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Hospitals in North Carolina with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate

103 North Carolina hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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103 hospitals ranked in North Carolina by hospital-wide readmission rate; 17 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average15.0%3.311.9%11.1%1.00162 min1.00
T51Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care14.9%5410.4%9.1%1.10317 min0.951,019Compare
T51UNC HospitalsChapel Hill, NC · Acute care14.9%5411.4%10.6%0.92268 min0.95724Compare
T51UNC RockinghamEden, NC · Acute care14.9%44—11.7%0.95187 min0.92108Compare
T51Atrium Health ClevelandShelby, NC · Acute care14.9%3312.0%11.9%1.03160 min0.94241Compare
T51Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton, NC · Acute care14.9%34—10.3%0.90177 min0.95110Compare
T51Atrium Health University CityCharlotte, NC · Acute care14.9%33—10.7%1.01148 min0.93130Compare
T51Blue Ridge Regional HospitalSpruce Pine, NC · Critical access14.9%34—14.7%—115 min—85Compare
T51Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville, NC · Acute care14.9%3313.8%11.4%0.98186 min0.93247Compare
T51Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville, NC · Acute care14.9%34—13.4%0.96170 min0.97101Compare
T51Granville Health SystemsOxford, NC · Acute care14.9%23—12.1%1.37191 min0.8962Compare
T61FirstHealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst, NC · Acute care15.0%4410.6%11.4%0.93201 min0.92395Compare
T61Cape Fear Valley-Bladen County HospitalElizabethtown, NC · Critical access15.0%—————193 min—35Compare
T63North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care15.1%4313.3%11.0%1.08183 min0.96885Compare
T63Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde, NC · Acute care15.1%3310.5%12.6%0.94193 min0.98178Compare
T63Hugh Chatham Memorial HospitalElkin, NC · Acute care15.1%34—13.5%0.97168 min1.0481Compare
T63Novant Health Thomasville Medical CenterThomasville, NC · Acute care15.1%33—12.2%0.95176 min0.94149Compare
T63Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · Acute care15.1%3411.9%9.3%0.96192 min0.95117Compare
T63Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington, NC · Acute care15.1%23—11.3%0.95154 min0.8894Compare
T63Wilson Medical CenterWilson, NC · Acute care15.1%1210.7%12.0%0.93191 min0.95317Compare
T63Charles A Cannon Jr Memorial HospitalLinville, NC · Critical access15.1%———9.7%—112 min—40Compare
T63LifeBrite Community Hospital Of StokesDanbury, NC · Critical access15.1%———————93Compare
T72Johnston HealthSmithfield, NC · Acute care15.2%4411.9%12.9%0.80187 min0.95175Compare
T72Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg, NC · Acute care15.2%3313.3%10.9%0.96195 min0.93104Compare
T72The McDowell HospitalMarion, NC · Acute care15.2%34—14.5%0.94144 min0.9665Compare
T75Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalRaeford, NC · Acute care15.3%44—9.1%0.94205 min0.7241Compare
T75Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia, NC · Acute care15.3%4312.6%10.8%1.04192 min0.95442Compare
T75The Outer Banks Hospital, IncNags Head, NC · Critical access15.3%44—9.5%—208 min—19Compare
T75UNC Health Care WayneGoldsboro, NC · Acute care15.3%3310.9%9.4%0.94190 min0.96316Compare
T75Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville, NC · Acute care15.3%1212.5%12.4%0.86190 min0.94105Compare
T80Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · Acute care15.4%2313.4%10.2%1.06216 min0.98600Compare
T80Highlands Cashiers HospitalHighlands, NC · Critical access15.4%—4—11.6%—104 min—25Compare
T82Ashe Memorial HospitalJefferson, NC · Critical access15.5%3——10.5%—178 min—76Compare
T82Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte, NC · Acute care15.5%3311.9%11.1%1.04160 min0.94344Compare
T82Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle, NC · Acute care15.5%3311.9%13.8%1.08144 min0.93109Compare
T82Central Carolina HospitalSanford, NC · Acute care15.5%22—9.7%0.92172 min0.96137Compare
T82High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point, NC · Acute care15.5%2311.1%10.4%0.93247 min0.95354Compare
T82Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson, NC · Acute care15.5%2211.1%9.5%0.97168 min1.01102Compare
T82Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton, NC · Acute care15.5%2311.7%11.7%1.06144 min0.94143Compare
T82Sampson Regional Medical CenterClinton, NC · Acute care15.5%24—11.7%0.96127 min0.96146Compare
T82Cherokee Indian Hospital AuthorityCherokee, NC · Acute care15.5%——————0.9826Compare
91Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute care15.6%2311.8%14.6%1.03174 min1.04338Compare
T92Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro, NC · Acute care15.7%33—11.4%0.93164 min1.02120Compare
T92Angel Medical CenterFranklin, NC · Critical access15.7%24—10.9%—120 min—25Compare
T92Carteret General HospitalMorehead City, NC · Acute care15.7%2413.7%14.4%1.09225 min0.92117Compare
T95UNC Lenoir Health CareKinston, NC · Acute care15.8%4311.1%8.2%0.85194 min0.94235Compare
T95Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City, NC · Acute care15.8%3412.0%10.0%1.10148 min0.97182Compare
T95Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro, NC · Acute care15.8%34—16.2%1.02239 min0.9983Compare
98ECU Health Medical CenterGreenville, NC · Acute care15.9%2313.0%13.4%0.88289 min0.99909Compare
99Washington County Hospital IncPlymouth, NC · Critical access16.0%———————49Compare
100Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton, NC · Acute care16.1%2313.4%11.6%0.90248 min0.89314Compare

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.

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.
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.
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).