Hospital Quality by State
CMS Care Compare reports 5,432 hospitals across 56 states and territories. Select a state for its full hospital count, CMS star-rating distribution, HCAHPS patient-experience averages, and outcome-measure comparisons — all drawn from CMS data, aggregate only, no individual hospital named or ranked here.
Source: CMS Care Compare (2026). For individual hospital comparisons and to find care, visit Medicare.gov Care Compare.
| State / Territory | Hospitals | With star rating |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 468 | 217 |
| California | 378 | 280 |
| Florida | 221 | 169 |
| Ohio | 196 | 128 |
| Illinois | 194 | 136 |
| New York | 191 | 136 |
| Pennsylvania | 187 | 132 |
| Louisiana | 161 | 59 |
| Indiana | 151 | 91 |
| Georgia | 149 | 84 |
| Michigan | 148 | 94 |
| Wisconsin | 141 | 86 |
| Kansas | 138 | 55 |
| Minnesota | 136 | 57 |
| Oklahoma | 135 | 62 |
| Tennessee | 122 | 72 |
| Missouri | 121 | 80 |
| North Carolina | 120 | 90 |
| Iowa | 118 | 62 |
| Mississippi | 108 | 52 |
| Arizona | 107 | 55 |
| Kentucky | 103 | 67 |
| Alabama | 100 | 59 |
| Washington | 100 | 60 |
| Colorado | 97 | 49 |
| Virginia | 96 | 76 |
| Nebraska | 93 | 36 |
| Arkansas | 91 | 44 |
| Massachusetts | 84 | 54 |
| New Jersey | 79 | 61 |
| South Carolina | 66 | 49 |
| Montana | 63 | 20 |
| Oregon | 62 | 44 |
| South Dakota | 61 | 18 |
| Puerto Rico | 60 | 7 |
| Maryland | 56 | 42 |
| West Virginia | 55 | 34 |
| Utah | 52 | 29 |
| Idaho | 48 | 22 |
| North Dakota | 47 | 16 |
| Nevada | 46 | 25 |
| New Mexico | 45 | 23 |
| Connecticut | 36 | 26 |
| Maine | 36 | 24 |
| Wyoming | 30 | 16 |
| New Hampshire | 28 | 23 |
| Alaska | 25 | 10 |
| Hawaii | 24 | 11 |
| Vermont | 17 | 12 |
| Delaware | 13 | 7 |
| Rhode Island | 13 | 11 |
| District of Columbia | 10 | 7 |
| Guam | 2 | 1 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 2 | 2 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 0 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 0 |