Becker’s compiled a list of the 183 hospitals that have a five-star rating in both nurse and physician communication.
CMS shares 10 HCAHPS star ratings based on publicly reported Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems measures. The physician communication star rating combines data from three HCAHPS survey questions and summarizes how well patients feel that their physicians explained things clearly, listened carefully to them, and treated them with courtesy and respect. The star rating is based on survey data collected from hospital patients July 2024 through June 2025. The figures are from CMS’ Provider Data Catalog and were released May 13.
In 2026, 208 hospitals received a five-star physician communication rating and 567 hospitals received five-stars in nurse communication.
Wisconsin had the most facilities with a dual five-star ratings with 15 hospitals, followed by
Minnesota and Pennsylvania with ten hospitals each, and Nebraska and Virginia with nine hospitals.
Here are the hospitals who rank highest in both physician and nurse communication by state.
Alabama
- Fayette Medical Center
- Lake Martin Community Hospital (Dadeville)
- North Baldwin Infirmary (Bay Minette)
Arizona
- Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix)
Arkansas
- Fayetteville AR VA Medical Center
- Howard Memorial Hospital (Nashville)
- Piggott Community Hospital
California
- 60th Medical Group (Travis Air Force Base)
- Adventist Health Mendocino Coast (Fort Bragg)
- Mammoth Hospital (Mammoth Lakes)
- Scripps Green Hospital (San Diego)
Colorado
- Animas Surgical Hospital (Durango)
- Grand Junction VA Medical Center
- Southwest Memorial Hospital (Cortez)
Georgia
- AdventHealth Murray (Chatsworth)
- Colquitt Regional Medical Center (Moultrie)
- Dwight Eisenhower AMC (Fort Gordon)
- Evans Memorial Hospital (Claxton)
- Southeastern Regional Medical Center (Newnan)
- St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital (Greensboro)
Idaho
- Boise VA Medical Center
- St. Luke’s Elmore Medical Center (Mountain Home)
- St. Luke’s McCall
- St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center (Ketchum)
- Treasure Valley Hospital (Boise)
Illinois
- Hammond Henry Hospital (Geneseo)
- Memorial Hospital (Carthage)
- Midwest Medical Center (Galena)
- Midwestern Region Medical Center (Zion)
Indiana
- Franciscan Health Orthopedic Hospital Carmel
- Greene County General Hospital (Linton)
Iowa
- Burgess Health Center (Onawa)
- Compass Memorial Healthcare (Marengo)
- Lakes Regional Healthcare (Spirit Lake)
- Orange City Area Health System
- Sioux Center Health
- St. Anthony Regional Hospital and Nursing Home (Carroll)
- Van Diest Medical Center (Webster City)
- Veterans Memorial Hospital (Waukon)
Kansas
- Citizens Medical Center (Colby)
- Kansas Heart Hospital (Wichita)
- Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems (Beloit)
- Pratt Regional Medical Center
- Republic County Hospital (Belleville)
- Rock Regional Hospital (Derby)
- Smith County Memorial Hospital (Smith Center)
Kentucky
- CHI St. Joseph Berea
- Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital (Stanford)
- Harrison Memorial Hospital (Cynthiana)
- Spring View Hospital (Lebanon)
Louisiana
- Abbeville General Hospital
- Avala (Covington)
- Citizens Medical Center (Columbia)
- Claiborne Memorial Medical Center (Homer)
- Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital (Raceland)
- Ochsner St. Martin Hospital (Breaux Bridge)
- Our Lady of the Angels Hospital (Bogalusa)
- St. Charles Parish Hospital (Luling)
Maine
- Houlton Regional Hospital
- MaineHealth Stephens Hospital (Norway)
- Mount Desert Island Hospital (Bar Harbor)
- Northern Maine Medical Center (Fort Kent)
- Togus VA Medical Center (Augusta)
- York Hospital
Massachusetts
- Fairview Hospital (Great Barrington)
- North Adams Regional Hospital Corporation
Michigan
- Chelsea Hospital
- Hills and Dales General Hospital (Cass City)
- MyMichigan Medical Center Gladwin
- VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Minnesota
- Chippewa County Hospital (Montevideo)
- Glacial Ridge Hospital (Glenwood)
- Lake Region Healthcare Corporation (Fergus Falls)
- Lakeview Memorial Hospital (Stillwater)
- Mayo Clinic Health System New Prague
- Mayo Clinic Health System-Waseca
- Perham Health
- Riverview Hospital (Crookston)
- Riverwood Healthcare Center (Aitkin)
- St. Joseph’s Area Health Services (Park Rapids)
Mississippi
- 81st Medical Group (Keesler Air Force Base)
- Tishomingo Health Services (Iuka)
Missouri
- Cox Barton County Hospital (Lamar)
- Cox Monett Hospital
- Freeman Neosho Hospital
- Hedrick Medical Center (Chillicothe)
- Lafayette Regional Health Center (Lexington)
- Mercy Hospital Aurora
Montana
- Community Hospital of Anaconda
- VA Montana Healthcare System (Fort Harrison)
Nebraska
- Avera St. Anthony’s Hospital (O’Neill)
- Boone County Health Center (Albion)
- Brodstone Healthcare (Superior)
- Community Medical Center (Falls City)
- Midwest Surgical Hospital (Omaha)
- Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital (Omaha)
- Nebraska Spine Hospital (Omaha)
- Phelps Memorial Health Center (Holdrege)
- Thayer County Health Services (Hebron)
New Hampshire
- Littleton Regional Healthcare
New Mexico
- Gila Regional Medical Center (Silver City)
New York
- Adirondack Medical Center-Saranac Lake
North Carolina
- Asheville-Oteen VA Medical Center
- Chatham Hospital (Siler City)
- Erlanger Murphy Medical Center
- Highlands Cashiers Hospital
- J. Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital (Southport)
- Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune
- Northern Regional Hospital (Mount Airy)
North Dakota
- Fargo VA Medical Center
Ohio
- 88th Medical Group (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base)
- Kettering Health Troy
- Mercy Allen Hospital (Oberlin)
- Mercy Health-Defiance Hospital
- ProMedica Defiance Regional Hospital
- Surgical Hospital at Southwoods (Youngstown)
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Heart Hospital (Oklahoma City)
- Tulsa Spine and Specialty Hospital
Oregon
- Peace Harbor Medical Center (Florence)
- St. Charles Medical Center Prineville
Pennsylvania
- Advanced Surgical Hospital (Washington)
- AHN Emerus Westmoreland (Greensburg)
- Clarion Hospital
- Conemaugh Miners Medical Center (Hastings)
- Lebanon VA Medical Center
- Lehigh Valley Hospital-Macungie
- Punxsutawney Area Hospital
- Surgical Institute of Reading (Wyomissing)
- Titusville Area Hospital
- UPMC Wellsboro
South Carolina
- McLeod Medical Center-Dillon
South Dakota
- Sioux Falls VA Medical Center
- VA Black Hills Healthcare System (Fort Meade)
Tennessee
- Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County (Huntingdon)
- Claiborne Medical Center (Tazewell)
- Highpoint Health-Riverview with Ascension St. Thomas (Carthage)
- Unity Medical Center (Manchester)
- West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Texas
- Brooke Army Medical Center (Fort Sam Houston)
- Christus Mother Frances Hospital-Jacksonville
- Coryell Memorial Hospital (Gatesville)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler
- UT Health East Texas Pittsburg Hospital
Utah
- Cedar City Hospital
- Intermountain Health Heber Valley Hospital (Heber City)
- Intermountain Health Sevier Valley Hospital (Richfield)
- VA Salt Lake City Healthcare-George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center
Vermont
- North Country Hospital and Health Center (Newport)
- White River Junction VA Medical Center
Virginia
- Carilion Giles Community Hospital (Pearisburg)
- Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital
- Centra Bedford Memorial Hospital
- Fort Belvoir Community Hospital
- Lee County Community Hospital (Pennington Gap)
- LewisGale Hospital Pulaski
- Page Memorial Hospital (Luray)
- Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital (Onancock)
- Salem VA Medical Center
Washington
- PeaceHealth United General Medical Center (Sedro Woolley)
West Virginia
- Beckley VA Medical Center
- CAMC Plateau Medical Center (Oak Hill)
- Grant Memorial Hospital (Petersburg)
- Hampshire Memorial Hospital (Romney)
- Jackson General Hospital (Ripley)
- St. Joseph’s Hospital of Buckhannon
- Valley Health War Memorial Hospital (Berkeley Springs)
- Welch Community Hospital
- Wetzel County Hospital (New Martinsville)
Wisconsin
- Amery Hospital and Clinic
- Columbus Community Hospital
- Flambeau Hospital (Park Falls)
- Mile Bluff Medical Center (Mauston)
- Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin (Glendale)
- River Falls Area Hospital
- Sauk Prairie Hospital (Prairie du Sac)
- Southwest Health Center (Platteville)
- Stoughton Hospital
- Tamarack Health Ashland Medical Center
- Tamarack Health Hayward Medical Center
- Tomah Memorial Hospital
- Upland Hills Health (Dodgeville)
- Vernon Memorial Hospital (Viroqua)
- Westfields Hospital and Clinic (New Richmond)
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