Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Texas with the lowest C. diff infections
210 Texas hospitals ranked by C. diff infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | C. diff infectionslower 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 | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 201 | North Texas Medical Center | 0.85, 8th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 1.21, 10th percentile | 117 min, 77th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 60 | Compare North Texas Medical Center |
| 202 | University Medical Center Of El Paso | 0.88, 7th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 13.7%, 10th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 1.31, 6th percentile | 240 min, 6th percentile | 1.12, 6th percentile | 354 | Compare University Medical Center Of El Paso |
| 203 | Uvalde Memorial Hospital | 0.88, 7th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 10.7%, 56th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | 159 min, 43rd percentile | — | 25 | Compare Uvalde Memorial Hospital |
| 204 | Palo Pinto General Hospital | 0.96, 6th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 1.06, 25th percentile | 92 min, 94th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 99 | Compare Palo Pinto General Hospital |
| 205 | Dell Seton Medical Center At The University Of TX | 0.97, 6th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 249 min, 5th percentile | 1.09, 10th percentile | 240 | Compare Dell Seton Medical Center At The University Of TX |
| 206 | Brooke Army Medical Center (Ft Sam Houston) | 0.99, 5th percentile | — | 5, 97th percentile | — | — | — | — | 168 min, 37th percentile | — | 950 | Compare Brooke Army Medical Center (Ft Sam Houston) |
| 207 | Coryell Memorial Hospital | 1.09, 4th percentile | — | 5, 97th percentile | — | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | 137 min, 59th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Coryell Memorial Hospital |
| 208 | Hunt Regional Medical Center | 1.22, 3rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 16.2%, 5th percentile | 1.33, 6th percentile | 176 min, 32nd percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 192 | Compare Hunt Regional Medical Center |
| 209 | Ochiltree General Hospital | 1.81, 1st percentile | — | — | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | 88 min, 96th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Ochiltree General Hospital |
| 210 | Hamilton General Hospital | 1.92, 1st percentile | — | — | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | 113 min, 80th percentile | — | 34 | Compare Hamilton General 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.
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- 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).