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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. Leading: Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital, Wilkes Barre VA Medical Center, Lebanon VA Medical Center. 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%
1Wellspan Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata, PA · Acute care13.5%12.7%9.8%15.7%8.2%—9.9%Compare
2Wilkes Barre VA Medical CenterWilkes-Barre, PA · Veterans Affairs13.7%—9.5%12.1%8.8%——Compare
T3Lebanon VA Medical CenterLebanon, PA · Veterans Affairs13.8%—6.8%11.4%6.9%——Compare
T3OSS Orthopaedic HospitalYork, PA · Acute care13.8%——————Compare
T5James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center (Altoona)Altoona, PA · Veterans Affairs13.9%—11.4%13.0%7.8%——Compare
T5Lancaster General HospitalLancaster, PA · Acute care13.9%9.8%9.5%10.9%9.4%1.6%8.8%Compare
T5Gettysburg HospitalGettysburg, PA · Acute care13.9%12.1%13.5%14.5%8.6%—11.7%Compare
8Grove City Medical CenterGrove City, PA · Acute care14.1%—11.6%14.3%——13.1%Compare
9Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty HospitalBensalem, PA · Acute care14.2%——————Compare
T10Wellspan Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon, PA · Acute care14.3%10.4%10.8%13.8%7.9%2.2%8.4%Compare
T10Penn Highlands BrookvilleBrookville, PA · Critical access14.3%—12.2%16.9%———Compare
T10Wellspan York HospitalYork, PA · Acute care14.3%10.8%9.3%15.4%6.4%2.0%10.0%Compare
T10Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale, PA · Acute care14.3%12.3%11.5%21.6%10.7%—13.1%Compare
T14Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg, PA · Acute care14.4%—9.3%13.8%8.5%—10.7%Compare
T14Hospital Of University Of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care14.4%12.5%8.7%7.7%5.8%1.4%9.8%Compare
T14UPMC Bedford MemorialEverett, PA · Acute care14.4%—10.1%12.9%——10.7%Compare
T14UPMC PassavantPittsburgh, PA · Acute care14.4%11.1%10.5%14.7%8.5%2.3%10.6%Compare
T18Chester County HospitalWest Chester, PA · Acute care14.5%11.0%11.0%14.6%8.5%1.9%10.6%Compare
T18Philadelphia VA Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA · Veterans Affairs14.5%10.5%6.1%11.0%5.7%——Compare
T18Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia, PA · Acute care14.5%11.1%11.9%16.2%7.2%—8.9%Compare
T18UPMC CarlisleCarlisle, PA · Acute care14.5%13.4%10.3%16.4%7.8%—10.6%Compare
T18UPMC MercyPittsburgh, PA · Acute care14.5%12.7%10.9%12.4%6.4%—9.7%Compare
T18Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver, PA · Acute care14.5%10.9%13.0%18.6%9.9%2.1%10.9%Compare
T18UPMC AltoonaAltoona, PA · Acute care14.5%13.2%10.5%16.9%8.3%2.1%10.9%Compare
T18Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care14.5%13.3%10.5%13.4%9.1%—12.5%Compare
T18Uniontown HospitalUniontown, PA · Acute care14.5%13.1%11.3%14.7%9.5%—10.4%Compare
T18Advanced Surgical HospitalWashington, PA · Acute care14.5%——————Compare
T18Erie VA Medical CenterErie, PA · Veterans Affairs14.5%——————Compare
T29Conemaugh Nason Medical CenterRoaring Spring, PA · Acute care14.6%12.4%9.8%12.2%———Compare
T29Geisinger-Lewistown HospitalLewistown, PA · Acute care14.6%—9.7%13.8%8.7%—9.7%Compare
T29Excela Health Latrobe HospitalLatrobe, PA · Acute care14.6%11.9%11.0%16.4%7.3%—10.8%Compare
T29UPMC NorthwestSeneca, PA · Acute care14.6%12.5%8.5%13.5%8.7%—11.4%Compare
T29UPMC Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg, PA · Acute care14.6%11.5%10.1%14.2%7.6%1.9%9.4%Compare
T29Excela Health Westmoreland Regional HospitalGreensburg, PA · Acute care14.6%10.1%9.8%13.6%7.9%1.7%12.2%Compare
T29Fulton County Medical CenterMcconnellsburg, PA · Critical access14.6%——16.1%———Compare
T29AHN Emerus Westmoreland, LLCGreensburg, PA · Acute care14.6%——14.1%———Compare
T37Geisinger-Bloomsburg HospitalBloomsburg, PA · Acute care14.7%—11.4%13.3%9.0%—16.9%Compare
T37Meadville Medical CenterMeadville, PA · Acute care14.7%12.0%12.8%13.9%7.8%—11.9%Compare
T37Saint Vincent HospitalErie, PA · Acute care14.7%11.1%9.6%15.2%10.4%2.1%13.9%Compare
T37UPMC SomersetSomerset, PA · Acute care14.7%11.8%12.2%17.4%——12.8%Compare
T37Wellspan Evangelical Community HospitalLewisburg, PA · Acute care14.7%12.8%9.7%13.2%7.6%—7.9%Compare
T37Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh, PA · Acute care14.7%11.5%11.3%14.1%7.2%2.5%11.2%Compare
T37Penn Highlands DuboisDubois, PA · Acute care14.7%13.1%12.7%17.0%8.4%4.1%18.2%Compare
T37Physicians Care Surgical HospitalRoyersford, PA · Acute care14.7%——————Compare
T45Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College, PA · Acute care14.8%11.4%11.6%15.3%8.0%—12.2%Compare
T45Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville, PA · Acute care14.8%—9.1%15.6%6.8%—12.7%Compare
T45St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville, PA · Acute care14.8%11.2%10.4%11.5%5.9%—9.7%Compare
T45UPMC MemorialYork, PA · Acute care14.8%11.6%10.4%17.5%7.8%—11.2%Compare
T45UPMC MuncyMuncy, PA · Critical access14.8%—12.7%18.5%———Compare
T45Geisinger Jersey Shore HospitalJersey Shore, PA · Critical access14.8%—10.0%16.0%———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.