Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Colorado with the lowest pneumonia death rate
62 Colorado 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 | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure 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 |
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| National average | 15.2% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 51 | Heart Of The Rockies Regional Medical Center | 16.8%, 26th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | — | — | — | 25 | Compare Heart Of The Rockies Regional Medical Center |
| 52 | Eastern Rio Blanco County Health Service District | 16.9%, 25th percentile | — | — | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | 208 min, 15th percentile | — | 16 | Compare Eastern Rio Blanco County Health Service District |
| 53 | Longmont United Hospital | 17.2%, 21st percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 153 min, 47th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 186 | Compare Longmont United Hospital |
| 54 | Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional Hospital | 17.5%, 18th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 202 min, 18th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 346 | Compare Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional Hospital |
| T55 | Banner North Colorado Medical Center | 17.6%, 17th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 1.11, 18th percentile | 137 min, 59th percentile | 1.08, 12th percentile | 378 | Compare Banner North Colorado Medical Center |
| T55 | Delta County Memorial Hospital | 17.6%, 17th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 143 min, 54th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 49 | Compare Delta County Memorial Hospital |
| 57 | Lincoln Health Hospital | 17.7%, 16th percentile | — | — | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | 94 min, 93rd percentile | — | 25 | Compare Lincoln Health Hospital |
| 58 | Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center | 18.1%, 13th percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | 117 min, 77th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center |
| 59 | Sterling Regional MedCenter | 18.5%, 11th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 97 min, 92nd percentile | 0.91, 86th percentile | 25 | Compare Sterling Regional MedCenter |
| 60 | Montrose Regional Health | 19.3%, 7th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 146 min, 52nd percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 75 | Compare Montrose Regional Health |
| 61 | San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center | 19.4%, 6th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | — | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 168 min, 37th percentile | 1.11, 7th percentile | 59 | Compare San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center |
| 62 | St Thomas More Hospital | 19.8%, 5th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | — | 143 min, 54th percentile | — | 25 | Compare St Thomas More 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.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia 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.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure 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).