Hospital rankings
Hospitals in District of Columbia with the lowest heart failure death rate
7 District of Columbia hospitals ranked by heart failure death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington DC VA Medical Center, George Washington University Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Pneumonia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 11.1% | 11.9% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | MedStar Washington Hospital Center | 7.0%, 98th percentile | 10.4%, 90th percentile | 12.1%, 91st percentile | 6.3%, 97th percentile | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 9.8%, 84th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare MedStar Washington Hospital Center |
| 2 | Washington DC VA Medical Center | 7.4%, 97th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 12.1%, 91st percentile | 4.3%, 100th percentile | — | — | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare Washington DC VA Medical Center |
| 3 | George Washington University Hospital | 7.7%, 96th percentile | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 15.6%, 43rd percentile | 6.2%, 97th percentile | 1.7%, 89th percentile | 11.3%, 56th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare George Washington University Hospital |
| 4 | MedStar Georgetown University Hospital | 8.3%, 93rd percentile | — | 11.6%, 94th percentile | 7.7%, 72nd percentile | — | 12.0%, 44th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare MedStar Georgetown University Hospital |
| 5 | United Medical Center | 9.5%, 79th percentile | — | 13.2%, 80th percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare United Medical Center |
| 6 | Sibley Memorial Hospital | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 13.1%, 81st percentile | 8.5%, 49th percentile | — | 11.4%, 54th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Sibley Memorial Hospital |
| 7 | Howard University Hospital Corp | 9.9%, 72nd percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 16.8%, 26th percentile | 7.0%, 88th percentile | — | 9.6%, 86th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Howard University Hospital Corp |
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.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia 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.