Becker's has compiled a list of the top hospitals for patient experience in each state using Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems data from CMS.
CMS shares 10 HCAHPS star ratings based on publicly reported HCAHPS measures. Every hospital on this list received a five-star summary rating, which is the average of the star ratings of the 10 topic-specific HCAHPS measures, including nurse and physician communication, care transitions, and cleanliness. Learn more about the methodology here.
The star rating is based on survey data collected from hospital patients from October 2022 through September 2023. The figures are from CMS' Provider Data Catalog and were released July 31.
The hospitals that received five stars for patient experience in every state:
Alabama
Fayette Medical Center
Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital (Phenix City)
Lakeland Community Hospital (Haleyville)
Lake Martin Community Hospital (Dadeville)
Monroe County Hospital (Monroeville)
St. Vincent's Chilton (Clanton)
St. Vincent's St. Clair (Pell City)
Alaska
673rd Medical Group (Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson)
Bassett Army Community Hospital (Fort Wainwright)
Arizona
Arizona Orthopedic and Surgical Specialty Hospital (Chandler)
Arizona Spine and Joint Hospital (Mesa)
Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix)
O.A.S.I.S. Hospital (Phoenix)
VA Northern Arizona Healthcare System (Prescott)
Arkansas
Arkansas Heart Hospital-Encore (Bryant)
Arkansas Surgical Hospital (North Little Rock)
Fayetteville VA Medical Center
Howard Memorial Hospital (Nashville)
California
60th Medical Group (Travis Air Force Base)
Fresno Surgical Hospital
Naval Medical Center San Diego
Tahoe Forest Hospital (Truckee)
Colorado
Animas Surgical Hospital (Durango)
Eastern Rio Blanco County Health Service District (Meeker)
Grand Junction VA Medical Center
OrthoColorado Hospital at St. Anthony Medical Campus (Lakewood)
Rio Grande Hospital (Del Norte)
VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System (Aurora)
Florida
96th Medical Group (Eglin Air Force Base)
Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville)
Georgia
AdventHealth Murray (Chatsworth)
Dwight Eisenhower Army Medical Center (Fort Gordon)
Morgan Medical Center (Madison)
Optim Medical Center-Tattnall (Reidsville)
Southeastern Regional Medical Center (Newnan)
Winn Army Community Hospital (Fort Stewart)
Idaho
Boise VA Medical Center
Franklin County Medical Center (Preston)
Gritman Medical Center (Moscow)
Northwest Specialty Hospital (Post Falls)
Illinois
Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center
Crawford Memorial Hospital (Robinson)
Ferrell Hospital Community Foundations (Eldorado)
Gibson Community Hospital (Gibson City)
Illini Community Hospital (Pittsfield)
Memorial Hospital (Carthage)
Midwestern Region Med Center (Zion)
Midwest Medical Center (Galena)
Wabash General Hospital (Mount Carmel)
Indiana
Franciscan Health Orthopedic Hospital Carmel
Harrison County Hospital (Corydon)
OrthoIndy Hospital (Indianapolis)
Parkview LaGrange Hospital
Pinnacle Hospital (Crown Point)
Iowa
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center (Storm Lake)
Iowa City VA Medical Center
Iowa Specialty Hospital-Belmond
Iowa Specialty Hospital-Clarion
Jones Regional Medical Center (Anamosa)
Kossuth Regional Health Center (Algona)
Myrtue Medical Center (Harlan)
Orange City Area Health System
Regional Medical Center (Manchester)
Sioux Center Health
VA Central Iowa Healthcare System (Des Moines)
Veterans Memorial Hospital (Waukon)
WinnMed (Decorah)
Kansas
Clara Barton Hospital (Hoisington)
Clay County Medical Center
Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute (Leawood)
Kansas Heart Hospital (Wichita)
Kansas Surgery & Recovery Center (Wichita)
Manhattan Surgical Hospital
Mercy Specialty Hospital Southeast Kansas (Galena)
Miami County Medical Center (Paola)
Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems (Beloit)
Pratt Regional Medical Center
Republic County Hospital (Belleville)
Rock Regional Hospital (Derby)
Salina Surgical Hospital
Smith County Memorial Hospital
Kentucky
Fleming County Hospital (Flemingsburg)
Harrison Memorial Hospital (Cynthiana)
Manchester Memorial Hospital
Rockcastle County Hospital (Mount Vernon)
Saint Joseph Berea (Berea)
Louisiana
Avala (Covington)
CHRISTUS Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital (Alexandria)
Citizens Medical Center (Columbia)
Cypress Pointe Surgical Hospital (Hammond)
Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital
Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital (Raceland)
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital (Slidell)
Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (New Orleans)
Surgical Specialty Center of Baton Rouge
The Spine Hospital of Louisiana (Baton Rouge)
Maine
Millinocket Regional Hospital
Mount Desert Island Hospital (Bar Harbor)
Redington Fairview General Hospital (Skowhegan)
Stephens Memorial Hospital (Norway)
Togus VA Medical Center (Augusta)
Maryland
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (Bethesda)
Massachusetts
Fairview Hospital (Great Barrington)
Michigan
Ascension River District Hospital (East China)
Bronson Lakeview Hospital (Paw Paw)
Charlevoix Area Hospital (Charlevoix)
Saint Mary's Standish Community Hospital
Sparrow Carson Hospital (Carson City)
UP Health System Portage (Hancock)
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Minnesota
Chippewa County Hospital (Montevideo)
Glacial Ridge Hospital (Glenwood)
Glencoe Regional Health
Lakeview Memorial Hospital (Stillwater)
Olmsted Medical Center (Rochester)
Perham Health
River's Edge Hospital & Clinic (St. Peter)
Riverview Hospital (Crookston)
Riverwood Healthcare Center (Aitkin)
Stevens Community Medical Center (Morris)
United Hospital District (Blue Earth)
Mississippi
81st Medical Group (Keesler Air Force Base)
Baptist Memorial Hospital Booneville (Booneville)
North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore Amory
VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System (Biloxi)
Missouri
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital (Creve Coeur)
Cox Monett Hospital (Monett)
Freeman Neosho Hospital
Lafayette Regional Health Center (Lexington)
Mercy Hospital Aurora
Montana
Bitterroot Health-Daly Hospital (Hamilton)
Central Montana Medical Center (Lewistown)
Holy Rosary Healthcare (Miles City)
Logan Health-Whitefish
VA Montana Healthcare System (Fort Harrison)
Nebraska
Boone County Health Center (Albion)
Chadron Community Hospital and Health Services
Community Medical Center (Falls City)
Midwest Surgical Hospital (Omaha)
Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital (Omaha)
Nebraska Spine Hospital (Omaha)
Phelps Memorial Health Center (Holdrege)
St. Francis Memorial Hospital (West Point)
Thayer County Health Services (Hebron)
York General Hospital
New Hampshire
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital (Lebanon)
New York
Adirondack Medical Center-Saranac Lake
Cobleskill Regional Hospital
North Carolina
Asheville-Oteen VA Medical Center
North Carolina Specialty Hospital (Durham)
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital (Winston-Salem)
St. Luke's Hospital (Columbus)
North Dakota
Fargo VA Medical Center
Ohio
88th Medical Group (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base)
Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers (Bryan)
Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center (Akron)
Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery (Lima)
Kettering Health Troy
Mercy Allen Hospital (Oberlin)
Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital
ProMedica Defiance Regional Hospital
Selby General Hospital (Marietta)
Surgical Hospital at Southwoods (Youngstown)
UHHS Memorial Hospital of Geneva
Wyandot Memorial Hospital (Upper Sandusky)
Oklahoma
Bailey Medical Center (Owasso)
Chickasaw Nation Medical Center (Ada)
Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority (Talihina)
Claremore Indian Hospital
McBride Orthopedic Hospital (Oklahoma City)
Muskogee VA Medical Center
Oklahoma Heart Hospital (Oklahoma City)
Oklahoma Heart Hospital South (Oklahoma City)
OneCore Health (Oklahoma City)
Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital
Oregon
Samaritan Albany General Hospital
Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital
St. Anthony Hospital (Pendleton)
Pennsylvania
Advanced Surgical Hospital (Washington)
Conemaugh Miners Medical Center (Hastings)
Geisinger Medical Center Muncy
James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center (Altoona)
Lebanon VA Medical Center
Newberry County Memorial Hospital (Newberry)
OSS Orthopaedic Hospital (York)
Pelham Medical Center (Greer)
Physicians Care Surgical Hospital (Royersford)
Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital (Bensalem)
South Carolina
Surgical Institute of Reading (Wyomissing)
Titusville Area Hospital
South Dakota
Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota (Sioux Falls)
Black Hills Surgical Hospital LLP (Rapid City)
Dunes Surgical Hospital (Dakota Dunes)
Sioux Falls Specialty Hospital
Sioux Falls VA Medical Center
VA Black Hills Healthcare System (Fort Meade)
Tennessee
Mountain Home VA Medical Center
Riverview Regional Medical Center (Carthage)
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital (Sparta)
Saint Thomas Hospital for Spinal Surgery (Nashville)
Unity Medical Center (Manchester)
Texas
Baylor Scott & White Heart & Vascular Hospital-Dallas
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Pflugerville
Baylor Scott & White Orthopedic and Spine Hospital (Arlington)
Baylor Scott & White Surgical Hospital at Sherman
Baylor Scott & White Texas Spine & Joint Hospital (Tyler)
Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital-Plano
Brooke Army Medical Center (Fort Sam Houston)
Christus Mother Frances Hospital-Jacksonville
Foundation Surgical Hospital of San Antonio
Guadalupe Regional Medical Center (Seguin)
Houston Physicians' Hospital (Webster)
Legent Orthopedic + Spine (San Antonio)
Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital Kingwood
Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital (Austin)
Quail Creek Surgical Hospital (Amarillo)
South Texas Spine and Surgical Hospital (San Antonio)
Texas Health Center for Diagnostics & Surgery (Plano)
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman
Texas Institute for Surgery at Presbyterian Hospital (Dallas)
Texas Orthopedic Hospital (Houston)
The Heart Hospital Baylor Denton (Denton)
The Physicians Centre (Bryan)
VA Amarillo Healthcare System
Wilbarger General Hospital (Vernon)
William Beaumont Army Medical Center (Fort Bliss)
Utah
Heber Valley Hospital (Heber City)
Park City Hospital
The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital (Murray)
Vermont
White River Junction VA Medical Center
Virginia
Buchanan General Hospital (Grundy)
Fort Belvoir Community Hospital
Russell County Hospital (Lebanon)
Washington
Madigan Army Medical Center (Fort Lewis)
Pullman Regional Hospital
Spokane VA Medical Center
West Virginia
Beckley VA Medical Center
Boone Memorial Hospital (Madison)
Clarksburg VA Medical Center
Grant Memorial Hospital (Petersburg)
Huntington VA Medical Center
Jackson General Hospital (Ripley)
Pocahontas Memorial Hospital (Buckeye)
Valley Health War Memorial Hospital (Berkeley Springs)
Wisconsin
Aurora Medical Center Washington County (Hartford)
Columbus Community Hospital
Crossing Rivers Health Medical Center (Prairie du Chien)
Door County Medical Center (Sturgeon Bay)
Froedtert Community Hospital (New Berlin)
Madison VA Medical Center
Marshfield Medical Center-Minocqua (Minocqua)
Mayo Clinic Health System-Northland (Barron)
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital (Franklin)
Milwaukee VA Medical Center
OakLeaf Surgical Hospital (Altoona)
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin (Glendale)
Richland Hospital (Richland Center)
River Falls Area Hospital
Sauk Prairie Hospital (Prairie du Sac)
Southwest Health Center (Platteville)
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital-Baraboo
Stoughton Hospital
Tamarack Health Ashland Medical Center (Ashland)
Tamarack Health Hayward Medical Center
Tomah Memorial Hospital
Upland Hills Health (Dodgeville)
Vernon Memorial Hospital (Viroqua)
Waupun Memorial Hospital
Westfields Hospital and Clinic (New Richmond)
Wyoming
Cheyenne VA Medical Center
Memorial Hospital of Converse County (Douglas)
Powell Valley Hospital
St. John's Medical Center (Jackson)