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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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National average15.0%11.9%11.1%15.2%8.6%2.4%11.9%
T51Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care14.9%10.4%9.1%9.6%6.4%1.6%11.4%Compare
T51UNC HospitalsChapel Hill, NC · Acute care14.9%11.4%10.6%12.1%7.2%2.8%12.0%Compare
T51UNC RockinghamEden, NC · Acute care14.9%—11.7%14.2%8.5%—15.4%Compare
T51Atrium Health ClevelandShelby, NC · Acute care14.9%12.0%11.9%16.0%8.2%—11.1%Compare
T51Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton, NC · Acute care14.9%—10.3%17.9%9.0%—10.7%Compare
T51Atrium Health University CityCharlotte, NC · Acute care14.9%—10.7%13.1%7.2%—12.3%Compare
T51Blue Ridge Regional HospitalSpruce Pine, NC · Critical access14.9%—14.7%14.8%——15.9%Compare
T51Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville, NC · Acute care14.9%13.8%11.4%15.3%8.4%—11.0%Compare
T51Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville, NC · Acute care14.9%—13.4%15.8%8.8%—11.6%Compare
T51Granville Health SystemsOxford, NC · Acute care14.9%—12.1%16.4%——16.9%Compare
T61FirstHealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst, NC · Acute care15.0%10.6%11.4%17.2%8.4%2.2%11.2%Compare
T61Cape Fear Valley-Bladen County HospitalElizabethtown, NC · Critical access15.0%——15.2%———Compare
T63North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care15.1%13.3%11.0%13.0%8.9%3.6%13.0%Compare
T63Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde, NC · Acute care15.1%10.5%12.6%17.2%9.9%—16.0%Compare
T63Hugh Chatham Memorial HospitalElkin, NC · Acute care15.1%—13.5%18.0%10.0%—17.1%Compare
T63Novant Health Thomasville Medical CenterThomasville, NC · Acute care15.1%—12.2%13.5%9.7%—11.0%Compare
T63Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · Acute care15.1%11.9%9.3%17.8%9.8%—10.6%Compare
T63Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington, NC · Acute care15.1%—11.3%14.9%9.1%—12.7%Compare
T63Wilson Medical CenterWilson, NC · Acute care15.1%10.7%12.0%18.2%8.6%—14.0%Compare
T63Charles A Cannon Jr Memorial HospitalLinville, NC · Critical access15.1%—9.7%13.8%———Compare
T63LifeBrite Community Hospital Of StokesDanbury, NC · Critical access15.1%——————Compare
T72Johnston HealthSmithfield, NC · Acute care15.2%11.9%12.9%15.3%8.9%—9.2%Compare
T72Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg, NC · Acute care15.2%13.3%10.9%20.1%8.5%—14.4%Compare
T72The McDowell HospitalMarion, NC · Acute care15.2%—14.5%16.2%8.6%—14.2%Compare
T75Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalRaeford, NC · Acute care15.3%—9.1%13.8%7.7%—14.8%Compare
T75Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia, NC · Acute care15.3%12.6%10.8%14.5%9.5%2.7%12.5%Compare
T75The Outer Banks Hospital, IncNags Head, NC · Critical access15.3%—9.5%13.6%9.0%—10.8%Compare
T75UNC Health Care WayneGoldsboro, NC · Acute care15.3%10.9%9.4%15.6%10.7%—13.3%Compare
T75Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville, NC · Acute care15.3%12.5%12.4%17.8%7.5%—18.0%Compare
T80Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · Acute care15.4%13.4%10.2%18.7%7.7%1.6%11.0%Compare
T80Highlands Cashiers HospitalHighlands, NC · Critical access15.4%—11.6%13.7%———Compare
T82Ashe Memorial HospitalJefferson, NC · Critical access15.5%—10.5%16.4%7.6%—12.7%Compare
T82Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte, NC · Acute care15.5%11.9%11.1%15.8%6.3%1.9%9.6%Compare
T82Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle, NC · Acute care15.5%11.9%13.8%17.0%9.1%—12.1%Compare
T82Central Carolina HospitalSanford, NC · Acute care15.5%—9.7%14.0%7.9%—10.3%Compare
T82High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point, NC · Acute care15.5%11.1%10.4%14.1%7.9%—12.3%Compare
T82Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson, NC · Acute care15.5%11.1%9.5%20.8%8.9%—12.7%Compare
T82Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton, NC · Acute care15.5%11.7%11.7%14.2%11.3%—12.8%Compare
T82Sampson Regional Medical CenterClinton, NC · Acute care15.5%—11.7%17.9%8.0%—17.8%Compare
T82Cherokee Indian Hospital AuthorityCherokee, NC · Acute care15.5%——————Compare
91Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute care15.6%11.8%14.6%14.4%9.6%2.1%13.3%Compare
T92Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro, NC · Acute care15.7%—11.4%14.7%8.4%—16.4%Compare
T92Angel Medical CenterFranklin, NC · Critical access15.7%—10.9%11.6%8.8%—17.1%Compare
T92Carteret General HospitalMorehead City, NC · Acute care15.7%13.7%14.4%20.9%9.8%—13.4%Compare
T95UNC Lenoir Health CareKinston, NC · Acute care15.8%11.1%8.2%14.8%9.4%—9.9%Compare
T95Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City, NC · Acute care15.8%12.0%10.0%17.3%7.5%—14.0%Compare
T95Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro, NC · Acute care15.8%—16.2%17.6%8.8%—12.2%Compare
98ECU Health Medical CenterGreenville, NC · Acute care15.9%13.0%13.4%16.1%9.1%2.1%10.6%Compare
99Washington County Hospital IncPlymouth, NC · Critical access16.0%——17.6%———Compare
100Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton, NC · Acute care16.1%13.4%11.6%19.9%11.0%—12.7%Compare

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.
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Pneumonia death rate
30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
COPD death rate
30-day death rate for COPD patients.
CABG surgery death rate
30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
Stroke death rate
30-day death rate for stroke patients.