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 | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| T50 | Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association | 0.98, 41st percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.66, 27th percentile | 1.60, 12th percentile | — | 1.69, 5th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association |
| T50 | Volunteer Community Hospital | 0.98, 41st percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Volunteer Community Hospital |
| T50 | West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital | 0.98, 41st percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital |
| T54 | Metro Nashville General Hospital | 0.99, 37th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 0.35, 39th percentile | Compare Metro Nashville General Hospital |
| T54 | Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital | 0.99, 37th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital |
| 56 | Blount Memorial Hospital | 1.03, 29th percentile | 0.92, 19th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 2.07, 4th percentile | — | 1.04, 20th percentile | 0.12, 72nd percentile | Compare Blount Memorial Hospital |
| 57 | Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center | 1.04, 28th percentile | 0.86, 22nd percentile | 0.51, 39th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 0.60, 49th percentile | 0.48, 26th percentile | Compare Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center |
| 58 | Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge | 1.05, 26th percentile | 0.42, 55th percentile | 0.32, 58th percentile | 0.37, 72nd percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.02, 80th percentile | Compare Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge |
| 59 | VA Middle Tennessee Healthcare System | 1.06, 25th percentile | 0.67, 34th percentile | 1.25, 7th percentile | — | — | — | — | Compare VA Middle Tennessee Healthcare System |
| 60 | Cookeville Regional Medical Center | 1.09, 20th percentile | 0.15, 77th percentile | 0.36, 54th percentile | 0.61, 56th percentile | — | 0.51, 58th percentile | 0.41, 33rd percentile | Compare Cookeville Regional Medical Center |
| 61 | Tennova Healthcare - Newport Medical Center | 1.12, 17th percentile | — | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | — | — | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Tennova Healthcare - Newport Medical Center |
| 62 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center | 1.13, 16th percentile | 0.70, 31st percentile | 0.59, 32nd percentile | 1.34, 19th percentile | 0.41, 74th percentile | 1.07, 19th percentile | 0.24, 56th percentile | Compare Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| 63 | Sweetwater Hospital Association | 1.14, 15th percentile | — | 0.89, 15th percentile | — | — | — | 0.30, 46th percentile | Compare Sweetwater Hospital Association |
| 64 | Methodist Hospitals Of Memphis | 1.19, 11th percentile | 0.46, 53rd percentile | 0.34, 56th percentile | 0.35, 73rd percentile | 0.74, 56th percentile | 0.91, 26th percentile | 0.25, 54th percentile | Compare Methodist Hospitals Of Memphis |
| 65 | Regional One Health | 1.20, 10th percentile | 0.56, 43rd percentile | 0.25, 63rd percentile | 0.27, 77th percentile | — | 4.77, 0th percentile | 0.22, 59th percentile | Compare Regional One Health |
| 66 | Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial Hospital | 1.21, 10th percentile | — | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | — | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial Hospital |
| 67 | Memphis VA Medical Center | 1.22, 9th percentile | 2.28, 2nd percentile | 0.97, 12th percentile | — | — | — | — | Compare Memphis VA Medical Center |
| T68 | Greeneville Community Hospital | 1.23, 9th percentile | 1.51, 6th percentile | 1.53, 4th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 1.57, 7th percentile | 0.12, 73rd percentile | Compare Greeneville Community Hospital |
| T68 | Johnson City Medical Center | 1.23, 9th percentile | 0.69, 32nd percentile | 0.68, 25th percentile | 2.13, 4th percentile | 3.50, 3rd percentile | 0.75, 36th percentile | 0.37, 37th percentile | Compare Johnson City Medical Center |
| T68 | St Francis Hospital | 1.23, 9th percentile | 0.62, 37th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 1.57, 13th percentile | 0.79, 53rd percentile | 0.74, 38th percentile | 0.05, 79th percentile | Compare St Francis Hospital |
| 71 | Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchest | 1.26, 8th percentile | — | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | — | — | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchest |
| 72 | Highpoint Health-Sumner With Ascension Saint Thoma | 1.27, 7th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 0.46, 63rd percentile | 0.07, 77th percentile | Compare Highpoint Health-Sumner With Ascension Saint Thoma |
| 73 | University Health System, Inc | 1.44, 3rd percentile | 0.52, 47th percentile | 0.33, 57th percentile | 0.45, 67th percentile | 0.56, 68th percentile | 0.97, 22nd percentile | 0.35, 40th percentile | Compare University Health System, Inc |
| 74 | Baptist Memorial Hospital | 2.01, 0th percentile | 0.96, 17th percentile | 0.53, 37th percentile | 0.88, 39th percentile | 1.52, 26th percentile | 0.79, 34th percentile | 0.47, 27th percentile | 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).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).