Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Tennessee with the highest patients would recommend
77 Tennessee hospitals ranked by patients would recommend in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Patients would recommendhigher 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 | 87 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T49 | Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center | 85, 30th 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 |
| T49 | Tristar Summit Medical Center | 85, 30th 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 |
| T49 | Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrence | 85, 30th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 13.2%, 13th 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 |
| T49 | Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital | 85, 30th 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 |
| T49 | Regional One Health | 85, 30th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | — | 16.2%, 5th percentile | 1.20, 10th percentile | 294 min, 2nd percentile | 1.14, 4th percentile | 631 | Compare Regional One Health |
| T56 | Dyersburg Regional Medical Center | 84, 23rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 177 min, 31st percentile | 1.13, 5th percentile | 225 | Compare Dyersburg Regional Medical Center |
| T56 | Tennova Healthcare - Newport Medical Center | 84, 23rd 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 |
| T56 | Memphis VA Medical Center | 84, 23rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 6.9%, 99th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 1.22, 9th percentile | — | — | 924 | Compare Memphis VA Medical Center |
| T56 | Methodist Hospitals Of Memphis | 84, 23rd 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 |
| T56 | Physicians Regional Medical Center | 84, 23rd 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 |
| T56 | Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial Hospital | 84, 23rd 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 |
| T62 | Highpoint Health-Sumner With Ascension Saint Thoma | 83, 18th 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 |
| T62 | Blount Memorial Hospital | 83, 18th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 14.1%, 7th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 216 min, 13th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 304 | Compare Blount Memorial Hospital |
| T62 | Greeneville Community Hospital | 83, 18th 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 |
| T62 | Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association | 83, 18th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 14.2%, 3rd percentile | 10.7%, 56th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 198 min, 20th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 167 | Compare Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association |
| T62 | Tristar Skyline Medical Center | 83, 18th 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 |
| T67 | Lincoln Medical Center | 82, 13th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 130 min, 65th percentile | 1.23, 1st percentile | 91 | Compare Lincoln Medical Center |
| T67 | Starr Regional Medical Center Athens | 82, 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 |
| T67 | Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center | 82, 13th 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 |
| T67 | Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center | 82, 13th 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 |
| T71 | Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Pulaski | 81, 10th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 120 min, 74th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 95 | Compare Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Pulaski |
| T71 | Affiliate Of Vitruvian Health | 81, 10th 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 |
| T73 | Lafollette Medical Center | 79, 6th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 147 min, 51st percentile | 1.11, 7th percentile | 66 | Compare Lafollette Medical Center |
| T73 | Johnson City Medical Center | 79, 6th 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 |
| 75 | Saint Francis Bartlett Medical Center | 77, 3rd 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 |
| 76 | St Francis Hospital | 73, 1st 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 |
| 77 | Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital | 70, 0th 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 |
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.
- Patients would recommend
- HCAHPS willingness to recommend the hospital, linear mean score (0-100).
- 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).