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125 hospitals with 5 stars from CMS earn Healthgrades award for patient experience too (full list)

Both lists rely on answers to a hospital’s Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems surveys.
By Henry Powderly

Exactly 125 hospitals that were recently awarded five stars for patient experience by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services also earned 2015 Outstanding Patient Experience Awards by ratings agency Healthgrades.

[Also: 251 hospitals earn 5 stars in new CMS rankings]

Though both lists rely on answers to a hospital’s Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems surveys to determine rankings, Healthgrades used data from 2013 while CMS is updating its rankings quarterly using the most up-to-date HCAHPS results.

To be fair, most of the hospitals on the Healthgrades list earned some kind of star rating from the CMS, which range from one star to five stars, but the 125 listed below earned the highest star rating as well as the recent award from Healthgrades.

Here’s the full list.

And click here to see which 124 five-star hospitals didn’t even make the Healthgrades list.



Facility City State
Facility City State
Mayo Clinic Hospital Phoenix Arizona
Arkansas Heart Hospital Little Rock Arkansas
Arkansas Surgical Hospital North Little Rock Arkansas
Physicians' Specialty Hospital Fayetteville Arkansas
Fresno Surgical Hospital Fresno California
Hoag Orthopedic Institute Irvine California
Menlo Park Surgical Hospital Menlo Park California
Patients' Hospital of Redding Redding California
Sharp Coronado Hospital Coronado California
Animas Surgical Hospital Durango Colorado
Mariners Hospital Tavernier Florida
Mayo Clinic Hospital Jacksonville Florida
Sacred Heart Hospital On the Gulf Port Saint Joe Florida
Viera Hospital Viera Florida
Northside Medical Center Columbus Georgia
Northwest Specialty Hospital Post Falls Idaho
Saint Josephs Hospital Breese Illinois
Good Samaritan Hospital Vincennes Indiana
Hendricks Regional Health Danville Indiana
Henry County Memorial Hospital New Castle Indiana
Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital Indianapolis Indiana
Unity Medical and Surgical Hospital Mishawaka Indiana
Orange City Area Health System Orange City Iowa
Saint Anthony Regional Hospital and Nursing Home Carroll Iowa
Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute Leawood Kansas
Manhattan Surgical Hospital Manhattan Kansas
Pikeville Medical Center Pikeville Kentucky
Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria Louisiana
Citizens Medical Center Columbia Louisiana
Cypress Pointe Surgical Hospital Hammond Louisiana
Fairway Medical Surgical Hospital Covington Louisiana
Green Clinic Surgical Hospital Ruston Louisiana
Heart Hospital of Lafayette Lafayette Louisiana
Lady of the Sea General Hospital Cut Off Louisiana
Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette Louisiana
Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital Lafayette Louisiana
P. & S. Surgical Hospital Monroe Louisiana
Physicians Medical Center Houma Louisiana
Southern Surgical Hospital Slidell Louisiana
Specialists Hospital Shreveport Shreveport Louisiana
Surgical Specialty Center of Baton Rouge Baton Rouge Louisiana
The NeuroMedical Center-Surgical Hospital Baton Rouge Louisiana
Blue Hill Memorial Hospital Blue Hill Maine
Mercy Hospital Portland Maine
Millinocket Regional Hospital Millinocket Maine
Mount Desert Island Hospital Bar Harbor Maine
York Hospital York Maine
Fairview Hospital Great Barrington Massachusetts
Oaklawn Hospital Marshall Michigan
Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital Zeeland Michigan
St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea Chelsea Michigan
Bigfork Valley Hospital Bigfork Minnesota
HealthEast Care System - Woodwinds Health Campus Woodbury Minnesota
Lakeview Hospital Stillwater Minnesota
Riverwood Healthcare Center Aitkin Minnesota
King's Daughters Medical Center - Brookhaven Brookhaven Mississippi
Avera Saint Anthony's Hospital Oneill Nebraska
Boone County Health Center Albion Nebraska
Brodstone Memorial Hospital Superior Nebraska
Community Medical Center Falls City Nebraska
Lincoln Surgical Hospital Lincoln Nebraska
Midwest Surgical Hospital Omaha Nebraska
Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital Omaha Nebraska
Northern Westchester Hospital Mount Kisco New York
Firsthealth Moore Regional Hospital Pinehurst North Carolina
North Carolina Specialty Hospital Durham North Carolina
Bluffton Hospital Bluffton Ohio
Community Memorial Hospital Hicksville Ohio
Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery Lima Ohio
Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital New Albany Ohio
University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center Conneaut Ohio
Oklahoma Center for Orthopaedic & Multi - Specialty Surgeries Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Oklahoma Heart Hospital Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Oklahoma Heart Hospital South Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Oklahoma Spine Hospital Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Tulsa Spine and Specialty Hospital Tulsa Oklahoma
Advanced Surgical Hospital Washington Pennsylvania
Oss Orthopaedic Hospital York Pennsylvania
Physician's Care Surgical Hospital Royersford Pennsylvania
Surgical Institute of Reading Wyomissing Pennsylvania
Surgical Specialty Center at Coordinated Health Allentown Pennsylvania
South County Hospital Wakefield Rhode Island
Abbeville Area Medical Center Abbeville South Carolina
Greer Memorial Hospital Greer South Carolina
Mount Pleasant Hospital Mount Pleasant South Carolina
Patewood Memorial Hospital Greenville South Carolina
Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota Sioux Falls South Dakota
Black Hills Surgical Hospital Rapid City South Dakota
Dakota Plains Surgical Center Aberdeen South Dakota
Sioux Falls Specialty Hospital Sioux Falls South Dakota
Siouxland Surgery Center Dakota Dunes South Dakota
Saint Thomas Hospital for Spinal Surgery Nashville Tennessee
Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital Dallas Texas
Baylor Medical Center at Uptown Dallas Texas
Baylor Orthopedic and Spine Hospital at Arlington Arlington Texas
East Texas Medical Center Pittsburg Pittsburg Texas
Foundation Surgical Hospital of San Antonio San Antonio Texas
Heritage Park Surgical Hospital Sherman Texas
Hill Country Memorial Hospital Fredericksburg Texas
Houston Orthopedic and Spine Hospital Bellaire Texas
North Central Surgical Center Dallas Texas
Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital Austin Texas
Quail Creek Surgical Hospital Amarillo Texas
Rollins Brook Community Hospital Lampasas Texas
South Texas Spine & Surgical Hospital San Antonio Texas
Texas Health Center for Diagnostics and Surgery Plano Texas
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southlake Southlake Texas
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenville Stephenville Texas
Texas Institute for Surgery at Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas Dallas Texas
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano Plano Texas
The Physicians Centre Hospital Bryan Texas
Usmd Hospital at Fort Worth Fort Worth Texas
Pullman Regional Hospital Pullman Washington
Aurora Medical Center Summit Wisconsin
Bellin Memorial Hospital Green Bay Wisconsin
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin Wisconsin
Monroe Clinic Monroe Wisconsin
Oakleaf Surgical Hospital Altoon Wisconsin
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin Glendale Wisconsin
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls Wisconsin
Saint Clare Hospital Health Services Baraboo Wisconsin
Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital Prairie Du Sac Wisconsin
Stoughton Hospital Stoughton Wisconsin
Upland Hills Health Dodgeville Wisconsin
Vernon Memorial Healthcare Viroqua Wisconsin

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