The following hospitals have the highest proportion of patients who reported yes, they would definitely recommend the hospital, according to their HCAHPS survey results.
The data is from CMS' Hospital Compare website and was collected between July 2013 and June 2014. For reference, the national average rate of hospital recommendation is 71 percent, according to Hospital Compare.
The following hospitals had at least 92 percent of patients say yes, they would definitely recommend the hospital. Notably, many are surgical hospitals.
Note: Hospitals with fewer than 100 completed patient surveys were excluded from the data sorting process.
Westlake Regional Hospital (Colombia, Ky.) — 99 percent
Oklahoma Heart Hospital (Oklahoma City) — 97 percent
Southeastern Regional Medical Center (Newman, Ga.) — 97 percent
Patients' Hospital of Redding (Calif.) — 96 percent
Cancer Treatment Centers of America (Philadelphia) — 96 percent
Oklahoma Heart Hospital-South (Oklahoma City) — 95 percent
Surgical Institute of Reading (Wyomissing, Pa.) — 95 percent
Black Hills Surgical Hospital (Rapid City, S.D.) — 95 percent
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin (Glendale) — 95 percent
Southwestern Regional Medical Center (Tulsa, Okla.) — 95 percent
Advanced Surgical Hospital (Washington, Pa.) — 95 percent
Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital (Alexandria) — 94 percent
Surgical Hospital at Southwoods (Youngstown, Ohio) — 94 percent
Quail Creek Surgical Hospital (Amarillo, Texas) — 94 percent
Oakleaf Surgical Hospital (Altoona, Wis.) — 94 percent
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital (Franklin, Wis.) — 94 percent
P&S Surgical Hospital (Monroe, La.) — 94 percent
Mayo Clinic Hospital(Phoenix) — 93 percent
Arkansas Heart Hospital (Little Rock) — 93 percent
Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville, Fla.) — 93 percent
Northside Medical Center (Columbus, Ga.) — 93 percent
Midwest Surgical Hospital (Omaha, Neb.) — 93 percent
Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery (Lima, Ohio) — 93 percent
Physician's Care Surgical Hospital (Royersford, Pa.) — 93 percent
OSS Orthopaedic Hospital (York, Pa.) — 93 percent
GHS Patewood Memorial Hospital (Greenville, S.C.) — 93 percent
Green Clinic Surgical Hospital (Ruston, La.) — 93 percent
The Physicians Centre (Bryan, Texas) — 93 percent
Arkansas Surgical Hospital (North Little Rock) — 92 percent
City of Hope Helford Clinical Research Hospital (Duarte, Calif.) — 92 percent
Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital (Indianapolis) — 92 percent
Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital (Omaha) — 92 percent
Wellspan Surgery and Rehabilitation Hospital (York, Pa.) — 92 percent
Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota (Sioux Falls) — 92 percent
Saint Thomas Hospital for Spinal Surgery (Nashville, Tenn.) — 92 percent
Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital (Dallas) — 92 percent
South Texas Spine and Surgical Hospital (San Antonio) — 92 percent
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano (Texas) — 92 percent
Unity Medical and Surgical Hospital (Mishawaka, Ind.) — 92 percent
Manhattan (Kan.) Surgical Hospital — 92 percent
Physicians Medical Center (Houma, La.) — 92 percent
Cypress Pointe Surgical Hospital (Hammond, La.) — 92 percent
Dakota Plains Surgical Center (Aberdeen, S.D.) — 92 percent
Sugar Land (Texas) Surgical Hospital — 92 percent
Heritage Park Surgical Hospital (Sherman, Texas) — 92 percent