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Hospitals with the lowest heart failure death rate

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3,049 hospitals ranked by heart failure death rate; 2,370 more match but have no reported value.

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National average11.1%11.9%15.2%8.6%2.4%11.9%15.0%
T1NYU Langone HospitalsNew York, NY · Acute care5.2%6.7%8.0%5.2%1.1%7.4%13.1%Compare
T1VA San Diego Healthcare SystemSan Diego, CA · Veterans Affairs5.2%9.5%7.1%5.8%——14.8%Compare
T1Jesse Brown VA Medical Center - VA Chicago Healthcare SystemChicago, IL · Veterans Affairs5.2%11.1%9.2%5.0%——15.5%Compare
T1Montefiore Medical CenterBronx, NY · Acute care5.2%10.9%9.2%7.0%2.5%7.5%15.5%Compare
T5Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · Acute care5.5%8.3%9.5%5.9%1.7%11.6%14.3%Compare
T5VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare SystemLos Angeles, CA · Veterans Affairs5.5%11.7%9.8%5.6%——16.0%Compare
T7Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest, IL · Acute care5.7%11.0%10.1%6.4%—9.2%14.7%Compare
T7Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, IL · Acute care5.7%10.1%7.9%7.4%2.0%8.5%15.0%Compare
9Dallas VA Medical Center (VA North Texas Healthcare System)Dallas, TX · Veterans Affairs5.8%9.6%10.2%6.5%——15.3%Compare
T10Brigham And Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain, MA · Acute care5.9%10.8%8.4%5.9%—7.9%14.1%Compare
T10Richmond VA Medical CenterRichmond, VA · Veterans Affairs5.9%12.7%12.4%6.7%——14.2%Compare
T12Houston Methodist HospitalHouston, TX · Acute care6.0%10.6%8.0%6.4%1.9%9.2%14.2%Compare
T12Decatur (Atlanta) VA Medical CenterDecatur, GA · Veterans Affairs6.0%12.0%9.2%4.9%——14.5%Compare
T12Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood, CA · Acute care6.0%9.6%12.8%6.4%—8.9%17.3%Compare
T15Detroit (John D. Dingell) VA Medical CenterDetroit, MI · Veterans Affairs6.1%11.8%11.6%6.8%——14.6%Compare
T15Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston, TX · Acute care6.1%10.9%10.7%6.0%3.4%10.8%14.8%Compare
T15Philadelphia VA Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA · Veterans Affairs6.1%10.5%11.0%5.7%——14.5%Compare
T15Mount Sinai WestNew York, NY · Acute care6.1%9.8%11.7%7.5%1.7%10.3%14.3%Compare
T15VA Middle Tennessee Healthcare SystemNashville, TN · Veterans Affairs6.1%11.9%12.2%8.4%——15.0%Compare
20Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn, NY · Acute care6.2%10.0%11.4%7.2%1.7%8.2%17.2%Compare
T21Stanford Health CareStanford, CA · Acute care6.3%9.7%10.3%6.4%1.1%8.7%14.7%Compare
T21VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare SystemAurora, CO · Veterans Affairs6.3%10.6%10.5%6.2%——13.4%Compare
23Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care6.4%11.1%10.5%6.3%—8.8%15.8%Compare
24Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich, CT · Acute care6.5%10.7%10.9%6.3%—8.8%14.7%Compare
T25Orlando VA Medical CenterOrlando, FL · Veterans Affairs6.6%10.0%10.3%5.8%——15.7%Compare
T25San Antonio VA Medical Center (VA South Texas Healthcare System)San Antonio, TX · Veterans Affairs6.6%11.0%10.0%6.3%——15.3%Compare
T25Mountainview HospitalLas Vegas, NV · Acute care6.6%9.6%11.7%10.0%2.7%11.0%15.1%Compare
T25Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park, IL · Acute care6.6%12.1%9.1%7.5%—13.5%14.9%Compare
T25UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, CA · Acute care6.6%10.1%10.3%7.5%1.9%9.6%14.0%Compare
T25VA Boston Healthcare System - Jamaica PlainJamaica Plain, MA · Veterans Affairs6.6%10.1%10.8%5.7%——17.2%Compare
T25AdventHealth OrlandoOrlando, FL · Acute care6.6%9.7%12.0%5.5%2.1%10.3%16.0%Compare
T25Boston Medical CenterBoston, MA · Acute care6.6%11.7%11.9%7.0%2.5%11.9%15.3%Compare
T33Brigham And Women's HospitalBoston, MA · Acute care6.7%9.1%10.1%6.0%2.2%9.5%14.9%Compare
T33Augusta VA Medical CenterAugusta, GA · Veterans Affairs6.7%10.7%12.1%6.8%——15.1%Compare
T33Birmingham VA Medical CenterBirmingham, AL · Veterans Affairs6.7%11.2%15.5%6.6%——14.5%Compare
T33Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale, CA · Acute care6.7%11.0%11.9%7.0%2.1%9.3%15.7%Compare
T37Lebanon VA Medical CenterLebanon, PA · Veterans Affairs6.8%—11.4%6.9%——13.8%Compare
T37Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA · Acute care6.8%9.3%12.9%5.3%1.5%10.1%14.3%Compare
T37VA S. Arizona Healthcare SystemTucson, AZ · Veterans Affairs6.8%11.5%11.7%6.1%——15.3%Compare
T40Cleveland Clinic HospitalWeston, FL · Acute care6.9%9.6%10.8%6.6%2.2%9.1%15.9%Compare
T40Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land, TX · Acute care6.9%10.3%11.1%6.3%2.4%8.4%14.6%Compare
T40New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, NY · Acute care6.9%9.6%10.9%5.7%1.7%7.7%13.6%Compare
T40New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing, NY · Acute care6.9%10.7%12.8%6.1%—8.8%13.6%Compare
T40Phoenix VA Medical CenterPhoenix, AZ · Veterans Affairs6.9%10.1%9.1%6.8%——12.9%Compare
T40Glendale Memorial Hospital & Health CenterGlendale, CA · Acute care6.9%11.1%13.6%6.4%2.9%12.5%16.0%Compare
T40Mount Sinai HospitalNew York, NY · Acute care6.9%12.1%12.4%7.6%1.4%8.8%14.6%Compare
T40Seattle VA Medical Center (VA Puget Sound Healthcare System)Seattle, WA · Veterans Affairs6.9%12.0%11.1%7.9%——13.9%Compare
T40Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, MA · Acute care6.9%11.3%11.0%6.7%2.3%10.3%16.0%Compare
T40Indianapolis VA Medical CenterIndianapolis, IN · Veterans Affairs6.9%10.8%11.6%8.5%——15.1%Compare
T40Memphis VA Medical CenterMemphis, TN · Veterans Affairs6.9%11.5%10.9%5.7%——14.8%Compare

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.