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Hospitals with the best net Medicare quality adjustments

Rank every Medicare-certified hospital on any CMS quality measure. Filter by state, type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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2,919 hospitals ranked by net medicare quality adjustment; 2,500 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalNet Medicare quality adjustmenthigher is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average−0.48%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1St Charles Parish HospitalLuling, LA · Acute care+4.53%—5——15.2%0.99114 min0.8249Compare
2Phoenix Indian Medical CenterPhoenix, AZ · Acute care+3.91%—4——14.4%1.18—0.83179Compare
3AdventHealth MurrayChatsworth, GA · Acute care+3.75%55—9.4%14.6%—144 min0.7842Compare
4Mayo Clinic Health System - FairmontFairmont, MN · Acute care+3.37%54—12.8%14.3%0.9499 min0.8157Compare
5Banner Goldfield Medical CenterApache Junction, AZ · Acute care+3.10%53—9.0%15.3%—146 min0.7820Compare
6St Anthony Summit Medical CenterFrisco, CO · Acute care+2.99%—4——15.0%0.96151 min0.8535Compare
7Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care+2.97%54—9.7%13.2%0.95190 min0.8636Compare
8UP Health System PortageHancock, MI · Acute care+2.95%55—11.9%14.6%0.98140 min0.7736Compare
9Spring View HospitalLebanon, KY · Acute care+2.75%54—12.7%14.0%0.97154 min0.8375Compare
10Northeast Georgia Medical Center LumpkinDahlonega, GA · Acute care+2.73%54—9.6%14.7%—157 min0.8352Compare
11Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San FranciscoSouth San Francisco, CA · Acute care+2.72%44——14.9%0.97—0.85120Compare
12St Johns Medical CenterJackson, WY · Acute care+2.71%55—10.0%14.0%1.20109 min0.8153Compare
13Chickasaw Nation Medical CenterAda, OK · Acute care+2.63%54—11.3%14.2%0.95—0.7372Compare
14St Bernard Parish HospitalChalmette, LA · Acute care+2.60%44—11.0%15.0%—180 min0.8140Compare
15Sauk Prairie HospitalPrairie Du Sac, WI · Acute care+2.57%55—13.0%14.1%1.01152 min0.8636Compare
16Aurora Medical Center Washington CountyHartford, WI · Acute care+2.55%44—10.9%15.7%0.95127 min0.8471Compare
17Bailey Medical Center, LLCOwasso, OK · Acute care+2.52%54—9.8%14.4%0.95155 min0.8973Compare
18Bartlett Regional HospitalJuneau, AK · Acute care+2.52%45—10.4%14.4%1.13169 min0.8157Compare
19Grand Itasca Clinic And HospitalGrand Rapids, MN · Acute care+2.49%44—11.7%14.4%1.15149 min0.8564Compare
20UT Health East Texas Jacksonville HospitalJacksonville, TX · Acute care+2.44%—4——14.7%0.9590 min0.9674Compare
21Christus Ochsner Lake Area HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care+2.44%—4——14.6%0.96130 min0.9688Compare
22Three Rivers Medical CenterLouisa, KY · Acute care+2.42%35—13.9%15.2%0.96164 min0.8890Compare
23Memorial HospitalMarysville, OH · Acute care+2.41%54—11.0%14.9%0.98149 min0.8497Compare
24Mercy Hospital LebanonLebanon, MO · Acute care+2.40%43—8.5%14.7%0.97151 min0.8448Compare
25University Of Michigan Health-Sparrow CarsonCarson City, MI · Acute care+2.30%45—9.6%15.2%0.9991 min0.93103Compare
26City Of Hope Cancer Center PhoenixGoodyear, AZ · Acute care+2.30%44——15.3%0.96—1.0938Compare
27Aspirus Divine Savior HospitalPortage, WI · Acute care+2.29%33—15.3%14.6%0.96153 min0.8173Compare
28Ashley Regional Medical CenterVernal, UT · Acute care+2.28%43——14.4%0.98116 min0.8139Compare
29Sentara Halifax Regional HospitalSouth Boston, VA · Acute care+2.24%33—11.8%14.3%0.91160 min0.84192Compare
30Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc CountyTwo Rivers, WI · Acute care+2.22%54—12.0%14.8%0.95112 min0.8569Compare
31Tuba City Regional Health Care CorporationTuba City, AZ · Acute care+2.18%—3——15.2%0.93144 min0.79103Compare
32Grove City Medical CenterGrove City, PA · Acute care+2.15%44—11.6%14.1%0.97150 min0.8167Compare
T33Maple Grove HospitalMaple Grove, MN · Acute care+2.14%54—10.5%14.9%0.79194 min0.8490Compare
T33Mountain View HospitalIdaho Falls, ID · Acute care+2.14%34——14.8%1.00114 min0.9743Compare
35L A Downtown Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · Acute care+2.10%3———19.1%0.84—1.29187Compare
36Trinity Health Grand Haven HospitalGrand Haven, MI · Acute care+2.09%44—12.3%14.9%0.9976 min0.8481Compare
37Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalRaeford, NC · Acute care+2.08%44—9.1%15.3%0.94205 min0.7241Compare
38Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan CountySheboygan, WI · Acute care+2.05%5411.8%10.4%14.4%0.87173 min0.83185Compare
39Essentia Health VirginiaVirginia, MN · Acute care+2.04%43—9.7%14.6%0.94131 min0.9383Compare
40Kettering Health TroyTroy, OH · Acute care+2.04%55—10.2%15.1%0.96127 min0.9228Compare
41Intermountain Health Layton HospitalLayton, UT · Acute care+2.03%54—9.9%13.5%0.95160 min0.9043Compare
42Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia, GA · Acute care+2.03%5512.3%10.8%15.2%0.92134 min0.8987Compare
43Mayo Clinic Health System In Red WingRed Wing, MN · Acute care+2.03%44—11.8%14.3%0.97152 min0.8350Compare
44Kaiser Foundation Hospital - FremontFremont, CA · Acute care+2.02%43——14.4%0.97—0.86193Compare
45Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch HospitalOlive Branch, MS · Acute care+2.00%4311.4%12.4%14.4%0.88222 min0.8260Compare
46West Valley Medical CenterCaldwell, ID · Acute care+2.00%54—11.9%15.1%0.87131 min0.91150Compare
47Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center IncLa Crosse, WI · Acute care+1.97%559.8%10.2%14.3%0.85134 min0.90345Compare
48Baptist Neighborhood Hospital Thousand OaksSan Antonio, TX · Acute care+1.94%54——15.0%—115 min0.8258Compare
49Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester, MN · Acute care+1.94%558.6%8.3%13.9%0.77246 min0.952,059Compare
50Ridgeview Medical CenterWaconia, MN · Acute care+1.93%4411.0%8.1%15.7%0.96140 min0.94109Compare

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.

Net Medicare quality adjustment
Approximate combined change to the hospital's Medicare inpatient payments from the three pay-for-performance programs, added together: the readmissions penalty, the value-based purchasing bonus or penalty, and the 1% cut for hospital-acquired conditions. Inpatient prospective payment system hospitals only; Maryland hospitals are exempt..
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).