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Massachusetts hospitals: CMS star ratings compared

62 Medicare-certified State scorecard available

62 Medicare-certified hospitals serve Massachusetts, represented by the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association. This page lists each one 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.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) publishes the most detailed state hospital scorecard in the Northeast, including patient-experience scores stratified by race and by payer. Boston Medical Center is the state's largest safety-net teaching hospital.

The state's recognized safety-net hospital systems, the facilities that carry a disproportionate share of Medicaid and uninsured admissions, include Boston Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General Brigham), and Cambridge Health Alliance.

A note on scope. CMS does not publish hospital ratings by patient race, so every rating on this page is CMS's overall figure for all patients. We do not rank hospitals as better or worse for Black patients without a primary source that measures it.

Safety-net systems in Massachusetts

  • Boston Medical Center
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General Brigham)
  • Cambridge Health Alliance

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All 62 hospitals in Massachusetts

Baystate Wing Hospital

Palmer

5★
Acute Care

Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital

Jamaica Plain · Mass General Brigham

5★
Acute Care

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston · Mass General Brigham

5★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

Burlington · Beth Israel Lahey Health

5★
Acute Care

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston

5★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

New England Baptist Hospital

Boston · Baptist Health

5★
Acute Care

Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Newton

5★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Athol Memorial Hospital

Athol

4★
Critical Access

Baystate Franklin Medical Center

Greenfield

4★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Berkshire Medical Center

Pittsfield

4★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

Milton · Beth Israel Lahey Health

4★
Acute Care

Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

Needham · Beth Israel Lahey Health

4★
Acute Care

Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth

Plymouth · Beth Israel Lahey Health

4★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston · Beth Israel Lahey Health

4★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Cambridge Health Alliance

Cambridge

4★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Falmouth Hospital

Falmouth

4★
Acute Care

Martha's Vineyard Hospital Inc

Oak Bluffs

4★
Critical Access Birthing-friendly

Mount Auburn Hospital

Cambridge

4★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

North Shore Medical Center -

Salem

4★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital

Brockton

4★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Southcoast Hospitals Group

Fall River

4★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Anna Jaques Hospital

Newburyport

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Boston Medical Center

Boston

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Cape Cod Hospital

Hyannis

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Cooley Dickinson Hospital Inc,the

Northampton

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Emerson Hospital -

W Concord

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Fairview Hospital

Great Barrington

3★
Critical Access Birthing-friendly

Heywood Hospital -

Gardner

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Lawrence General Hospital

Lawrence

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Milford Regional Medical Center

Milford

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Northeast Hospital Corporation

Beverly

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Saint Anne's Hospital

Fall River

3★
Acute Care

South Shore Hospital

South Weymouth

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Sturdy Memorial Hospital

Attleboro

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Tufts Medical Center

Boston · Tufts Medicine

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

Worcester

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Winchester Hospital

Winchester

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Baystate Noble Hospital

Westfield

2★
Acute Care

Boston Medical Center-Brighton

Brighton

2★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Brown University Health Morton Hospital

Taunton

2★
Acute Care

Holy Family Hospital

Methuen

2★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Holyoke Medical Center

Holyoke

2★
Acute Care

Lowell General Hospital

Lowell

2★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Melrosewakefield Healthcare

Melrose

2★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Mercy Medical Ctr

Springfield

2★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

St Vincent Hospital

Worcester

2★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

UMass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

Leominster

2★
Acute Care

UMass Memorial Healthcare-Marlborough Hospital

Marlborough

2★
Acute Care

UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

Southbridge

2★
Acute Care

Baystate Medical Center

Springfield

1★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Good Samaritan Medical Center

Brockton

1★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Metrowest Medical Center

Framingham

1★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Adcare Hospital of Worcester Inc

Worcester

Acute Care

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston

Children's

Carney Hospital

Boston

Acute Care

Franciscan Children's Hospital & Rehab Center

Brighton

Children's

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -

Boston

Acute Care

Nantucket Cottage Hospital

Nantucket

Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Nashoba Valley Medical Center

Ayer

Acute Care

North Adams Regional Hospital Corporation

North Adams

Critical Access

Norwood Hospital

Norwood

Acute Care

The Shriners' Hospital for Children - Boston

Boston

Children's

Data sources

CMS Hospital General Information file dated