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Hospitals in Pennsylvania with the lowest serious complications

126 Pennsylvania hospitals ranked by serious complications in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: St Lukes Hospital, Hospital Of University Of Pennsylvania, Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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126 hospitals ranked in Pennsylvania by serious complications; 60 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	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	C. diff infectionslower is better	Compare
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1	St Lukes HospitalBethlehem, PA · Acute care	0.61, 100th percentile	0.23, 72nd percentile	0.24, 64th percentile	0.85, 40th percentile	2.14, 12th percentile	0.70, 41st percentile	0.20, 62nd percentile	Compare St Lukes Hospital
T2	Hospital Of University Of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care	0.66, 99th percentile	0.89, 20th percentile	0.98, 12th percentile	1.09, 28th percentile	1.14, 36th percentile	0.53, 57th percentile	0.39, 35th percentile	Compare Hospital Of University Of Pennsylvania
T2	Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton, PA · Acute care	0.66, 99th percentile	0.69, 32nd percentile	1.18, 8th percentile	0.62, 56th percentile	1.75, 20th percentile	0.58, 52nd percentile	0.20, 61st percentile	Compare Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital
T4	Philadelphia VA Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA · Veterans Affairs	0.73, 97th percentile	0.75, 29th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	—	Compare Philadelphia VA Medical Center
T4	Doylestown HospitalDoylestown, PA · Acute care	0.73, 97th percentile	0.56, 44th percentile	0.80, 19th percentile	1.35, 19th percentile	—	0.74, 38th percentile	0.60, 18th percentile	Compare Doylestown Hospital
6	Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver, PA · Acute care	0.78, 95th percentile	0.63, 36th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	2.35, 2nd percentile	—	0.54, 55th percentile	1.18, 4th percentile	Compare Heritage Valley Beaver
T7	St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville, PA · Acute care	0.79, 94th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.72, 24th percentile	0.34, 74th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.79, 10th percentile	Compare St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus
T7	UPMC PassavantPittsburgh, PA · Acute care	0.79, 94th percentile	0.42, 56th percentile	0.71, 24th percentile	0.97, 33rd percentile	—	0.92, 25th percentile	0.68, 14th percentile	Compare UPMC Passavant
9	Wellspan Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon, PA · Acute care	0.80, 93rd percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.31, 59th percentile	0.69, 52nd percentile	—	1.08, 18th percentile	0.26, 53rd percentile	Compare Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital
T10	Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr, PA · Acute care	0.82, 90th percentile	0.14, 77th percentile	0.81, 19th percentile	0.53, 62nd percentile	—	0.32, 73rd percentile	0.35, 40th percentile	Compare Bryn Mawr Hospital
T10	Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care	0.82, 90th percentile	0.97, 17th percentile	0.26, 63rd percentile	1.09, 28th percentile	0.72, 57th percentile	0.99, 21st percentile	0.40, 33rd percentile	Compare Pennsylvania Hospital
T12	Chester County HospitalWest Chester, PA · Acute care	0.83, 89th percentile	0.43, 54th percentile	0.37, 53rd percentile	0.90, 37th percentile	0.96, 42nd percentile	0.49, 60th percentile	0.34, 41st percentile	Compare Chester County Hospital
T12	Paoli HospitalPaoli, PA · Acute care	0.83, 89th percentile	0.77, 27th percentile	0.69, 25th percentile	1.51, 14th percentile	—	1.38, 10th percentile	0.42, 32nd percentile	Compare Paoli Hospital
T12	Wilkes Barre VA Medical CenterWilkes-Barre, PA · Veterans Affairs	0.83, 89th percentile	—	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	—	Compare Wilkes Barre VA Medical Center
T12	Penn State Health St. JosephReading, PA · Acute care	0.83, 89th percentile	0.61, 38th percentile	0.23, 65th percentile	1.04, 30th percentile	—	1.36, 10th percentile	0.75, 11th percentile	Compare Penn State Health St. Joseph
T16	Geisinger-Lewistown HospitalLewistown, PA · Acute care	0.84, 87th percentile	1.05, 14th percentile	0.98, 12th percentile	—	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.73, 11th percentile	Compare Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
T16	Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville, PA · Acute care	0.84, 87th percentile	1.54, 5th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.35, 40th percentile	Compare Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson Street
T16	St Clair HospitalPittsburgh, PA · Acute care	0.84, 87th percentile	0.93, 18th percentile	0.59, 33rd percentile	0.97, 33rd percentile	—	0.53, 57th percentile	0.38, 36th percentile	Compare St Clair Hospital
T16	Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg, PA · Acute care	0.84, 87th percentile	0.37, 61st percentile	0.54, 36th percentile	—	—	1.37, 10th percentile	0.11, 73rd percentile	Compare Wellspan Chambersburg Hospital
T20	Lebanon VA Medical CenterLebanon, PA · Veterans Affairs	0.85, 85th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Lebanon VA Medical Center
T20	St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks CampusQuakertown, PA · Acute care	0.85, 85th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	0.81, 33rd percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus
T20	Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care	0.85, 85th percentile	1.00, 16th percentile	0.62, 30th percentile	1.05, 29th percentile	—	1.45, 8th percentile	0.42, 31st percentile	Compare Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
T20	Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia, PA · Acute care	0.85, 85th percentile	0.20, 74th percentile	0.69, 25th percentile	0.84, 41st percentile	—	0.33, 73rd percentile	0.47, 27th percentile	Compare Riddle Memorial Hospital
T20	Jefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale, PA · Acute care	0.85, 85th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.54, 21st percentile	Compare Jefferson Lansdale Hospital
T20	Robert Packer HospitalSayre, PA · Acute care	0.85, 85th percentile	0.43, 55th percentile	0.62, 30th percentile	0.79, 45th percentile	—	0.23, 78th percentile	0.07, 77th percentile	Compare Robert Packer Hospital
T26	St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton, PA · Acute care	0.86, 83rd percentile	—	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	0.33, 43rd percentile	Compare St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
T26	St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg, PA · Acute care	0.86, 83rd percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.39, 51st percentile	0.49, 65th percentile	—	0.95, 23rd percentile	0.20, 61st percentile	Compare St Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus
T26	Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg, PA · Acute care	0.86, 83rd percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.50, 64th percentile	—	0.56, 53rd percentile	0.07, 78th percentile	Compare Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono
T26	Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care	0.86, 83rd percentile	0.91, 19th percentile	0.49, 41st percentile	0.39, 71st percentile	—	1.57, 7th percentile	0.35, 41st percentile	Compare Jefferson Health- Northeast
T30	Lancaster General HospitalLancaster, PA · Acute care	0.87, 81st percentile	0.29, 67th percentile	0.47, 42nd percentile	0.82, 43rd percentile	0.54, 70th percentile	0.45, 64th percentile	0.30, 47th percentile	Compare Lancaster General Hospital
T30	Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey, PA · Acute care	0.87, 81st percentile	0.72, 30th percentile	0.54, 36th percentile	0.44, 68th percentile	0.56, 68th percentile	0.38, 69th percentile	0.44, 29th percentile	Compare Milton S Hershey Medical Center
T30	Penn State Health Hampden Medical CenterEnola, PA · Acute care	0.87, 81st percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center
T30	OSS Orthopaedic HospitalYork, PA · Acute care	0.87, 81st percentile	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare OSS Orthopaedic Hospital
T34	Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg, PA · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.25, 55th percentile	Compare Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital
T34	Heritage Valley SewickleySewickley, PA · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	—	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	0.74, 11th percentile	Compare Heritage Valley Sewickley
T34	UPMC EastMonroeville, PA · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	0.18, 75th percentile	1.15, 9th percentile	0.67, 53rd percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.74, 11th percentile	Compare UPMC East
T34	Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	1.46, 6th percentile	0.55, 36th percentile	—	—	1.10, 18th percentile	0.63, 16th percentile	Compare Nazareth Hospital
T38	Wellspan Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata, PA · Acute care	0.89, 75th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.51, 39th percentile	1.96, 6th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.62, 17th percentile	Compare Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital
T38	UPMC LititzLititz, PA · Acute care	0.89, 75th percentile	—	0.00, 88th percentile	—	0.88, 46th percentile	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare UPMC Lititz
T38	Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster, PA · Acute care	0.89, 75th percentile	0.86, 22nd percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.39, 35th percentile	Compare Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center
41	Suburban Community HospitalNorristown, PA · Acute care	0.90, 73rd percentile	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Suburban Community Hospital
T42	Conemaugh Nason Medical CenterRoaring Spring, PA · Acute care	0.91, 70th percentile	—	—	0.00, 91st percentile	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Conemaugh Nason Medical Center
T42	St Luke's Miners Memorial HospitalCoaldale, PA · Acute care	0.91, 70th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.28, 49th percentile	Compare St Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital
T42	Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville, PA · Acute care	0.91, 70th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	1.53, 4th percentile	0.52, 63rd percentile	—	0.63, 46th percentile	0.37, 37th percentile	Compare Phoenixville Hospital
T45	Allegheny Valley HospitalNatrona, PA · Acute care	0.92, 67th percentile	—	0.84, 18th percentile	—	—	—	0.88, 7th percentile	Compare Allegheny Valley Hospital
T45	Lower Bucks HospitalBristol, PA · Acute care	0.92, 67th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.18, 64th percentile	Compare Lower Bucks Hospital
T45	Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty HospitalBensalem, PA · Acute care	0.92, 67th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital
T45	Surgical Institute Of ReadingWyomissing, PA · Acute care	0.92, 67th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Surgical Institute Of Reading
T49	Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood, PA · Acute care	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.36, 61st percentile	0.80, 20th percentile	1.43, 16th percentile	0.66, 62nd percentile	0.83, 32nd percentile	0.23, 57th percentile	Compare Main Line Hospital Lankenau
T49	Saint Vincent HospitalErie, PA · Acute care	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.46, 52nd percentile	0.36, 54th percentile	1.86, 7th percentile	0.84, 48th percentile	0.52, 58th percentile	0.56, 20th percentile	Compare Saint Vincent 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.

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