Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Mississippi with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate
78 Mississippi hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System, Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County, G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center (Jackson). Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 15.0% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | ||
| 1 | VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System | 13.5%, 98th percentile | — | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 11.4%, 95th percentile | 7.8%, 69th percentile | — | — | Compare VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System |
| 2 | Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County | 14.1%, 91st percentile | — | 12.8%, 18th percentile | 14.6%, 60th percentile | 8.5%, 49th percentile | — | 11.5%, 53rd percentile | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County |
| T3 | G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center (Jackson) | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 7.7%, 96th percentile | 12.7%, 85th percentile | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | — | — | Compare G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center (Jackson) |
| T3 | Webster General Hospital/ Swing Bed | 14.3%, 86th percentile | — | 13.9%, 8th percentile | 16.3%, 33rd percentile | 9.3%, 28th percentile | — | — | Compare Webster General Hospital/ Swing Bed |
| T5 | Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 16.7%, 27th percentile | 9.7%, 20th percentile | — | 11.9%, 45th percentile | Compare Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital |
| T5 | Baptist Memorial Hospital Booneville | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | — | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 16.8%, 26th percentile | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | — | — | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital Booneville |
| T5 | North Mississippi Medical Center | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 16.1%, 1st percentile | 17.3%, 20th percentile | 12.8%, 1st percentile | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 13.0%, 28th percentile | Compare North Mississippi Medical Center |
| T5 | Alliance Health Center | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Alliance Health Center |
| T9 | Neshoba County General Hospital | 14.5%, 79th percentile | — | 13.9%, 8th percentile | 19.9%, 5th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Neshoba County General Hospital |
| T9 | North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore Amory | 14.5%, 79th percentile | — | 14.4%, 6th percentile | 19.6%, 6th percentile | 8.9%, 38th percentile | — | — | Compare North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore Amory |
| T9 | BMH-Calhoun | 14.5%, 79th percentile | — | — | 13.4%, 77th percentile | — | — | — | Compare BMH-Calhoun |
| T9 | Claiborne County Hospital | 14.5%, 79th percentile | — | — | 16.8%, 26th percentile | 7.4%, 80th percentile | — | — | Compare Claiborne County Hospital |
| T13 | Clay County Medical Corporation | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 16.9%, 25th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Clay County Medical Corporation |
| T13 | Ochsner Rush Hospital | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 13.9%, 4th percentile | 13.9%, 8th percentile | 21.7%, 1st percentile | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | — | 14.4%, 15th percentile | Compare Ochsner Rush Hospital |
| T13 | Choctaw Regional Medical Center | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | — | 21.3%, 2nd percentile | — | — | — | Compare Choctaw Regional Medical Center |
| T13 | Highland Hills Medical Center | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | — | 15.1%, 51st percentile | — | — | — | Compare Highland Hills Medical Center |
| T13 | Whitfield Medical Surgical Hospital | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Whitfield Medical Surgical Hospital |
| T18 | Tippah County Hospital | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 15.8%, 40th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Tippah County Hospital |
| T18 | Greenwood Leflore Hospital | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | 9.4%, 81st percentile | 20.7%, 3rd percentile | — | — | — | Compare Greenwood Leflore Hospital |
| T18 | Copiah County Medical Center | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | — | 16.2%, 35th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Copiah County Medical Center |
| T18 | Covington County Hospital CAH | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Covington County Hospital CAH |
| T18 | Pontotoc Health Service Inc CAH | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | — | 14.3%, 64th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Pontotoc Health Service Inc CAH |
| T18 | Walthall County General Hospital CAH | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Walthall County General Hospital CAH |
| T24 | Magee General Hospital | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 18.3%, 12th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Magee General Hospital |
| T24 | Tishomingo Health Services Inc | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | 14.8%, 4th percentile | 16.2%, 35th percentile | 10.8%, 8th percentile | — | — | Compare Tishomingo Health Services Inc |
| T24 | Ochsner Scott Regional | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Ochsner Scott Regional |
| T24 | Ochsner Stennis Memorial Hospital | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Ochsner Stennis Memorial Hospital |
| T24 | S E Lackey Memorial Hospital | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare S E Lackey Memorial Hospital |
| T24 | Winston Medical Center | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 19.7%, 5th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Winston Medical Center |
| T30 | Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 19.8%, 5th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County |
| T30 | Forrest General Hospital | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 13.7%, 10th percentile | 19.2%, 7th percentile | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 11.6%, 51st percentile | Compare Forrest General Hospital |
| T30 | Magnolia Regional Health Center | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 14.5%, 5th percentile | 17.0%, 24th percentile | 9.1%, 34th percentile | 3.7%, 6th percentile | 13.2%, 26th percentile | Compare Magnolia Regional Health Center |
| T30 | South Sunflower County Hospital | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | — | 18.3%, 12th percentile | — | — | — | Compare South Sunflower County Hospital |
| T30 | St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 14.3%, 2nd percentile | 13.6%, 10th percentile | 15.7%, 42nd percentile | 13.6%, 0th percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 13.8%, 20th percentile | Compare St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital |
| T30 | Bolivar Medical Center | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 19.5%, 6th percentile | 15.0%, 0th percentile | — | 10.8%, 66th percentile | Compare Bolivar Medical Center |
| T30 | Delta Health System - The Medical Center | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 16.6%, 0th percentile | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 29.0%, 0th percentile | 16.1%, 0th percentile | — | 19.4%, 2nd percentile | Compare Delta Health System - The Medical Center |
| T30 | Merit Health River Oaks | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 16.3%, 33rd percentile | 8.9%, 38th percentile | — | 16.1%, 7th percentile | Compare Merit Health River Oaks |
| T30 | Monroe Regional Hospital | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Monroe Regional Hospital |
| T30 | Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital CAH | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | — | 17.2%, 21st percentile | — | — | — | Compare Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital CAH |
| T40 | BMH-Golden Triangle | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 13.7%, 6th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 18.8%, 9th percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | 3.0%, 19th percentile | 8.8%, 95th percentile | Compare BMH-Golden Triangle |
| T40 | Baptist Medical Center-Leake | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | — | 18.7%, 10th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Baptist Medical Center-Leake |
| T40 | Crossgates River Oaks Hospital | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | — | 17.4%, 19th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Crossgates River Oaks Hospital |
| T40 | Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | — | 18.6%, 10th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo |
| T40 | Ochsner Watkins Hospital | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Ochsner Watkins Hospital |
| T45 | North Sunflower Medical Center CAH | 15.2%, 34th percentile | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 22.9%, 1st percentile | — | — | — | Compare North Sunflower Medical Center CAH |
| T45 | University Of Mississippi Medical Center- Grenada | 15.2%, 34th percentile | — | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 17.2%, 21st percentile | 14.0%, 0th percentile | — | 19.3%, 2nd percentile | Compare University Of Mississippi Medical Center- Grenada |
| T45 | Holmes County Hospital And Clinics | 15.2%, 34th percentile | — | — | 17.4%, 19th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Holmes County Hospital And Clinics |
| T48 | King's Daughters Medical Center-Brookhaven | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | 15.8%, 2nd percentile | 18.8%, 9th percentile | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | — | — | Compare King's Daughters Medical Center-Brookhaven |
| T48 | Merit Health Central | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | — | 18.4%, 11th percentile | — | — | 13.6%, 22nd percentile | Compare Merit Health Central |
| T48 | Northwest Missississippi Regional Medical Center | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | — | 18.9%, 9th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Northwest Missississippi Regional 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.
- 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.