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Hospitals with the lowest COPD death rate

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2,623 hospitals ranked by copd death rate; 2,796 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalCOPD death ratelower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average8.6%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T844Palo Alto VA Medical CenterPalo Alto, CA · Veterans Affairs7.9%5410.7%8.5%14.6%0.95——2,046Compare
T844Reedsburg Area Medical CenterReedsburg, WI · Critical access7.9%54—11.0%14.2%—137 min—25Compare
T844Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville, CA · Acute care7.9%5410.7%9.4%14.6%0.90226 min0.95328Compare
T844Wellspan Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon, PA · Acute care7.9%5310.4%10.8%14.3%0.80197 min0.96163Compare
T844West Kendall Baptist HospitalMiami, FL · Acute care7.9%53—7.9%15.0%0.88179 min0.92203Compare
T844White River Jct VA Medical CenterWhite River Junction, VT · Veterans Affairs7.9%55—8.7%14.4%0.83——174Compare
T844AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City, NJ · Acute care7.9%4310.2%10.2%14.7%0.99174 min1.06593Compare
T844Atrium Health UnionMonroe, NC · Acute care7.9%4310.6%9.5%14.1%1.18132 min0.91157Compare
T844Baystate Wing HospitalPalmer, MA · Acute care7.9%4312.6%7.8%14.8%0.92214 min0.9941Compare
T844Bellevue HospitalBellevue, OH · Acute care7.9%44—14.1%14.3%0.96127 min0.9670Compare
T844Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville, TN · Acute care7.9%4312.1%11.4%15.1%0.86204 min0.95189Compare
T844Danbury HospitalDanbury, CT · Acute care7.9%4312.7%9.4%15.4%0.90209 min1.02345Compare
T844Emanuel Medical CenterSwainsboro, GA · Acute care7.9%4——10.8%14.7%—169 min0.9172Compare
T844Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks, CA · Acute care7.9%4310.3%7.7%15.4%0.83159 min1.02273Compare
T844Major HospitalShelbyville, IN · Acute care7.9%44—10.4%14.1%0.91130 min1.0151Compare
T844Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land, TX · Acute care7.9%4311.7%9.9%16.1%0.98193 min0.93179Compare
T844Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, IncOklahoma City, OK · Acute care7.9%43—11.9%14.2%0.77151 min1.17385Compare
T844Monroe HospitalBloomington, IN · Acute care7.9%44—9.4%15.1%0.95108 min0.9132Compare
T844Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton, GA · Acute care7.9%4413.0%9.9%14.8%1.29208 min0.9484Compare
T844PIH Health Downey HospitalDowney, CA · Acute care7.9%4310.9%9.5%16.5%0.86242 min0.99199Compare
T844Parma Community General HospitalParma, OH · Acute care7.9%4312.0%12.7%15.8%0.77208 min1.01309Compare
T844Prisma Health Baptist ParkridgeColumbia, SC · Acute care7.9%43—9.1%13.5%0.80162 min0.98—Compare
T844Prisma Health Laurens County HospitalClinton, SC · Acute care7.9%43—10.6%13.8%0.94148 min0.9376Compare
T844Sacred Heart HospitalPensacola, FL · Acute care7.9%4211.6%10.8%14.1%0.77145 min1.00547Compare
T844Saint Michael's Medical CenterNewark, NJ · Acute care7.9%43—9.3%16.0%1.02169 min0.96358Compare
T844Seattle VA Medical Center (VA Puget Sound Healthcare System)Seattle, WA · Veterans Affairs7.9%4412.0%6.9%13.9%1.68——557Compare
T844Self Regional HealthcareGreenwood, SC · Acute care7.9%4412.0%12.4%14.3%0.98199 min1.07358Compare
T844Sharp Coronado Hospital And Healthcare CenterCoronado, CA · Acute care7.9%44—13.6%14.2%1.22126 min0.85204Compare
T844Southern Ocean Medical CenterManahawkin, NJ · Acute care7.9%4310.1%10.4%15.4%0.92163 min1.05156Compare
T844Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford, TX · Acute care7.9%4310.8%12.3%15.2%0.85150 min1.10286Compare
T844Tristar Stonecrest Medical CenterSmyrna, TN · Acute care7.9%4312.2%11.4%14.6%0.80190 min0.9875Compare
T844University Hospitals Samaritan Medical CenterAshland, OH · Acute care7.9%44—11.1%14.4%0.91142 min0.96123Compare
T844Upper Valley Medical CenterTroy, OH · Acute care7.9%4311.7%11.5%16.0%0.85157 min0.95178Compare
T844VCU Health Tappahannock HospitalTappahannock, VA · Acute care7.9%44—9.9%15.2%0.93186 min0.9667Compare
T844Adventist Health SonoraSonora, CA · Acute care7.9%339.0%11.7%15.0%0.87171 min0.91143Compare
T844Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village, IL · Acute care7.9%3212.0%9.4%14.7%0.96196 min1.09483Compare
T844Ascension Columbia St Marys Hospital MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI · Acute care7.9%3312.3%10.4%13.7%0.94167 min0.98422Compare
T844Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health ServicesColorado Springs, CO · Acute care7.9%339.7%9.3%13.8%1.27193 min1.00300Compare
T844Excela Health Westmoreland Regional HospitalGreensburg, PA · Acute care7.9%3210.1%9.8%14.6%1.19190 min0.94375Compare
T844Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical CenterCortland, NY · Acute care7.9%33—13.2%15.3%0.92182 min0.95181Compare
T844HCA Florida Aventura HospitalAventura, FL · Acute care7.9%3214.2%9.2%15.4%0.89135 min1.06493Compare
T844Lakeland Community HospitalHaleyville, AL · Acute care7.9%3——14.3%14.9%—96 min1.04—Compare
T844Mainehealth Waldo HospitalBelfast, ME · Critical access7.9%34—14.9%15.0%—152 min—25Compare
T844Marshfield Medical Center - WestonWeston, WI · Acute care7.9%3412.3%11.5%15.4%1.15143 min0.9386Compare
T844Presence Saints Mary And Elizabeth Medical CenterChicago, IL · Acute care7.9%3311.4%10.0%14.2%1.02192 min1.03493Compare
T844St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham, IL · Acute care7.9%34—12.9%15.3%0.95137 min0.94146Compare
T844Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie, NY · Acute care7.9%3310.2%8.8%15.8%1.08295 min0.96365Compare
T844Windham Community Memorial HospitalWillimantic, CT · Acute care7.9%33—11.2%15.2%0.93138 min0.94130Compare
T844Yoakum Community HospitalYoakum, TX · Critical access7.9%3——12.6%14.4%—92 min—23Compare
T844Abrazo West CampusGoodyear, AZ · Acute care7.9%2113.1%10.9%14.9%0.86173 min1.02200Compare

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.

COPD death rate
30-day death rate for COPD 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).