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 | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD 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 | 11.1% | 11.9% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| T51 | Leconte Medical Center | 12.7%, 19th percentile | — | 13.9%, 70th percentile | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | — | 9.6%, 86th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Leconte Medical Center |
| T51 | Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 15.4%, 0th percentile | 22.8%, 1st percentile | 11.1%, 5th percentile | — | 15.4%, 10th percentile | 16.3%, 4th percentile | Compare Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital |
| 53 | Highpoint Health-Riverview With Ascension Saint Th | 12.8%, 18th percentile | — | 17.0%, 24th percentile | 11.4%, 4th percentile | — | — | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Highpoint Health-Riverview With Ascension Saint Th |
| T54 | Memorial Healthcare System, Inc | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 10.0%, 96th percentile | 13.4%, 77th percentile | 10.6%, 9th percentile | 1.5%, 96th percentile | 10.7%, 68th percentile | 14.1%, 91st percentile | Compare Memorial Healthcare System, Inc |
| T54 | Macon Community Hospital | 12.9%, 17th percentile | — | 15.8%, 40th percentile | 9.2%, 31st percentile | — | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare Macon Community Hospital |
| 56 | St Francis Hospital | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 17.9%, 15th percentile | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 18.5%, 3rd percentile | 16.3%, 4th percentile | Compare St Francis Hospital |
| T57 | Jackson-Madison County General Hospital | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 13.6%, 7th percentile | 19.3%, 7th percentile | 12.1%, 2nd percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 12.3%, 39th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Jackson-Madison County General Hospital |
| T57 | Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrence | 13.2%, 13th percentile | — | 16.7%, 27th percentile | 8.8%, 41st percentile | — | 16.4%, 6th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrence |
| T57 | Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial Hospital | 13.2%, 13th percentile | — | 17.5%, 18th percentile | 8.7%, 43rd percentile | — | 13.4%, 24th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial Hospital |
| 60 | West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County Hospital | 13.4%, 12th percentile | — | 14.6%, 60th percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | — | 12.6%, 34th percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | Compare West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County Hospital |
| 61 | Sycamore Shoals Hospital | 13.5%, 11th percentile | — | 18.1%, 13th percentile | — | — | 12.8%, 31st percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Sycamore Shoals Hospital |
| 62 | Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge | 13.8%, 9th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 16.8%, 26th percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 10.9%, 64th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge |
| 63 | Williamson Medical Center | 14.0%, 8th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 14.3%, 64th percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | — | 11.3%, 56th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Williamson Medical Center |
| 64 | Blount Memorial Hospital | 14.1%, 7th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 17.8%, 15th percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | — | 18.5%, 3rd percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Blount Memorial Hospital |
| 65 | Parkwest Medical Center | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 16.5%, 30th percentile | 10.8%, 8th percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 13.4%, 24th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Parkwest Medical Center |
| T66 | Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center | 14.7%, 5th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 15.5%, 45th percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | — | 10.5%, 71st percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center |
| T66 | Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center | 14.7%, 5th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 20.5%, 3rd percentile | 11.2%, 5th percentile | 3.1%, 16th percentile | 13.3%, 25th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center |
| 68 | Maury Regional Hospital | 15.2%, 3rd percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 19.5%, 6th percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | — | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Maury Regional Hospital |
| 69 | Starr Regional Medical Center Athens | 15.9%, 2nd percentile | — | 21.5%, 2nd percentile | 9.0%, 36th percentile | — | 14.6%, 13th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Starr Regional Medical Center Athens |
| 70 | Hardin Medical Center | 19.3%, 0th percentile | — | 18.5%, 11th percentile | 10.8%, 8th percentile | — | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 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.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack 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.
- 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.