5%7.3%—7.8%Compare
T42Marlborough HospitalMarlborough, MA · Acute care16.3%11.9%9.8%12.6%7.1%—14.3%Compare
T44Boston Medical Center-BrightonBrighton, MA · Acute care16.4%11.5%9.7%14.2%—2.1%8.9%Compare
T44Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield, MA · Acute care16.4%11.8%12.7%16.3%6.8%2.2%12.0%Compare
T44AdCare Hospital Of Worcester IncWorcester, MA · Acute care16.4%——————Compare
47Cape Cod HospitalHyannis, MA · Acute care16.5%11.5%11.4%15.3%8.1%2.5%10.9%Compare
48Brown University Health Morton HospitalTaunton, MA · Acute care16.7%11.8%12.2%13.7%9.7%—12.9%Compare
49Winchester HospitalWinchester, MA · Acute care16.8%11.0%10.0%11.4%7.2%—8.1%Compare
50Martha's Vineyard Hospital IncOak Bluffs, MA · Critical access17.0%—10.5%15.6%6.7%——Compare

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.