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Hospitals in North Carolina with the highest patients' overall rating

93 North Carolina hospitals ranked by patients' overall rating in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Asheville-Oteen VA Medical Center, Novant Health Medical Park Hospital, Highlands Cashiers Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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93 hospitals ranked in North Carolina by patients' overall rating; 27 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPatients' overall ratinghigher 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 average883.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Asheville-Oteen VA Medical CenterAsheville, NC · Veterans Affairs964510.6%10.1%14.1%1.10——389Compare
2Novant Health Medical Park HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care9454——14.7%0.87—0.92136Compare
3Highlands Cashiers HospitalHighlands, NC · Critical access93—4—11.6%15.4%—104 min—25Compare
T4AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville, NC · Acute care9254—9.8%14.3%1.02164 min0.93103Compare
T4Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care9254—9.7%13.2%0.95190 min0.8636Compare
T4Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalRaeford, NC · Acute care9244—9.1%15.3%0.94205 min0.7241Compare
T4Chatham Hospital IncSiler City, NC · Critical access9244—12.5%14.0%—222 min—68Compare
T4Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton, NC · Acute care9234—10.3%14.9%0.90177 min0.95110Compare
T4J Arthur Dosher Memorial HospitalSouthport, NC · Critical access9234——14.7%—122 min—25Compare
T4Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care92—4—8.4%14.5%0.97192 min0.9236Compare
T11Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care915410.4%9.1%14.9%1.10317 min0.951,019Compare
T11Fayetteville NC VA Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · Veterans Affairs9154—7.6%13.9%0.93——390Compare
T11Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · Acute care915410.5%8.2%14.7%1.19202 min0.93425Compare
T11UNC HospitalsChapel Hill, NC · Acute care915411.4%10.6%14.9%0.92268 min0.95724Compare
T11WakeMed, Cary HospitalCary, NC · Acute care915314.0%11.3%14.6%1.04196 min0.98156Compare
T11FirstHealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst, NC · Acute care914410.6%11.4%15.0%0.93201 min0.92395Compare
T11Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy, NC · Acute care9144—9.6%14.6%1.13192 min0.94112Compare
T11The Outer Banks Hospital, IncNags Head, NC · Critical access9144—9.5%15.3%—208 min—19Compare
T11W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury VA Medical Center (Salsbury)Salisbury, NC · Veterans Affairs9144—13.1%12.8%1.38——904Compare
T11Vidant Chowan HospitalEdenton, NC · Critical access9134—9.5%14.5%—164 min—25Compare
T11Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville, NC · Acute care9134—13.4%14.9%0.96170 min0.97101Compare
T11Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro, NC · Acute care9134—16.2%15.8%1.02239 min0.9983Compare
T11North Carolina Specialty HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care91—4——13.8%0.93—0.9124Compare
T11Pender Memorial HospitalBurgaw, NC · Critical access91—4——14.7%———25Compare
T11Womack AMC (Ft Bragg)Fort Bragg, NC · Military91—5————166 min——Compare
T26Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville, NC · Acute care905412.7%13.1%13.7%0.77158 min0.99222Compare
T26Durham VA Medical CenterDurham, NC · Veterans Affairs904412.0%7.4%14.2%1.51——469Compare
T26Johnston HealthSmithfield, NC · Acute care904411.9%12.9%15.2%0.80187 min0.95175Compare
T26The McDowell HospitalMarion, NC · Acute care9034—14.5%15.2%0.94144 min0.9665Compare
T26Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · Acute care903411.9%9.3%15.1%0.96192 min0.95117Compare
T26Angel Medical CenterFranklin, NC · Critical access9024—10.9%15.7%—120 min—25Compare
T26Carteret General HospitalMorehead City, NC · Acute care902413.7%14.4%15.7%1.09225 min0.92117Compare
T26Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute care902414.9%17.3%14.2%0.93228 min0.96258Compare
T26Transylvania Regional Hospital, IncBrevard, NC · Critical access9024—11.1%16.8%—98 min—25Compare
T35Duke Regional HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care895411.5%11.7%14.1%0.98255 min0.89391Compare
T35Advent Health PolkColumbus, NC · Critical access8944—11.2%14.6%—136 min—35Compare
T35Atrium Health UnionMonroe, NC · Acute care894310.6%9.5%14.1%1.18132 min0.91157Compare
T35Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern, NC · Acute care894414.8%11.7%14.1%0.86216 min0.89314Compare
T35Erlanger Murphy Medical CenterMurphy, NC · Critical access8944—11.2%14.7%—177 min—50Compare
T35Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care894310.8%10.9%14.2%0.93206 min0.95912Compare
T35UNC RockinghamEden, NC · Acute care8944—11.7%14.9%0.95187 min0.92108Compare
T35WakeMed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · Acute care894413.7%11.4%13.9%0.99204 min0.97678Compare
T35Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte, NC · Acute care893311.9%11.1%15.5%1.04160 min0.94344Compare
T35Blue Ridge Regional HospitalSpruce Pine, NC · Critical access8934—14.7%14.9%—115 min—85Compare
T35Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville, NC · Acute care893313.8%11.4%14.9%0.98186 min0.93247Compare
T35Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City, NC · Acute care893412.0%10.0%15.8%1.10148 min0.97182Compare
T35Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington, NC · Acute care8923—11.3%15.1%0.95154 min0.8894Compare
T35NMC Camp LejeuneCamp Lejeune, NC · Military89—4————201 min——Compare
T49Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews, NC · Acute care885310.3%7.1%13.6%0.91244 min0.91102Compare
T49North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care884313.3%11.0%15.1%1.08183 min0.96885Compare

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.

Patients' overall rating
HCAHPS overall hospital rating, linear mean score (0-100).
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).