Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Tennessee with the lowest heart failure death rate
70 Tennessee hospitals ranked by heart failure death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack 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 | 11.1% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T51 | Leconte Medical Center | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 200 min, 19th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 79 | Compare Leconte Medical Center |
| T51 | Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 15.4%, 0th percentile | 16.3%, 4th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 181 min, 29th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 270 | Compare Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital |
| 53 | Highpoint Health-Riverview With Ascension Saint Th | 12.8%, 18th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 15.9%, 9th percentile | — | 94 min, 93rd percentile | — | 35 | Compare Highpoint Health-Riverview With Ascension Saint Th |
| T54 | Memorial Healthcare System, Inc | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.0%, 96th percentile | 14.1%, 91st percentile | 0.84, 87th percentile | 210 min, 15th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 431 | Compare Memorial Healthcare System, Inc |
| T54 | Macon Community Hospital | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 5, 97th percentile | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | 108 min, 84th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Macon Community Hospital |
| 56 | St Francis Hospital | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 1, 1st 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 |
| T57 | Jackson-Madison County General Hospital | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.6%, 7th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 241 min, 6th percentile | 1.10, 8th percentile | 771 | Compare Jackson-Madison County General Hospital |
| T57 | Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrence | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 129 min, 66th percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 96 | Compare Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrence |
| T57 | Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial Hospital | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 1.21, 10th percentile | 170 min, 35th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 58 | Compare Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial Hospital |
| 60 | West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County Hospital | 13.4%, 12th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 191 min, 24th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 142 | Compare West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County Hospital |
| 61 | Sycamore Shoals Hospital | 13.5%, 11th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 142 min, 55th percentile | 1.10, 8th percentile | 121 | Compare Sycamore Shoals Hospital |
| 62 | Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge | 13.8%, 9th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd 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 |
| 63 | Williamson Medical Center | 14.0%, 8th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 190 min, 24th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 185 | Compare Williamson Medical Center |
| 64 | Blount Memorial Hospital | 14.1%, 7th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 216 min, 13th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 304 | Compare Blount Memorial Hospital |
| 65 | Parkwest Medical Center | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.83, 89th percentile | 259 min, 4th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 462 | Compare Parkwest Medical Center |
| T66 | Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center | 14.7%, 5th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 119 min, 75th percentile | 1.08, 12th percentile | 136 | Compare Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center |
| T66 | Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center | 14.7%, 5th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 0.79, 94th percentile | 196 min, 21st percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 282 | Compare Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center |
| 68 | Maury Regional Hospital | 15.2%, 3rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 206 min, 16th percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 258 | Compare Maury Regional Hospital |
| 69 | Starr Regional Medical Center Athens | 15.9%, 2nd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 148 min, 50th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 190 | Compare Starr Regional Medical Center Athens |
| 70 | Hardin Medical Center | 19.3%, 0th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 159 min, 43rd percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 58 | Compare Hardin 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.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure 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.
- 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).