Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Tennessee with the lowest C. diff infections
68 Tennessee hospitals ranked by C. diff infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | C. diff infectionslower is better | 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 | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 51 | Sweetwater Hospital Association | 0.30, 46th percentile | 1.14, 15th percentile | — | 0.89, 15th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Sweetwater Hospital Association |
| 52 | Baptist Memorial Hospital Union City | 0.31, 45th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital Union City |
| 53 | University Health System, Inc | 0.35, 40th percentile | 1.44, 3rd percentile | 0.52, 47th percentile | 0.33, 57th percentile | 0.45, 67th percentile | 0.56, 68th percentile | 0.97, 22nd percentile | Compare University Health System, Inc |
| 54 | Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center | 0.35, 40th percentile | 0.79, 94th percentile | 1.48, 6th percentile | 0.38, 52nd percentile | 1.81, 8th percentile | — | 1.21, 13th percentile | Compare Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center |
| 55 | Metro Nashville General Hospital | 0.35, 39th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Metro Nashville General Hospital |
| 56 | Sycamore Shoals Hospital | 0.36, 39th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Sycamore Shoals Hospital |
| 57 | Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital | 0.36, 38th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital |
| 58 | Johnson City Medical Center | 0.37, 37th percentile | 1.23, 9th percentile | 0.69, 32nd percentile | 0.68, 25th percentile | 2.13, 4th percentile | 3.50, 3rd percentile | 0.75, 36th percentile | Compare Johnson City Medical Center |
| 59 | Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital | 0.38, 35th percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | 0.45, 53rd percentile | 0.34, 56th percentile | — | — | 0.59, 50th percentile | Compare Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital |
| 60 | Cookeville Regional Medical Center | 0.41, 33rd percentile | 1.09, 20th percentile | 0.15, 77th percentile | 0.36, 54th percentile | 0.61, 56th percentile | — | 0.51, 58th percentile | Compare Cookeville Regional Medical Center |
| 61 | Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital | 0.42, 32nd percentile | 0.76, 96th percentile | 0.67, 34th percentile | 0.45, 44th percentile | 0.94, 34th percentile | 2.23, 10th percentile | 0.46, 63rd percentile | Compare Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital |
| 62 | Baptist Memorial Hospital | 0.47, 27th percentile | 2.01, 0th percentile | 0.96, 17th percentile | 0.53, 37th percentile | 0.88, 39th percentile | 1.52, 26th percentile | 0.79, 34th percentile | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital |
| 63 | Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center | 0.48, 26th percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 0.86, 22nd percentile | 0.51, 39th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 0.60, 49th percentile | Compare Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center |
| 64 | Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital | 0.53, 22nd percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | — | 0.69, 25th percentile | — | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | Compare Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital |
| 65 | Affiliate Of Vitruvian Health | 0.64, 15th percentile | 0.77, 95th percentile | 1.08, 13th percentile | 1.28, 7th percentile | 1.33, 19th percentile | — | 1.08, 18th percentile | Compare Affiliate Of Vitruvian Health |
| 66 | Starr Regional Medical Center Athens | 0.66, 15th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | — | 0.90, 15th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Starr Regional Medical Center Athens |
| 67 | Lafollette Medical Center | 0.83, 9th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Lafollette Medical Center |
| 68 | Lincoln Medical Center | 1.18, 4th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Lincoln 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.
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- 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).