Data were pulled from Hospital Compare and is from July 2013 through June 2014, the most recent data available.
All the hospitals on this list have an all-cause, unplanned readmission rate of 13.3 percent or less. For reference, the national average is 15.2 percent.
McBride Clinic Orthopedic Hospital (Oklahoma City) — 11.3 percent
Hoag Orthopedic Institute (Irvine, Calif.) — 11.4 percent
New England Baptist Hospital (Boston) — 11.6 percent
Hospital for Special Surgery (New York) — 11.6 percent
Arkansas Surgical Hospital (North Little Rock) — 11.8 percent
Chino (Calif.) Valley Medical Center — 11.9 percent
Mount Carmel New Albany (Ohio) Surgical Hospital — 11.9 percent
Turning Point Hospital (Moultrie, Ga.) — 12 percent
Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital (Omaha) — 12 percent
OrthoIndy Hospital (Indianapolis) — 12.4 percent
Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital — 12.5 percent
Mercy Health Muskegon (Mich.) — 12.7 percent
Lincoln (Neb.) Surgical Hospital — 12.7 percent
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville (N.C.) Surgical Center — 12.7 percent
Bon Secours St. Francis-Downtown (Greenville, S.C.) — 12.7 percent
Lakeland Community Hospital (Haleyville, Ala.) — 12.8 percent
Providence Alaska Medical Center (Anchorage) — 12.9 percent
Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla, Calif.) — 12.9 percent
Mercy Hospital (Iowa City, Iowa) — 12.9 percent
OASIS Hospital (Phoenix) — 13 percent
Community Hospital of the Monterey (Calif.) Peninsula — 13 percent
Novant Health Matthews (N.C.) Medical Center — 13 percent
Quail Creek Surgical Hospital (Amarillo, Texas) — 13 percent
University of Colorado Health Memorial Hospital Central (Colorado Springs) — 13.1 percent
Northside Medical Center (Columbus, Ga.) — 13.1 percent
St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center (Boise, Idaho) — 13.1 percent
Kansas Surgery & Recover Center (Wichita) — 13.1 percent
Riverview Medical Center (Red Bank, N.J.) — 13.1 percent
Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital (Hendersonville, N.C.) — 13.1 percent
Roper Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) — 13.1 percent
Flagstaff (Ariz.) Medical Center — 13.2 percent
Santa Rosa (Calif.) Memorial Hospital — 13.2 percent
Kootenai Health (Coeur D’Alene, Idaho) — 13.2 percent
Schneck Medical Center (Seymour, Ind.) — 13.2 percent
Hutchinson (Kan.) Regional Medical Center — 13.2 percent
Kalispell (Mont.) Regional Medical Center — 13.2 percent
Oklahoma Surgical Hospital (Tulsa) — 13.2 percent
Salem (Ore.) Hospital — 13.2 percent
Bon Secours-St. Francis Xavier Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) — 13.2 percent
Hill Country Memorial Hospital (Fredericksburg, Texas) — 13.2 percent
Harlingen (Texas) Medical Center — 13.2 percent
The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital (Murray, Utah) — 13.2 percent
PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center (Bellingham, Wash.) — 13.2 percent
Dominican Hospital (Santa Cruz, Calif.) — 13.3 percent
Centura Health-St. Anthony Hospital (Lakewood, Colo.) — 13.3 percent
The Queens Medical Center (Honolulu) — 13.3 percent
Straub Clinic and Hospital (Honolulu) — 13.3 percent
Holland (Mich.) Community Hospital — 13.3 percent
Oklahoma Heart Hospital (Oklahoma City) — 13.3 percent
St. Charles Medical Center-Bend (Ore.) — 13.3 percent
Avera Queen of Peace Hospital (Mitchell, S.D.) — 13.3 percent
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital (Franklin, Wis.) — 13.3 percent