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Hospitals in North Carolina with the highest patients would recommend

93 North Carolina hospitals ranked by patients would recommend in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Asheville-Oteen VA Medical Center, AdventHealth Hendersonville, Novant Health Medical Park 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 would recommend; 27 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPatients would recommendhigher 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 average873.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Asheville-Oteen VA Medical CenterAsheville, NC · Veterans Affairs974510.6%10.1%14.1%1.10——389Compare
T2AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville, NC · Acute care9454—9.8%14.3%1.02164 min0.93103Compare
T2Novant Health Medical Park HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care9454——14.7%0.87—0.92136Compare
T2Chatham Hospital IncSiler City, NC · Critical access9444—12.5%14.0%—222 min—68Compare
T2Highlands Cashiers HospitalHighlands, NC · Critical access94—4—11.6%15.4%—104 min—25Compare
6Pender Memorial HospitalBurgaw, NC · Critical access93—4——14.7%———25Compare
T7Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care925410.4%9.1%14.9%1.10317 min0.951,019Compare
T7Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care9254—9.7%13.2%0.95190 min0.8636Compare
T7Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · Acute care925410.5%8.2%14.7%1.19202 min0.93425Compare
T7UNC HospitalsChapel Hill, NC · Acute care925411.4%10.6%14.9%0.92268 min0.95724Compare
T7WakeMed, Cary HospitalCary, NC · Acute care925314.0%11.3%14.6%1.04196 min0.98156Compare
T7Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalRaeford, NC · Acute care9244—9.1%15.3%0.94205 min0.7241Compare
T7FirstHealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst, NC · Acute care924410.6%11.4%15.0%0.93201 min0.92395Compare
T7J Arthur Dosher Memorial HospitalSouthport, NC · Critical access9234——14.7%—122 min—25Compare
T7Vidant Chowan HospitalEdenton, NC · Critical access9234—9.5%14.5%—164 min—25Compare
T7Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care92—4—8.4%14.5%0.97192 min0.9236Compare
T17Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville, NC · Acute care915412.7%13.1%13.7%0.77158 min0.99222Compare
T17Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy, NC · Acute care9144—9.6%14.6%1.13192 min0.94112Compare
T17The Outer Banks Hospital, IncNags Head, NC · Critical access9144—9.5%15.3%—208 min—19Compare
T17Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton, NC · Acute care9134—10.3%14.9%0.90177 min0.95110Compare
T17Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · Acute care913411.9%9.3%15.1%0.96192 min0.95117Compare
T17North Carolina Specialty HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care91—4——13.8%0.93—0.9124Compare
T17Womack AMC (Ft Bragg)Fort Bragg, NC · Military91—5————166 min——Compare
T24Duke Regional HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care905411.5%11.7%14.1%0.98255 min0.89391Compare
T24Durham VA Medical CenterDurham, NC · Veterans Affairs904412.0%7.4%14.2%1.51——469Compare
T24Erlanger Murphy Medical CenterMurphy, NC · Critical access9044—11.2%14.7%—177 min—50Compare
T24Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care904310.8%10.9%14.2%0.93206 min0.95912Compare
T24W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury VA Medical Center (Salsbury)Salisbury, NC · Veterans Affairs9044—13.1%12.8%1.38——904Compare
T24WakeMed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · Acute care904413.7%11.4%13.9%0.99204 min0.97678Compare
T24Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte, NC · Acute care903311.9%11.1%15.5%1.04160 min0.94344Compare
T24Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville, NC · Acute care9034—13.4%14.9%0.96170 min0.97101Compare
T24Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute care902414.9%17.3%14.2%0.93228 min0.96258Compare
T33Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews, NC · Acute care895310.3%7.1%13.6%0.91244 min0.91102Compare
T33Advent Health PolkColumbus, NC · Critical access8944—11.2%14.6%—136 min—35Compare
T33Atrium Health UnionMonroe, NC · Acute care894310.6%9.5%14.1%1.18132 min0.91157Compare
T33Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern, NC · Acute care894414.8%11.7%14.1%0.86216 min0.89314Compare
T33Johnston HealthSmithfield, NC · Acute care894411.9%12.9%15.2%0.80187 min0.95175Compare
T33The McDowell HospitalMarion, NC · Acute care8934—14.5%15.2%0.94144 min0.9665Compare
T33Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro, NC · Acute care8934—16.2%15.8%1.02239 min0.9983Compare
T33Angel Medical CenterFranklin, NC · Critical access8924—10.9%15.7%—120 min—25Compare
T33Carteret General HospitalMorehead City, NC · Acute care892413.7%14.4%15.7%1.09225 min0.92117Compare
T33NMC Camp LejeuneCamp Lejeune, NC · Military89—4————201 min——Compare
T43Fayetteville NC VA Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · Veterans Affairs8854—7.6%13.9%0.93——390Compare
T43North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care884313.3%11.0%15.1%1.08183 min0.96885Compare
T43Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville, NC · Acute care883313.8%11.4%14.9%0.98186 min0.93247Compare
T43Moses H. Cone The Memorial HospitalGreensboro, NC · Acute care883311.9%10.4%13.9%1.08224 min0.941,232Compare
T43Transylvania Regional Hospital, IncBrevard, NC · Critical access8824—11.1%16.8%—98 min—25Compare
T48Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord, NC · Acute care874312.5%8.2%14.6%0.99186 min0.90457Compare
T48Carolinas Medical Center/Behavioral HealthCharlotte, NC · Acute care87438.7%9.4%14.8%0.88196 min0.98843Compare
T48Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply, NC · Acute care874412.1%12.6%14.7%0.88181 min0.9260Compare

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 would recommend
HCAHPS willingness to recommend the hospital, 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).