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Hospitals in Pennsylvania with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate

145 Pennsylvania hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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145 hospitals ranked in Pennsylvania by hospital-wide readmission rate; 41 more match but have no reported value.

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National average15.0%11.9%11.1%15.2%8.6%2.4%11.9%
T45Penn Highlands Mon ValleyMonongahela, PA · Acute care14.8%12.3%11.5%19.9%8.7%—9.2%Compare
T52UPMC ColeCoudersport, PA · Critical access14.9%—12.2%22.9%9.2%——Compare
T52Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg, PA · Acute care14.9%12.4%10.2%14.0%7.7%—12.1%Compare
T52Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg, PA · Acute care14.9%10.1%11.7%16.0%8.2%2.4%13.5%Compare
T52Independence Health System Butler Memorial HospitaButler, PA · Acute care14.9%13.7%13.0%16.2%9.9%3.0%12.4%Compare
T52Titusville Area HospitalTitusville, PA · Critical access14.9%—12.8%18.1%———Compare
T57Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr, PA · Acute care15.0%11.1%12.1%13.8%5.9%—12.0%Compare
T57Penn Highlands ElkSaint Marys, PA · Critical access15.0%—12.8%15.3%8.2%—12.5%Compare
T57UPMC EastMonroeville, PA · Acute care15.0%11.1%10.2%17.2%7.6%—9.0%Compare
T57UPMC LititzLititz, PA · Acute care15.0%11.5%14.0%15.5%——13.7%Compare
T57ACMH HospitalKittanning, PA · Acute care15.0%—13.3%15.3%7.6%—9.5%Compare
T57Lehigh Valley Hospital - HazletonHazleton, PA · Acute care15.0%—12.5%15.9%8.0%—10.6%Compare
T57Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy FitzgeraldDarby, PA · Acute care15.0%11.7%7.8%16.2%7.6%—9.3%Compare
T57Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre, PA · Acute care15.0%14.5%16.0%17.1%9.3%4.0%16.2%Compare
T65Heritage Valley SewickleySewickley, PA · Acute care15.1%—11.6%19.9%8.6%—12.5%Compare
T65UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh, PA · Acute care15.1%11.0%7.6%12.0%7.0%1.6%8.7%Compare
T65Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster, PA · Acute care15.1%11.6%9.4%11.7%7.2%—8.8%Compare
T65UPMC McKeesport HospitalMc Keesport, PA · Acute care15.1%—12.4%15.8%7.3%—11.9%Compare
T65UPMC WellsboroWellsboro, PA · Critical access15.1%—11.8%16.2%9.6%—12.3%Compare
T65UPMC WilliamsportWilliamsport, PA · Acute care15.1%14.1%14.0%18.5%10.6%1.8%9.8%Compare
T65LECOM Health Corry Memorial HospitalCorry, PA · Critical access15.1%—18.8%15.9%———Compare
T65Penn Highlands TyroneTyrone, PA · Critical access15.1%——————Compare
T65UPMC GreeneWaynesburg, PA · Acute care15.1%——————Compare
T74St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg, PA · Acute care15.2%10.4%7.4%14.2%8.2%—11.6%Compare
T74Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care15.2%10.7%8.1%11.5%7.7%1.4%7.6%Compare
T74Suburban Community HospitalNorristown, PA · Acute care15.2%——12.8%———Compare
T74Wellspan Waynesboro HospitalWaynesboro, PA · Acute care15.2%11.7%11.5%14.5%8.8%—11.5%Compare
T74Lower Bucks HospitalBristol, PA · Acute care15.2%11.6%10.9%14.1%——10.4%Compare
T74Penn Highlands HuntingdonHuntingdon, PA · Acute care15.2%12.0%8.6%15.5%8.3%—10.8%Compare
T74Warren General HospitalWarren, PA · Acute care15.2%—12.1%15.5%8.6%—15.6%Compare
T81AHN Wexford HospitalWexford, PA · Acute care15.3%10.7%9.0%10.2%8.0%—10.1%Compare
T81Paoli HospitalPaoli, PA · Acute care15.3%12.8%10.1%12.7%5.9%—11.1%Compare
T81Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey, PA · Acute care15.3%12.0%9.2%10.7%9.2%2.2%9.0%Compare
T81The Washington HospitalWashington, PA · Acute care15.3%12.4%12.0%16.7%8.8%2.0%16.3%Compare
T81Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill, PA · Acute care15.3%12.7%11.3%11.1%9.4%3.3%7.7%Compare
T81UPMC St MargaretPittsburgh, PA · Acute care15.3%—9.2%15.3%8.1%—10.4%Compare
T81Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterJohnstown, PA · Acute care15.3%12.0%12.2%14.0%9.8%2.0%11.3%Compare
T81Conemaugh Miners Medical CenterHastings, PA · Critical access15.3%——14.8%———Compare
T89Jefferson HospitalJefferson Hills, PA · Acute care15.4%12.7%10.0%17.4%9.4%2.3%11.2%Compare
T89Reading HospitalWest Reading, PA · Acute care15.4%10.3%8.5%12.4%8.5%2.0%10.0%Compare
T89Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care15.4%10.7%7.9%14.6%8.3%—10.6%Compare
T89UPMC JamesonNew Castle, PA · Acute care15.4%10.5%13.0%19.7%——11.1%Compare
T89Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care15.4%11.0%8.9%15.1%8.0%2.6%12.2%Compare
T89Pottstown HospitalPottstown, PA · Acute care15.4%11.2%10.8%14.1%7.6%—11.6%Compare
T89LECOM Medical Center And Behavioral Health PavErie, PA · Acute care15.4%—12.8%————Compare
T96Doylestown HospitalDoylestown, PA · Acute care15.5%11.0%10.9%14.7%7.8%2.4%11.1%Compare
T96Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown, PA · Acute care15.5%11.5%9.8%13.1%6.7%1.7%9.7%Compare
T96St Clair HospitalPittsburgh, PA · Acute care15.5%11.4%10.9%15.1%7.6%2.2%13.8%Compare
T96Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville, PA · Acute care15.5%11.5%11.5%15.8%7.6%—14.6%Compare
T96UPMC HamotErie, PA · Acute care15.5%13.6%12.1%12.2%9.7%2.4%11.0%Compare

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-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.
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Pneumonia death rate
30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
COPD death rate
30-day death rate for COPD patients.
CABG surgery death rate
30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
Stroke death rate
30-day death rate for stroke patients.