Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Tennessee with the lowest serious complications
74 Tennessee hospitals ranked by serious complications in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Serious complicationslower 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 | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T50 | Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association | 0.98, 41st percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 14.2%, 3rd percentile | 10.7%, 56th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 198 min, 20th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 167 | Compare Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association |
| T50 | Volunteer Community Hospital | 0.98, 41st percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 163 min, 40th percentile | 1.20, 2nd percentile | 100 | Compare Volunteer Community Hospital |
| T50 | West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital | 0.98, 41st percentile | — | 5, 97th percentile | — | — | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 160 min, 42nd percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 70 | Compare West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital |
| T54 | Metro Nashville General Hospital | 0.99, 37th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 125 min, 70th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 150 | Compare Metro Nashville General Hospital |
| T54 | Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital | 0.99, 37th percentile | — | 4, 76th percentile | — | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 167 min, 37th percentile | — | 60 | Compare Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital |
| 56 | Blount Memorial Hospital | 1.03, 29th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 14.1%, 7th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 216 min, 13th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 304 | Compare Blount Memorial Hospital |
| 57 | Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center | 1.04, 28th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 204 min, 17th percentile | 1.10, 8th percentile | 505 | Compare Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center |
| 58 | Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge | 1.05, 26th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 13.8%, 9th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 186 min, 26th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 301 | Compare Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge |
| 59 | VA Middle Tennessee Healthcare System | 1.06, 25th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 6.1%, 99th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | — | 508 | Compare VA Middle Tennessee Healthcare System |
| 60 | Cookeville Regional Medical Center | 1.09, 20th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 268 min, 3rd percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 269 | Compare Cookeville Regional Medical Center |
| 61 | Tennova Healthcare - Newport Medical Center | 1.12, 17th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 14.2%, 89th percentile | 190 min, 24th percentile | 0.85, 95th percentile | 74 | Compare Tennova Healthcare - Newport Medical Center |
| 62 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center | 1.13, 16th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 269 min, 3rd percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 1,091 | Compare Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| 63 | Sweetwater Hospital Association | 1.14, 15th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 182 min, 28th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 59 | Compare Sweetwater Hospital Association |
| 64 | Methodist Hospitals Of Memphis | 1.19, 11th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 228 min, 9th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 1,593 | Compare Methodist Hospitals Of Memphis |
| 65 | Regional One Health | 1.20, 10th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | — | 16.2%, 5th percentile | 294 min, 2nd percentile | 1.14, 4th percentile | 631 | Compare Regional One Health |
| 66 | Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial Hospital | 1.21, 10th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 170 min, 35th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 58 | Compare Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial Hospital |
| 67 | Memphis VA Medical Center | 1.22, 9th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 6.9%, 99th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | — | 924 | Compare Memphis VA Medical Center |
| T68 | Greeneville Community Hospital | 1.23, 9th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | 154 min, 46th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 140 | Compare Greeneville Community Hospital |
| T68 | Johnson City Medical Center | 1.23, 9th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 13.9%, 4th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 211 min, 14th percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 585 | Compare Johnson City Medical Center |
| T68 | St Francis Hospital | 1.23, 9th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 1, 1st percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 16.3%, 4th percentile | 150 min, 49th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 519 | Compare St Francis Hospital |
| 71 | Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchest | 1.26, 8th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 145 min, 52nd percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 152 | Compare Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchest |
| 72 | Highpoint Health-Sumner With Ascension Saint Thoma | 1.27, 7th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 7.8%, 95th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 144 min, 53rd percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 155 | Compare Highpoint Health-Sumner With Ascension Saint Thoma |
| 73 | University Health System, Inc | 1.44, 3rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 249 min, 5th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 655 | Compare University Health System, Inc |
| 74 | Baptist Memorial Hospital | 2.01, 0th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 182 min, 28th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 927 | Compare Baptist Memorial 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.
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- 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.
- 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).