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Top-rated hospitals in North Carolina

90 North Carolina hospitals ranked by overall star rating in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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90 hospitals ranked in North Carolina by overall star rating; 30 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey 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
T41Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City, NC · Acute care3412.0%10.0%15.8%1.10148 min0.97182Compare
T41Atrium Health ClevelandShelby, NC · Acute care3312.0%11.9%14.9%1.03160 min0.94241Compare
T41Hugh Chatham Memorial HospitalElkin, NC · Acute care34—13.5%15.1%0.97168 min1.0481Compare
T41Moses H. Cone The Memorial HospitalGreensboro, NC · Acute care3311.9%10.4%13.9%1.08224 min0.941,232Compare
T41Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg, NC · Acute care3313.3%10.9%15.2%0.96195 min0.93104Compare
T41Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro, NC · Acute care33—11.4%15.7%0.93164 min1.02120Compare
T41Harris Regional HospitalSylva, NC · Acute care33—11.4%13.9%1.03174 min1.0686Compare
T41Novant Health Thomasville Medical CenterThomasville, NC · Acute care33—12.2%15.1%0.95176 min0.94149Compare
T41Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle, NC · Acute care3311.9%13.8%15.5%1.08144 min0.93109Compare
T41Atrium Health University CityCharlotte, NC · Acute care33—10.7%14.9%1.01148 min0.93130Compare
T41Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir, NC · Acute care3312.2%11.4%14.3%1.08205 min1.03110Compare
T41Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde, NC · Acute care3310.5%12.6%15.1%0.94193 min0.98178Compare
T41Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn, NC · Acute care3311.5%9.9%14.3%0.86210 min0.93108Compare
T41UNC Health Care WayneGoldsboro, NC · Acute care3310.9%9.4%15.3%0.94190 min0.96316Compare
T41Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington, NC · Acute care3214.9%9.8%13.7%1.27228 min0.93238Compare
T41Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery CeAsheville, NC · Acute care3211.2%12.2%13.8%0.68163 min0.99735Compare
T41Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington, NC · Acute care3212.9%13.6%13.7%1.01204 min0.94769Compare
T41Ashe Memorial HospitalJefferson, NC · Critical access3——10.5%15.5%—178 min—76Compare
T41Person Memorial HospitalRoxboro, NC · Acute care3——12.8%14.7%1.17192 min0.9250Compare
T70Angel Medical CenterFranklin, NC · Critical access24—10.9%15.7%—120 min—25Compare
T70Carteret General HospitalMorehead City, NC · Acute care2413.7%14.4%15.7%1.09225 min0.92117Compare
T70Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute care2414.9%17.3%14.2%0.93228 min0.96258Compare
T70Transylvania Regional Hospital, IncBrevard, NC · Critical access24—11.1%16.8%—98 min—25Compare
T70Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington, NC · Acute care23—11.3%15.1%0.95154 min0.8894Compare
T70Sampson Regional Medical CenterClinton, NC · Acute care24—11.7%15.5%0.96127 min0.96146Compare
T70ECU Health Medical CenterGreenville, NC · Acute care2313.0%13.4%15.9%0.88289 min0.99909Compare
T70High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point, NC · Acute care2311.1%10.4%15.5%0.93247 min0.95354Compare
T70Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton, NC · Acute care2313.4%11.6%16.1%0.90248 min0.89314Compare
T70Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute care2311.8%14.6%15.6%1.03174 min1.04338Compare
T70Granville Health SystemsOxford, NC · Acute care23—12.1%14.9%1.37191 min0.8962Compare
T70Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · Acute care2313.4%10.2%15.4%1.06216 min0.98600Compare
T70Vidant Roanoke Chowan HospitalAhoskie, NC · Acute care23—14.4%16.2%1.06140 min0.95124Compare
T70ECU Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids, NC · Acute care2211.7%9.5%14.6%0.92212 min0.99206Compare
T70Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton, NC · Acute care2311.7%11.7%15.5%1.06144 min0.94143Compare
T70Central Carolina HospitalSanford, NC · Acute care22—9.7%15.5%0.92172 min0.96137Compare
T70Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson, NC · Acute care2211.1%9.5%15.5%0.97168 min1.01102Compare
T87Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville, NC · Acute care12—9.7%14.5%1.07177 min1.01166Compare
T87Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville, NC · Acute care12—11.6%16.4%1.19187 min1.00150Compare
T87Wilson Medical CenterWilson, NC · Acute care1210.7%12.0%15.1%0.93191 min0.95317Compare
T87Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville, NC · Acute care1212.5%12.4%15.3%0.86190 min0.94105Compare

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.

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).