Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Alabama with the lowest heart failure death rate
54 Alabama hospitals ranked by heart failure death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 11.1% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 51 | DeKalb Regional Medical Center | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 164 min, 39th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 134 | Compare DeKalb Regional Medical Center |
| 52 | Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center | 14.7%, 5th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 14.4%, 2nd percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | 244 min, 6th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 323 | Compare Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center |
| 53 | Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus | 14.8%, 4th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 1.19, 11th percentile | 160 min, 42nd percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 457 | Compare Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus |
| 54 | Helen Keller Hospital | 17.8%, 0th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 16.0%, 7th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 188 min, 25th percentile | 1.10, 8th percentile | 185 | Compare Helen Keller Hospital |
About these rankings
Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Overall star rating
- CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
- Patient survey star rating
- HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Hospital-wide readmission rate
- Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Time in emergency department
- Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
- Medicare spending per patient
- Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
- Total beds
- Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).