How does your hospital really rate?
Star ratings, safety, infections, readmissions, and patient experience for every Medicare-certified hospital in America, straight from CMS Hospital Compare, in plain numbers.
The national picture
Across 5,426 Medicare-certified hospitals, the average CMS overall rating is 3.1 out of 5, but only 288 earn the full five stars.
- 5,426
- hospitals tracked nationwide
- 3.1 / 5
- average CMS star rating (2,866 rated)
- 288
- five-star hospitals - 10% of those rated
- 56
- states & territories covered
CMS star ratings are composite scores built from mortality, safety, readmission, patient experience, and timely & effective care. Not every hospital reports enough volume to receive an overall rating.
Where five-star hospitals cluster
Share of each state's CMS-rated hospitals that earn the top 5-star overall rating
- Utah leads the nation
- 39%
- vs 10% of rated hospitals nationwide
How hospital quality is distributed nationwide
The national average is 3.1 of 5, but the 2,866 rated hospitals spread across the full 1–5 star scale
- 5★ 288
5-star hospitals
288 hospitals
- 4★
4-star hospitals
765 hospitals
- 3★
3-star hospitals
935 hospitals
- 2★
2-star hospitals
649 hospitals
- 1★ 229
1-star hospitals
229 hospitals
What this shows Most hospitals cluster in the 3–4 star middle; only 10% reach five stars and a similar share sit at one star. The headline average hides how few hospitals are truly exceptional.
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. About PlainHospital and our data sources
Hospital Guides
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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.
About this data
How PlainHospital works, and why you can trust these numbers
What this site is
PlainHospital is a free reference for CMS Hospital Compare quality data across 5,426 Medicare-certified US hospitals: star ratings, quality measures, patient experience scores, and infection rates, alongside FDA MAUDE device adverse-event reports. PlainHospital does not recommend hospitals or provide medical advice.
Editorial process
- Source. Pull the latest CMS Hospital Compare quality-measure files and the FDA MAUDE device adverse-event dataset directly from their official government sources.
- Verify. Reproduce star ratings, quality-measure scores, infection ratios, and patient-experience percentages exactly as CMS publishes them, without editorial modification or proprietary reweighting.
- Publish. Build a per-hospital page linking back to the CMS record so readers can audit our figures against the original source.
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Frequently asked
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.