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Hospitals with the lowest medicare spending per patient

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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2,872 hospitals ranked by medicare spending per patient; 2,547 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalMedicare spending per patientlower 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 betterTotal beds
National average1.003.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min
T368University Of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor, MI · Acute care0.91449.9%8.9%15.3%0.92345 min884Compare
T368Vanderbilt Bedford HospitalShelbyville, TN · Acute care0.9143—9.4%13.6%0.95125 min104Compare
T368Webster General Hospital/ Swing BedEupora, MS · Acute care0.9144—13.9%14.3%—83 min43Compare
T368Wellspan Evangelical Community HospitalLewisburg, PA · Acute care0.914412.8%9.7%14.7%1.60256 min131Compare
T368Adventist Health SonoraSonora, CA · Acute care0.91339.0%11.7%15.0%0.87171 min143Compare
T368Banner Ironwood Medical CenterQueen Creek, AZ · Acute care0.9133—12.7%15.3%0.93221 min53Compare
T368Carle Health Pekin HospitalPekin, IL · Acute care0.913311.5%15.1%14.7%0.93115 min132Compare
T368Citizens Memorial HospitalBolivar, MO · Acute care0.913412.1%12.2%14.6%0.95186 min74Compare
T368Highland HospitalRochester, NY · Acute care0.9133—9.7%15.5%0.97304 min261Compare
T368Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San JoseSan Jose, CA · Acute care0.9133——14.8%0.89—247Compare
T368Leonard J Chabert Medical CenterHouma, LA · Acute care0.9134—9.8%14.8%1.56126 min156Compare
T368Marshfield Medical Center - Eau ClaireEau Claire, WI · Acute care0.913410.7%12.2%14.1%1.07192 min44Compare
T368Mercy Health - Tiffin HospitalTiffin, OH · Acute care0.9134—9.7%15.2%0.90128 min120Compare
T368Merit Health CentralJackson, MS · Acute care0.913—11.6%—15.3%0.9291 min473Compare
T368North Baldwin InfirmaryBay Minette, AL · Acute care0.9135—13.9%14.9%0.99180 min78Compare
T368Northwest Medical Center SahuaritaSahuarita, AZ · Acute care0.913211.9%12.5%14.3%0.88183 min18Compare
T368Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park, MN · Acute care0.913410.6%9.3%15.4%1.05257 min426Compare
T368ProMedica Charles And Virginia Hickman HospitalAdrian, MI · Acute care0.913311.7%13.4%14.2%1.02172 min88Compare
T368Providence Centralia HospitalCentralia, WA · Acute care0.913312.3%10.6%15.1%0.92196 min191Compare
T368Providence Milwaukie HospitalMilwaukie, OR · Acute care0.913312.3%13.8%14.4%1.02174 min77Compare
T368Sterling Regional MedCenterSterling, CO · Acute care0.9133—10.5%15.0%0.9597 min25Compare
T368Tawas St Joseph HospitalTawas City, MI · Acute care0.9133—10.1%14.8%—113 min60Compare
T368Warren General HospitalWarren, PA · Acute care0.9133—12.1%15.2%0.97194 min—Compare
T368Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville, GA · Acute care0.913311.9%7.9%14.3%1.02192 min108Compare
T368Whitesburg ARH HospitalWhitesburg, KY · Acute care0.9134—11.7%14.9%0.94160 min90Compare
T368Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York, NY · Acute care0.912210.2%8.8%15.1%1.16181 min912Compare
T368HCA Florida Poinciana HospitalKissimmee, FL · Acute care0.912311.6%9.2%16.0%0.93114 min94Compare
T368Insight Hospital And Medical Center ColdwaterColdwater, MI · Acute care0.9124—15.8%14.8%0.95150 min110Compare
T368Mary Lanning HealthcareHastings, NE · Acute care0.912313.0%18.8%13.7%1.29116 min163Compare
T368Multicare Good Samaritan HospitalPuyallup, WA · Acute care0.912213.5%12.5%15.1%1.35133 min365Compare
T368Providence Medford Medical CenterMedford, OR · Acute care0.912313.8%14.8%14.9%0.81208 min168Compare
T368Saint Alphonsus Medical Center OntarioOntario, OR · Acute care0.9123—10.2%14.5%0.95112 min49Compare
T368Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma CenterSan Francisco, CA · Acute care0.912312.2%7.5%15.2%1.12300 min367Compare
T368Mad River Community HospitalArcata, CA · Acute care0.9113—11.2%14.9%1.02122 min80Compare
T368Arkansas Surgical HospitalNo Little Rock, AR · Acute care0.91—4——14.3%0.81150 min47Compare
T368Baylor Surgical Hospital At Las ColinasIrving, TX · Acute care0.91—3——14.9%0.9371 min20Compare
T368Bon Secours Richmond Community HospitalRichmond, VA · Acute care0.91————14.9%—111 min104Compare
T368Covenant Hospital LevellandLevelland, TX · Acute care0.91————14.6%—93 min48Compare
T368Institute For Orthopaedic SurgeryLima, OH · Acute care0.91—4——14.8%1.02—3Compare
T368Integris Community Hospital - Council CrossingOklahoma City, OK · Acute care0.91————14.9%—64 min32Compare
T368Medical Arts HospitalLamesa, TX · Acute care0.91————14.6%—107 min21Compare
T368North Carolina Specialty HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care0.91—4——13.8%0.93—24Compare
T368San Mateo Medical CenterSan Mateo, CA · Acute care0.91—3——14.4%0.97170 min103Compare
T368Santiam Hospital & ClinicsStayton, OR · Acute care0.91—4——14.7%0.97110 min40Compare
T368South Texas Spine And Surgical HospitalSan Antonio, TX · Acute care0.91—4——14.4%0.81121 min30Compare
T368Summit Surgical, LLCHutchinson, KS · Acute care0.91—4——13.9%0.92—10Compare
T368UCHealth Broomfield HospitalBroomfield, CO · Acute care0.91—4——14.7%0.98105 min22Compare
T448AdventHealth Castle RockCastle Rock, CO · Acute care0.925312.1%10.4%14.4%0.94165 min90Compare
T448Hospital For Special SurgeryNew York, NY · Acute care0.9254——11.9%0.62—205Compare
T448Kettering Health TroyTroy, OH · Acute care0.9255—10.2%15.1%0.96127 min28Compare

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.

Medicare spending per patient
Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
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.
Total beds
Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).