Hospital rankings
Hospitals in North Carolina with the lowest central line bloodstream infections
53 North Carolina hospitals ranked by central line bloodstream infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 51 | Pardee Hospital Henderson County | 2.10, 2nd percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 13.7%, 97th percentile | 0.77, 95th percentile | 158 min, 43rd percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 222 | Compare Pardee Hospital Henderson County |
| 52 | Frye Regional Medical Center | 2.87, 1st percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 174 min, 33rd percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 338 | Compare Frye Regional Medical Center |
| 53 | Iredell Memorial Hospital Inc | 3.16, 1st percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.8%, 5th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 186 min, 26th percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 247 | Compare Iredell Memorial Hospital Inc |
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.
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (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).