Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Tennessee with the lowest heart attack death rate
43 Tennessee hospitals ranked by heart attack death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital, Memorial Healthcare System, Inc, Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | 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 | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
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| National average | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital | 9.6%, 98th percentile | 9.1%, 85th percentile | 14.5%, 61st percentile | 10.7%, 8th percentile | 2.9%, 22nd percentile | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | Compare Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital |
| 2 | Memorial Healthcare System, Inc | 10.0%, 96th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 13.4%, 77th percentile | 10.6%, 9th percentile | 1.5%, 96th percentile | 10.7%, 68th percentile | 14.1%, 91st percentile | Compare Memorial Healthcare System, Inc |
| 3 | Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 13.8%, 9th percentile | 16.8%, 26th percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 10.9%, 64th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge |
| 4 | Tristar Horizon Medical Center | 10.4%, 90th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 13.1%, 81st percentile | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | — | 11.0%, 62nd percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Tristar Horizon Medical Center |
| 5 | Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 15.1%, 51st percentile | 6.7%, 93rd percentile | — | 11.8%, 47th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | Compare Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital |
| T6 | Mountain Home VA Medical Center | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 10.3%, 98th percentile | 5.7%, 99th percentile | — | — | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Mountain Home VA Medical Center |
| T6 | Williamson Medical Center | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 14.0%, 8th percentile | 14.3%, 64th percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | — | 11.3%, 56th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Williamson Medical Center |
| T6 | Cookeville Regional Medical Center | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 17.4%, 19th percentile | 12.3%, 1st percentile | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 11.3%, 56th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Cookeville Regional Medical Center |
| T9 | Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 14.7%, 5th percentile | 15.5%, 45th percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | — | 10.5%, 71st percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center |
| T9 | Baptist Memorial Hospital | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 13.7%, 73rd percentile | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 9.6%, 86th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital |
| T11 | Tristar Centennial Medical Center | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 18.6%, 10th percentile | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | 3.0%, 19th percentile | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare Tristar Centennial Medical Center |
| T11 | Parkwest Medical Center | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 16.5%, 30th percentile | 10.8%, 8th percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 13.4%, 24th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Parkwest Medical Center |
| T11 | Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 17.7%, 16th percentile | 9.7%, 20th percentile | 2.8%, 24th percentile | 12.2%, 40th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center |
| T14 | Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 15.7%, 42nd percentile | 9.2%, 31st percentile | 1.6%, 93rd percentile | 10.7%, 68th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | Compare Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital |
| T14 | Memphis VA Medical Center | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 6.9%, 99th percentile | 10.9%, 97th percentile | 5.7%, 99th percentile | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Memphis VA Medical Center |
| 16 | Maury Regional Hospital | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 15.2%, 3rd percentile | 19.5%, 6th percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | — | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Maury Regional Hospital |
| T17 | VA Middle Tennessee Healthcare System | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 6.1%, 99th percentile | 12.2%, 90th percentile | 8.4%, 52nd percentile | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare VA Middle Tennessee Healthcare System |
| T17 | Tristar Northcrest Medical Center | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 11.2%, 96th percentile | 9.2%, 31st percentile | — | 16.1%, 7th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Tristar Northcrest Medical Center |
| T19 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 11.7%, 93rd percentile | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 10.1%, 79th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| T19 | Cumberland Medical Center | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 16.3%, 33rd percentile | 7.9%, 66th percentile | — | 14.6%, 13th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare Cumberland Medical Center |
| T19 | Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchest | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 18.6%, 10th percentile | 12.9%, 1st percentile | — | 14.5%, 14th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchest |
| T19 | Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 8.7%, 43rd percentile | — | 13.3%, 25th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital |
| 23 | Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 14.8%, 56th percentile | 7.9%, 66th percentile | — | 10.2%, 77th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center |
| 24 | Highpoint Health-Sumner With Ascension Saint Thoma | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 7.8%, 95th percentile | 12.2%, 90th percentile | 6.9%, 90th percentile | — | 12.2%, 40th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Highpoint Health-Sumner With Ascension Saint Thoma |
| T25 | Tristar Summit Medical Center | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | — | 8.8%, 95th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Tristar Summit Medical Center |
| T25 | Greeneville Community Hospital | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 17.0%, 24th percentile | 7.5%, 78th percentile | — | 13.5%, 23rd percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | Compare Greeneville Community Hospital |
| 27 | Blount Memorial Hospital | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 14.1%, 7th percentile | 17.8%, 15th percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | — | 18.5%, 3rd percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Blount Memorial Hospital |
| 28 | Methodist Hospitals Of Memphis | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 15.7%, 42nd percentile | 11.7%, 3rd percentile | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 12.1%, 42nd percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Methodist Hospitals Of Memphis |
| T29 | Parkridge Medical Center | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 14.7%, 58th percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 9.3%, 90th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Parkridge Medical Center |
| T29 | Tristar Skyline Medical Center | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 19.0%, 8th percentile | 11.6%, 3rd percentile | — | 10.7%, 68th percentile | 14.1%, 91st percentile | Compare Tristar Skyline Medical Center |
| T29 | Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 14.7%, 5th percentile | 20.5%, 3rd percentile | 11.2%, 5th percentile | 3.1%, 16th percentile | 13.3%, 25th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center |
| 32 | St Francis Hospital | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 17.9%, 15th percentile | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 18.5%, 3rd percentile | 16.3%, 4th percentile | Compare St Francis Hospital |
| T33 | University Health System, Inc | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 15.8%, 40th percentile | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 12.0%, 44th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare University Health System, Inc |
| T33 | Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 16.4%, 31st percentile | 11.4%, 4th percentile | 3.4%, 9th percentile | 12.5%, 36th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center |
| 35 | Physicians Regional Medical Center | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 16.1%, 36th percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 12.8%, 31st percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare Physicians Regional Medical Center |
| 36 | Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center | 13.4%, 9th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 15.9%, 39th percentile | 6.5%, 95th percentile | — | 6.2%, 100th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center |
| 37 | Jackson-Madison County General Hospital | 13.6%, 7th percentile | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 19.3%, 7th percentile | 12.1%, 2nd percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 12.3%, 39th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Jackson-Madison County General Hospital |
| 38 | Johnson City Medical Center | 13.9%, 4th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 17.2%, 21st percentile | 10.4%, 11th percentile | 4.4%, 2nd percentile | 13.0%, 28th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Johnson City Medical Center |
| 39 | Saint Francis Bartlett Medical Center | 14.1%, 3rd percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 19.2%, 7th percentile | 7.8%, 69th percentile | — | 14.5%, 14th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Saint Francis Bartlett Medical Center |
| 40 | Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association | 14.2%, 3rd percentile | 10.7%, 56th percentile | 15.1%, 51st percentile | 10.5%, 10th percentile | — | 17.0%, 5th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association |
| 41 | Affiliate Of Vitruvian Health | 14.6%, 1st percentile | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 14.2%, 66th percentile | 11.2%, 5th percentile | — | 14.6%, 13th percentile | 14.2%, 89th percentile | Compare Affiliate Of Vitruvian Health |
| 42 | Erlanger Medical Center | 14.8%, 1st percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 13.1%, 81st percentile | 8.7%, 43rd percentile | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 11.7%, 49th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | Compare Erlanger Medical Center |
| 43 | Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital | 15.4%, 0th percentile | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 22.8%, 1st percentile | 11.1%, 5th percentile | — | 15.4%, 10th percentile | 16.3%, 4th percentile | 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.
- 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.
- 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.