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Top-rated hospitals in North Carolina

90 North Carolina hospitals ranked by overall star rating in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Novant Health Medical Park Hospital, AdventHealth Hendersonville, Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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90 hospitals ranked in North Carolina by overall star rating; 30 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalOverall 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 average3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T1Novant Health Medical Park HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care54——14.7%0.87—0.92136Compare
T1AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville, NC · Acute care54—9.8%14.3%1.02164 min0.93103Compare
T1Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care54—9.7%13.2%0.95190 min0.8636Compare
T1Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care5410.4%9.1%14.9%1.10317 min0.951,019Compare
T1Fayetteville NC VA Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · Veterans Affairs54—7.6%13.9%0.93——390Compare
T1Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · Acute care5410.5%8.2%14.7%1.19202 min0.93425Compare
T1UNC HospitalsChapel Hill, NC · Acute care5411.4%10.6%14.9%0.92268 min0.95724Compare
T1WakeMed, Cary HospitalCary, NC · Acute care5314.0%11.3%14.6%1.04196 min0.98156Compare
T1Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville, NC · Acute care5412.7%13.1%13.7%0.77158 min0.99222Compare
T1Duke Regional HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care5411.5%11.7%14.1%0.98255 min0.89391Compare
T1Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews, NC · Acute care5310.3%7.1%13.6%0.91244 min0.91102Compare
T1Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care5210.6%9.3%13.3%0.69162 min0.96877Compare
T13Asheville-Oteen VA Medical CenterAsheville, NC · Veterans Affairs4510.6%10.1%14.1%1.10——389Compare
T13Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalRaeford, NC · Acute care44—9.1%15.3%0.94205 min0.7241Compare
T13Chatham Hospital IncSiler City, NC · Critical access44—12.5%14.0%—222 min—68Compare
T13FirstHealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst, NC · Acute care4410.6%11.4%15.0%0.93201 min0.92395Compare
T13Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy, NC · Acute care44—9.6%14.6%1.13192 min0.94112Compare
T13The Outer Banks Hospital, IncNags Head, NC · Critical access44—9.5%15.3%—208 min—19Compare
T13W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury VA Medical Center (Salsbury)Salisbury, NC · Veterans Affairs44—13.1%12.8%1.38——904Compare
T13Durham VA Medical CenterDurham, NC · Veterans Affairs4412.0%7.4%14.2%1.51——469Compare
T13Johnston HealthSmithfield, NC · Acute care4411.9%12.9%15.2%0.80187 min0.95175Compare
T13Advent Health PolkColumbus, NC · Critical access44—11.2%14.6%—136 min—35Compare
T13Atrium Health UnionMonroe, NC · Acute care4310.6%9.5%14.1%1.18132 min0.91157Compare
T13Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern, NC · Acute care4414.8%11.7%14.1%0.86216 min0.89314Compare
T13Erlanger Murphy Medical CenterMurphy, NC · Critical access44—11.2%14.7%—177 min—50Compare
T13Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care4310.8%10.9%14.2%0.93206 min0.95912Compare
T13UNC RockinghamEden, NC · Acute care44—11.7%14.9%0.95187 min0.92108Compare
T13WakeMed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · Acute care4413.7%11.4%13.9%0.99204 min0.97678Compare
T13North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care4313.3%11.0%15.1%1.08183 min0.96885Compare
T13Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply, NC · Acute care4412.1%12.6%14.7%0.88181 min0.9260Compare
T13UNC Health NashRocky Mount, NC · Acute care4311.6%11.4%14.8%0.96200 min0.95332Compare
T13Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord, NC · Acute care4312.5%8.2%14.6%0.99186 min0.90457Compare
T13Carolinas Medical Center/Behavioral HealthCharlotte, NC · Acute care438.7%9.4%14.8%0.88196 min0.98843Compare
T13Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia, NC · Acute care4312.6%10.8%15.3%1.04192 min0.95442Compare
T13Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville, NC · Acute care439.7%11.4%14.5%0.88204 min0.9475Compare
T13Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton, NC · Acute care4311.2%12.1%14.4%0.90173 min1.00204Compare
T13Randolph HospitalAsheboro, NC · Acute care43—14.0%14.4%0.97216 min0.90145Compare
T13Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury, NC · Acute care4311.3%14.1%14.1%0.78205 min0.97308Compare
T13UNC Lenoir Health CareKinston, NC · Acute care4311.1%8.2%15.8%0.85194 min0.94235Compare
T13ECU Health Bertie HospitalWindsor, NC · Critical access4——14.3%14.4%—166 min—15Compare
T41Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton, NC · Acute care34—10.3%14.9%0.90177 min0.95110Compare
T41J Arthur Dosher Memorial HospitalSouthport, NC · Critical access34——14.7%—122 min—25Compare
T41Vidant Chowan HospitalEdenton, NC · Critical access34—9.5%14.5%—164 min—25Compare
T41Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville, NC · Acute care34—13.4%14.9%0.96170 min0.97101Compare
T41Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro, NC · Acute care34—16.2%15.8%1.02239 min0.9983Compare
T41The McDowell HospitalMarion, NC · Acute care34—14.5%15.2%0.94144 min0.9665Compare
T41Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · Acute care3411.9%9.3%15.1%0.96192 min0.95117Compare
T41Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte, NC · Acute care3311.9%11.1%15.5%1.04160 min0.94344Compare
T41Blue Ridge Regional HospitalSpruce Pine, NC · Critical access34—14.7%14.9%—115 min—85Compare
T41Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville, NC · Acute care3313.8%11.4%14.9%0.98186 min0.93247Compare

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.

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).