Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Pennsylvania with the best net Medicare quality adjustments
126 Pennsylvania hospitals ranked by net Medicare quality adjustment in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Net Medicare quality adjustmenthigher is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | −0.48% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 51 | Paoli Hospital | −0.28%, 55th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.83, 89th percentile | 220 min, 12th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 261 | Compare Paoli Hospital |
| 52 | Lower Bucks Hospital | −0.28%, 55th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 150 min, 49th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 150 | Compare Lower Bucks Hospital |
| 53 | UPMC Carlisle | −0.30%, 54th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.4%, 9th percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 1.05, 26th percentile | 211 min, 14th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 165 | Compare UPMC Carlisle |
| 54 | UPMC Passavant | −0.35%, 53rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.1%, 74th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 0.79, 94th percentile | 197 min, 20th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 346 | Compare UPMC Passavant |
| 55 | St Clair Hospital | −0.37%, 52nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.84, 87th percentile | 200 min, 19th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 328 | Compare St Clair Hospital |
| 56 | Mount Nittany Medical Center | −0.39%, 51st percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 188 min, 25th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 260 | Compare Mount Nittany Medical Center |
| 57 | Penn Highlands Huntingdon | −0.40%, 50th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 8.6%, 90th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 136 min, 60th percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 77 | Compare Penn Highlands Huntingdon |
| 58 | Pennsylvania Hospital | −0.42%, 50th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.1%, 74th percentile | 6.4%, 99th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 0.82, 90th percentile | 280 min, 2nd percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 475 | Compare Pennsylvania Hospital |
| 59 | Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center | −0.49%, 47th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 9.4%, 81st percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.89, 75th percentile | 231 min, 8th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 142 | Compare Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center |
| 60 | Wellspan Chambersburg Hospital | −0.50%, 47th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.84, 87th percentile | 178 min, 31st percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 274 | Compare Wellspan Chambersburg Hospital |
| 61 | Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City | −0.51%, 46th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 160 min, 42nd percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 24 | Compare Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City |
| 62 | UPMC Altoona | −0.53%, 46th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 1.05, 26th percentile | 210 min, 15th percentile | 1.12, 6th percentile | 398 | Compare UPMC Altoona |
| 63 | Jefferson Lansdale Hospital | −0.57%, 44th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 234 min, 8th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 140 | Compare Jefferson Lansdale Hospital |
| 64 | UPMC McKeesport Hospital | −0.57%, 44th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 205 min, 17th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 198 | Compare UPMC McKeesport Hospital |
| 65 | Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital | −0.61%, 42nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 0.66, 99th percentile | 297 min, 1st percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 195 | Compare Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital |
| 66 | Lehigh Valley Hospital | −0.65%, 41st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 181 min, 29th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 1,190 | Compare Lehigh Valley Hospital |
| 67 | Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital | −0.71%, 39th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 10.7%, 85th percentile | 7.9%, 95th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 268 min, 3rd percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 783 | Compare Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital |
| 68 | Bryn Mawr Hospital | −0.82%, 35th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.1%, 74th percentile | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.82, 90th percentile | 214 min, 13th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 284 | Compare Bryn Mawr Hospital |
| 69 | Forbes Hospital | −0.85%, 34th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 8.8%, 88th percentile | 16.5%, 3rd percentile | 1.08, 22nd percentile | 261 min, 4th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 314 | Compare Forbes Hospital |
| 70 | Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono | −0.87%, 34th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.1%, 95th percentile | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.86, 83rd percentile | 232 min, 8th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 264 | Compare Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono |
| 71 | Roxborough Memorial Hospital | −0.88%, 34th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 9.1%, 85th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 186 min, 26th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 137 | Compare Roxborough Memorial Hospital |
| 72 | UPMC Northwest | −0.88%, 33rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 8.5%, 91st percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 136 min, 60th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 173 | Compare UPMC Northwest |
| 73 | UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals | −0.89%, 33rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 1.16, 13th percentile | 215 min, 13th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 737 | Compare UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals |
| 74 | Robert Packer Hospital | −0.89%, 33rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 13.4%, 12th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 163 min, 40th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 307 | Compare Robert Packer Hospital |
| 75 | Allegheny General Hospital | −0.91%, 33rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 1.05, 26th percentile | 274 min, 2nd percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 524 | Compare Allegheny General Hospital |
| 76 | Wellspan York Hospital | −0.92%, 32nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 254 min, 4th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 590 | Compare Wellspan York Hospital |
| 77 | LECOM Medical Center And Behavioral Health Pav | −0.93%, 32nd percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 12.8%, 18th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 1.16, 13th percentile | 131 min, 64th percentile | 1.15, 4th percentile | 144 | Compare LECOM Medical Center And Behavioral Health Pav |
| 78 | Temple University Hospital | −0.98%, 31st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 8.6%, 90th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 243 min, 6th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 891 | Compare Temple University Hospital |
| 79 | Holy Redeemer Hospital And Medical Center | −1.00%, 30th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 1.14, 15th percentile | 195 min, 21st percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 268 | Compare Holy Redeemer Hospital And Medical Center |
| 80 | UPMC Greene | −1.00%, 29th percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | 120 min, 74th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 18 | Compare UPMC Greene |
| 81 | Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center | −1.03%, 27th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 10.1%, 95th percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 200 min, 19th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 356 | Compare Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center |
| 82 | Nazareth Hospital | −1.06%, 26th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 222 min, 11th percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 203 | Compare Nazareth Hospital |
| 83 | Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center | −1.08%, 25th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 252 min, 5th percentile | 1.11, 7th percentile | 240 | Compare Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center |
| 84 | St Mary Medical Center | −1.10%, 25th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 16.6%, 2nd percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 237 min, 7th percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 373 | Compare St Mary Medical Center |
| 85 | Doylestown Hospital | −1.11%, 25th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.73, 97th percentile | 228 min, 9th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 245 | Compare Doylestown Hospital |
| 86 | Excela Health Latrobe Hospital | −1.14%, 24th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 1.13, 16th percentile | 190 min, 24th percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 170 | Compare Excela Health Latrobe Hospital |
| 87 | UPMC Hamot | −1.16%, 23rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.6%, 7th percentile | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 193 min, 23rd percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 343 | Compare UPMC Hamot |
| 88 | Punxsutawney Area Hospital | −1.17%, 23rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 136 min, 60th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 49 | Compare Punxsutawney Area Hospital |
| 89 | Riddle Memorial Hospital | −1.21%, 22nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.1%, 74th percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 302 min, 1st percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 243 | Compare Riddle Memorial Hospital |
| 90 | UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside | −1.24%, 21st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 7.6%, 96th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 1.40, 4th percentile | 234 min, 8th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 1,577 | Compare UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside |
| 91 | UPMC Hanover | −1.28%, 21st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 1.14, 15th percentile | 225 min, 10th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 100 | Compare UPMC Hanover |
| 92 | Jefferson Abington Hospital | −1.28%, 20th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 8.2%, 93rd percentile | 17.1%, 1st percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 256 min, 4th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 667 | Compare Jefferson Abington Hospital |
| 93 | Penn State Health St. Joseph | −1.29%, 20th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 0.83, 89th percentile | 232 min, 8th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 180 | Compare Penn State Health St. Joseph |
| 94 | Regional Hospital Of Scranton | −1.32%, 20th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 11.2%, 46th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 187 min, 26th percentile | 1.08, 12th percentile | 308 | Compare Regional Hospital Of Scranton |
| 95 | West Penn Hospital | −1.34%, 19th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 16.3%, 4th percentile | 1.06, 25th percentile | 208 min, 15th percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 500 | Compare West Penn Hospital |
| 96 | Uniontown Hospital | −1.38%, 18th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 186 min, 26th percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 190 | Compare Uniontown Hospital |
| 97 | Independence Health System Butler Memorial Hospita | −1.42%, 17th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.7%, 6th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 1.25, 8th percentile | 194 min, 22nd percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 294 | Compare Independence Health System Butler Memorial Hospita |
| 98 | UPMC Horizon | −1.42%, 17th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 15.4%, 2nd percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 156 min, 45th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 201 | Compare UPMC Horizon |
| 99 | Gettysburg Hospital | −1.52%, 15th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 13.5%, 11th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 149 min, 50th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 76 | Compare Gettysburg Hospital |
| 100 | Wayne Memorial Hospital | −1.56%, 14th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 1.09, 20th percentile | 212 min, 14th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 83 | Compare Wayne Memorial 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.
- Net Medicare quality adjustment
- Approximate combined change to the hospital's Medicare inpatient payments from the three pay-for-performance programs, added together: the readmissions penalty, the value-based purchasing bonus or penalty, and the 1% cut for hospital-acquired conditions. Inpatient prospective payment system hospitals only; Maryland hospitals are exempt..
- 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).