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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
2901Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville, TN · Acute care−3.10%2311.0%12.2%15.7%1.09268 min0.98269Compare
2902Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville, PA · Acute care−3.12%3311.5%11.5%15.5%0.91178 min0.98144Compare
2903UVA Health Culpeper Medical CenterCulpeper, VA · Acute care−3.15%22—10.9%15.3%0.98158 min1.0270Compare
2904Charleston Area Medical CenterCharleston, WV · Acute care−3.20%2311.7%9.3%16.7%1.92182 min1.01908Compare
2905Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville, NJ · Acute care−3.23%2211.5%12.6%16.2%0.89166 min1.03418Compare
2906Herrin HospitalHerrin, IL · Acute care−3.24%1212.9%10.9%17.0%1.00157 min1.01104Compare
2907UCLA West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills, CA · Acute care−3.25%2111.0%7.9%16.0%1.07172 min1.09236Compare
2908Sweetwater Hospital AssociationSweetwater, TN · Acute care−3.28%13—11.0%15.9%1.14182 min1.0059Compare
2909Oroville HospitalOroville, CA · Acute care−3.32%1112.6%8.6%19.3%0.94243 min0.88133Compare
2910Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care−3.43%2311.3%10.3%16.0%1.33203 min0.98313Compare
2911Brown University Health Morton HospitalTaunton, MA · Acute care−3.44%1211.8%12.2%16.7%0.88209 min1.01133Compare
2912South Central Regional Medical CenterLaurel, MS · Acute care−3.47%1311.3%12.0%16.9%2.19128 min1.00285Compare
2913Garden Grove Hospital & Medical CenterGarden Grove, CA · Acute care−3.55%21—9.1%16.6%0.86134 min1.17167Compare
2914ProMedica Monroe Regional HospitalMonroe, MI · Acute care−3.62%1213.3%11.6%16.7%1.19172 min1.02217Compare
2915Louis A Weiss Memorial HospitalChicago, IL · Acute care−3.85%1—13.2%8.4%16.1%1.32210 min1.12—Compare
2916Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield, MA · Acute care−4.01%2211.8%12.7%16.4%1.69286 min1.03716Compare
2917Great Plains Regional Medical CenterElk City, OK · Acute care−4.10%23—14.5%15.0%0.9288 min1.0862Compare
2918Castleview HospitalPrice, UT · Acute care−4.11%23—11.0%15.0%0.91135 min1.0184Compare
2919Sycamore Shoals HospitalElizabethton, TN · Acute care−4.21%24—13.5%15.0%0.92142 min1.10121Compare

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).