Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Tennessee with the highest appropriate sepsis care
73 Tennessee hospitals ranked by appropriate sepsis care in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Appropriate sepsis carehigher 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 | 65.0% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T49 | Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center | 53.0%, 23rd 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 |
| T52 | Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center | 52.0%, 21st 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 |
| T52 | Claiborne Medical Center | 52.0%, 21st 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 |
| 54 | Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital | 51.0%, 20th percentile | — | 4, 76th percentile | — | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 167 min, 37th percentile | — | 60 | Compare Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital |
| 55 | Blount Memorial Hospital | 50.0%, 19th 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 |
| 56 | Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association | 49.0%, 17th 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 |
| T57 | Cumberland Medical Center | 48.0%, 16th 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 |
| T57 | Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital | 48.0%, 16th 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 |
| T57 | Cookeville Regional Medical Center | 48.0%, 16th 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 |
| T57 | West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital | 48.0%, 16th percentile | — | 5, 97th percentile | — | — | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 160 min, 42nd percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 70 | Compare West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital |
| T61 | Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital | 47.0%, 14th 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 |
| T61 | Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchest | 47.0%, 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 |
| T61 | West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County Hospital | 47.0%, 14th 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 |
| T64 | Metro Nashville General Hospital | 46.0%, 13th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 125 min, 70th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 150 | Compare Metro Nashville General Hospital |
| T64 | Lafollette Medical Center | 46.0%, 13th 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 |
| 66 | Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital | 45.0%, 12th 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 |
| 67 | Sweetwater Hospital Association | 41.0%, 9th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 1.14, 15th percentile | 182 min, 28th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 59 | Compare Sweetwater Hospital Association |
| 68 | Johnson City Medical Center | 39.0%, 7th 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 |
| 69 | Saint Francis Bartlett Medical Center | 36.0%, 5th 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 |
| 70 | Affiliate Of Vitruvian Health | 35.0%, 5th 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 |
| T71 | Regional One Health | 34.0%, 4th 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 |
| T71 | St Francis Hospital | 34.0%, 4th 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 |
| 73 | Unity Medical Center | 0.0%, 0th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 5, 97th percentile | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 132 min, 63rd percentile | 1.15, 4th percentile | 49 | Compare Unity 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.
- Appropriate sepsis care
- Percentage of patients who received appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock.
- 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).