The 37 Hospitals in Texas with 5 Stars from CMS

By Anuja Vaidya

CMS updated its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings for 2020, giving 407 hospitals, including 37 in Texas, a rating of five stars.

CMS' assigned star ratings to more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide based on their performance across seven areas of quality. This is the first star ratings update since February 2019. This year:

• 228 hospitals received one star
• 710 hospitals received two stars
• 1,191 hospitals received three stars
• 1,136 hospitals received four stars
• 407 hospitals received five stars

Here are the hospitals that received a five-star rating from CMS in Texas, as listed on the Hospital Compare website:

• Baptist Emergency Hospital (San Antonio)
• Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano
• Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Grapevine
• Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Marble Falls
• Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Waxahachie
• Baylor Scott & White Texas Spine & Joint Hospital (Tyler)
• Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital (Dallas)
• Christus Mother Frances Hospital (Tyler)
• Covenant Hospital Plainview
• DeTar Healthcare System (Victoria)
• Foundation Surgical Hospital of El Paso
• Harlingen Medical Center
• Hendrick Medical Center (Abilene)
• Hill Country Memorial Hospital (Fredericksburg)
• Houston Methodist Hospital
• Houston Methodist Sugarland Hospital
• Kell West Regional Hospital (Wichita Falls)
• Lavaca Medical Center (Hallettsville)
• Medical City Dallas
• Methodist Hospital South (Jourdanton)
• Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
• North Austin Medical Center
• Pampa Regional Medical Center
• Park Plaza Hospital (Houston)
• Scott & White Hospital-Round Rock
• Shannon Medical Center (San Angelo)
• South Texas Surgical Hospital (Corpus Christi)
• St. David's Medical Center (Austin)
• St. Luke's Patients Medical Center (Pasadena)
• Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest (Fort Worth)
• Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital Arlington
• Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
• Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Rockwall
• The Heart Hospital Baylor-Denton
• The Heart Hospital Baylor-Plano
• UT Health East Texas Quitman Hospital
• UT Southwestern University Hospital (Dallas)