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Hospitals in North Carolina with the lowest C. diff infections

90 North Carolina hospitals ranked by C. diff infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. 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 c. diff infections; 30 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalC. diff infectionslower 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 average1.003.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T51Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply, NC · Acute care0.244412.1%12.6%14.7%0.88181 min0.9260Compare
T51Atrium Health ClevelandShelby, NC · Acute care0.243312.0%11.9%14.9%1.03160 min0.94241Compare
53Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · Acute care0.275410.5%8.2%14.7%1.19202 min0.93425Compare
54Atrium Health UnionMonroe, NC · Acute care0.274310.6%9.5%14.1%1.18132 min0.91157Compare
55Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care0.284310.8%10.9%14.2%0.93206 min0.95912Compare
56Johnston HealthSmithfield, NC · Acute care0.284411.9%12.9%15.2%0.80187 min0.95175Compare
T57ECU Health Medical CenterGreenville, NC · Acute care0.282313.0%13.4%15.9%0.88289 min0.99909Compare
T57Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville, NC · Acute care0.2812—11.6%16.4%1.19187 min1.00150Compare
59Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · Acute care0.293411.9%9.3%15.1%0.96192 min0.95117Compare
60Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte, NC · Acute care0.293311.9%11.1%15.5%1.04160 min0.94344Compare
61Carolinas Medical Center/Behavioral HealthCharlotte, NC · Acute care0.33438.7%9.4%14.8%0.88196 min0.98843Compare
62UNC RockinghamEden, NC · Acute care0.3344—11.7%14.9%0.95187 min0.92108Compare
63Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care0.33—4—8.4%14.5%0.97192 min0.9236Compare
64Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton, NC · Acute care0.3334—10.3%14.9%0.90177 min0.95110Compare
65Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde, NC · Acute care0.343310.5%12.6%15.1%0.94193 min0.98178Compare
66Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern, NC · Acute care0.354414.8%11.7%14.1%0.86216 min0.89314Compare
67North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care0.354313.3%11.0%15.1%1.08183 min0.96885Compare
68Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care0.405410.4%9.1%14.9%1.10317 min0.951,019Compare
69Angel Medical CenterFranklin, NC · Critical access0.4124—10.9%15.7%—120 min—25Compare
70Granville Health SystemsOxford, NC · Acute care0.4223—12.1%14.9%1.37191 min0.8962Compare
71Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg, NC · Acute care0.483313.3%10.9%15.2%0.96195 min0.93104Compare
72Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir, NC · Acute care0.513312.2%11.4%14.3%1.08205 min1.03110Compare
73Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · Acute care0.532313.4%10.2%15.4%1.06216 min0.98600Compare
74Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville, NC · Acute care0.545412.7%13.1%13.7%0.77158 min0.99222Compare
75The Outer Banks Hospital, IncNags Head, NC · Critical access0.5544—9.5%15.3%—208 min—19Compare
76UNC HospitalsChapel Hill, NC · Acute care0.615411.4%10.6%14.9%0.92268 min0.95724Compare
77Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn, NC · Acute care0.613311.5%9.9%14.3%0.86210 min0.93108Compare
78Womack AMC (Ft Bragg)Fort Bragg, NC · Military0.62—5————166 min——Compare
79Erlanger Murphy Medical CenterMurphy, NC · Critical access0.6344—11.2%14.7%—177 min—50Compare
80Hugh Chatham Memorial HospitalElkin, NC · Acute care0.6734—13.5%15.1%0.97168 min1.0481Compare
81Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalRaeford, NC · Acute care0.8044—9.1%15.3%0.94205 min0.7241Compare
82Pender Memorial HospitalBurgaw, NC · Critical access0.83—4——14.7%———25Compare
83Transylvania Regional Hospital, IncBrevard, NC · Critical access0.8524—11.1%16.8%—98 min—25Compare
84Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy, NC · Acute care0.8644—9.6%14.6%1.13192 min0.94112Compare
85Carteret General HospitalMorehead City, NC · Acute care0.872413.7%14.4%15.7%1.09225 min0.92117Compare
86Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville, NC · Acute care0.8934—13.4%14.9%0.96170 min0.97101Compare
87Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro, NC · Acute care0.9434—16.2%15.8%1.02239 min0.9983Compare
88Randolph HospitalAsheboro, NC · Acute care1.4543—14.0%14.4%0.97216 min0.90145Compare
89J Arthur Dosher Memorial HospitalSouthport, NC · Critical access1.6534——14.7%—122 min—25Compare
90Sampson Regional Medical CenterClinton, NC · Acute care2.1724—11.7%15.5%0.96127 min0.96146Compare

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).
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).