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Hospitals in Pennsylvania with the lowest C. diff infections

122 Pennsylvania hospitals ranked by C. diff infections 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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122 hospitals ranked in Pennsylvania by c. diff infections; 64 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	C. diff infectionslower is better	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	Compare
	National average	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
51	Crozer Chester Medical CenterUpland, PA · Acute care	0.36, 39th percentile	1.57, 2nd percentile	0.27, 68th percentile	0.14, 72nd percentile	—	—	0.35, 71st percentile	Compare Crozer Chester Medical Center
52	Penn Highlands DuboisDubois, PA · Acute care	0.37, 38th percentile	1.35, 5th percentile	1.06, 14th percentile	0.70, 25th percentile	0.76, 47th percentile	—	0.31, 74th percentile	Compare Penn Highlands Dubois
T53	Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown, PA · Acute care	0.37, 37th percentile	1.04, 28th percentile	0.42, 55th percentile	0.55, 36th percentile	0.40, 70th percentile	2.65, 7th percentile	0.66, 44th percentile	Compare Lehigh Valley Hospital
T53	Independence Health System Butler Memorial HospitaButler, PA · Acute care	0.37, 37th percentile	1.25, 8th percentile	1.07, 14th percentile	0.48, 42nd percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	1.16, 15th percentile	Compare Independence Health System Butler Memorial Hospita
T55	Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville, PA · Acute care	0.37, 37th percentile	0.91, 70th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	1.53, 4th percentile	0.52, 63rd percentile	—	0.63, 46th percentile	Compare Phoenixville Hospital
T55	UPMC HamotErie, PA · Acute care	0.37, 37th percentile	1.03, 29th percentile	0.64, 36th percentile	0.50, 40th percentile	0.92, 35th percentile	1.69, 21st percentile	0.97, 22nd percentile	Compare UPMC Hamot
57	UPMC St MargaretPittsburgh, PA · Acute care	0.38, 36th percentile	0.95, 55th percentile	0.86, 22nd percentile	1.54, 4th percentile	0.64, 55th percentile	—	0.43, 65th percentile	Compare UPMC St Margaret
58	St Clair HospitalPittsburgh, PA · Acute care	0.38, 36th percentile	0.84, 87th percentile	0.93, 18th percentile	0.59, 33rd percentile	0.97, 33rd percentile	—	0.53, 57th percentile	Compare St Clair Hospital
59	Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster, PA · Acute care	0.39, 35th percentile	0.89, 75th percentile	0.86, 22nd percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	Compare Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center
60	Hospital Of University Of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care	0.39, 35th percentile	0.66, 99th percentile	0.89, 20th percentile	0.98, 12th percentile	1.09, 28th percentile	1.14, 36th percentile	0.53, 57th percentile	Compare Hospital Of University Of Pennsylvania
61	Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care	0.39, 35th percentile	0.99, 37th percentile	0.66, 35th percentile	0.59, 32nd percentile	0.26, 77th percentile	0.72, 57th percentile	0.78, 35th percentile	Compare Temple University Hospital
62	Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care	0.40, 33rd percentile	0.82, 90th percentile	0.97, 17th percentile	0.26, 63rd percentile	1.09, 28th percentile	0.72, 57th percentile	0.99, 21st percentile	Compare Pennsylvania Hospital
63	Paoli HospitalPaoli, PA · Acute care	0.42, 32nd percentile	0.83, 89th percentile	0.77, 27th percentile	0.69, 25th percentile	1.51, 14th percentile	—	1.38, 10th percentile	Compare Paoli Hospital
64	Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington, PA · Acute care	0.42, 31st percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.78, 27th percentile	0.33, 57th percentile	0.69, 52nd percentile	0.71, 58th percentile	0.79, 34th percentile	Compare Jefferson Abington Hospital
T65	The Washington HospitalWashington, PA · Acute care	0.42, 31st percentile	0.98, 41st percentile	0.28, 68th percentile	0.50, 40th percentile	0.95, 34th percentile	—	0.48, 61st percentile	Compare The Washington Hospital
T65	Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy FitzgeraldDarby, PA · Acute care	0.42, 31st percentile	1.36, 5th percentile	1.08, 13th percentile	0.83, 18th percentile	1.41, 17th percentile	—	0.52, 57th percentile	Compare Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy Fitzgerald
67	Penn Highlands Mon ValleyMonongahela, PA · Acute care	0.42, 31st percentile	1.36, 5th percentile	3.08, 1st percentile	1.06, 10th percentile	—	—	0.00, 91st percentile	Compare Penn Highlands Mon Valley
68	Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care	0.42, 31st percentile	0.85, 85th percentile	1.00, 16th percentile	0.62, 30th percentile	1.05, 29th percentile	—	1.45, 8th percentile	Compare Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
69	Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre, PA · Acute care	0.43, 31st percentile	1.11, 18th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	1.34, 19th percentile	—	0.32, 73rd percentile	Compare Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
70	Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey, PA · Acute care	0.44, 29th percentile	0.87, 81st percentile	0.72, 30th percentile	0.54, 36th percentile	0.44, 68th percentile	0.56, 68th percentile	0.38, 69th percentile	Compare Milton S Hershey Medical Center
71	UPMC NorthwestSeneca, PA · Acute care	0.44, 29th percentile	0.95, 55th percentile	0.90, 20th percentile	0.36, 54th percentile	—	—	0.69, 42nd percentile	Compare UPMC Northwest
72	Geisinger Jersey Shore HospitalJersey Shore, PA · Critical access	0.45, 28th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital
73	Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale, PA · Acute care	0.46, 28th percentile	1.09, 20th percentile	—	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	Compare Wayne Memorial Hospital
74	St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne, PA · Acute care	0.46, 27th percentile	0.97, 46th percentile	0.54, 45th percentile	0.64, 28th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.91, 26th percentile	Compare St Mary Medical Center
75	Magee Womens Hospital Of UPMC Health SystemPittsburgh, PA · Acute care	0.46, 27th percentile	1.21, 10th percentile	0.59, 40th percentile	0.25, 64th percentile	1.39, 17th percentile	1.15, 36th percentile	0.53, 57th percentile	Compare Magee Womens Hospital Of UPMC Health System
76	Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia, PA · Acute care	0.47, 27th percentile	0.85, 85th percentile	0.20, 74th percentile	0.69, 25th percentile	0.84, 41st percentile	—	0.33, 73rd percentile	Compare Riddle Memorial Hospital
77	UPMC MemorialYork, PA · Acute care	0.47, 26th percentile	1.27, 7th percentile	0.61, 39th percentile	1.55, 4th percentile	2.12, 4th percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	Compare UPMC Memorial
78	Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh, PA · Acute care	0.50, 25th percentile	1.05, 26th percentile	0.54, 45th percentile	0.49, 41st percentile	0.90, 37th percentile	—	0.87, 29th percentile	Compare Allegheny General Hospital
79	Lehigh Valley Hospital - HazletonHazleton, PA · Acute care	0.50, 24th percentile	1.05, 26th percentile	—	—	0.81, 43rd percentile	—	—	Compare Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton
80	Gettysburg HospitalGettysburg, PA · Acute care	0.52, 23rd percentile	0.95, 55th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	1.29, 6th percentile	0.56, 60th percentile	—	1.79, 4th percentile	Compare Gettysburg Hospital
81	Geisinger Medical CenterDanville, PA · Acute care	0.53, 22nd percentile	0.97, 46th percentile	0.79, 27th percentile	0.55, 36th percentile	1.01, 31st percentile	0.54, 70th percentile	0.65, 45th percentile	Compare Geisinger Medical Center
82	Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care	0.53, 22nd percentile	1.46, 3rd percentile	0.62, 37th percentile	0.73, 23rd percentile	0.48, 66th percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	1.22, 13th percentile	Compare Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
83	Jefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale, PA · Acute care	0.54, 21st percentile	0.85, 85th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	Compare Jefferson Lansdale Hospital
84	Punxsutawney Area HospitalPunxsutawney, PA · Acute care	0.56, 20th percentile	0.99, 37th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Punxsutawney Area Hospital
85	Saint Vincent HospitalErie, PA · Acute care	0.56, 20th percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.46, 52nd percentile	0.36, 54th percentile	1.86, 7th percentile	0.84, 48th percentile	0.52, 58th percentile	Compare Saint Vincent Hospital
86	UPMC HorizonGreenville, PA · Acute care	0.57, 19th percentile	0.96, 51st percentile	—	0.56, 35th percentile	—	—	—	Compare UPMC Horizon
87	Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre, PA · Acute care	0.58, 19th percentile	0.98, 41st percentile	0.57, 42nd percentile	0.52, 38th percentile	0.74, 48th percentile	—	0.64, 46th percentile	Compare Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
88	UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh, PA · Acute care	0.60, 18th percentile	1.40, 4th percentile	0.76, 28th percentile	0.48, 41st percentile	0.35, 73rd percentile	—	0.86, 30th percentile	Compare UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside
89	Forbes HospitalMonroeville, PA · Acute care	0.60, 18th percentile	1.08, 22nd percentile	0.80, 26th percentile	0.61, 30th percentile	1.25, 22nd percentile	—	0.41, 67th percentile	Compare Forbes Hospital
90	Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson CityDickson City, PA · Acute care	0.60, 18th percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City
91	Doylestown HospitalDoylestown, PA · Acute care	0.60, 18th percentile	0.73, 97th percentile	0.56, 44th percentile	0.80, 19th percentile	1.35, 19th percentile	—	0.74, 38th percentile	Compare Doylestown Hospital
92	UPMC SomersetSomerset, PA · Acute care	0.60, 17th percentile	0.94, 59th percentile	—	—	0.75, 47th percentile	—	—	Compare UPMC Somerset
93	UPMC JamesonNew Castle, PA · Acute care	0.61, 17th percentile	0.94, 59th percentile	1.44, 6th percentile	1.27, 7th percentile	0.51, 64th percentile	—	0.40, 68th percentile	Compare UPMC Jameson
94	Penn Highlands HuntingdonHuntingdon, PA · Acute care	0.61, 17th percentile	0.95, 55th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Penn Highlands Huntingdon
95	Wellspan Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata, PA · Acute care	0.62, 17th percentile	0.89, 75th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.51, 39th percentile	1.96, 6th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	Compare Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital
96	Canonsburg General HospitalCanonsburg, PA · Acute care	0.63, 16th percentile	0.94, 59th percentile	—	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	Compare Canonsburg General Hospital
97	Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care	0.63, 16th percentile	0.88, 78th percentile	1.46, 6th percentile	0.55, 36th percentile	—	—	1.10, 18th percentile	Compare Nazareth Hospital
98	Uniontown HospitalUniontown, PA · Acute care	0.65, 15th percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.38, 60th percentile	0.96, 12th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.65, 46th percentile	Compare Uniontown Hospital
99	UPMC AltoonaAltoona, PA · Acute care	0.66, 14th percentile	1.05, 26th percentile	0.67, 34th percentile	0.57, 34th percentile	0.45, 68th percentile	—	0.43, 65th percentile	Compare UPMC Altoona
100	UPMC ColeCoudersport, PA · Critical access	0.67, 14th percentile	—	—	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	Compare UPMC Cole

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.

C. diff infections: Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
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).