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Hospitals in Virginia with the smallest Medicare readmissions penalties

71 Virginia 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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71 hospitals ranked in Virginia by readmissions penalty; 25 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
T51Sentara Virginia Beach General HospitalVirginia Beach, VA · Acute care−0.45%4310.0%9.9%15.6%0.93125 min0.94276Compare
T51Twin County Regional HospitalGalax, VA · Acute care−0.45%24—10.4%14.6%1.05208 min0.96141Compare
53Inova Mount Vernon HospitalAlexandria, VA · Acute care−0.52%4312.3%8.7%14.0%1.08150 min0.97237Compare
54Bon Secours Maryview Medical CenterPortsmouth, VA · Acute care−0.53%3311.7%13.1%14.8%0.82164 min1.01346Compare
55Sentara Careplex HospitalHampton, VA · Acute care−0.54%4310.9%10.0%14.8%0.88134 min0.95224Compare
T56Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax, VA · Acute care−0.55%5411.5%9.6%14.3%0.87172 min0.93182Compare
T56Fauquier HospitalWarrenton, VA · Acute care−0.55%3312.5%13.0%15.0%1.17162 min1.0497Compare
58UVA Health Culpeper Medical CenterCulpeper, VA · Acute care−0.63%22—10.9%15.3%0.98158 min1.0270Compare
T59Russell County HospitalLebanon, VA · Acute care−0.66%44—11.4%15.8%—130 min0.9178Compare
T59UVA Health Haymarket Medical CenterHaymarket, VA · Acute care−0.66%44—14.7%15.2%0.87204 min0.9660Compare
T59Lewisgale Hospital MontgomeryBlacksburg, VA · Acute care−0.66%3411.7%12.4%14.4%0.72124 min0.93146Compare
62Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk, VA · Acute care−0.71%3313.2%10.2%16.2%0.95168 min0.94247Compare
63Henrico Doctors' HospitalRichmond, VA · Acute care−0.75%4211.3%11.3%15.2%0.60148 min1.06340Compare
64Stafford Hospital, LLCStafford, VA · Acute care−0.79%4311.8%11.7%15.8%0.95179 min0.87100Compare
65Bon Secours Southampton Memorial HospitalFranklin, VA · Acute care−0.96%33—12.9%15.2%0.93152 min0.84221Compare
66Sentara Northern Virginia Medical CenterWoodbridge, VA · Acute care−0.99%3312.5%9.8%15.4%0.91166 min0.95183Compare
67Mary Immaculate HospitalNewport News, VA · Acute care−1.01%4311.4%14.3%14.8%0.76174 min1.00110Compare
68Lewisgale Medical CenterSalem, VA · Acute care−1.06%2210.9%12.3%15.5%0.73122 min1.05506Compare
69Spotsylvania Regional Medical CenterFredericksburg, VA · Acute care−1.17%3212.7%9.7%15.6%0.84120 min0.98126Compare
70Bon Secours Southside Medical CenterPetersburg, VA · Acute care−1.23%2312.2%10.1%15.8%0.97137 min1.11300Compare
71Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg, VA · Acute care−1.95%3213.0%9.6%15.4%1.40176 min0.96451Compare

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).