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Hospitals in Massachusetts with the lowest pneumonia death rate

54 Massachusetts 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.

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54 hospitals ranked in Massachusetts by pneumonia death rate; 30 more match but have no reported value.

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#	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
	National average	15.2%		3.3	11.9%	11.1%	15.0%	1.00	162 min	1.00
T51	Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield, MA · Acute care	16.3%, 33rd 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
T51	Lowell General HospitalLowell, MA · Acute care	16.3%, 33rd percentile	2, 17th percentile	3, 39th percentile	12.4%, 29th percentile	10.5%, 60th percentile	16.1%, 6th percentile	1.20, 10th percentile	267 min, 3rd percentile	0.98, 55th percentile	158	Compare Lowell General Hospital
53	Heywood Hospital -Gardner, MA · Acute care	17.1%, 23rd percentile	2, 17th percentile	4, 76th percentile	—	12.3%, 25th percentile	15.7%, 13th percentile	1.01, 33rd percentile	192 min, 23rd percentile	1.08, 12th percentile	134	Compare Heywood Hospital -
54	Merrimack Health Lawrence HospitalLawrence, MA · Acute care	18.2%, 13th percentile	2, 17th percentile	2, 10th percentile	11.7%, 54th percentile	12.5%, 22nd percentile	14.9%, 54th percentile	1.10, 19th percentile	241 min, 6th percentile	1.07, 14th percentile	189	Compare Merrimack Health Lawrence 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).