Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Massachusetts with the lowest CABG surgery death rate
13 Massachusetts hospitals ranked by CABG surgery death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Massachusetts General Hospital, Tufts Medical Center, Mount Auburn Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | CABG surgery 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 | 2.4% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T1 | Massachusetts General Hospital | 1.5%, 96th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 9.3%, 99th percentile | 6.8%, 99th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 288 min, 2nd percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 907 | Compare Massachusetts General Hospital |
| T1 | Tufts Medical Center | 1.5%, 96th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 17.2%, 0th percentile | 1.32, 6th percentile | 208 min, 15th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 415 | Compare Tufts Medical Center |
| 3 | Mount Auburn Hospital | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 1.09, 20th percentile | 205 min, 17th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 217 | Compare Mount Auburn Hospital |
| 4 | St Vincent Hospital | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 1.11, 18th percentile | 206 min, 16th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 283 | Compare St Vincent Hospital |
| 5 | Boston Medical Center-Brighton | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | 0.79, 94th percentile | 146 min, 52nd percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 252 | Compare Boston Medical Center-Brighton |
| T6 | Brigham And Women's Hospital | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 9.1%, 99th percentile | 6.7%, 99th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 300 min, 1st percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 663 | Compare Brigham And Women's Hospital |
| T6 | Southcoast Hospitals Group | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 1.09, 20th percentile | 190 min, 24th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 695 | Compare Southcoast Hospitals Group |
| T6 | UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 291 min, 2nd percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 325 | Compare UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus |
| T6 | Baystate Medical Center | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | 1.69, 1st percentile | 286 min, 2nd percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 716 | Compare Baystate Medical Center |
| 10 | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 6.9%, 99th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 336 min, 0th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 597 | Compare Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center |
| 11 | Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 1.09, 20th percentile | 226 min, 10th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 327 | Compare Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington |
| T12 | Boston Medical Center | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 6.6%, 99th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 1.14, 15th percentile | 227 min, 10th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 441 | Compare Boston Medical Center |
| T12 | Cape Cod Hospital | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 16.5%, 3rd percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 201 min, 19th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 259 | Compare Cape Cod 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.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery 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).