Hospital rankings
Hospitals in North Carolina with the lowest serious complications
81 North Carolina hospitals ranked by serious complications in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| T51 | Atrium Health University City | 1.01, 33rd percentile | 0.99, 16th percentile | 0.43, 46th percentile | 1.22, 23rd percentile | — | 0.43, 65th percentile | 0.23, 58th percentile | Compare Atrium Health University City |
| T51 | Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center | 1.01, 33rd percentile | 0.41, 57th percentile | 0.59, 33rd percentile | 1.29, 21st percentile | 1.37, 30th percentile | 0.60, 50th percentile | 0.22, 59th percentile | Compare Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center |
| T53 | AdventHealth Hendersonville | 1.02, 31st percentile | — | 1.39, 5th percentile | 0.56, 60th percentile | — | — | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare AdventHealth Hendersonville |
| T53 | Vidant Edgecombe Hospital | 1.02, 31st percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 1.68, 3rd percentile | — | — | — | 0.94, 6th percentile | Compare Vidant Edgecombe Hospital |
| T55 | Atrium Health Cleveland | 1.03, 29th percentile | 0.27, 69th percentile | 0.16, 71st percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 0.80, 34th percentile | 0.24, 55th percentile | Compare Atrium Health Cleveland |
| T55 | Harris Regional Hospital | 1.03, 29th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | — | 0.23, 58th percentile | Compare Harris Regional Hospital |
| T55 | Frye Regional Medical Center | 1.03, 29th percentile | 2.87, 1st percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 1.20, 24th percentile | — | 1.08, 18th percentile | 0.16, 68th percentile | Compare Frye Regional Medical Center |
| T58 | WakeMed, Cary Hospital | 1.04, 28th percentile | 0.28, 68th percentile | 0.19, 68th percentile | 0.52, 63rd percentile | — | 1.19, 14th percentile | 0.23, 58th percentile | Compare WakeMed, Cary Hospital |
| T58 | Caromont Regional Medical Center | 1.04, 28th percentile | 0.33, 64th percentile | 0.36, 54th percentile | 0.13, 81st percentile | — | 0.50, 59th percentile | 0.20, 61st percentile | Compare Caromont Regional Medical Center |
| T58 | Atrium Health Pineville | 1.04, 28th percentile | 0.37, 61st percentile | 0.30, 59th percentile | 0.49, 65th percentile | — | 0.42, 66th percentile | 0.29, 49th percentile | Compare Atrium Health Pineville |
| T61 | Cape Fear Valley Medical Center | 1.06, 25th percentile | 0.80, 26th percentile | 1.29, 6th percentile | 1.51, 14th percentile | 1.84, 17th percentile | 0.42, 66th percentile | 0.53, 22nd percentile | Compare Cape Fear Valley Medical Center |
| T61 | Rutherford Regional Medical Center | 1.06, 25th percentile | — | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | — | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Rutherford Regional Medical Center |
| T61 | Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital | 1.06, 25th percentile | — | 0.62, 30th percentile | — | — | — | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital |
| 64 | Columbus Regional Healthcare System | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 1.96, 3rd percentile | 2.11, 1st percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 2.77, 0th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Columbus Regional Healthcare System |
| T65 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital | 1.08, 22nd percentile | 0.75, 28th percentile | 0.24, 64th percentile | 1.31, 20th percentile | 2.04, 14th percentile | 1.13, 17th percentile | 0.35, 39th percentile | Compare North Carolina Baptist Hospital |
| T65 | Caldwell Memorial Hospital | 1.08, 22nd percentile | 1.29, 8th percentile | 0.47, 42nd percentile | 0.93, 35th percentile | — | — | 0.51, 24th percentile | Compare Caldwell Memorial Hospital |
| T65 | Moses H. Cone The Memorial Hospital | 1.08, 22nd percentile | 0.28, 68th percentile | 0.19, 69th percentile | 1.26, 22nd percentile | — | 0.46, 63rd percentile | 0.09, 75th percentile | Compare Moses H. Cone The Memorial Hospital |
| T65 | Stanly Regional Medical Center | 1.08, 22nd percentile | — | 0.85, 17th percentile | — | — | — | 0.14, 70th percentile | Compare Stanly Regional Medical Center |
| 69 | Carteret General Hospital | 1.09, 20th percentile | — | 0.00, 88th percentile | 3.23, 0th percentile | — | — | 0.87, 7th percentile | Compare Carteret General Hospital |
| T70 | Duke University Hospital | 1.10, 19th percentile | 0.73, 30th percentile | 0.37, 52nd percentile | 1.05, 30th percentile | 1.37, 30th percentile | 0.59, 51st percentile | 0.40, 34th percentile | Compare Duke University Hospital |
| T70 | Asheville-Oteen VA Medical Center | 1.10, 19th percentile | — | 0.36, 54th percentile | — | — | — | — | Compare Asheville-Oteen VA Medical Center |
| T70 | Sentara Albemarle Medical Center | 1.10, 19th percentile | 1.02, 15th percentile | 1.12, 9th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 1.83, 4th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Sentara Albemarle Medical Center |
| 73 | Northern Regional Hospital | 1.13, 16th percentile | — | 0.00, 88th percentile | 2.81, 1st percentile | — | — | 0.86, 8th percentile | Compare Northern Regional Hospital |
| 74 | Person Memorial Hospital | 1.17, 12th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Person Memorial Hospital |
| 75 | Atrium Health Union | 1.18, 12th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.95, 34th percentile | — | 0.74, 38th percentile | 0.27, 51st percentile | Compare Atrium Health Union |
| T76 | Rex Hospital | 1.19, 11th percentile | 0.30, 66th percentile | 0.82, 18th percentile | 0.47, 66th percentile | 1.45, 28th percentile | 0.82, 32nd percentile | 0.27, 51st percentile | Compare Rex Hospital |
| T76 | Onslow Memorial Hospital | 1.19, 11th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 1.85, 4th percentile | 0.28, 49th percentile | Compare Onslow Memorial Hospital |
| 78 | Alamance Regional Medical Center | 1.27, 7th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.21, 67th percentile | 1.97, 6th percentile | — | 0.73, 39th percentile | 0.06, 79th percentile | Compare Alamance Regional Medical Center |
| 79 | Granville Health Systems | 1.37, 4th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 0.42, 31st percentile | Compare Granville Health Systems |
| 80 | W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury VA Medical Center (Salsbury) | 1.38, 4th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury VA Medical Center (Salsbury) |
| 81 | Durham VA Medical Center | 1.51, 2nd percentile | 1.27, 9th percentile | 1.27, 7th percentile | — | — | — | — | Compare Durham VA 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.
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).