Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Tennessee with the lowest COPD death rate
64 Tennessee hospitals ranked by COPD death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Mountain Home VA Medical Center, Memphis VA Medical Center, VA Middle Tennessee Healthcare System - Murfreesboro. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | COPD death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
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| National average | 8.6% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| T1 | Mountain Home VA Medical Center | 5.7%, 99th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 10.3%, 98th percentile | — | — | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Mountain Home VA Medical Center |
| T1 | Memphis VA Medical Center | 5.7%, 99th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 6.9%, 99th percentile | 10.9%, 97th percentile | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Memphis VA Medical Center |
| 3 | VA Middle Tennessee Healthcare System - Murfreesboro | 6.0%, 98th percentile | — | 7.5%, 97th percentile | 11.3%, 95th percentile | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare VA Middle Tennessee Healthcare System - Murfreesboro |
| 4 | Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center | 6.5%, 95th percentile | 13.4%, 9th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 15.9%, 39th percentile | — | 6.2%, 100th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center |
| 5 | Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital | 6.7%, 93rd percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 15.1%, 51st percentile | — | 11.8%, 47th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | Compare Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital |
| T6 | Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton | 6.9%, 90th percentile | — | 10.7%, 56th percentile | 12.9%, 83rd percentile | — | — | 17.0%, 1st percentile | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton |
| T6 | Highpoint Health-Sumner With Ascension Saint Thoma | 6.9%, 90th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 7.8%, 95th percentile | 12.2%, 90th percentile | — | 12.2%, 40th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Highpoint Health-Sumner With Ascension Saint Thoma |
| 8 | Baptist Memorial Hospital Union City | 7.2%, 85th percentile | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 17.7%, 16th percentile | — | 16.0%, 8th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital Union City |
| T9 | University Health System, Inc | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 15.8%, 40th percentile | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 12.0%, 44th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare University Health System, Inc |
| T9 | Baptist Memorial Hospital | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 13.7%, 73rd percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 9.6%, 86th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital |
| 11 | Fort Loudoun Medical Center | 7.4%, 80th percentile | — | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 12.5%, 87th percentile | — | 10.4%, 73rd percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Fort Loudoun Medical Center |
| 12 | Greeneville Community Hospital | 7.5%, 78th percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 17.0%, 24th percentile | — | 13.5%, 23rd percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | Compare Greeneville Community Hospital |
| 13 | Parkridge Medical Center | 7.6%, 75th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 14.7%, 58th percentile | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 9.3%, 90th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Parkridge Medical Center |
| 14 | Saint Francis Bartlett Medical Center | 7.8%, 69th percentile | 14.1%, 3rd percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 19.2%, 7th percentile | — | 14.5%, 14th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Saint Francis Bartlett Medical Center |
| T15 | Cumberland Medical Center | 7.9%, 66th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 16.3%, 33rd percentile | — | 14.6%, 13th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare Cumberland Medical Center |
| T15 | Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center | 7.9%, 66th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 14.8%, 56th percentile | — | 10.2%, 77th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center |
| T17 | Leconte Medical Center | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | — | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 13.9%, 70th percentile | — | 9.6%, 86th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Leconte Medical Center |
| T17 | Tristar Summit Medical Center | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | 8.8%, 95th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Tristar Summit Medical Center |
| T17 | Tristar Horizon Medical Center | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | 10.4%, 90th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 13.1%, 81st percentile | — | 11.0%, 62nd percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Tristar Horizon Medical Center |
| T20 | Williamson Medical Center | 8.1%, 61st percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 14.0%, 8th percentile | 14.3%, 64th percentile | — | 11.3%, 56th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Williamson Medical Center |
| T20 | Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge | 8.1%, 61st percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 13.8%, 9th percentile | 16.8%, 26th percentile | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 10.9%, 64th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge |
| T22 | Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center | 8.3%, 54th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 14.7%, 5th percentile | 15.5%, 45th percentile | — | 10.5%, 71st percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center |
| T22 | Maury Regional Hospital | 8.3%, 54th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 15.2%, 3rd percentile | 19.5%, 6th percentile | — | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Maury Regional Hospital |
| 24 | VA Middle Tennessee Healthcare System | 8.4%, 52nd percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 6.1%, 99th percentile | 12.2%, 90th percentile | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare VA Middle Tennessee Healthcare System |
| 25 | Sweetwater Hospital Association | 8.5%, 49th percentile | — | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 18.4%, 11th percentile | — | 32.5%, 0th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Sweetwater Hospital Association |
| T26 | Dyersburg Regional Medical Center | 8.6%, 46th percentile | — | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 20.7%, 3rd percentile | — | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Dyersburg Regional Medical Center |
| T26 | Physicians Regional Medical Center | 8.6%, 46th percentile | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 16.1%, 36th percentile | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 12.8%, 31st percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare Physicians Regional Medical Center |
| T26 | West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County Hospital | 8.6%, 46th percentile | — | 13.4%, 12th percentile | 14.6%, 60th percentile | — | 12.6%, 34th percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | Compare West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County Hospital |
| T26 | Blount Memorial Hospital | 8.6%, 46th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 14.1%, 7th percentile | 17.8%, 15th percentile | — | 18.5%, 3rd percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Blount Memorial Hospital |
| T30 | Erlanger Medical Center | 8.7%, 43rd percentile | 14.8%, 1st percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 13.1%, 81st percentile | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 11.7%, 49th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | Compare Erlanger Medical Center |
| T30 | Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital | 8.7%, 43rd percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | 13.3%, 25th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital |
| T30 | Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial Hospital | 8.7%, 43rd percentile | — | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 17.5%, 18th percentile | — | 13.4%, 24th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial Hospital |
| 33 | Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrence | 8.8%, 41st percentile | — | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 16.7%, 27th percentile | — | 16.4%, 6th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrence |
| T34 | Saint Thomas River Park Hospital | 9.0%, 36th percentile | — | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 17.0%, 24th percentile | — | — | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare Saint Thomas River Park Hospital |
| T34 | Starr Regional Medical Center Athens | 9.0%, 36th percentile | — | 15.9%, 2nd percentile | 21.5%, 2nd percentile | — | 14.6%, 13th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Starr Regional Medical Center Athens |
| T36 | Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital | 9.2%, 31st percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 15.7%, 42nd percentile | 1.6%, 93rd percentile | 10.7%, 68th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | Compare Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital |
| T36 | Macon Community Hospital | 9.2%, 31st percentile | — | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 15.8%, 40th percentile | — | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare Macon Community Hospital |
| T36 | Tristar Northcrest Medical Center | 9.2%, 31st percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 11.2%, 96th percentile | — | 16.1%, 7th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Tristar Northcrest Medical Center |
| T36 | Unity Medical Center | 9.2%, 31st percentile | — | — | 18.7%, 10th percentile | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Unity Medical Center |
| T36 | Rhea Medical Center | 9.2%, 31st percentile | — | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 14.1%, 67th percentile | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Rhea Medical Center |
| T41 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 11.7%, 93rd percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 10.1%, 79th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| T41 | Tristar Centennial Medical Center | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 18.6%, 10th percentile | 3.0%, 19th percentile | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare Tristar Centennial Medical Center |
| T43 | Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital | 9.7%, 20th percentile | — | 9.4%, 81st percentile | 13.9%, 70th percentile | — | 9.2%, 91st percentile | 13.6%, 97th percentile | Compare Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital |
| T43 | Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center | 9.7%, 20th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 17.7%, 16th percentile | 2.8%, 24th percentile | 12.2%, 40th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center |
| T45 | Roane Medical Center | 10.0%, 15th percentile | — | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 17.3%, 20th percentile | — | 11.9%, 45th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Roane Medical Center |
| T45 | Volunteer Community Hospital | 10.0%, 15th percentile | — | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 23.7%, 0th percentile | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Volunteer Community Hospital |
| 47 | Johnson City Medical Center | 10.4%, 11th percentile | 13.9%, 4th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 17.2%, 21st percentile | 4.4%, 2nd percentile | 13.0%, 28th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Johnson City Medical Center |
| 48 | Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association | 10.5%, 10th percentile | 14.2%, 3rd percentile | 10.7%, 56th percentile | 15.1%, 51st percentile | — | 17.0%, 5th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association |
| 49 | Memorial Healthcare System, Inc | 10.6%, 9th percentile | 10.0%, 96th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 13.4%, 77th percentile | 1.5%, 96th percentile | 10.7%, 68th percentile | 14.1%, 91st percentile | Compare Memorial Healthcare System, Inc |
| 50 | Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital | 10.7%, 8th percentile | 9.6%, 98th percentile | 9.1%, 85th percentile | 14.5%, 61st percentile | 2.9%, 22nd percentile | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | Compare Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital |
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.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
- 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.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke 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.