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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. Leading: W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury VA Medical Center (Salsbury), Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center, Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center. 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%
1W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury VA Medical Center (Salsbury)Salisbury, NC · Veterans Affairs12.8%—13.1%13.4%11.5%——Compare
2Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care13.2%—9.7%11.2%9.7%—8.8%Compare
3Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care13.3%10.6%9.3%14.3%9.3%3.0%10.9%Compare
4Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews, NC · Acute care13.6%10.3%7.1%11.4%8.0%—11.3%Compare
T5Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville, NC · Acute care13.7%12.7%13.1%12.6%9.5%—7.6%Compare
T5Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington, NC · Acute care13.7%14.9%9.8%15.0%10.1%—10.8%Compare
T5Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington, NC · Acute care13.7%12.9%13.6%16.2%9.5%5.4%13.0%Compare
T8Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery CeAsheville, NC · Acute care13.8%11.2%12.2%15.7%9.8%2.3%11.8%Compare
T8North Carolina Specialty HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care13.8%——————Compare
T10Fayetteville NC VA Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · Veterans Affairs13.9%—7.6%12.8%7.6%——Compare
T10WakeMed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · Acute care13.9%13.7%11.4%13.4%10.0%1.7%10.4%Compare
T10Harris Regional HospitalSylva, NC · Acute care13.9%—11.4%17.3%8.2%—9.5%Compare
T10Moses H. Cone The Memorial HospitalGreensboro, NC · Acute care13.9%11.9%10.4%13.7%10.8%2.4%10.0%Compare
14Chatham Hospital IncSiler City, NC · Critical access14.0%—12.5%12.9%———Compare
T15Duke Regional HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care14.1%11.5%11.7%13.4%7.3%—9.5%Compare
T15Asheville-Oteen VA Medical CenterAsheville, NC · Veterans Affairs14.1%10.6%10.1%11.8%7.6%——Compare
T15Atrium Health UnionMonroe, NC · Acute care14.1%10.6%9.5%12.8%7.9%—10.0%Compare
T15Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern, NC · Acute care14.1%14.8%11.7%13.7%8.5%2.2%9.6%Compare
T15Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury, NC · Acute care14.1%11.3%14.1%14.2%9.6%—11.1%Compare
T20Durham VA Medical CenterDurham, NC · Veterans Affairs14.2%12.0%7.4%12.6%7.3%——Compare
T20Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care14.2%10.8%10.9%13.7%10.8%4.5%12.1%Compare
T20Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute care14.2%14.9%17.3%23.4%9.5%—11.1%Compare
T23AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville, NC · Acute care14.3%—9.8%13.4%6.7%—9.6%Compare
T23Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn, NC · Acute care14.3%11.5%9.9%14.5%9.3%—11.1%Compare
T23Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir, NC · Acute care14.3%12.2%11.4%18.0%10.3%—11.6%Compare
T26Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton, NC · Acute care14.4%11.2%12.1%17.7%8.2%—12.6%Compare
T26ECU Health Bertie HospitalWindsor, NC · Critical access14.4%—14.3%18.8%9.2%——Compare
T26Randolph HospitalAsheboro, NC · Acute care14.4%—14.0%13.9%8.2%—13.8%Compare
T29Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville, NC · Acute care14.5%9.7%11.4%14.7%6.6%—12.3%Compare
T29Vidant Chowan HospitalEdenton, NC · Critical access14.5%—9.5%16.1%10.0%—12.2%Compare
T29Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville, NC · Acute care14.5%—9.7%21.4%10.2%—13.3%Compare
T29Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care14.5%—8.4%14.1%8.3%—11.6%Compare
T33WakeMed, Cary HospitalCary, NC · Acute care14.6%14.0%11.3%13.9%7.4%—10.5%Compare
T33Advent Health PolkColumbus, NC · Critical access14.6%—11.2%15.5%———Compare
T33Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord, NC · Acute care14.6%12.5%8.2%16.0%7.4%2.4%11.5%Compare
T33Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy, NC · Acute care14.6%—9.6%11.6%12.3%—17.3%Compare
T33ECU Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids, NC · Acute care14.6%11.7%9.5%16.7%6.8%—11.2%Compare
T33Alleghany Memorial HospitalSparta, NC · Critical access14.6%——14.8%———Compare
T39Novant Health Medical Park HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care14.7%——————Compare
T39Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · Acute care14.7%10.5%8.2%13.9%8.7%1.2%10.1%Compare
T39Erlanger Murphy Medical CenterMurphy, NC · Critical access14.7%—11.2%14.3%——13.1%Compare
T39Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply, NC · Acute care14.7%12.1%12.6%17.0%8.3%—15.8%Compare
T39J Arthur Dosher Memorial HospitalSouthport, NC · Critical access14.7%——16.3%———Compare
T39Person Memorial HospitalRoxboro, NC · Acute care14.7%—12.8%15.3%———Compare
T39Pender Memorial HospitalBurgaw, NC · Critical access14.7%——15.9%———Compare
T39Wilmington Treatment CenterWilmington, NC · Acute care14.7%——————Compare
T47Carolinas Medical Center/Behavioral HealthCharlotte, NC · Acute care14.8%8.7%9.4%13.2%6.8%1.8%13.2%Compare
T47UNC Health NashRocky Mount, NC · Acute care14.8%11.6%11.4%12.7%7.5%—11.1%Compare
T47Atrium Health AnsonWadesboro, NC · Acute care14.8%——16.6%———Compare
T47FirstHealth Montgomery Memorial HospitalTroy, NC · Critical access14.8%——13.9%———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.