Information was pulled from Hospital Compare and represents data from July 2012 through June 2015.
All of the hospitals on this list have a readmission rate for hip and knee replacement of 3.4 or lower. The national average readmission rate for those procedures is 4.6.
Hoag Orthopedic Institute (Irvine, Calif.) — 2.4
Providence Saint John’s Health Center (Santa Monica, Calif.) — 2.9
Beebe Medical Center (Lewes, Del.) — 2.9
Rex Hospital (Raleigh, N.C.) — 2.9
Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital — 3
Kansas Medical Center (Andover) — 3
Freeman Health System-Freeman West (Joplin, Mo.) — 3
VHS Harlingen (Texas) Hospital Company — 3.2
Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital Association — 3.2
OrthoIndy Hospital (Indianapolis) — 3.2
Hardin Memorial Hospital (Elizabethtown, Ky.) — 3.2
Community Medical Center (Missoula, Mont.) — 3.2
Oklahoma Surgical Hospital (Tulsa) — 3.3
Saint Vincent Hospital (Erie, Pa.) — 3.3
Texas Orthopedic Hospital (Houston) — 3.3
Arkansas Surgical Hospital (North Little Rock) — 3.3
Washington Hospital (Fremont, Calif.) — 3.3
Huntington Memorial Hospital (Pasadena, Calif.) — 3.3
St. Mary’s Medical Center (Grand Junction, Colo.) — 3.3
Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville, Fla.) — 3.3
New England Baptist Hospital (Boston) — 3.3
West Branch (Mich.) Regional Medical Center — 3.3
Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City) — 3.3
Kettering (Ohio) Medical Center — 3.4
Mount Carmel New Albany (Ohio) Surgical Hospital — 3.4
Peterson Regional Medical Center (Kerrville, Texas) — 3.4
Quail Creek Surgical Hospital (Amarillo, Texas) — 3.4
Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Calif.) — 3.4
UnityPoint Health-Meriter (Madison, Wis.) — 3.4
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center (La Crosse, Wis.) — 3.4
Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast (Miramar Beach, Fla.) — 3.4
Emory University Hospital (Atlanta) — 3.4
St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center (Boise) — 3.4
Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital — 3.4
Kansas Surgery & Recovery Center (Wichita) — 3.4
Lincoln (Neb.) Surgical Hospital — 3.4