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Hospitals in Texas with the smallest Medicare readmissions penalties

268 Texas hospitals ranked by readmissions penalty in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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268 hospitals ranked in Texas by readmissions penalty; 199 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalReadmissions penaltyhigher is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average−0.34%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T250HCA Houston Healthcare ConroeConroe, TX · Acute care−0.94%2212.3%9.8%16.9%1.24158 min1.15328Compare
T250Medical City WeatherfordWeatherford, TX · Acute care−0.94%2311.6%11.7%15.0%0.91136 min1.08103Compare
253UT Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler, TX · Acute care−1.01%2212.7%11.1%15.4%1.15156 min1.07432Compare
254Citizens Medical CenterVictoria, TX · Acute care−1.05%3312.4%11.1%14.7%0.90200 min1.22265Compare
255HCA Houston Healthcare TomballTomball, TX · Acute care−1.09%3212.8%8.8%15.6%0.79118 min1.12289Compare
256Medical Center Of McKinneyMckinney, TX · Acute care−1.20%3314.1%10.0%15.7%0.84144 min1.08225Compare
257Navarro Regional HospitalCorsicana, TX · Acute care−1.21%23—13.4%16.6%0.91175 min1.02162Compare
258Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford, TX · Acute care−1.27%4310.8%12.3%15.2%0.85150 min1.10286Compare
259Texoma Medical CenterDenison, TX · Acute care−1.33%4312.4%9.2%16.1%0.93116 min1.02414Compare
260Ascension Seton Cedar ParkCedar Park, TX · Acute care−1.38%3210.9%9.3%15.6%0.79142 min0.96126Compare
261Hendrick Medical Center BrownwoodBrownwood, TX · Acute care−1.49%1214.2%12.0%15.4%0.91180 min1.10216Compare
262Lubbock Heart Hospital LPLubbock, TX · Acute care−1.51%2411.7%14.4%15.4%1.31159 min1.0974Compare
263Guadalupe Regional Medical CenterSeguin, TX · Acute care−1.55%2512.6%12.2%16.0%0.88194 min1.13153Compare
264Quail Creek Surgical HospitalAmarillo, TX · Acute care−1.92%—5——14.3%0.87—1.0739Compare
265Baylor Surgical Hospital At Las ColinasIrving, TX · Acute care−2.27%—3——14.9%0.9371 min0.9120Compare
T266Baylor Scott And White Surgical Hospital At ShermaSherman, TX · Acute care−3.00%3———14.9%0.91128 min0.9614Compare
T266Methodist McKinney HospitalMckinney, TX · Acute care−3.00%————15.4%0.9592 min1.0923Compare
T266Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital SouthlakeSouthlake, TX · Acute care−3.00%—4——15.0%0.95110 min0.9017Compare

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.

Readmissions penalty
Change to Medicare payments under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, which cuts payments (by up to 3%) to hospitals with more readmissions than expected. 0% means no penalty..
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).