VA acute care hospitals
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services lists 132 va acute care hospitals across 49 states and territories. 112 of them carry a CMS Overall Star Rating (84.8%), and 50 hold five stars. 112 report an emergency department.
Veterans Health Administration medical centers, which report into CMS Care Compare alongside their own VA access-to-care data.
Data as of , from CMS Hospital Compare.
- Hospitals
- 132
- With a star rating
- 112
- With an ER
- 112
- States covered
- 49
Where va acute care hospitals are concentrated
The twelve states with the most, by count
- NY
NY
9 hospitals
- CA
CA
8 hospitals
- FL
FL
7 hospitals
- PA
PA
7 hospitals
- IL
IL
5 hospitals
- TX
TX
5 hospitals
- MI
MI
4 hospitals
- MO
MO
4 hospitals
- NC
NC
4 hospitals
- OH
OH
4 hospitals
- TN
TN
4 hospitals
- WV
WV
4 hospitals
What this shows NY has the most with 9. Counts follow population and, for rural categories, geography rather than quality.
VA acute care hospitals by state
| State | Hospitals | With a star rating | With an ER |
|---|---|---|---|
| NY | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| CA | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| FL | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| PA | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| IL | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| TX | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| MI | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| MO | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| NC | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| OH | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| TN | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| WV | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| AL | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| AZ | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| GA | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| LA | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| MA | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| VA | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| WI | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| AR | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| CO | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| IA | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| IN | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| KS | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| KY | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| MD | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| MN | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| MS | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| NV | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| OK | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| OR | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| SC | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| SD | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| WA | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| WY | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| CT | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| DC | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| DE | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ID | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ME | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| MT | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ND | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| NE | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| NJ | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| NM | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PR | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| RI | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| UT | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| VT | 1 | 1 | 1 |
State links open the full hospital directory for that state, across every facility type.
Highest-rated va acute care hospitals
| Hospital | Location | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| BECKLEY VA MEDICAL CENTER | BECKLEY, WV | 5 of 5 |
| BOISE VA MEDICAL CENTER | BOISE, ID | 5 of 5 |
| CHARLESTON VA MEDICAL CENTER | CHARLESTON, SC | 5 of 5 |
| CHEYENNE VA MEDICAL CENTER | CHEYENNE, WY | 5 of 5 |
| CLARKSBURG VA MEDICAL CENTER | CLARKSBURG, WV | 5 of 5 |
| COLUMBIA SC VA MEDICAL CENTER | COLUMBIA, SC | 5 of 5 |
| DAYTON VA MEDICAL CENTER | DAYTON, OH | 5 of 5 |
| DETROIT (JOHN D. DINGELL) VA MEDICAL CENTER | DETROIT, MI | 5 of 5 |
| FARGO VA MEDICAL CENTER | FARGO, ND | 5 of 5 |
| FAYETTEVILLE AR VA MEDICAL CENTER | FAYETTEVILLE, AR | 5 of 5 |
Ties are broken alphabetically, not by any further ranking of our own.
Who runs them
| Ownership | Hospitals |
|---|---|
| Veterans Health Administration | 132 |
Other categories: all hospital types · national figures on statistics · the underlying file is downloadable as CSV.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare / Care Compare, Hospital General Information · August 2026 Facility type, ownership and emergency-service flags are published by CMS per hospital. Counts are computed by PlainHospital from those records.
Every figure on PlainHospital is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Counts are live queries over the CMS facility-type field, never a hand-maintained list. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.