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Best hospitals in Connecticut

4 of the 25 Connecticut hospitals rated by CMS hold the top rating of five stars, and 8 more hold four. They are listed here in order of CMS's overall quality rating and what patients say, next to how long the ER takes and how much each hospital marks up its prices.

Also:All 36 Connecticut hospitalsBest hospitals by stateConnecticut ranks 30th of 52 statesCompare the top 3 side by side

4five-star hospitals
8four-star hospitals
25hospitals rated by CMS and open to the public, of 36 in the state
68%of patients would recommend the typical hospital US typical 71%
3 h 18 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

The top 10

1Sharon HospitalSharon · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend81%Typical ER visit2 h 10 minListed per $1 of cost$2.542Stamford HospitalStamford · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend76%Typical ER visit3 h 20 minListed per $1 of cost$5.343Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend76%Typical ER visit2 h 56 minListed per $1 of cost$3.794Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend69%Typical ER visit3 h 18 minListed per $1 of cost$3.855Griffin HospitalDerby · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend76%Typical ER visit2 h 45 minListed per $1 of cost$5.816Midstate Medical CenterMeriden · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend76%Typical ER visit3 h 40 minListed per $1 of cost$3.227Danbury HospitalDanbury · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend71%Typical ER visit3 h 29 minListed per $1 of cost$3.908St Vincent's Medical CenterBridgeport · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend71%Typical ER visit3 h 48 minListed per $1 of cost$3.959Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend64%Typical ER visit2 h 20 minListed per $1 of cost$4.1410William W Backus HospitalNorwich · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend63%Typical ER visit2 h 54 minListed per $1 of cost$3.62
How Connecticut's 25 rated hospitals score
45 stars
84 stars
83 stars
52 stars
01 star

Every rated hospital in Connecticut

In ranking order. Click a column to sort.

#HospitalCityCMS ratingPatient ratingWould recommendTypical ER visitListed per $1 of cost
1Sharon HospitalSharon★★★★★★★★★★81%2 h 10 min$2.54
2Stamford HospitalStamford★★★★★★★★★★76%3 h 20 min$5.34
3Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich★★★★★★★★★★76%2 h 56 min$3.79
4Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 18 min$3.85
5Griffin HospitalDerby★★★★★★★★★★76%2 h 45 min$5.81
6Midstate Medical CenterMeriden★★★★★★★★★★76%3 h 40 min$3.22
7Danbury HospitalDanbury★★★★★★★★★★71%3 h 29 min$3.90
8St Vincent's Medical CenterBridgeport★★★★★★★★★★71%3 h 48 min$3.95
9Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 20 min$4.14
10William W Backus HospitalNorwich★★★★★★★★★★63%2 h 54 min$3.62
11Hartford HospitalHartford★★★★★★★★★★68%4 h 29 min$3.40
12Manchester Memorial HospitalManchester★★★★★★★★★★58%3 h 43 min$4.06
13John Dempsey Hospital of the University of ConnectFarmington★★★★★★★★★★80%4 h 6 min$3.12
14Middlesex HospitalMiddletown★★★★★★★★★★75%2 h 39 min$3.80
15Johnson Memorial HospitalStafford Springs★★★★★★★★★★71%3 h 2 min$3.14
16Norwalk HospitalNorwalk★★★★★★★★★★68%3 h 20 min$3.80
17Windham Community Memorial HospitalWillimantic★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 18 min$3.46
18Lawrence & Memorial HospitalNew London★★★★★★★★★★65%2 h 11 min$4.07
19Charlotte Hungerford HospitalTorrington★★★★★★★★★★63%2 h 27 min$3.56
20Saint Mary's HospitalWaterbury★★★★★★★★★★60%4 h 9 min$4.19
21The Hospital of Central ConnecticutNew Britain★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 53 min$3.40
22Bristol HospitalBristol★★★★★★★★★★62%3 h 10 min$4.12
23Day Kimball HospitalPutnam★★★★★★★★★★61%3 h 41 min$2.72
24Waterbury HospitalWaterbury★★★★★★★★★★55%3 h 47 min$4.71
25St Francis Hospital & Medical CenterHartford★★★★★★★★★★63%4 h 35 min$3.87
How the order is set. Hospitals are sorted by CMS's overall hospital quality star rating (1 to 5 stars), which combines death rates, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. Ties are broken by the patient survey star rating, then by the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital. Hospitals CMS has not rated, often small, new or specialty hospitals, are not listed; neither are Veterans Affairs and military hospitals, which most patients cannot choose. Prices and ER times are shown for comparison and do not change the order. A star rating is a summary: for a specific operation, look at that hospital's page and ask your doctor.

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Source: CMS Care Compare (overall star ratings and patient survey) and hospital cost reports.