
These star ratings represent the second released since CMS overhauled the ratings' methodology in 2020. In April 2021, 455 of 4,586 hospitals received 5 stars 988 received 4 stars 1,018 received 3 stars 690 received 2 stars and 204 received 1 star.ĬMS used updated 2021 data for the Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings, which are used at its Care Compare website and Provider Data Catalog. The majority of hospitals received 3 or 4 stars, with 890 hospitals getting 4 stars and that same number receiving 3 stars.Īn estimated 192 received the lowest, 1-star rating. Other health system hospitals receiving 5 stars included Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City Memorial Hermann's Sugar Land Hospital in Sugar Land, Texas Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania and Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center in Clackamas, Oregon, and Northwell Health's Huntington Hospital in Huntington, N.Y. Margaret in Pittsburgh UPMC Northeast in Seneca, Pennsylvania and UPMC Pinnacle in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Several hospitals within the integrated health system of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center received 5 stars, including UPMC Horizon in Mercer, Pennsylvania UPMC St. Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire Hospital in Eau Claire, Wisconsin its Franciscan Medical Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin its Red Wing, Minnesota, location and its Rochester, Minnesota, location the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida and the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix made the 5-star list. Large nonprofit Texas health system Baylor Scott & White had six facilities on the 5-star list, including its Medical Center in Marble Falls, Texas the Heart Hospital in Plano, Texas Spine and Joint Hospital in Tyler, Texas its Medical Center in Frisco, Texas Heart & Vascular Hospital in Dallas and the Medical Center in Temple, Texas. In the latest ranking, many large health systems had hospitals on the 5-star list. This compares to an estimated 455 hospitals when the previous ratings were last released in April 2021.

Of 3,093 hospitals rated, 429 earned 5 stars in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 5-star rating system.
