Find a Medicare-certified hospice
Family caregiver survey results, the Hospice Care Index and care in the last days of life for 6,668 hospices, from official CMS data. Hospice care usually comes to the patient, so start with the ZIP code where the patient lives.
The list shows hospices that CMS reports served at least one patient in that ZIP code. It is in alphabetical order, not a ranking. Ask each hospice whether it serves the address now.
Hospices by state
- Alabama 85
- Alaska 6
- Arizona 237
- Arkansas 46
- California 1,913
- Colorado 88
- Connecticut 28
- Delaware 11
- District of Columbia 5
- Florida 61
- Georgia 261
- Guam 2
- Hawaii 11
- Idaho 56
- Illinois 149
- Indiana 102
- Iowa 71
- Kansas 85
- Kentucky 23
- Louisiana 118
- Maine 17
- Maryland 26
- Massachusetts 77
- Michigan 173
- Minnesota 81
- Mississippi 84
- Missouri 132
- Montana 32
- Nebraska 43
- Nevada 183
- New Hampshire 23
- New Jersey 61
- New Mexico 52
- New York 39
- North Carolina 76
- North Dakota 13
- Ohio 169
- Oklahoma 135
- Oregon 66
- Pennsylvania 179
- Puerto Rico 42
- Rhode Island 11
- South Carolina 88
- South Dakota 16
- Tennessee 61
- Texas 1,053
- U.S. Virgin Islands 3
- Utah 82
- Vermont 9
- Virginia 110
- Washington 50
- West Virginia 18
- Wisconsin 85
- Wyoming 21
Counted by each hospice's address.
How to read these figures
Family caregiver survey rating. CMS sums up the CAHPS Hospice Survey, answered by family members or friends of patients who died in hospice care, in a rating from 1 to 5 stars. It is published only for hospices with at least 75 completed surveys.
Hospice Care Index. A score from 0 to 10 built from ten measures in Medicare claims, one point for each measure that meets CMS's criterion. The national average is 8.8.
Who pays. Medicare's hospice benefit is explained in who pays for hospice in a nursing home.