Murfreesboro healthcare
Can Murfreesboro's excellent care ratings fit your personal route?
The current facts rate Healthcare Access, Hospital Access, Primary Care Access, and Emergency Care Excellent. They list five nearby hospitals, 1,077 reported beds, 50 pharmacies, 120 selected specialists, eight certified nursing homes, three home-health offices, two hospice offices, three dialysis facilities, six ambulatory surgical centers, and one inpatient rehabilitation facility. Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford and the VA are key named anchors.
Specialist Access remains Not available even though a separate specialist listing exists. Ratings and directory counts do not settle insurance, wait times, language, appointment capacity, or clinical fit. Drive the real route from the home and confirm care coverage before moving.
Access to care
5 hospitals are listed within 12 km. A primary care visit, a pharmacy stop, and an urgent need may not all be equally close to the same home.
5
Hospitals Within 12 km
- Healthcare Access
- Excellent
- Hospital Access
- Excellent
- HRSA Adult Primary Care Sites Within 15 Miles
- 4
- Nearest HRSA Adult Primary Care Site
- 1.2 mi
Everyday and urgent care
Primary care and pharmacy access shape frequent appointments. Specialist and emergency options matter when a need cannot wait.
Everyday care
- Primary Care Access
- Excellent
- Registered Retail Pharmacies
- 50
More involved care
- Medicare Listed Selected Specialists in City
- 120
- Emergency Care
- Excellent
Specialists and long term care
Specialist availability, emergency options, and longer term health can matter once you have chosen a neighborhood.
- Medicare Listed Rheumatology Clinicians in City
- 2
- Medicare Listed Nephrology Clinicians in City
- 2
- Medicare Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City
- 8
- Medicare Listed Endocrinology Clinicians in City
- 4
- Medicare Listed Ophthalmology Clinicians in City
- 7
- Medicare Listed Neurology Clinicians in City
- 15
- Medicare Listed Medical Oncology Clinicians in City
- 1
- Medicare Listed Cardiology Clinicians in City
- 18
- Medicare Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
- 1
- Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- 0.4%
- Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles
- 12
- Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital
- 0.5 miles
- Nearest CMS Rated Hospital
- 0.5 mi away
- Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km
- 1077
- Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024)
- 78.9 years
- Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- 44
- CMS Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles
- 8
- Nearest CMS Certified Nursing Home
- 2.3 mi away
- Medicare Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- 3
- Medicare Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- 2
- Medicare Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- 3
- CMS Reported Ambulatory Surgical Centers in City
- 6
- CMS Listed Inpatient Rehab Facilities in City
- 1
- CMS Listed Long Term Care Hospitals in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities in City
- 1
- CMS Listed Rural Health Clinics in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Federally Qualified Health Centers in City
- 2
- CMS Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Residents 65+ With a Disability
- 35.7%
- CMS Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City
- 3
- CMS Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Life Expectancy
- About 78.9 years
- Walkability for Health
- Moderate
3 of 5 stars · 0.5 mi away
NHC HEALTHCARE, MURFREESBORO (445108) · 2.3 mi away
Murfreesboro in everyday life
Could Murfreesboro work for you?
What may work well
- Healthcare, hospital, primary-care, and emergency access are Excellent, with five hospitals, 1,077 beds, 50 pharmacies, and extensive listed services.
- Ascension and the VA provide named local care anchors.
- The city has multiple later-life services to investigate beyond an acute hospital visit.
What to think about
- Specialist Access remains Not available despite the separate count of 120.
- Ratings and provider counts do not establish appointments, capacity, insurance, language, or clinical fit.
- Car dependence, traffic, growth corridors, and severe weather can affect actual care access.
Turn Murfreesboro's facilities into a personal route
Map primary care
Locate a practice, pharmacy, lab, groceries, and preferred hospital from the proposed home. Drive the route at a normal weekday time.
Confirm network and referrals
Ask about insurance, referrals, prescriptions, records, language, payment, chronic care, specialist scheduling, and home support.
Learn emergency entry
Save hospital entrance, emergency numbers, parking details, medical documents, contacts, and backup transport for heat or storms.
Plan later-life services
Verify nursing, home health, hospice, dialysis, rehabilitation, eligibility, fees, availability, transport, and family support.
Questions retirees ask
Does Murfreesboro have useful healthcare?
Healthcare, hospital, primary-care, and emergency access are Excellent, with five nearby hospitals, 1,077 reported beds, 50 pharmacies, Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford, the VA, and many listed services. Confirm personal network and appointments.
What does the hospital count mean?
It is a nearby-facility count. It does not guarantee a short drive, open appointment, specialist depth, network acceptance, or capacity.
Why is Specialist Access unavailable?
The 120 selected-specialist count is a provider listing, not a measure of network, wait time, diagnosis fit, language, or available appointments.
What should an international retiree verify?
Verify insurance, referrals, prescriptions, records, language, payment, primary-care registration, emergency entry, specialist fit, later-life services, and traffic or storm-day transport.
Murfreesboro's care strength is substantial, but the household still needs a route from one home. Confirm primary care, network, hospital, pharmacy, referrals, language, later-life services, and traffic before moving.
Sources
Hospitals, primary care, pharmacies, specialists, and emergency care all affect how close and practical care may feel.
Confirm insurance acceptance, specialist availability, language needs, prescription access, and emergency care before making serious plans.
- OpenStreetMap healthcare amenities static probe
Used for Healthcare Access, Primary Care Access
- FEMA RAPT / HIFLD Hospitals
Used for Hospital Access, Hospitals Within 12 km, Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km
Checked 2026-07-19
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Selected Specialists in City, Medicare-Listed Rheumatology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Nephrology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Endocrinology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Ophthalmology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Neurology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Medical Oncology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Cardiology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
Checked 2026-07-13
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NPPES NPI Registry
Used for Registered Retail Pharmacies
Checked 2026-07-19
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Used for Emergency Care, Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles, Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital, Nearest CMS-Rated Hospital
Checked 2026-07-12
- U.S. Census Bureau
Used for Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- Health Resources and Services Administration
Used for HRSA Adult Primary-Care Sites Within 15 Miles, Nearest HRSA Adult Primary-Care Site
Checked 2026-07-18
- World Bank
Used for Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024), Life Expectancy
Checked 2026-06-18
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Used for Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles, Nearest CMS-Certified Nursing Home
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Reported Ambulatory Surgical Centers in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Inpatient Rehab Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Long-Term Care Hospitals in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Rural Health Clinics in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Federally Qualified Health Centers in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- U.S. Census Bureau
Used for Residents 65+ With a Disability
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City, CMS-Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Walkability Index
Used for Walkability for Health
Checked 2026-07-10
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