Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Alabama with the lowest pneumonia death rate
68 Alabama hospitals ranked by pneumonia 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 | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
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| National average | 15.2% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 51 | Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center | 18.5%, 11th percentile | 14.4%, 2nd percentile | 14.7%, 5th percentile | 8.7%, 43rd percentile | — | 18.5%, 3rd percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center |
| 52 | Atmore Community Hospital | 19.0%, 8th percentile | — | 10.1%, 68th percentile | — | — | — | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Atmore Community Hospital |
| 53 | The Health Care Authority Of The City Of Greenville- Lv Stabler Hospital | 19.1%, 8th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare The Health Care Authority Of The City Of Greenville- Lv Stabler Hospital |
| T54 | Athens Limestone Hospital | 19.3%, 7th percentile | — | 8.8%, 88th percentile | 10.4%, 11th percentile | — | 15.1%, 11th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Athens Limestone Hospital |
| T54 | North Alabama Medical Center | 19.3%, 7th percentile | 13.7%, 6th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 7.0%, 88th percentile | 5.3%, 1st percentile | 17.3%, 4th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare North Alabama Medical Center |
| 56 | Evergreen Medical Center | 19.4%, 6th percentile | — | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | — | — | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Evergreen Medical Center |
| 57 | Flowers Hospital | 19.5%, 6th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 13.3%, 12th percentile | 12.0%, 2nd percentile | 2.7%, 28th percentile | 14.1%, 17th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Flowers Hospital |
| T58 | Coosa Valley Medical Center | 19.9%, 5th percentile | — | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | — | 13.1%, 27th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare Coosa Valley Medical Center |
| T58 | Huntsville Hospital | 19.9%, 5th percentile | 16.6%, 0th percentile | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | 1.5%, 96th percentile | 12.9%, 30th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare Huntsville Hospital |
| 60 | Thomas Hospital | 20.1%, 4th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 11.2%, 5th percentile | 3.3%, 12th percentile | 14.2%, 16th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Thomas Hospital |
| 61 | Jackson Hospital & Clinic Inc | 20.3%, 4th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 7.0%, 88th percentile | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 12.0%, 44th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare Jackson Hospital & Clinic Inc |
| T62 | Marshall Medical Centers | 20.4%, 4th percentile | — | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 10.3%, 11th percentile | — | 15.2%, 11th percentile | 13.3%, 99th percentile | Compare Marshall Medical Centers |
| T62 | Riverview Regional Medical Center | 20.4%, 4th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 9.1%, 34th percentile | — | 14.9%, 12th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Riverview Regional Medical Center |
| T64 | Medical Center Enterprise | 20.8%, 3rd percentile | — | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 9.5%, 24th percentile | — | 14.5%, 14th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Medical Center Enterprise |
| T64 | Gadsden Regional Medical Center | 20.8%, 3rd percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 8.9%, 38th percentile | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 14.3%, 16th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Gadsden Regional Medical Center |
| 66 | Cullman Regional Medical Center | 21.0%, 2nd percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 10.7%, 56th percentile | 10.2%, 12th percentile | — | 16.1%, 7th percentile | 16.6%, 2nd percentile | Compare Cullman Regional Medical Center |
| 67 | Mizell Memorial Hospital | 21.4%, 2nd percentile | — | 13.4%, 12th percentile | 9.0%, 36th percentile | — | — | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Mizell Memorial Hospital |
| 68 | DeKalb Regional Medical Center | 22.9%, 1st percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 10.6%, 9th percentile | — | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare DeKalb Regional Medical Center |
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.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke 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.