Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Puerto Rico with the lowest C. diff infections
12 Puerto Rico hospitals ranked by C. diff infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Doctors Center Hospital Orlando Health Dorado, Bella Vista Hospital, Doctors' Center Bayamon. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | C. diff infectionslower 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 | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T1 | Doctors Center Hospital Orlando Health Dorado | 0.00, 90th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | 328 min, 1st percentile | — | 160 | Compare Doctors Center Hospital Orlando Health Dorado |
| T1 | Bella Vista Hospital | 0.00, 90th percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | — | — | 199 | Compare Bella Vista Hospital |
| T1 | Doctors' Center Bayamon | 0.00, 90th percentile | — | 2, 10th percentile | — | — | 16.6%, 2nd percentile | — | — | — | 146 | Compare Doctors' Center Bayamon |
| T1 | San Juan Municipality Hospital | 0.00, 90th percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | — | — | — | 450 | Compare San Juan Municipality Hospital |
| 5 | Manati Medical Center Dr Otero Lopez | 0.03, 80th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | — | 15.9%, 9th percentile | — | 381 min, 0th percentile | — | 285 | Compare Manati Medical Center Dr Otero Lopez |
| 6 | Ryder Memorial Hospital Inc | 0.06, 78th percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | — | — | — | 167 | Compare Ryder Memorial Hospital Inc |
| 7 | Doctors' Center Hospital, Inc | 0.09, 76th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | — | 16.3%, 4th percentile | — | — | — | 268 | Compare Doctors' Center Hospital, Inc |
| 8 | Hospital Damas Inc | 0.09, 76th percentile | — | 2, 10th percentile | — | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | 205 min, 17th percentile | — | 331 | Compare Hospital Damas Inc |
| 9 | ASEM | 0.39, 35th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 86 | Compare ASEM |
| 10 | Hospital Espanol Auxilio Mutuo San Pablo | 0.40, 33rd percentile | — | — | 10.9%, 80th percentile | — | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | — | — | — | 436 | Compare Hospital Espanol Auxilio Mutuo San Pablo |
| 11 | Auxilio Mutuo Hospital | 0.48, 26th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | — | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | — | — | — | 653 | Compare Auxilio Mutuo Hospital |
| 12 | Hospital De La Concepcion | 0.80, 9th percentile | — | — | — | — | 16.2%, 5th percentile | — | — | — | 187 | Compare Hospital De La Concepcion |
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).
- 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).