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Hospitals with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate

Rank every Medicare-certified hospital on any CMS quality measure. Filter by state, type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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4,199 hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate; 1,220 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%
T633Sanford Sheldon Medical CenterSheldon, IA · Critical access14.4%——16.7%———Compare
T633South Texas Spine And Surgical HospitalSan Antonio, TX · Acute care14.4%——————Compare
T633Surgical Hospital Of OklahomaOklahoma City, OK · Acute care14.4%——————Compare
T633Tops Surgical Specialty HospitalHouston, TX · Acute care14.4%——————Compare
T633Vernon Memorial HospitalViroqua, WI · Critical access14.4%——14.1%11.8%——Compare
T806Adventist Health Howard MemorialWillits, CA · Critical access14.5%—11.3%10.4%——11.5%Compare
T806Chester County HospitalWest Chester, PA · Acute care14.5%11.0%11.0%14.6%8.5%1.9%10.6%Compare
T806Lenox Hill HospitalNew York, NY · Acute care14.5%12.3%8.7%13.5%7.8%1.7%9.3%Compare
T806Mayo ClinicJacksonville, FL · Acute care14.5%11.1%8.8%11.2%7.0%2.0%10.1%Compare
T806Peace Harbor Medical CenterFlorence, OR · Critical access14.5%—11.0%12.5%——11.3%Compare
T806Philadelphia VA Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA · Veterans Affairs14.5%10.5%6.1%11.0%5.7%——Compare
T806Sanford USDMedical CenterSioux Falls, SD · Acute care14.5%10.9%11.2%13.2%9.8%2.6%10.6%Compare
T806St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas CityKansas City, MO · Acute care14.5%12.0%9.8%15.6%7.8%2.5%11.2%Compare
T806Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital CleburneCleburne, TX · Acute care14.5%—12.2%11.6%7.8%——Compare
T806Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DentonDenton, TX · Acute care14.5%12.3%9.3%14.3%9.9%1.8%9.0%Compare
T806UChicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale, IL · Acute care14.5%9.8%8.2%13.7%8.3%2.4%10.8%Compare
T806University Of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie, MD · Acute care14.5%12.6%11.4%11.1%6.2%—11.1%Compare
T806Upstate New York VA Healthcare System (Western NY VA Healthcare System)Buffalo, NY · Veterans Affairs14.5%10.3%7.4%10.0%7.0%——Compare
T806VA Hudson Valley Healthcare SystemMontrose, NY · Veterans Affairs14.5%—11.3%12.4%———Compare
T806Van Wert County HospitalVan Wert, OH · Acute care14.5%—11.0%13.8%———Compare
T806Viera HospitalMelbourne, FL · Acute care14.5%11.6%12.7%12.7%9.9%—12.7%Compare
T806Whitman Hospital And Medical CenterColfax, WA · Critical access14.5%—12.8%14.3%9.1%——Compare
T806Yukon Kuskokwim Delta Regional HospitalBethel, AK · Acute care14.5%—10.6%13.8%———Compare
T806Ascension St Vincent KokomoKokomo, IN · Acute care14.5%—11.6%14.6%8.1%—12.6%Compare
T806Ascension St Vincent's SouthsideJacksonville, FL · Acute care14.5%11.3%11.6%16.7%8.6%—12.2%Compare
T806Banner-University Medical Center South CampusTucson, AZ · Acute care14.5%11.1%8.7%13.2%7.1%—11.6%Compare
T806Baptist Memorial Hospital Union CityUnion City, TN · Acute care14.5%—11.5%17.7%7.2%—16.0%Compare
T806Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston, TX · Acute care14.5%10.4%7.2%11.7%—2.8%10.6%Compare
T806Birmingham VA Medical CenterBirmingham, AL · Veterans Affairs14.5%11.2%6.7%15.5%6.6%——Compare
T806Box Butte General HospitalAlliance, NE · Critical access14.5%—12.1%16.9%10.3%——Compare
T806CHI St Lukes Health Memorial LivingstonLivingston, TX · Acute care14.5%—11.0%13.5%———Compare
T806Cascade Valley HospitalArlington, WA · Acute care14.5%—11.7%13.5%——12.5%Compare
T806Cass Regional Medical CenterHarrisonville, MO · Critical access14.5%——16.0%8.2%——Compare
T806Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud, MN · Acute care14.5%11.2%10.0%13.3%9.5%1.6%9.7%Compare
T806Central Maine Medical CenterLewiston, ME · Acute care14.5%10.9%12.0%17.7%8.2%2.6%12.8%Compare
T806Christiana HospitalNewark, DE · Acute care14.5%12.4%9.8%12.5%7.5%2.9%10.8%Compare
T806Clarinda Regional Health CenterClarinda, IA · Critical access14.5%—13.8%17.2%8.1%——Compare
T806Community Memorial HospitalSouth Hill, VA · Acute care14.5%—11.4%15.7%7.8%—12.0%Compare
T806Copley Memorial HospitalAurora, IL · Acute care14.5%11.5%9.0%13.0%8.7%2.8%10.0%Compare
T806Corpus Christi Medical Center,TheCorpus Christi, TX · Acute care14.5%9.5%7.5%12.3%9.3%3.3%12.7%Compare
T806El Camino HealthMountain View, CA · Acute care14.5%11.8%8.9%13.0%7.1%2.6%9.6%Compare
T806Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek, GA · Acute care14.5%11.6%9.7%10.0%7.7%—11.2%Compare
T806Freeman Neosho HospitalNeosho, MO · Critical access14.5%—11.1%15.7%———Compare
T806Good Samaritan Medical Center LLCLafayette, CO · Acute care14.5%10.3%8.8%13.4%8.5%—11.6%Compare
T806Hancock Regional HospitalGreenfield, IN · Acute care14.5%—9.5%17.6%9.4%—14.9%Compare
T806Highline Medical CenterBurien, WA · Acute care14.5%11.8%11.3%10.8%8.6%—8.8%Compare
T806Hillcrest Hospital ClaremoreClaremore, OK · Acute care14.5%—12.9%14.5%7.7%——Compare
T806Kosciusko Community HospitalWarsaw, IN · Acute care14.5%—10.7%14.6%8.8%—12.4%Compare
T806Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston, TX · Acute care14.5%14.4%8.1%13.2%8.7%1.9%9.2%Compare
T806Mercy Health - Clermont HospitalBatavia, OH · Acute care14.5%—8.5%14.0%7.0%—11.7%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.