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 | 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 |
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| National average | 2.4% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| T1 | Massachusetts General Hospital | 1.5%, 96th percentile | 9.3%, 99th percentile | 6.8%, 99th percentile | 12.9%, 83rd percentile | 5.3%, 100th percentile | 10.1%, 79th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare Massachusetts General Hospital |
| T1 | Tufts Medical Center | 1.5%, 96th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 9.8%, 99th percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | 13.2%, 26th percentile | 17.2%, 0th percentile | Compare Tufts Medical Center |
| 3 | Mount Auburn Hospital | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 11.3%, 95th percentile | 7.1%, 87th percentile | 10.3%, 75th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Mount Auburn Hospital |
| 4 | St Vincent Hospital | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 16.1%, 36th percentile | 8.9%, 38th percentile | 11.4%, 54th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare St Vincent Hospital |
| 5 | Boston Medical Center-Brighton | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 14.2%, 66th percentile | — | 8.9%, 94th percentile | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | Compare Boston Medical Center-Brighton |
| T6 | Brigham And Women's Hospital | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 9.1%, 99th percentile | 6.7%, 99th percentile | 10.1%, 99th percentile | 6.0%, 98th percentile | 9.5%, 88th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Brigham And Women's Hospital |
| T6 | Southcoast Hospitals Group | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 15.1%, 51st percentile | 8.8%, 41st percentile | 9.9%, 82nd percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Southcoast Hospitals Group |
| T6 | UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 11.9%, 92nd percentile | 7.8%, 69th percentile | 12.6%, 34th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus |
| T6 | Baystate Medical Center | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 16.3%, 33rd percentile | 6.8%, 91st percentile | 12.0%, 44th percentile | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | Compare Baystate Medical Center |
| 10 | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 6.9%, 99th percentile | 11.0%, 97th percentile | 6.7%, 93rd percentile | 10.3%, 75th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | Compare Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center |
| 11 | Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 14.1%, 67th percentile | 7.1%, 87th percentile | 11.4%, 54th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington |
| T12 | Boston Medical Center | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 6.6%, 99th percentile | 11.9%, 92nd percentile | 7.0%, 88th percentile | 11.9%, 45th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Boston Medical Center |
| T12 | Cape Cod Hospital | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 15.3%, 48th percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | 10.9%, 64th percentile | 16.5%, 3rd percentile | 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.
- 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.