Hospital Quality &
Safety Data
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Search and rank 5,400+ Medicare hospitals by CMS star ratings, safety, patient satisfaction, infections, readmissions, spending, and birthing-friendliness.
Compare 5,426 Medicare-certified hospitals by star ratings, patient experience, safety measures, and infection rates. Powered by CMS Hospital Compare.
CMS Five-Star Rating Coverage
Average CMS Hospital Compare star rating across the 5426 Medicare-certified hospitals in PlainHospital's database, on the 1-5 quality-of-care scale published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Average CMS Hospital Compare star rating (PlainHospital national)
Top Highlights
Top 5 States by Hospital Count
Top-Rated Hospitals
ADVENTHEALTH FISH MEMORIAL
5ORANGE CITY, FL
Acute Care Hospitals
ADVENTHEALTH MURRAY
5CHATSWORTH, GA
Acute Care Hospitals
Adventhealth Zephyrhills
5ZEPHYRHILLS, FL
Acute Care Hospitals
ADVENTIST HEALTH CASTLE
5KAILUA, HI
Acute Care Hospitals
ADVENTIST HEALTH HOWARD MEMORIAL
5WILLITS, CA
Critical Access Hospitals
ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL
5ELGIN, IL
Acute Care Hospitals
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Data from CMS Hospital Compare and FDA MAUDE. PlainHospital does not recommend hospitals or provide medical advice. Learn more
Frequently Asked Questions
What data does PlainHospital provide?
PlainHospital provides CMS Hospital Compare data for 5,426 hospitals including star ratings, quality measures, patient experience scores, and infection rates.
What do hospital star ratings mean?
CMS assigns 1-5 star overall ratings based on multiple quality measures including mortality, safety, readmission, patient experience, and timely care.
Where does PlainHospital data come from?
All data comes from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital Compare program, which collects quality data from Medicare-certified hospitals.
Hospital Guides
Understand hospital quality data and make informed choices.
Star Ratings Explained
How CMS calculates stars and what they measure.
Quality Measures
What safety, mortality, and patient experience data means.
Choosing a Hospital
A data-driven framework for hospital selection.
What Star Ratings Really Mean
CMS methodology, category weights, and why great hospitals sometimes score low.
Choosing Between Hospitals
Which metrics matter most, when to travel, and how to use infection data.
Research
Original analysis from our editorial team, every statistic derived from our own database. See all research.
Top States by Five-Star Hospital Count
States with the highest concentration of CMS five-star rated hospitals, ranked from the 5,426 Medicare-certified facilities in our database.
ResearchTop US States by Hospital Count
States with the highest absolute hospital counts, from CMS Hospital Compare data covering 5,426 Medicare-certified facilities across all 50 jurisdictions.
ResearchTop Medical Devices by FDA Adverse Events
Medical devices ranked by adverse-event reports filed with the FDA MAUDE database — paired with hospital quality data from CMS Hospital Compare.