Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Tennessee with the lowest stroke death rate
57 Tennessee hospitals ranked by stroke death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center, Tristar Summit Medical Center, Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Stroke 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 | 11.9% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center | 6.2%, 100th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.4%, 9th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 0.84, 87th percentile | 159 min, 43rd percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 148 | Compare Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center |
| 2 | Tristar Summit Medical Center | 8.8%, 95th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 145 min, 52nd percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 200 | Compare Tristar Summit Medical Center |
| 3 | Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital | 9.2%, 91st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 9.4%, 81st percentile | 13.6%, 97th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 125 min, 70th percentile | 0.91, 86th percentile | 104 | Compare Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital |
| 4 | Parkridge Medical Center | 9.3%, 90th 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 |
| T5 | Leconte Medical Center | 9.6%, 86th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 200 min, 19th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 79 | Compare Leconte Medical Center |
| T5 | Baptist Memorial Hospital | 9.6%, 86th 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 |
| 7 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center | 10.1%, 79th 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 |
| 8 | Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center | 10.2%, 77th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 0.80, 93rd percentile | 190 min, 24th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 75 | Compare Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center |
| 9 | Fort Loudoun Medical Center | 10.4%, 73rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | 170 min, 35th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 50 | Compare Fort Loudoun Medical Center |
| 10 | Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center | 10.5%, 71st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 14.7%, 5th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 119 min, 75th percentile | 1.08, 12th percentile | 136 | Compare Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center |
| T11 | Memorial Healthcare System, Inc | 10.7%, 68th 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 |
| T11 | Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital | 10.7%, 68th 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 |
| T11 | Tristar Skyline Medical Center | 10.7%, 68th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 14.1%, 91st percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 180 min, 29th percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 395 | Compare Tristar Skyline Medical Center |
| T11 | Indian Path Community Hospital | 10.7%, 68th percentile | — | 3, 39th percentile | — | — | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 136 min, 60th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 239 | Compare Indian Path Community Hospital |
| 15 | Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge | 10.9%, 64th 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 |
| 16 | Tristar Horizon Medical Center | 11.0%, 62nd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.4%, 90th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 116 min, 77th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 157 | Compare Tristar Horizon Medical Center |
| T17 | Williamson Medical Center | 11.3%, 56th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 14.0%, 8th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 190 min, 24th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 185 | Compare Williamson Medical Center |
| T17 | Cookeville Regional Medical Center | 11.3%, 56th 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 |
| T19 | Tristar Centennial Medical Center | 11.6%, 51st 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 |
| T19 | Maury Regional Hospital | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 15.2%, 3rd percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 206 min, 16th percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 258 | Compare Maury Regional Hospital |
| T19 | Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital | 11.6%, 51st 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 |
| 22 | Erlanger Medical Center | 11.7%, 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 |
| 23 | Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital | 11.8%, 47th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | 162 min, 41st percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 250 | Compare Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital |
| 24 | Roane Medical Center | 11.9%, 45th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.90, 73rd percentile | 174 min, 33rd percentile | 0.87, 93rd percentile | 105 | Compare Roane Medical Center |
| T25 | University Health System, Inc | 12.0%, 44th 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 |
| T25 | Claiborne Medical Center | 12.0%, 44th percentile | — | 4, 76th percentile | — | — | 16.0%, 7th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 126 min, 69th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 85 | Compare Claiborne Medical Center |
| 27 | Methodist Hospitals Of Memphis | 12.1%, 42nd 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 |
| T28 | Franklin Woods Community Hospital | 12.2%, 40th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 14.2%, 89th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 178 min, 31st percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 80 | Compare Franklin Woods Community Hospital |
| T28 | Highpoint Health-Sumner With Ascension Saint Thoma | 12.2%, 40th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 7.8%, 95th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 1.27, 7th percentile | 144 min, 53rd percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 155 | Compare Highpoint Health-Sumner With Ascension Saint Thoma |
| T28 | Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center | 12.2%, 40th 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 |
| 31 | Jackson-Madison County General Hospital | 12.3%, 39th 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 |
| 32 | Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | 12.5%, 36th 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 |
| 33 | West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County Hospital | 12.6%, 34th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 13.4%, 12th 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 |
| T34 | Physicians Regional Medical Center | 12.8%, 31st 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 |
| T34 | Sycamore Shoals Hospital | 12.8%, 31st percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 13.5%, 11th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 142 min, 55th percentile | 1.10, 8th percentile | 121 | Compare Sycamore Shoals Hospital |
| 36 | Johnson City Medical Center | 13.0%, 28th 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 |
| T37 | Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital | 13.3%, 25th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 168 min, 37th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 135 | Compare Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital |
| T37 | Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center | 13.3%, 25th 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 |
| T39 | Parkwest Medical Center | 13.4%, 24th 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 |
| T39 | Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial Hospital | 13.4%, 24th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 1.21, 10th percentile | 170 min, 35th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 58 | Compare Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial Hospital |
| 41 | Greeneville Community Hospital | 13.5%, 23rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | 1.23, 9th percentile | 154 min, 46th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 140 | Compare Greeneville Community Hospital |
| 42 | Tennova Healthcare - Newport Medical Center | 13.6%, 22nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 14.2%, 89th percentile | 1.12, 17th percentile | 190 min, 24th percentile | 0.85, 95th percentile | 74 | Compare Tennova Healthcare - Newport Medical Center |
| T43 | Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchest | 14.5%, 14th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 1.26, 8th percentile | 145 min, 52nd percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 152 | Compare Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchest |
| T43 | Saint Francis Bartlett Medical Center | 14.5%, 14th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 1, 1st percentile | 14.1%, 3rd percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 0.81, 92nd percentile | 162 min, 41st percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 196 | Compare Saint Francis Bartlett Medical Center |
| T45 | Cumberland Medical Center | 14.6%, 13th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.86, 83rd percentile | 204 min, 17th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 189 | Compare Cumberland Medical Center |
| T45 | Starr Regional Medical Center Athens | 14.6%, 13th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 15.9%, 2nd percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 148 min, 50th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 190 | Compare Starr Regional Medical Center Athens |
| T45 | Affiliate Of Vitruvian Health | 14.6%, 13th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 14.6%, 1st percentile | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 14.2%, 89th percentile | 0.77, 95th percentile | 202 min, 18th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 351 | Compare Affiliate Of Vitruvian Health |
| 48 | Baptist Memorial Hospital - Carroll County | 15.2%, 11th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 119 min, 75th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 70 | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital - Carroll County |
| 49 | Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital | 15.4%, 10th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 15.4%, 0th percentile | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 16.3%, 4th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 181 min, 29th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 270 | Compare Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital |
| 50 | Baptist Memorial Hospital Union City | 16.0%, 8th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 139 min, 57th percentile | 1.16, 3rd percentile | 137 | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital Union City |
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.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke 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).