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Hospitals in District of Columbia with the lowest CABG surgery death rate
2 District of Columbia hospitals ranked by CABG surgery death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: George Washington University Hospital, MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 2.4% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | George Washington University Hospital | 1.7%, 89th percentile | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 7.7%, 96th percentile | 15.6%, 43rd percentile | 6.2%, 97th percentile | 11.3%, 56th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare George Washington University Hospital |
| 2 | MedStar Washington Hospital Center | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 10.4%, 90th percentile | 7.0%, 98th percentile | 12.1%, 91st percentile | 6.3%, 97th percentile | 9.8%, 84th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare MedStar Washington Hospital 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.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery 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.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD 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.