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Hospital ratings by state

Every US hospital's CMS ratings, state by state

Every Medicare-certified acute-care, critical-access and children's hospital in the US, state by state, with what CMS Hospital Compare publishes about it: the overall star rating, and how its mortality, safety and readmission measures compare with the national rate.

Each hospital page also sets out two rights that apply at every Medicare-certified hospital, taken from the federal rules: who you can bring with you, and how to file a grievance. CMS does not publish these ratings by patient race, and we do not add a race-based score of our own.

CMS Hospital Compare, file dated January 26, 2026 Every Medicare-certified hospital, 50 states + DC

All 50 states & DC

Alabama

Alabama Hospital Association

Alaska

Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association

Arizona

Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association

State scorecard

Arkansas

Arkansas Hospital Association

California

California Hospital Association

State scorecard

Colorado

Colorado Hospital Association

State scorecard

Connecticut

Connecticut Hospital Association

State scorecard

Delaware

Delaware Healthcare Association

Florida

Florida Hospital Association

State scorecard

Georgia

Georgia Hospital Association

Hawaii

Healthcare Association of Hawaii

Idaho

Idaho Hospital Association

Illinois

Illinois Health and Hospital Association

State scorecard

Indiana

Indiana Hospital Association

Iowa

Iowa Hospital Association

Kansas

Kansas Hospital Association

Kentucky

Kentucky Hospital Association

Louisiana

Louisiana Hospital Association

Maine

Maine Hospital Association

State scorecard

Maryland

Maryland Hospital Association

State scorecard

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association

State scorecard

Michigan

Michigan Health and Hospital Association

Minnesota

Minnesota Hospital Association

State scorecard

Mississippi

Mississippi Hospital Association

Missouri

Missouri Hospital Association

State scorecard

Montana

Montana Hospital Association

Nebraska

Nebraska Hospital Association

Nevada

Nevada Hospital Association

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Hospital Association

State scorecard

New Jersey

New Jersey Hospital Association

State scorecard

New Mexico

New Mexico Hospital Association

New York

Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS)

State scorecard

North Carolina

North Carolina Healthcare Association

North Dakota

North Dakota Hospital Association

Ohio

Ohio Hospital Association

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Hospital Association

Oregon

Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems

State scorecard

Pennsylvania

Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania

State scorecard

Rhode Island

Hospital Association of Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Carolina Hospital Association

South Dakota

South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations

Tennessee

Tennessee Hospital Association

Texas

Texas Hospital Association

Utah

Utah Hospital Association

Vermont

Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems

State scorecard

Virginia

Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association

State scorecard

Washington

Washington State Hospital Association

State scorecard

West Virginia

West Virginia Hospital Association

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Hospital Association

State scorecard

Wyoming

Wyoming Hospital Association

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Hospital Association

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Methodology & data sources

Every figure on these pages comes from the CMS Hospital General Information file (Hospital Compare), dated below. We include acute-care, critical-access and children's hospitals, and leave out psychiatric, long-term care, Veterans Administration, Department of Defense and Rural Emergency Hospitals.

The overall star rating (1 to 5) is CMS's composite of five groups of measures: mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience, and timely and effective care. CMS does not break it down by patient race. A hospital that does not report enough measures to qualify has no rating, and we show it as not rated rather than guess.

CMS updates this file about every three months. Each page shows the date of the file it was built from, so you can check any figure against Medicare's Care Compare.

CMS Hospital General Information file dated