Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Tennessee with the lowest CABG surgery death rate
20 Tennessee hospitals ranked by CABG surgery death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Memorial Healthcare System, Inc, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital, Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | CABG surgery death ratelower 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 | 2.4% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Memorial Healthcare System, Inc | 1.5%, 96th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.0%, 96th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 14.1%, 91st percentile | 0.84, 87th percentile | 210 min, 15th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 431 | Compare Memorial Healthcare System, Inc |
| 2 | Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital | 1.6%, 93rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 0.76, 96th percentile | 197 min, 20th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 571 | Compare Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital |
| T3 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 1.13, 16th percentile | 269 min, 3rd percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 1,091 | Compare Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| T3 | Baptist Memorial Hospital | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 2.01, 0th percentile | 182 min, 28th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 927 | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital |
| T3 | Jackson-Madison County General Hospital | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.6%, 7th percentile | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 241 min, 6th percentile | 1.10, 8th percentile | 771 | Compare Jackson-Madison County General Hospital |
| T3 | Parkwest Medical Center | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.83, 89th percentile | 259 min, 4th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 462 | Compare Parkwest Medical Center |
| T7 | Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 13.8%, 9th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 1.05, 26th percentile | 186 min, 26th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 301 | Compare Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge |
| T7 | University Health System, Inc | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 1.44, 3rd percentile | 249 min, 5th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 655 | Compare University Health System, Inc |
| T9 | Methodist Hospitals Of Memphis | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 1.19, 11th percentile | 228 min, 9th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 1,593 | Compare Methodist Hospitals Of Memphis |
| T9 | Cookeville Regional Medical Center | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 1.09, 20th percentile | 268 min, 3rd percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 269 | Compare Cookeville Regional Medical Center |
| 11 | Physicians Regional Medical Center | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.74, 97th percentile | 196 min, 21st percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 628 | Compare Physicians Regional Medical Center |
| 12 | Erlanger Medical Center | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 14.8%, 1st percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 169 min, 36th percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 848 | Compare Erlanger Medical Center |
| 13 | St Francis Hospital | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 1, 1st percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 16.3%, 4th percentile | 1.23, 9th percentile | 150 min, 49th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 519 | Compare St Francis Hospital |
| 14 | Parkridge Medical Center | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 111 min, 82nd percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 621 | Compare Parkridge Medical Center |
| 15 | Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center | 2.8%, 24th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 204 min, 17th percentile | 1.10, 8th percentile | 505 | Compare Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center |
| 16 | Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital | 2.9%, 22nd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 9.6%, 98th percentile | 9.1%, 85th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 0.90, 73rd percentile | 173 min, 34th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 358 | Compare Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital |
| 17 | Tristar Centennial Medical Center | 3.0%, 19th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 0.80, 93rd percentile | 115 min, 78th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 733 | Compare Tristar Centennial Medical Center |
| 18 | Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center | 3.1%, 16th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 14.7%, 5th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 0.79, 94th percentile | 196 min, 21st percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 282 | Compare Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center |
| 19 | Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | 3.4%, 9th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.76, 96th percentile | 234 min, 8th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 517 | Compare Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center |
| 20 | Johnson City Medical Center | 4.4%, 2nd percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 13.9%, 4th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 1.23, 9th percentile | 211 min, 14th percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 585 | Compare Johnson City 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.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
- 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).