Care Atlas

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