Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Tennessee with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate
88 Tennessee hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital, Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital, Erlanger Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure 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 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 15.0% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | ||
| 1 | Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital | 13.6%, 97th percentile | — | 9.4%, 81st percentile | 13.9%, 70th percentile | 9.7%, 20th percentile | — | 9.2%, 91st percentile | Compare Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital |
| T2 | Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 15.1%, 51st percentile | 6.7%, 93rd percentile | — | 11.8%, 47th percentile | Compare Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital |
| T2 | Erlanger Medical Center | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 14.8%, 1st percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 13.1%, 81st percentile | 8.7%, 43rd percentile | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 11.7%, 49th percentile | Compare Erlanger Medical Center |
| T2 | Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 15.7%, 42nd percentile | 9.2%, 31st percentile | 1.6%, 93rd percentile | 10.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital |
| T2 | Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 9.6%, 98th percentile | 9.1%, 85th percentile | 14.5%, 61st percentile | 10.7%, 8th percentile | 2.9%, 22nd percentile | 11.6%, 51st percentile | Compare Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital |
| 6 | West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County Hospital | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | — | 13.4%, 12th percentile | 14.6%, 60th percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | — | 12.6%, 34th percentile | Compare West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County Hospital |
| T7 | Memorial Healthcare System, Inc | 14.1%, 91st percentile | 10.0%, 96th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 13.4%, 77th percentile | 10.6%, 9th percentile | 1.5%, 96th percentile | 10.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Memorial Healthcare System, Inc |
| T7 | Tristar Skyline Medical Center | 14.1%, 91st percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 19.0%, 8th percentile | 11.6%, 3rd percentile | — | 10.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Tristar Skyline Medical Center |
| T9 | Tennova Healthcare - Newport Medical Center | 14.2%, 89th percentile | — | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 14.1%, 67th percentile | — | — | 13.6%, 22nd percentile | Compare Tennova Healthcare - Newport Medical Center |
| T9 | Franklin Woods Community Hospital | 14.2%, 89th percentile | — | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 16.2%, 35th percentile | 11.0%, 6th percentile | — | 12.2%, 40th percentile | Compare Franklin Woods Community Hospital |
| T9 | Affiliate Of Vitruvian Health | 14.2%, 89th percentile | 14.6%, 1st percentile | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 14.2%, 66th percentile | 11.2%, 5th percentile | — | 14.6%, 13th percentile | Compare Affiliate Of Vitruvian Health |
| T12 | Tristar Centennial Medical Center | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 18.6%, 10th percentile | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | 3.0%, 19th percentile | 11.6%, 51st percentile | Compare Tristar Centennial Medical Center |
| T12 | West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital | 14.3%, 86th percentile | — | — | 18.1%, 13th percentile | — | — | — | Compare West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital |
| T14 | Leconte Medical Center | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | — | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 13.9%, 70th percentile | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | — | 9.6%, 86th percentile | Compare Leconte Medical Center |
| T14 | Mountain Home VA Medical Center | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 10.3%, 98th percentile | 5.7%, 99th percentile | — | — | Compare Mountain Home VA Medical Center |
| T14 | Jackson-Madison County General Hospital | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 13.6%, 7th percentile | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 19.3%, 7th percentile | 12.1%, 2nd percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 12.3%, 39th percentile | Compare Jackson-Madison County General Hospital |
| T14 | Lafollette Medical Center | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | — | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 15.9%, 39th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Lafollette Medical Center |
| T14 | Tristar Horizon Medical Center | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 10.4%, 90th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 13.1%, 81st percentile | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | — | 11.0%, 62nd percentile | Compare Tristar Horizon Medical Center |
| T19 | Baptist Memorial Hospital Union City | 14.5%, 79th percentile | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 17.7%, 16th percentile | 7.2%, 85th percentile | — | 16.0%, 8th percentile | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital Union City |
| T19 | Saint Thomas River Park Hospital | 14.5%, 79th percentile | — | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 17.0%, 24th percentile | 9.0%, 36th percentile | — | — | Compare Saint Thomas River Park Hospital |
| T19 | Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Pulaski | 14.5%, 79th percentile | — | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 18.2%, 13th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Pulaski |
| T19 | Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchest | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 18.6%, 10th percentile | 12.9%, 1st percentile | — | 14.5%, 14th percentile | Compare Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchest |
| T19 | Indian Path Community Hospital | 14.5%, 79th percentile | — | — | 13.2%, 80th percentile | — | — | 10.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Indian Path Community Hospital |
| T24 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 11.7%, 93rd percentile | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 10.1%, 79th percentile | Compare Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| T24 | Williamson Medical Center | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 14.0%, 8th percentile | 14.3%, 64th percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | — | 11.3%, 56th percentile | Compare Williamson Medical Center |
| T24 | Fort Loudoun Medical Center | 14.6%, 74th percentile | — | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 12.5%, 87th percentile | 7.4%, 80th percentile | — | 10.4%, 73rd percentile | Compare Fort Loudoun Medical Center |
| T24 | Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 14.8%, 56th percentile | 7.9%, 66th percentile | — | 10.2%, 77th percentile | Compare Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center |
| T24 | Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital | 14.6%, 74th percentile | — | — | 15.1%, 51st percentile | — | — | — | Compare Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital |
| T29 | Metro Nashville General Hospital | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Metro Nashville General Hospital |
| T29 | VA Middle Tennessee Healthcare System - Murfreesboro | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | 7.5%, 97th percentile | 11.3%, 95th percentile | 6.0%, 98th percentile | — | — | Compare VA Middle Tennessee Healthcare System - Murfreesboro |
| T31 | Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 14.7%, 5th percentile | 15.5%, 45th percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | — | 10.5%, 71st percentile | Compare Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center |
| T31 | Memphis VA Medical Center | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 6.9%, 99th percentile | 10.9%, 97th percentile | 5.7%, 99th percentile | — | — | Compare Memphis VA Medical Center |
| T31 | Unity Medical Center | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | — | 18.7%, 10th percentile | 9.2%, 31st percentile | — | — | Compare Unity Medical Center |
| T31 | Blount Memorial Hospital | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 14.1%, 7th percentile | 17.8%, 15th percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | — | 18.5%, 3rd percentile | Compare Blount Memorial Hospital |
| T31 | Rhea Medical Center | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 14.1%, 67th percentile | 9.2%, 31st percentile | — | — | Compare Rhea Medical Center |
| T31 | Volunteer Community Hospital | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 23.7%, 0th percentile | 10.0%, 15th percentile | — | — | Compare Volunteer Community Hospital |
| T31 | Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 17.7%, 16th percentile | 9.7%, 20th percentile | 2.8%, 24th percentile | 12.2%, 40th percentile | Compare Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center |
| T31 | Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint |
| T31 | Houston County Community Hospital | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Houston County Community Hospital |
| T40 | University Health System, Inc | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 15.8%, 40th percentile | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 12.0%, 44th percentile | Compare University Health System, Inc |
| T40 | Lincoln Medical Center | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 16.8%, 26th percentile | — | — | 20.8%, 2nd percentile | Compare Lincoln Medical Center |
| T40 | Parkwest Medical Center | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 16.5%, 30th percentile | 10.8%, 8th percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 13.4%, 24th percentile | Compare Parkwest Medical Center |
| T40 | Livingston Regional Hospital | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 20.4%, 4th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Livingston Regional Hospital |
| T40 | Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | — | 14.5%, 61st percentile | — | — | — | Compare Hawkins County Memorial Hospital |
| T40 | Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | — | 16.0%, 38th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital |
| T40 | West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | — | 15.2%, 50th percentile | — | — | — | Compare West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital |
| T47 | Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 13.8%, 9th percentile | 16.8%, 26th percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 10.9%, 64th percentile | Compare Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge |
| T47 | Parkridge Medical Center | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 14.7%, 58th percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 9.3%, 90th percentile | Compare Parkridge Medical Center |
| T47 | VA Middle Tennessee Healthcare System | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 6.1%, 99th percentile | 12.2%, 90th percentile | 8.4%, 52nd percentile | — | — | Compare VA Middle Tennessee Healthcare System |
| T47 | Starr Regional Medical Center Athens | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | 15.9%, 2nd percentile | 21.5%, 2nd percentile | 9.0%, 36th percentile | — | 14.6%, 13th percentile | Compare Starr Regional Medical Center Athens |
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.