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Hospitals in New York with the lowest C. diff infections

126 New York hospitals ranked by C. diff infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Mercy Medical Center, St Catherine Of Siena Hospital, Cobleskill Regional Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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126 hospitals ranked in New York by c. diff infections; 66 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	C. diff infectionslower is better	Serious complicationslower is better	Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better	Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better	Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better	Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better	MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better	Compare
	National average	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
T1	Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre, NY · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.86, 83rd percentile	0.38, 59th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.66, 54th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	Compare Mercy Medical Center
T1	St Catherine Of Siena HospitalSmithtown, NY · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.70, 98th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	1.27, 21st percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	Compare St Catherine Of Siena Hospital
T1	Cobleskill Regional HospitalCobleskill, NY · Critical access	0.00, 90th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Cobleskill Regional Hospital
T1	Elizabethtown Community HospitalElizabethtown, NY · Critical access	0.00, 90th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Elizabethtown Community Hospital
T1	Jones Memorial HospitalWellsville, NY · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	1.11, 18th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Jones Memorial Hospital
T1	Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue, NY · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.87, 81st percentile	0.43, 54th percentile	0.11, 74th percentile	2.22, 3rd percentile	—	0.86, 29th percentile	Compare Long Island Community Hospital
T1	St Anthony Community HospitalWarwick, NY · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.92, 67th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	Compare St Anthony Community Hospital
T1	Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial HospitalOneonta, NY · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.94, 59th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital
T1	Corning HospitalCorning, NY · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	1.15, 14th percentile	—	1.47, 5th percentile	0.68, 52nd percentile	—	—	Compare Corning Hospital
T1	Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical CenterCortland, NY · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.92, 67th percentile	—	0.00, 88th percentile	0.60, 58th percentile	—	—	Compare Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical Center
T1	Montefiore Mount Vernon HospitalMount Vernon, NY · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.97, 46th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital
T1	Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York, NY · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.97, 46th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.82, 32nd percentile	Compare Mount Sinai Beth Israel
T1	St Marys HealthcareAmsterdam, NY · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	1.04, 28th percentile	—	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	Compare St Marys Healthcare
T1	Auburn Community HospitalAuburn, NY · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	1.05, 26th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	Compare Auburn Community Hospital
T1	Delaware Valley Hospital, IncWalton, NY · Critical access	0.00, 90th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Delaware Valley Hospital, Inc
16	Sisters Of Charity HospitalBuffalo, NY · Acute care	0.04, 80th percentile	1.71, 1st percentile	0.23, 71st percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.89, 38th percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.26, 76th percentile	Compare Sisters Of Charity Hospital
17	Plainview HospitalPlainview, NY · Acute care	0.05, 79th percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.56, 60th percentile	—	0.45, 63rd percentile	Compare Plainview Hospital
18	Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow, NY · Acute care	0.05, 79th percentile	1.08, 22nd percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	Compare Phelps Hospital
19	Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip, NY · Acute care	0.06, 79th percentile	1.43, 3rd percentile	0.44, 54th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.67, 53rd percentile	1.57, 25th percentile	0.70, 41st percentile	Compare Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
20	St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson, NY · Acute care	0.06, 79th percentile	0.89, 75th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.41, 69th percentile	—	0.53, 57th percentile	Compare St Charles Hospital
21	Metropolitan Hospital CenterNew York, NY · Acute care	0.06, 78th percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.35, 62nd percentile	0.48, 42nd percentile	—	—	0.00, 91st percentile	Compare Metropolitan Hospital Center
22	Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira, NY · Acute care	0.06, 78th percentile	2.28, 0th percentile	1.55, 5th percentile	0.18, 70th percentile	1.43, 16th percentile	—	1.34, 10th percentile	Compare Arnot Ogden Medical Center
23	St Francis Hospital - The Heart CenterRoslyn, NY · Acute care	0.07, 78th percentile	1.10, 19th percentile	0.32, 65th percentile	0.05, 76th percentile	0.28, 76th percentile	—	0.56, 54th percentile	Compare St Francis Hospital - The Heart Center
24	Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco, NY · Acute care	0.07, 78th percentile	0.86, 83rd percentile	0.46, 52nd percentile	0.69, 25th percentile	0.26, 77th percentile	0.59, 67th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	Compare Northern Westchester Hospital
25	St Joseph HospitalBethpage, NY · Acute care	0.07, 78th percentile	1.12, 17th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.26, 63rd percentile	0.74, 48th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	Compare St Joseph Hospital
26	Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead, NY · Acute care	0.07, 77th percentile	1.02, 31st percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.52, 38th percentile	1.11, 27th percentile	—	0.35, 71st percentile	Compare Peconic Bay Medical Center
27	Nyack HospitalNyack, NY · Acute care	0.08, 77th percentile	0.81, 92nd percentile	0.24, 71st percentile	0.37, 53rd percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.45, 63rd percentile	Compare Nyack Hospital
28	New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing, NY · Acute care	0.08, 77th percentile	0.62, 100th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.35, 55th percentile	0.50, 65th percentile	—	0.67, 44th percentile	Compare New York-Presbyterian/Queens
29	Southside HospitalBay Shore, NY · Acute care	0.08, 77th percentile	0.98, 41st percentile	0.11, 78th percentile	0.05, 76th percentile	0.57, 59th percentile	1.04, 39th percentile	1.11, 17th percentile	Compare Southside Hospital
30	Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove, NY · Acute care	0.09, 75th percentile	0.85, 85th percentile	—	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	Compare Northwell Hospital Glen Cove
31	NYU Langone HospitalsNew York, NY · Acute care	0.10, 75th percentile	0.67, 99th percentile	0.39, 59th percentile	0.29, 61st percentile	0.86, 40th percentile	1.09, 38th percentile	0.53, 57th percentile	Compare NYU Langone Hospitals
32	John T Mather Memorial Hospital Of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson, NY · Acute care	0.10, 75th percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.26, 69th percentile	0.31, 59th percentile	0.27, 77th percentile	—	0.72, 40th percentile	Compare John T Mather Memorial Hospital Of Port Jefferson
33	Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn, NY · Acute care	0.12, 72nd percentile	0.88, 78th percentile	1.82, 4th percentile	0.41, 49th percentile	0.87, 39th percentile	—	1.66, 5th percentile	Compare Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus
34	St Barnabas HospitalBronx, NY · Acute care	0.12, 72nd percentile	1.28, 7th percentile	0.54, 45th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.47, 66th percentile	—	0.85, 30th percentile	Compare St Barnabas Hospital
35	Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health CenterLewiston, NY · Acute care	0.12, 72nd percentile	0.98, 41st percentile	—	—	—	—	0.00, 91st percentile	Compare Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health Center
36	Mount Sinai WestNew York, NY · Acute care	0.13, 72nd percentile	0.92, 67th percentile	0.44, 54th percentile	0.26, 63rd percentile	0.18, 80th percentile	3.91, 1st percentile	0.81, 33rd percentile	Compare Mount Sinai West
37	White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains, NY · Acute care	0.14, 70th percentile	0.77, 95th percentile	0.79, 26th percentile	0.68, 26th percentile	0.52, 63rd percentile	0.51, 72nd percentile	1.13, 16th percentile	Compare White Plains Hospital Center
38	Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor, NY · Acute care	0.16, 68th percentile	0.96, 51st percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.83, 32nd percentile	Compare Hudson Valley Hospital Center
T39	Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside, NY · Acute care	0.16, 68th percentile	0.85, 85th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.45, 44th percentile	0.18, 80th percentile	2.96, 5th percentile	0.58, 52nd percentile	Compare Mount Sinai South Nassau
T39	Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn, NY · Acute care	0.16, 68th percentile	1.51, 2nd percentile	0.20, 74th percentile	0.10, 74th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.96, 23rd percentile	Compare Brookdale Hospital Medical Center
T41	Oswego HospitalOswego, NY · Acute care	0.16, 68th percentile	1.25, 8th percentile	—	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	Compare Oswego Hospital
T41	Clifton Springs Hospital And ClinicClifton Springs, NY · Acute care	0.16, 68th percentile	1.25, 8th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic
43	Hospital For Special SurgeryNew York, NY · Acute care	0.17, 67th percentile	0.62, 100th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Hospital For Special Surgery
44	Good Samaritan Hospital Of SuffernSuffern, NY · Acute care	0.17, 65th percentile	0.88, 78th percentile	0.74, 29th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	Compare Good Samaritan Hospital Of Suffern
45	Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park, NY · Acute care	0.18, 65th percentile	1.03, 29th percentile	0.17, 75th percentile	0.42, 48th percentile	0.23, 79th percentile	0.57, 68th percentile	0.41, 67th percentile	Compare Long Island Jewish Medical Center
46	New York Community Hospital Of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn, NY · Acute care	0.19, 63rd percentile	1.07, 23rd percentile	—	0.45, 44th percentile	—	—	0.54, 56th percentile	Compare New York Community Hospital Of Brooklyn, Inc.
47	Geneva General HospitalGeneva, NY · Acute care	0.20, 62nd percentile	1.15, 14th percentile	0.82, 25th percentile	0.74, 23rd percentile	1.37, 18th percentile	—	—	Compare Geneva General Hospital
48	New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, NY · Acute care	0.22, 59th percentile	0.40, 100th percentile	0.63, 36th percentile	0.57, 34th percentile	0.72, 50th percentile	0.31, 76th percentile	0.74, 37th percentile	Compare New York-Presbyterian Hospital
49	Niagara Falls Memorial Medical CenterNiagara Falls, NY · Acute care	0.22, 59th percentile	1.24, 8th percentile	1.16, 11th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	0.87, 29th percentile	Compare Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center
50	Huntington HospitalHuntington, NY · Acute care	0.23, 57th percentile	0.75, 97th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.12, 74th percentile	0.51, 63rd percentile	—	0.48, 61st percentile	Compare Huntington Hospital

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.

C. diff infections: Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Serious complications: Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Central line bloodstream infections: Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections: Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Surgical site infections (colon): Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Surgical site infections (hysterectomy): Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
MRSA bloodstream infections: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).