Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Puerto Rico with the highest patient survey star rating
10 Puerto Rico hospitals ranked by patient survey star rating 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.
| # | Hospital | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Overall 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 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | San Juan VA Medical Center | 4, 76th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 7.5%, 97th percentile | 16.6%, 2nd percentile | 1.90, 1st percentile | — | — | 200 | Compare San Juan VA Medical Center |
| 2 | Doctors Center Hospital Orlando Health Dorado | 3, 39th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | — | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | 328 min, 1st percentile | — | 160 | Compare Doctors Center Hospital Orlando Health Dorado |
| T3 | Doctors' Center Hospital, Inc | 2, 10th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | — | — | 16.3%, 4th percentile | — | — | — | 268 | Compare Doctors' Center Hospital, Inc |
| T3 | Manati Medical Center Dr Otero Lopez | 2, 10th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | — | — | 15.9%, 9th percentile | — | 381 min, 0th percentile | — | 285 | Compare Manati Medical Center Dr Otero Lopez |
| T3 | Doctors Center Hospital Carolina LLC | 2, 10th percentile | — | — | — | 15.8%, 11th percentile | — | 347 min, 0th percentile | — | 109 | Compare Doctors Center Hospital Carolina LLC |
| T3 | Doctors' Center Bayamon | 2, 10th percentile | — | — | — | 16.6%, 2nd percentile | — | — | — | 146 | Compare Doctors' Center Bayamon |
| T3 | Doctors' Center Hospital San Juan | 2, 10th percentile | — | — | — | 15.5%, 19th percentile | — | — | — | 160 | Compare Doctors' Center Hospital San Juan |
| T3 | Hospital Damas Inc | 2, 10th percentile | — | — | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | 205 min, 17th percentile | — | 331 | Compare Hospital Damas Inc |
| T9 | Mayaguez Medical Center Dr Ramon Emeterio Betances | 1, 1st percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | — | 16.3%, 4th percentile | — | — | — | 391 | Compare Mayaguez Medical Center Dr Ramon Emeterio Betances |
| T9 | Bayamon Medical Center | 1, 1st percentile | — | — | — | 15.8%, 11th percentile | — | 279 min, 2nd percentile | — | 274 | Compare Bayamon Medical Center |
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.
- Patient survey star rating
- HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
- Overall star rating
- CMS overall hospital quality 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).