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Hospitals in Vermont with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate

15 Vermont hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Northwestern Medical Center Inc, White River Jct VA Medical Center, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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15 hospitals ranked in Vermont by hospital-wide readmission rate; 2 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data	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	Compare
	National average	15.0%	11.9%	11.1%	15.2%	8.6%	2.4%	11.9%
1	Northwestern Medical Center IncSaint Albans, VT · Acute care	14.0%, 93rd percentile	10.9%, 80th percentile	12.6%, 20th percentile	14.1%, 67th percentile	9.1%, 34th percentile	—	17.5%, 4th percentile	Compare Northwestern Medical Center Inc
T2	White River Jct VA Medical CenterWhite River Junction, VT · Veterans Affairs	14.4%, 83rd percentile	—	8.7%, 89th percentile	11.6%, 94th percentile	7.9%, 66th percentile	—	—	Compare White River Jct VA Medical Center
T2	Brattleboro Memorial HospitalBrattleboro, VT · Acute care	14.4%, 83rd percentile	—	11.4%, 41st percentile	18.4%, 11th percentile	9.2%, 31st percentile	—	11.7%, 49th percentile	Compare Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
4	North Country Hospital And Health CenterNewport, VT · Critical access	14.6%, 74th percentile	12.0%, 42nd percentile	15.3%, 3rd percentile	19.9%, 5th percentile	11.5%, 4th percentile	—	13.6%, 22nd percentile	Compare North Country Hospital And Health Center
T5	Gifford Medical CenterRandolph, VT · Critical access	14.7%, 68th percentile	—	10.3%, 64th percentile	15.6%, 43rd percentile	—	—	—	Compare Gifford Medical Center
T5	University Of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health CareBurlington, VT · Acute care	14.7%, 68th percentile	12.0%, 42nd percentile	13.0%, 15th percentile	14.0%, 69th percentile	9.5%, 24th percentile	1.8%, 85th percentile	9.8%, 84th percentile	Compare University Of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care
T5	Porter Hospital IncMiddlebury, VT · Critical access	14.7%, 68th percentile	—	11.6%, 37th percentile	17.1%, 23rd percentile	7.2%, 85th percentile	—	11.9%, 45th percentile	Compare Porter Hospital Inc
T5	Rutland Regional Medical CenterRutland, VT · Acute care	14.7%, 68th percentile	11.9%, 46th percentile	13.7%, 10th percentile	13.5%, 76th percentile	6.8%, 91st percentile	—	13.8%, 20th percentile	Compare Rutland Regional Medical Center
T5	Mt Ascutney HospitalWindsor, VT · Critical access	14.7%, 68th percentile	—	—	13.0%, 82nd percentile	—	—	—	Compare Mt Ascutney Hospital
10	Grace Cottage HospitalTownshend, VT · Critical access	14.8%, 61st percentile	—	—	13.0%, 82nd percentile	—	—	—	Compare Grace Cottage Hospital
11	Copley HospitalMorrisville, VT · Critical access	14.9%, 54th percentile	12.1%, 38th percentile	14.5%, 5th percentile	22.5%, 1st percentile	11.5%, 4th percentile	—	13.1%, 27th percentile	Compare Copley Hospital
12	Springfield HospitalSpringfield, VT · Critical access	15.1%, 40th percentile	—	18.2%, 0th percentile	19.9%, 5th percentile	—	—	—	Compare Springfield Hospital
13	Central Vermont Medical CenterBarre, VT · Acute care	15.3%, 28th percentile	10.8%, 83rd percentile	10.0%, 70th percentile	9.3%, 99th percentile	8.0%, 63rd percentile	—	10.8%, 66th percentile	Compare Central Vermont Medical Center
14	Northeastern Vermont Regional HospitalSaint Johnsbury, VT · Critical access	15.4%, 23rd percentile	11.8%, 49th percentile	11.7%, 35th percentile	18.2%, 13th percentile	9.5%, 24th percentile	—	11.7%, 49th percentile	Compare Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital
15	Southwestern Vermont Medical CenterBennington, VT · Acute care	15.8%, 11th percentile	—	9.7%, 75th percentile	16.5%, 30th percentile	8.4%, 52nd percentile	—	16.2%, 7th percentile	Compare Southwestern 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.

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.
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.