Hospital rankings
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.
| # | 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 |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 101 | UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals | 0.67, 14th percentile | 1.16, 13th percentile | 0.53, 46th percentile | 0.55, 35th percentile | 0.71, 51st percentile | 0.61, 65th percentile | 1.31, 11th percentile | Compare UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals |
| T102 | UPMC Passavant | 0.68, 14th percentile | 0.79, 94th percentile | 0.42, 56th percentile | 0.71, 24th percentile | 0.97, 33rd percentile | — | 0.92, 25th percentile | Compare UPMC Passavant |
| T102 | Indiana Regional Medical Center | 0.68, 14th percentile | 1.20, 10th percentile | 0.41, 57th percentile | 0.23, 65th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 1.17, 15th percentile | Compare Indiana Regional Medical Center |
| 104 | Pottstown Hospital | 0.72, 12th percentile | 1.36, 5th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 1.03, 11th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | Compare Pottstown Hospital |
| 105 | Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital | 0.73, 11th percentile | 0.84, 87th percentile | 1.05, 14th percentile | 0.98, 12th percentile | — | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | Compare Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital |
| 106 | UPMC East | 0.74, 11th percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 0.18, 75th percentile | 1.15, 9th percentile | 0.67, 53rd percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | Compare UPMC East |
| 107 | Heritage Valley Sewickley | 0.74, 11th percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | — | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Heritage Valley Sewickley |
| 108 | Penn State Health St. Joseph | 0.75, 11th percentile | 0.83, 89th percentile | 0.61, 38th percentile | 0.23, 65th percentile | 1.04, 30th percentile | — | 1.36, 10th percentile | Compare Penn State Health St. Joseph |
| 109 | Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center | 0.77, 11th percentile | 1.10, 19th percentile | 0.13, 77th percentile | 0.96, 13th percentile | 0.72, 49th percentile | — | 0.93, 25th percentile | Compare Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center |
| 110 | UPMC Hanover | 0.78, 10th percentile | 1.14, 15th percentile | 0.99, 16th percentile | 1.06, 10th percentile | 2.11, 4th percentile | — | 2.58, 1st percentile | Compare UPMC Hanover |
| 111 | St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus | 0.79, 10th percentile | 0.79, 94th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.72, 24th percentile | 0.34, 74th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | Compare St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus |
| 112 | Wellspan Evangelical Community Hospital | 0.82, 9th percentile | 1.60, 1st percentile | — | 0.61, 31st percentile | 1.77, 9th percentile | — | — | Compare Wellspan Evangelical Community Hospital |
| 113 | Mount Nittany Medical Center | 0.84, 8th percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.62, 30th percentile | 0.86, 40th percentile | — | 0.59, 51st percentile | Compare Mount Nittany Medical Center |
| 114 | Excela Health Latrobe Hospital | 0.85, 8th percentile | 1.13, 16th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.91, 15th percentile | 0.46, 67th percentile | — | 0.63, 47th percentile | Compare Excela Health Latrobe Hospital |
| 115 | Excela Health - Frick Hospital | 0.86, 8th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Excela Health - Frick Hospital |
| 116 | Allegheny Valley Hospital | 0.88, 7th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | — | 0.84, 18th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Allegheny Valley Hospital |
| 117 | Roxborough Memorial Hospital | 0.98, 6th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | — | 2.00, 1st percentile | — | — | — | Compare Roxborough Memorial Hospital |
| 118 | Independence Health System Clarion Hospital | 1.06, 5th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Independence Health System Clarion Hospital |
| 119 | Heritage Valley Beaver | 1.18, 4th percentile | 0.78, 95th percentile | 0.63, 36th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 2.35, 2nd percentile | — | 0.54, 55th percentile | Compare Heritage Valley Beaver |
| 120 | Grove City Medical Center | 1.53, 2nd percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Grove City Medical Center |
| 121 | UPMC Muncy | 1.98, 1st percentile | — | — | 0.67, 26th percentile | — | — | — | Compare UPMC Muncy |
| 122 | Titusville Area Hospital | 2.51, 0th percentile | — | — | 0.83, 18th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Titusville Area Hospital |
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).