Hospital rankings
Hospitals in North Carolina with the largest Medicare value-based purchasing bonuses
73 North Carolina hospitals ranked by value-based purchasing adjustment in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Value-based purchasing adjustmenthigher is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | +0.13% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 51 | Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center | −0.13%, 41st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 14.2%, 89th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 206 min, 16th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 912 | Compare Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center |
| 52 | Person Memorial Hospital | −0.16%, 40th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | — | — | 12.8%, 18th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 1.17, 12th percentile | 192 min, 23rd percentile | 0.92, 83rd percentile | 50 | Compare Person Memorial Hospital |
| 53 | Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center | −0.18%, 39th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 10.6%, 87th percentile | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 13.3%, 99th percentile | 0.69, 99th percentile | 162 min, 41st percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 877 | Compare Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center |
| 54 | Vidant Edgecombe Hospital | −0.20%, 38th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 16.2%, 1st percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 239 min, 7th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 83 | Compare Vidant Edgecombe Hospital |
| 55 | Atrium Health Pineville | −0.25%, 35th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 160 min, 42nd percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 344 | Compare Atrium Health Pineville |
| 56 | Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center | −0.30%, 33rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 13.6%, 10th percentile | 13.7%, 97th percentile | 1.01, 33rd percentile | 204 min, 17th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 769 | Compare Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center |
| 57 | Vidant Duplin Hospital | −0.33%, 31st percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 13.4%, 12th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 170 min, 35th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 101 | Compare Vidant Duplin Hospital |
| T58 | WakeMed, Cary Hospital | −0.40%, 28th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 14.0%, 4th percentile | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 196 min, 21st percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 156 | Compare WakeMed, Cary Hospital |
| T58 | Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, Inc | −0.40%, 28th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 0.90, 73rd percentile | 173 min, 34th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 204 | Compare Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, Inc |
| 60 | Maria Parham Medical Center | −0.43%, 26th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.1%, 74th percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 168 min, 37th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 102 | Compare Maria Parham Medical Center |
| 61 | Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital | −0.48%, 24th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 14.4%, 6th percentile | 16.2%, 5th percentile | 1.06, 25th percentile | 140 min, 56th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 124 | Compare Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital |
| 62 | Caldwell Memorial Hospital | −0.55%, 20th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 1.08, 22nd percentile | 205 min, 17th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 110 | Compare Caldwell Memorial Hospital |
| 63 | Frye Regional Medical Center | −0.59%, 18th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 174 min, 33rd percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 338 | Compare Frye Regional Medical Center |
| 64 | ECU Health North Hospital | −0.60%, 17th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 212 min, 14th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 206 | Compare ECU Health North Hospital |
| 65 | The McDowell Hospital | −0.63%, 16th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 14.5%, 5th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 144 min, 53rd percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 65 | Compare The McDowell Hospital |
| 66 | Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital | −0.70%, 13th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.86, 83rd percentile | 190 min, 24th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 105 | Compare Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital |
| 67 | Central Carolina Hospital | −0.74%, 11th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 172 min, 34th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 137 | Compare Central Carolina Hospital |
| 68 | High Point Regional Health System | −0.75%, 11th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.1%, 74th percentile | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 247 min, 5th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 354 | Compare High Point Regional Health System |
| 69 | Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery Ce | −0.77%, 10th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 13.8%, 96th percentile | 0.68, 99th percentile | 163 min, 40th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 735 | Compare Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery Ce |
| 70 | Onslow Memorial Hospital | −0.79%, 10th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | 1.19, 11th percentile | 187 min, 26th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 150 | Compare Onslow Memorial Hospital |
| 71 | Columbus Regional Healthcare System | −0.82%, 9th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 177 min, 31st percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 166 | Compare Columbus Regional Healthcare System |
| 72 | Cape Fear Valley Medical Center | −0.83%, 8th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.4%, 9th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 1.06, 25th percentile | 216 min, 13th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 600 | Compare Cape Fear Valley Medical Center |
| 73 | ECU Health Medical Center | −0.97%, 5th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 13.4%, 12th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 289 min, 2nd percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 909 | Compare ECU Health Medical Center |
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.
- Value-based purchasing adjustment
- Change to Medicare payments under Hospital Value-Based Purchasing: a bonus (positive) or penalty (negative, up to 2%) based on the Total Performance Score..
- 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).