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Hospitals in North Carolina with the highest patient survey star rating

93 North Carolina hospitals ranked by patient survey star rating in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Asheville-Oteen VA Medical Center, Womack AMC (Ft Bragg), AdventHealth Hendersonville. 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 patient survey star rating; 27 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterOverall 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
T1Asheville-Oteen VA Medical CenterAsheville, NC · Veterans Affairs5410.6%10.1%14.1%1.10——389Compare
T1Womack AMC (Ft Bragg)Fort Bragg, NC · Military5—————166 min——Compare
T3AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville, NC · Acute care45—9.8%14.3%1.02164 min0.93103Compare
T3Duke Regional HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care4511.5%11.7%14.1%0.98255 min0.89391Compare
T3Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care4510.4%9.1%14.9%1.10317 min0.951,019Compare
T3Fayetteville NC VA Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · Veterans Affairs45—7.6%13.9%0.93——390Compare
T3Novant Health Medical Park HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care45——14.7%0.87—0.92136Compare
T3Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care45—9.7%13.2%0.95190 min0.8636Compare
T3Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville, NC · Acute care4512.7%13.1%13.7%0.77158 min0.99222Compare
T3Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · Acute care4510.5%8.2%14.7%1.19202 min0.93425Compare
T3UNC HospitalsChapel Hill, NC · Acute care4511.4%10.6%14.9%0.92268 min0.95724Compare
T3Advent Health PolkColumbus, NC · Critical access44—11.2%14.6%—136 min—35Compare
T3Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalRaeford, NC · Acute care44—9.1%15.3%0.94205 min0.7241Compare
T3Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern, NC · Acute care4414.8%11.7%14.1%0.86216 min0.89314Compare
T3Chatham Hospital IncSiler City, NC · Critical access44—12.5%14.0%—222 min—68Compare
T3Durham VA Medical CenterDurham, NC · Veterans Affairs4412.0%7.4%14.2%1.51——469Compare
T3Erlanger Murphy Medical CenterMurphy, NC · Critical access44—11.2%14.7%—177 min—50Compare
T3FirstHealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst, NC · Acute care4410.6%11.4%15.0%0.93201 min0.92395Compare
T3Johnston HealthSmithfield, NC · Acute care4411.9%12.9%15.2%0.80187 min0.95175Compare
T3Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy, NC · Acute care44—9.6%14.6%1.13192 min0.94112Compare
T3Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply, NC · Acute care4412.1%12.6%14.7%0.88181 min0.9260Compare
T3The Outer Banks Hospital, IncNags Head, NC · Critical access44—9.5%15.3%—208 min—19Compare
T3UNC RockinghamEden, NC · Acute care44—11.7%14.9%0.95187 min0.92108Compare
T3W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury VA Medical Center (Salsbury)Salisbury, NC · Veterans Affairs44—13.1%12.8%1.38——904Compare
T3WakeMed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · Acute care4413.7%11.4%13.9%0.99204 min0.97678Compare
T3Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton, NC · Acute care43—10.3%14.9%0.90177 min0.95110Compare
T3Blue Ridge Regional HospitalSpruce Pine, NC · Critical access43—14.7%14.9%—115 min—85Compare
T3Hugh Chatham Memorial HospitalElkin, NC · Acute care43—13.5%15.1%0.97168 min1.0481Compare
T3J Arthur Dosher Memorial HospitalSouthport, NC · Critical access43——14.7%—122 min—25Compare
T3Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City, NC · Acute care4312.0%10.0%15.8%1.10148 min0.97182Compare
T3The McDowell HospitalMarion, NC · Acute care43—14.5%15.2%0.94144 min0.9665Compare
T3Vidant Chowan HospitalEdenton, NC · Critical access43—9.5%14.5%—164 min—25Compare
T3Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville, NC · Acute care43—13.4%14.9%0.96170 min0.97101Compare
T3Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro, NC · Acute care43—16.2%15.8%1.02239 min0.9983Compare
T3Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · Acute care4311.9%9.3%15.1%0.96192 min0.95117Compare
T3Angel Medical CenterFranklin, NC · Critical access42—10.9%15.7%—120 min—25Compare
T3Carteret General HospitalMorehead City, NC · Acute care4213.7%14.4%15.7%1.09225 min0.92117Compare
T3Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute care4214.9%17.3%14.2%0.93228 min0.96258Compare
T3Sampson Regional Medical CenterClinton, NC · Acute care42—11.7%15.5%0.96127 min0.96146Compare
T3Transylvania Regional Hospital, IncBrevard, NC · Critical access42—11.1%16.8%—98 min—25Compare
T3Highlands Cashiers HospitalHighlands, NC · Critical access4——11.6%15.4%—104 min—25Compare
T3NMC Camp LejeuneCamp Lejeune, NC · Military4—————201 min——Compare
T3North Carolina Specialty HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care4———13.8%0.93—0.9124Compare
T3Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care4——8.4%14.5%0.97192 min0.9236Compare
T3Pender Memorial HospitalBurgaw, NC · Critical access4———14.7%———25Compare
T46Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews, NC · Acute care3510.3%7.1%13.6%0.91244 min0.91102Compare
T46WakeMed, Cary HospitalCary, NC · Acute care3514.0%11.3%14.6%1.04196 min0.98156Compare
T46Atrium Health UnionMonroe, NC · Acute care3410.6%9.5%14.1%1.18132 min0.91157Compare
T46Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton, NC · Acute care3411.2%12.1%14.4%0.90173 min1.00204Compare
T46Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord, NC · Acute care3412.5%8.2%14.6%0.99186 min0.90457Compare

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.

Patient survey star rating
HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
Overall star rating
CMS overall hospital quality 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).