Medicare Care Compare
Medicare Care Compare is a free web tool for finding and comparing providers enrolled in Medicare.
What Medicare Care Compare is
Medicare Care Compare is a free web tool for finding and comparing providers enrolled in Medicare. It lists doctors and clinicians, hospitals, nursing homes, home health services, hospice care, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals, dialysis facilities, community health centers, and medical equipment and suppliers. Medicare patients and caregivers can search for clinicians and groups, then use maps and filters to identify providers that may fit their needs. Clinician profiles may include measure-level star ratings, performance scores, check marks, telehealth indicators, and procedure-volume data. Nursing home overall ratings use health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. CMS reports more than 150 hospital quality measures through Care Compare and the Provider Data Catalog. Clinician and group general information is updated monthly, while performance information is updated annually. The Provider Data Catalog on Data.cms.gov is the destination for exploring and downloading provider data. Care Compare includes data only from Medicare-certified hospitals. Its interface is described as optimized for mobile and tablet use, including phone numbers users can tap to initiate calls.
Good
- Free public search and comparison tool
- Maps and filters help identify potential providers
- Clinician profiles can include ratings and performance details
- Nursing home ratings cover inspections, staffing, and quality measures
- Interface is optimized for mobile and tablet use
Watch out
- Hospital data covers Medicare-certified hospitals only
- Clinician performance information is updated annually
- Provider-data downloads are directed to a separate catalog
Who it suits
It suits Medicare patients and caregivers comparing clinicians, groups, and other listed provider types. People who want downloadable provider information can use the Provider Data Catalog, while those comparing hospitals should note the Medicare-certified-hospital limit.
Verdict
Care Compare offers Medicare patients and caregivers provider searches, comparisons, and profile details across many provider types. Hospital coverage is limited to Medicare-certified facilities, and clinician performance information updates annually.
Plans and prices
From Medicare Care Compare's own pricing page, checked 30 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Public provider search and comparison tool |
The facts
Each one read from Medicare Care Compare's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Clinician information
- Clinician profiles can include measure-level star ratings, performance scores, check marks, telehealth indicators, and procedure-volume data.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Clinician search audience
- Medicare patients and caregivers can search for and compare clinicians and groups enrolled in Medicare.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Data downloads
- Users looking to explore and download provider data are directed to the Provider Data Catalog on Data.cms.gov.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Data sources
- Clinician performance information comes from the Quality Payment Program, while general profile information primarily comes from PECOS and may be verified using claims data.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Data update cadence
- Clinician and group general information is updated monthly, while performance information is updated annually.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Downloadable clinician data
- The Provider Data Catalog includes clinician demographic, MIPS performance, final-score, performance-category, and procedure-volume data files.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Hospital data
- CMS reports more than 150 hospital quality measures through Care Compare and the Provider Data Catalog.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Limit
- Only data from Medicare-certified hospitals are included in Care Compare.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Maps and filters
- Medicare says users can use maps and filters to identify providers that are right for them.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Provider ratings
- Nursing home overall ratings are based on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Provider types
- The tool lists doctors and clinicians, hospitals, nursing homes, home health services, hospice care, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals, dialysis facilities, community health centers, and medical equipment and suppliers.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Care Compare lets people find and compare Medicare providers and use maps and filters to identify providers that may fit their needs.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Security and privacy
- The Medicare site provides links to its Privacy Policy and privacy settings from Care Compare pages.checked 30 Sep 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Baltimore, Maryland, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platform experience
- CMS describes the Care Compare interface as optimized for mobile and tablet use, including provider phone numbers that can be tapped to initiate calls.checked 30 Sep 2026
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