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6,960 hospitals · dozens of federal measures — coverage shown, gaps included
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Independent quality ratings for 6,960 hospitals — and published prices for 2,234 of them, parsed straight from each hospital's own federally required price file. No paid placements, no paid data sources.
Why CareRanks
Rankings are independent
No hospital pays for position. Our editorial team produces grades, narratives, and rankings using unbiased and validated datasets.
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Pulled from 2,400+ hospital Machine-Readable File sources plus federal CMS datasets, refreshed as each is updated.
Last refresh: Jul 2026
Compare procedure prices
What does a procedure cost across hospitals?
396 common inpatient procedures with published prices at hospitals in every state. See the gross-charge spread, ranked hospitals, and quality side-by-side.
DRG 470 Hip & Knee Replacement Musculoskeletal View pricing → DRG 766 C-Section Maternity View pricing → DRG 807 Vaginal Delivery Maternity View pricing → DRG 281 Heart Attack Cardiovascular View pricing → DRG 292 Heart Failure Cardiovascular View pricing → DRG 194 Pneumonia Respiratory View pricing → DRG 872 Sepsis Infection & Sepsis View pricing → DRG 460 Spinal Fusion Musculoskeletal View pricing →
Why price transparency matters
The same surgery, billed $45K apart in one state.
Connecticut hospitals list hip & knee replacement (DRG 470) anywhere from $39K to $85K — with the state median sitting at $61K. CareRanks shows every hospital's published charge alongside its quality ratings so you can compare both before scheduling.
Browse hospitals by state
56 states and territories · 6,960 hospitals
Beyond hospitals
The full care journey — same independent, federal-data-only approach.
Nursing Homes 14,695 facilities — five-star ratings, staffing, inspections, penalties, and who owns each one Home Health 12,460 agencies — quality-of-care stars, patient surveys, and the ZIP codes each one serves Dialysis 7,490 centers — survival and infection outcomes, home-dialysis training, evening shifts
Editorial independence
CareRanks is independently published. We do not accept payment from hospitals for placement, ratings, or editorial coverage. Star ratings come directly from CMS Hospital Compare; grades and rankings are produced by our editorial team using only publicly available federal and state datasets.