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Hospitals in Puerto Rico with the highest patients would recommend

10 Puerto Rico hospitals ranked by patients would recommend in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: San Juan VA Medical Center, Doctors Center Hospital Orlando Health Dorado, Doctors' Center Hospital, Inc. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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10 hospitals ranked in Puerto Rico by patients would recommend; 49 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPatients would recommendhigher is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average873.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1San Juan VA Medical CenterSan Juan, PR · Veterans Affairs902411.2%7.5%16.6%1.90——200Compare
T2Doctors Center Hospital Orlando Health DoradoDorado, PR · Acute care8923——15.3%—328 min—160Compare
T2Doctors' Center Hospital, IncManati, PR · Acute care8912——16.3%———268Compare
T4Manati Medical Center Dr Otero LopezManati, PR · Acute care8512——15.9%—381 min—285Compare
T4Doctors' Center Hospital San JuanSanturce, PR · Acute care85—2——15.5%———160Compare
6Hospital Damas IncPonce, PR · Acute care83—2——15.3%—205 min—331Compare
7Doctors Center Hospital Carolina LLCCarolina, PR · Acute care81—2——15.8%—347 min—109Compare
T8Mayaguez Medical Center Dr Ramon Emeterio BetancesMayaguez, PR · Acute care781112.2%—16.3%———391Compare
T8Doctors' Center BayamonBayamon, PR · Acute care78—2——16.6%———146Compare
10Bayamon Medical CenterBayamon, PR · Acute care76—1——15.8%—279 min—274Compare

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.

Patients would recommend
HCAHPS willingness to recommend the hospital, linear mean score (0-100).
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).