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Hospitals in Pennsylvania with the lowest hospital-acquired condition score

128 Pennsylvania hospitals ranked by hospital-acquired condition score in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Penn Highlands Connellsville, Lower Bucks Hospital, St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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128 hospitals ranked in Pennsylvania by hospital-acquired condition score; 58 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalHospital-acquired condition scorelower 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 average0.003.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Penn Highlands ConnellsvilleConnellsville, PA · Acute care−1.46————15.7%—68 min0.8346Compare
2Lower Bucks HospitalBristol, PA · Acute care−0.943211.6%10.9%15.2%0.92150 min0.94150Compare
3St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton, PA · Acute care−0.8754—10.0%15.9%0.86149 min0.9356Compare
4Wellspan Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata, PA · Acute care−0.845312.7%9.8%13.5%0.89184 min0.93141Compare
5Geisinger-Bloomsburg HospitalBloomsburg, PA · Acute care−0.8444—11.4%14.7%0.96162 min0.9462Compare
6OSS Orthopaedic HospitalYork, PA · Acute care−0.83—5——13.8%0.87—0.7530Compare
7St Luke's Hospital - Easton CampusEaston, PA · Acute care−0.8044—10.2%15.6%0.97101 min0.95164Compare
8Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville, PA · Acute care−0.7843—9.1%14.8%0.84172 min1.07187Compare
9Grove City Medical CenterGrove City, PA · Acute care−0.7844—11.6%14.1%0.97150 min0.8167Compare
10St Luke's Miners Memorial HospitalCoaldale, PA · Acute care−0.7744—7.9%15.9%0.91145 min0.8949Compare
11Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg, PA · Acute care−0.773310.1%11.7%14.9%0.86232 min0.99264Compare
12Independence Health System Clarion HospitalClarion, PA · Acute care−0.7224—11.0%15.6%0.96166 min0.9546Compare
13Penn State Health Hampden Medical CenterEnola, PA · Acute care−0.6943—9.1%15.8%0.87196 min1.10120Compare
14St Lukes HospitalBethlehem, PA · Acute care−0.685410.8%8.4%15.7%0.61132 min0.97817Compare
15ACMH HospitalKittanning, PA · Acute care−0.6833—13.3%15.0%1.23195 min0.92154Compare
16Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center At WindberWindber, PA · Acute care−0.662412.0%14.0%15.5%0.98141 min1.0254Compare
17St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg, PA · Acute care−0.665310.4%7.4%15.2%0.86170 min0.9298Compare
18Suburban Community HospitalNorristown, PA · Acute care−0.634———15.2%0.90167 min0.90—Compare
19Allegheny Valley HospitalNatrona, PA · Acute care−0.6243—10.2%15.7%0.92203 min1.00228Compare
20Conemaugh Nason Medical CenterRoaring Spring, PA · Acute care−0.545412.4%9.8%14.6%0.91141 min0.9345Compare
21Wellspan Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon, PA · Acute care−0.525310.4%10.8%14.3%0.80197 min0.96163Compare
22St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks CampusQuakertown, PA · Acute care−0.5254—10.6%16.4%0.85179 min0.92127Compare
23Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg, PA · Acute care−0.4954—9.3%14.4%0.88124 min0.9460Compare
24Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty HospitalBensalem, PA · Acute care−0.48—5——14.2%0.92—0.7724Compare
25St Clair HospitalPittsburgh, PA · Acute care−0.474311.4%10.9%15.5%0.84200 min0.94328Compare
26Surgical Institute Of ReadingWyomissing, PA · Acute care−0.44—4——16.0%0.92—0.9315Compare
27Physicians Care Surgical HospitalRoyersford, PA · Acute care−0.37—5——14.7%0.93—0.8612Compare
28Lancaster General HospitalLancaster, PA · Acute care−0.34539.8%9.5%13.9%0.87209 min0.97632Compare
29Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia, PA · Acute care−0.334311.1%11.9%14.5%0.85302 min0.99243Compare
30Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster, PA · Acute care−0.333311.6%9.4%15.1%0.89231 min0.99142Compare
31Advanced Surgical HospitalWashington, PA · Acute care−0.31—5——14.5%0.94—0.8414Compare
32Jefferson HospitalJefferson Hills, PA · Acute care−0.274312.7%10.0%15.4%1.17170 min0.97390Compare
33Holy Redeemer Hospital And Medical CenterMeadowbrook, PA · Acute care−0.253312.1%11.1%15.6%1.14195 min0.93268Compare
34Eagleville HospitalEagleville, PA · Acute care−0.25————————83Compare
35Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood, PA · Acute care−0.234411.2%9.5%15.7%0.93299 min1.00370Compare
36Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey, PA · Acute care−0.214312.0%9.2%15.3%0.87261 min1.05631Compare
37Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care−0.172213.3%10.5%14.5%0.88222 min1.06203Compare
38Wellspan Surgery And Rehabilitation HospitalYork, PA · Acute care−0.16—4——15.5%0.96—1.0973Compare
39Robert Packer HospitalSayre, PA · Acute care−0.152412.6%13.4%15.7%0.85163 min0.98307Compare
40Geisinger-Lewistown HospitalLewistown, PA · Acute care−0.1154—9.7%14.6%0.84181 min0.94123Compare
41Wellspan Waynesboro HospitalWaynesboro, PA · Acute care−0.104411.7%11.5%15.2%0.95145 min0.8957Compare
42Penn State Health St. JosephReading, PA · Acute care−0.083311.4%10.9%15.6%0.83232 min1.05180Compare
43Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg, PA · Acute care−0.084312.4%10.2%14.9%0.84178 min0.94274Compare
44Roxborough Memorial HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care−0.072212.8%9.1%15.5%0.93186 min0.98137Compare
45Doylestown HospitalDoylestown, PA · Acute care−0.064411.0%10.9%15.5%0.73228 min0.95245Compare
46Regional Hospital Of ScrantonScranton, PA · Acute care−0.062311.5%11.2%15.5%0.93187 min1.08308Compare
47Edgewood Surgical HospitalTransfer, PA · Acute care−0.03—————0.98——10Compare
48UPMC MercyPittsburgh, PA · Acute care−0.014312.7%10.9%14.5%0.99225 min1.08435Compare
49AHN Wexford HospitalWexford, PA · Acute care−0.015510.7%9.0%15.3%0.97184 min0.96100Compare
50Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care+0.014312.1%8.6%15.8%0.99243 min1.02891Compare

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-acquired condition score
Total score in the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, from patient safety events and infections (weighted z-scores; 0 is about average, higher is worse). Medicare cuts payments 1% for the worst-scoring quarter of hospitals..
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).