Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Vermont with the lowest surgical site infections (colon)
3 Vermont hospitals ranked by surgical site infections (colon) in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Northwestern Medical Center Inc, University Of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care, Central Vermont Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Surgical site infections (colon)lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Northwestern Medical Center Inc | 0.00, 91st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | 1.18, 12th percentile | 175 min, 32nd percentile | 0.88, 92nd percentile | 70 | Compare Northwestern Medical Center Inc |
| 2 | University Of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care | 1.29, 21st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 1.34, 5th percentile | 259 min, 4th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 615 | Compare University Of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care |
| 3 | Central Vermont Medical Center | 1.87, 7th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 1.74, 1st percentile | 168 min, 37th percentile | 0.85, 95th percentile | 175 | Compare Central Vermont Medical Center |
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.
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (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).