Hospital rankings
Top-rated hospitals in Massachusetts
54 Massachusetts hospitals ranked by overall star rating in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | 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 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T38 | St Vincent Hospital | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 1.11, 18th percentile | 206 min, 16th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 283 | Compare St Vincent Hospital |
| T38 | Athol Memorial Hospital | 2, 17th percentile | — | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | 174 min, 33rd percentile | — | 25 | Compare Athol Memorial Hospital |
| T53 | Brown University Health Morton Hospital | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 16.7%, 2nd percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 209 min, 15th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 133 | Compare Brown University Health Morton Hospital |
| T53 | MetroWest Medical Center | 1, 3rd percentile | 1, 1st percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 10.7%, 56th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 1.09, 20th percentile | 205 min, 17th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 360 | Compare MetroWest 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.
- 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).