Hospitals

CMS lists 5,419 hospitals and gives 3,174 of them an overall star rating. It gives 6.2% of those it rates one star, its lowest, and 12.1% five. Its figures as released on August 13, 2026.

The nation

5,419
Hospitals: Every hospital in CMS’s Hospital General Information file.; 2,245
With no overall rating: 41.4% of them, each with CMS’s reason.; 198
Rated one star: 6.2% of the 3,174 hospitals CMS rates.; 4,495
With emergency services: As the hospital reports it to CMS.; 2,263
Birthing-friendly: CMS’s designation for maternity care practices.; 479
A mortality measure worse than the nation: At least one of the death-rate measures CMS compares.

How CMS rates them

The 3,174 hospitals CMS rates, by overall star rating
Overall rating	Hospitals	Share of rated
5 stars	384	12.1%
4 stars	946	29.8%
3 stars	985	31.0%
2 stars	661	20.8%
1 star	198	6.2%

By type

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Hospitals by CMS’s hospital type, with how CMS rates them
Type	Hospitals	Not rated	Rated one star	Rated five stars
Acute Care Hospitals	3,107	444	6.6%	10.9%
Critical Access Hospitals	1,382	983	5.8%	11.0%
Psychiatric	624	624	no rated hospital	no rated hospital
Acute Care - Veterans Administration	132	20	0.0%	44.6%
Childrens	94	94	no rated hospital	no rated hospital
Rural Emergency Hospital	43	43	no rated hospital	no rated hospital
Acute Care - Department of Defense	32	32	no rated hospital	no rated hospital
Long-term	5	5	no rated hospital	no rated hospital

Who owns them

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Hospitals by CMS’s ownership category, with how CMS rates them
Ownership	Hospitals	Rated one star	Rated five stars
Voluntary non-profit - Private	2,322	5.0%	13.2%
Proprietary	1,063	10.2%	5.0%
Government - Hospital District or Authority	512	8.3%	7.0%
Government - Local	393	11.2%	6.1%
Voluntary non-profit - Other	353	4.9%	13.8%
Voluntary non-profit - Church	264	4.6%	10.6%
Government - State	209	13.2%	10.5%
Veterans Health Administration	132	0.0%	44.6%
Physician	80	0.0%	27.8%
Government - Federal	42	0.0%	0.0%
Department of Defense	32	no rated hospital	no rated hospital
Tribal	17	0.0%	66.7%

By state

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Hospitals by state and territory, with the share of rated hospitals CMS gives one star
State	Hospitals	Not rated	Rated one star	Mortality worse than the nation
Alabama	99	41	6.9%	15
Alaska	25	15	10.0%	3
American Samoa	1	1	no rated hospital	0
Arizona	108	53	1.8%	8
Arkansas	90	47	7.0%	12
California	377	98	10.4%	19
Colorado	96	47	2.0%	3
Connecticut	36	10	0.0%	2
Delaware	13	6	0.0%	1
District of Columbia	10	3	14.3%	0
Florida	221	53	9.5%	18
Georgia	149	65	9.5%	15
Guam	2	1	0.0%	0
Hawaii	23	12	0.0%	2
Idaho	48	26	0.0%	4
Illinois	193	57	11.0%	9
Indiana	148	57	2.2%	17
Iowa	118	56	3.2%	11
Kansas	139	84	3.6%	13
Kentucky	103	36	11.9%	15
Louisiana	161	102	5.1%	14
Maine	36	12	4.2%	4
Maryland	56	14	4.8%	7
Massachusetts	84	30	3.7%	4
Michigan	149	55	9.6%	6
Minnesota	136	80	1.8%	2
Mississippi	109	57	23.1%	24
Missouri	120	41	3.8%	17
Montana	63	43	5.0%	5
Nebraska	93	57	0.0%	7
Nevada	46	21	0.0%	4
New Hampshire	27	4	4.3%	2
New Jersey	78	17	8.2%	11
New Mexico	45	22	13.0%	4
New York	192	56	15.4%	19
North Carolina	120	30	4.4%	20
North Dakota	47	31	6.3%	0
Northern Mariana Islands	1	1	no rated hospital	1
Ohio	193	65	0.0%	3
Oklahoma	136	74	3.2%	11
Oregon	62	18	4.5%	11
Pennsylvania	186	55	3.1%	10
Puerto Rico	59	52	57.1%	18
Rhode Island	13	2	0.0%	1
South Carolina	66	17	0.0%	12
South Dakota	61	43	0.0%	2
Tennessee	121	49	8.3%	21
Texas	467	251	3.2%	19
U.S. Virgin Islands	2	0	50.0%	2
Utah	52	23	0.0%	1
Vermont	17	5	8.3%	4
Virginia	96	20	0.0%	12
Washington	100	40	1.7%	16
West Virginia	55	21	17.6%	10
Wisconsin	140	54	2.3%	6
Wyoming	31	15	0.0%	2

Analysis

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Five stars, by who owns the hospital: 44.6% of rated VA hospitals, 5.0% of for-profits
Of the hospitals CMS rates, five stars go to 44.6% of VA hospitals, 13.2% of private nonprofits and 5.0% of for-profits.
American Factbook Research · October 9, 2026

Sources

Hospital General Information — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 27, 2026

Compiled automatically from Hospital General Information by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 27, 2026