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Hospitals with the highest patients would recommend

Rank every Medicare-certified hospital on any CMS quality measure. Filter by state, type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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3,183 hospitals ranked by patients would recommend; 2,236 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPatients would recommendhigher is betterOverall 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 average873.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T183Pender Memorial HospitalBurgaw, NC · Critical access93—4——14.7%———25Compare
T183Physicians Care Surgical HospitalRoyersford, PA · Acute care93—5——14.7%0.93—0.8612Compare
T183River's Edge Hospital & ClinicSt Peter, MN · Critical access93—4——14.9%—128 min—17Compare
T183Riverview HospitalCrookston, MN · Critical access93—4——14.7%—78 min—49Compare
T183Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty HospitalBensalem, PA · Acute care93—5——14.2%0.92—0.7724Compare
T183Saint Thomas Highlands HospitalSparta, TN · Acute care93—4——14.9%0.99167 min—60Compare
T183Salina Surgical HospitalSalina, KS · Acute care93—5——14.1%0.89—0.8516Compare
T183Sidney Regional Medical CenterSidney, NE · Critical access93—5——15.4%—143 min—25Compare
T183Sioux Center HealthSioux Center, IA · Critical access93—5——14.8%—121 min—25Compare
T183Sioux Falls Specialty HospitalSioux Falls, SD · Acute care93—5——14.9%0.86—0.9433Compare
T183Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center Of Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA · Acute care93—4——14.3%1.01—0.8630Compare
T183Texas Institute For Surgery At Presbyterian HospitDallas, TX · Acute care93—5——14.6%0.93—0.959Compare
T183The Physicians CentreBryan, TX · Acute care93—5——15.1%0.93110 min0.9216Compare
T183The Spine Hospital Of LouisianaBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care93—4——16.4%0.85—0.9923Compare
T183Unity Physicians HospitalMishawaka, IN · Acute care93—4——14.8%0.96—0.9029Compare
T183Veterans Memorial HospitalWaukon, IA · Critical access93—5—12.6%14.9%—97 min—25Compare
T183Wabash General Hospital 1Mount Carmel, IL · Critical access93—4—10.1%14.8%—112 min—25Compare
T183Walter Reed National Military Medical CenBethesda, MD · Military93—4————184 min—725Compare
T183Welch Community HospitalWelch, WV · Acute care93—4——15.0%—199 min0.9455Compare
T320Adventist Health Howard MemorialWillits, CA · Critical access9254—11.3%14.5%—108 min—25Compare
T320Aurora Medical Center - SummitSummit, WI · Acute care925412.0%11.1%14.7%0.93142 min0.9066Compare
T320Baptist Health LagrangeLa Grange, KY · Acute care9254—10.6%14.4%0.98138 min1.0190Compare
T320Brigham And Women's HospitalBoston, MA · Acute care92549.1%6.7%14.9%0.88300 min1.00663Compare
T320Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr, PA · Acute care925411.1%12.1%15.0%0.82214 min1.00284Compare
T320Cass County Memorial HospitalAtlantic, IA · Critical access9254—11.1%14.0%—86 min—29Compare
T320Centra Bedford Memorial HospitalBedford, VA · Acute care9254—12.0%13.9%0.94216 min0.94161Compare
T320Charleston VA Medical CenterCharleston, SC · Veterans Affairs92549.8%8.3%16.1%0.78——500Compare
T320Cheyenne VA Medical CenterCheyenne, WY · Veterans Affairs9254—10.4%15.0%0.97——106Compare
T320Conemaugh Nason Medical CenterRoaring Spring, PA · Acute care925412.4%9.8%14.6%0.91141 min0.9345Compare
T320Corewell Health Gerber HospitalFremont, MI · Critical access9255—10.5%15.0%—145 min—61Compare
T320Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care925410.4%9.1%14.9%1.10317 min0.951,019Compare
T320Gifford Medical CenterRandolph, VT · Critical access9254—10.3%14.7%———52Compare
T320Grand Junction VA Medical CenterGrand Junction, CO · Veterans Affairs9255—8.4%14.7%0.93——103Compare
T320Holland HospitalHolland, MI · Acute care925410.9%12.9%14.0%1.11160 min0.87193Compare
T320Houston Methodist HospitalHouston, TX · Acute care925410.6%6.0%14.2%0.79159 min0.981,299Compare
T320Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land, TX · Acute care925410.3%6.9%14.6%0.64204 min0.99340Compare
T320Intermountain Health Alta View HospitalSandy, UT · Acute care9254—9.1%13.7%0.94182 min0.9770Compare
T320Iowa City VA Medical CenterIowa City, IA · Veterans Affairs925511.1%8.6%13.8%0.85——475Compare
T320James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center (Altoona)Altoona, PA · Veterans Affairs9254—11.4%13.9%———68Compare
T320Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire HospitalEau Claire, WI · Acute care925410.3%12.0%13.6%0.68178 min0.95304Compare
T320Mercy Hospital Northwest ArkansasRogers, AR · Acute care925311.7%10.9%14.0%0.74165 min1.02275Compare
T320Minneapolis VA Medical CenterMinneapolis, MN · Veterans Affairs925410.4%7.9%13.6%1.22——361Compare
T320New Ulm Medical CenterNew Ulm, MN · Critical access9254—10.1%14.7%—100 min—62Compare
T320Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton, MA · Acute care925310.9%8.1%15.1%0.67265 min0.88224Compare
T320Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield, IL · Acute care925411.0%8.9%15.1%0.72230 min1.00361Compare
T320Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, IL · Acute care925410.1%5.7%15.0%0.74350 min0.94894Compare
T320Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care9254—9.7%13.2%0.95190 min0.8636Compare
T320Orlando VA Medical CenterOrlando, FL · Veterans Affairs925510.0%6.6%15.7%0.87——100Compare
T320Palo Alto VA Medical CenterPalo Alto, CA · Veterans Affairs925410.7%8.5%14.6%0.95——2,046Compare
T320Paoli HospitalPaoli, PA · Acute care925412.8%10.1%15.3%0.83220 min1.00261Compare

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.

Patients would recommend
HCAHPS willingness to recommend the hospital, linear mean score (0-100).
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).