CareRanks is an independently published healthcare comparison platform that helps people evaluate hospitals using quality ratings and published prices. It covers 6,947 U.S. hospitals across 56 states and territories, with parsed price information available for 2,143 hospitals and comparisons for 396 common inpatient procedures. Users can search by hospital name, city, or ZIP code, browse by state, and compare procedure charges alongside federal quality measures. Listings include measures such as safety outcomes, infection rates, and other indicators, with available coverage and data gaps shown.

CareRanks relies on public federal and state information, including CMS Hospital Compare data and hospitals’ federally required Machine-Readable Files. Its editorial team produces grades, narratives, and rankings from these datasets; hospitals do not pay for placement, ratings, or coverage. The platform also provides information on nursing homes, home health agencies, and dialysis centers, including ratings, staffing, inspections, patient surveys, and care outcomes. CareRanks refreshes its data as source files are updated and offers patient guides, methodology details, data-source information, and a glossary.