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Hospitals in Vermont with the largest Medicare value-based purchasing bonuses

6 Vermont hospitals ranked by value-based purchasing adjustment in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Northwestern Medical Center Inc, Central Vermont Medical Center, Rutland Regional Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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6 hospitals ranked in Vermont by value-based purchasing adjustment; 11 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Value-based purchasing adjustmenthigher 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	+0.13%		3.3	11.9%	11.1%	15.0%	1.00	162 min	1.00
1	Northwestern Medical Center IncSaint Albans, VT · Acute care	+1.45%, 94th 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	Central Vermont Medical CenterBarre, VT · Acute care	+1.35%, 92nd 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
3	Rutland Regional Medical CenterRutland, VT · Acute care	+0.44%, 70th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	11.9%, 46th percentile	13.7%, 10th percentile	14.7%, 68th percentile	1.38, 4th percentile	190 min, 24th percentile	0.95, 71st percentile	301	Compare Rutland Regional Medical Center
4	Southwestern Vermont Medical CenterBennington, VT · Acute care	+0.32%, 65th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	—	9.7%, 75th percentile	15.8%, 11th percentile	0.81, 92nd percentile	202 min, 18th percentile	0.96, 66th percentile	180	Compare Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
5	Brattleboro Memorial HospitalBrattleboro, VT · Acute care	+0.28%, 63rd percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	—	11.4%, 41st percentile	14.4%, 83rd percentile	0.95, 55th percentile	171 min, 35th percentile	0.97, 61st percentile	104	Compare Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
6	University Of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health CareBurlington, VT · Acute care	+0.15%, 56th 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

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.

Value-based purchasing adjustment: Change to Medicare payments under Hospital Value-Based Purchasing: a bonus (positive) or penalty (negative, up to 2%) based on the Total Performance Score..
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).