Hospitals in Alabama: ratings, owners and penalties for 99 hospitals

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Alabama has 99 hospitals in the CMS hospital files, 90 of them with emergency services. The average overall rating is 2.7 of 5 and 4 are rated one star. In fiscal year 2026, 28 of them faced a 1% Medicare payment reduction under the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, and 57 had an excess readmission ratio above 1.0 on at least one condition tracked by the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.

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Hospitals: 99
Average overall rating: 2.7 of 5
One star hospitals: 4
Five star hospitals: 0
With emergency services: 90
HAC payment reductions, fiscal year 2026: 28 of 73 in the program
With excess readmissions: 57

Hospitals by penalties and rating

Hospitals with a HAC payment reduction first, then by most conditions with excess readmissions, then by lowest star rating. Each row links to the page and its Medicare Care Compare record.

Hospital	City	Type	Stars	Emergency	HAC payment cut	Excess readmission conditions	Source
Baptist Medical Center South	Montgomery	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	5	medicare.gov
Shelby Baptist Medical Center	Alabaster	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	5	medicare.gov
DCH Regional Medical Center	Tuscaloosa	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	4	medicare.gov
Thomas Hospital	Fairhope	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	4	medicare.gov
Mizell Memorial Hospital	Opp	Acute Care Hospitals	1	Yes	Yes	3	medicare.gov
Dekalb Regional Medical Center	Fort Payne	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	3	medicare.gov
Gadsden Regional Medical Center	Gadsden	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	3	medicare.gov
Jackson Hospital & Clinic Inc	Montgomery	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	3	medicare.gov
Mobile Infirmary Medical Center	Mobile	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	3	medicare.gov
Baptist Medical Center East	Montgomery	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	Yes	3	medicare.gov
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center	Anniston	Acute Care Hospitals	1	Yes	Yes	2	medicare.gov
St Vincent's St Clair	Pell City	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	Yes	2	medicare.gov
The East Alabama Healthcare Authority	Opelika	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	Yes	2	medicare.gov
Fayette Medical Center	Fayette	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	Yes	2	medicare.gov
Citizens Baptist Medical Center	Talladega	Acute Care Hospitals	1	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
USA Health University Hospital	Mobile	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
Whitfield Regional Hospital	Demopolis	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
Highlands Medical Center	Scottsboro	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
Huntsville Hospital	Huntsville	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
Marshall Medical Centers	Boaz	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
North Baldwin Infirmary	Bay Minette	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
Prattville Baptist Hospital	Prattville	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
North Mississippi Health Services, South Marion	Winfield	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
Dale Medical Center	Ozark	Acute Care Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System	Bessemer	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	Yes	0	medicare.gov
Bibb Medical Center	Centreville	Acute Care Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Yes	0	medicare.gov
Clay County Hospital	Ashland	Acute Care Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Yes	0	medicare.gov
St Vincent's Chilton	Clanton	Acute Care Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Yes	0	medicare.gov
Riverview Regional Medical Center	Gadsden	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	5	medicare.gov
Flowers Hospital	Dothan	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	4	medicare.gov
University of Alabama Hospital	Birmingham	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	4	medicare.gov
St Vincent's Birmingham	Birmingham	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	4	medicare.gov
Athens Limestone Hospital	Athens	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	3	medicare.gov
Helen Keller Hospital	Sheffield	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	3	medicare.gov
North Alabama Medical Center	Florence	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	3	medicare.gov
Crestwood Medical Center	Huntsville	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	3	medicare.gov
Grandview Medical Center	Birmingham	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	3	medicare.gov
Springhill Medical Center	Mobile	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	3	medicare.gov
St. Vincent's East	Birmingham	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	3	medicare.gov
USA Health HCA Providence Hospital, LLC	Mobile	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	3	medicare.gov
Baldwin Health	Foley	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	No	3	medicare.gov
Andalusia Health	Andalusia	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Cullman Regional Medical Center	Cullman	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway Campus	Selma	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Coosa Valley Medical Center	Sylacauga	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Princeton Baptist Medical Center	Birmingham	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Russell Medical Center	Alexander City	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Walker Baptist Medical Center	Jasper	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Russellville Hospital	Russellville	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
D W McMillan Memorial Hospital	Brewton	Acute Care Hospitals	1	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Atmore Community Hospital	Atmore	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital	Birmingham	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Evergreen Medical Center	Evergreen	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Lakeland Community Hospital	Haleyville	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Marion Regional Medical Center	Hamilton	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital	Phenix City	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Medical Center Enterprise	Enterprise	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Southeast Health Medical Center	Dothan	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Troy Regional Medical Center	Troy	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Elmore Community Hospital	Wetumpka	Acute Care Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Lake Martin Community Hospital	Dadeville	Acute Care Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Decatur Morgan Hospital, Decatur Campus	Decatur	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	0	medicare.gov
Birmingham VA Medical Center	Birmingham	Acute Care, Veterans Administration	4	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
VA Central Alabama Healthcare System, Montgomery	Montgomery	Acute Care, Veterans Administration	4	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Baypointe Behavioral Health	Mobile	Psychiatric	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Beacon Children's Hospital	Luverne	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Bryce Hospital	Tuscaloosa	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Bullock County Hospital	Union Springs	Acute Care Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	No	Not listed	medicare.gov
Bullock County Hospital	Union Springs	Rural Emergency Hospital	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Community Hospital Inc	Tallassee	Acute Care Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	No	Not listed	medicare.gov
Crenshaw Community Hospital	Luverne	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Eamc, Lanier	Valley	Rural Emergency Hospital	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Eastpointe Hospital	Daphne	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Floyd Cherokee Medical Center	Centre	Acute Care Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	No	0	medicare.gov
Greene County Hospital	Eutaw	Acute Care Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	No	Not listed	medicare.gov
Grove Hill Memorial Hospital	Grove Hill	Acute Care Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	No	Not listed	medicare.gov
Hale County Hospital	Greensboro	Acute Care Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	No	Not listed	medicare.gov
Hill Crest Behavioral Health Services	Birmingham	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Hill Hospital of Sumter County	York	Acute Care Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	No	Not listed	medicare.gov
J Paul Jones Hospital	Camden	Rural Emergency Hospital	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Jackson Medical Center	Jackson	Acute Care Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	No	0	medicare.gov
Lakeland Community Hospital	Haleyville	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Mary S Harper Geriatric Psychiatry Center	Tuscaloosa	Psychiatric	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Medical Center Barbour	Eufaula	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Mountain View Hospital	Gadsden	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
North Alabama Shoals Hospital	Muscle Shoals	Acute Care Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	No	Not listed	medicare.gov
Ochsner Choctaw General	Butler	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Red Bay Hospital	Red Bay	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Sanctuary at the Woodlands, the	Cullman	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
St Vincents Blount	Oneonta	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Tanner Medical Center-East Alabama	Wedowee	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
The Children's Hospital of Alabama	Birmingham	Childrens	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
The Health Care Authority of the City of Greenville- LV Stabler Hospital	Greenville	Acute Care Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	No	Not listed	medicare.gov
Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center	Tuscaloosa	Acute Care, Veterans Administration	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
USA Health Children's & Women's Hospital	Mobile	Childrens	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Unity Psychiatric Care, Huntsville	Huntsville	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Washington County Hospital	Chatom	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Wiregrass Medical Center	Geneva	Acute Care Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	No	Not listed	medicare.gov
Wiregrass Medical Center	Geneva	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov

Star ratings

Overall rating	Hospitals
4 of 5	11
3 of 5	25
2 of 5	18
1 of 5	4
Not rated	41

Owners and managers with the most hospitals in Alabama

Organization	Hospitals	Average stars	One star	HAC payment cuts	With excess readmissions
CHS Community Health Systems Inc	6	3	0	1	6
Community Health Systems Inc	6	3	0	1	6
Alabama Healthcare Holdings, LLC	5	2.4	1	2	5
Hma-Tri Holdings LLC	5	2.8	0	1	5
Orlando Health Inc	5	2.4	1	2	5
St Vincent's Health System	5	3	0	2	3
Tennyson Holdings LLC	5	2.8	0	1	5
Triad Healthcare LLC	5	2.8	0	1	5
Baptist Health System Inc	4	2.2	1	2	4
Brookwood Baptist Health 2, LLC	4	2.2	1	2	4
UAB St. Vincent's Health System Authority	4	3	0	1	2
Health Care Authority for Baptist Health, an Affiliate of Uabhs	3	3	0	3	3
Infirmary Health System	3	2.3	0	3	3
The Health Care Authority of the City of Huntsville	3	2.7	0	3	3
DSB Acquisition LLC	2	2	0	0	1
Kindred Healthcare Operating LLC	2	2	0	0	2
Knight Health Holdings LLC	2	2	0	0	2
Knight Health II LLC	2	2	0	0	2
Knight Health LLC	2	2	0	0	2
Lifepoint Health Inc	2	2	0	0	1
North Mississippi Health Services Inc	2	3.5	0	1	2
Orchard Holdings II LLC	2	Not listed	0	0	0
Orchard Holdings LLC	2	Not listed	0	0	0
RCHP LLC	2	2	0	0	1
Regionalcare Hospital Partners LLC	2	2	0	0	1

Updated November 7, 2026. Read from CMS Provider Data Catalog and data.cms.gov, hospitals. Open data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (US government work). Ratings and program results are as CMS lists them on the date shown and CMS refreshes them on its own schedule. The CMS files are joined on the CMS Certification Number. CMS gives each owner organization an ID, and an owner page groups hospitals on that ID. Names of individual owners and managers are not shown. This page uses CMS data and is not endorsed or certified by CMS. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.