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Hospitals with the lowest pneumonia death rate

Rank every Medicare-certified hospital on any CMS quality measure. Filter by state, type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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3,639 hospitals ranked by pneumonia death rate; 1,780 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPneumonia 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 average15.2%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T596UnityPoint Health - MeriterMadison, WI · Acute care12.9%5411.0%10.4%15.8%0.83142 min0.93448Compare
T596University Of Maryland Shore Medical Center At ChestertownChestertown, MD · Acute care12.9%5——10.8%14.0%—185 min—64Compare
T596Alliance Community HospitalAlliance, OH · Acute care12.9%44—9.7%15.0%0.94171 min1.07207Compare
T596Avera Queen Of PeaceMitchell, SD · Critical access12.9%44—12.1%14.4%—104 min—25Compare
T596Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock, TX · Acute care12.9%4411.7%8.6%13.9%0.95195 min0.99277Compare
T596Chatham Hospital IncSiler City, NC · Critical access12.9%44—12.5%14.0%—222 min—68Compare
T596Lewisgale Hospital AlleghanyLow Moor, VA · Acute care12.9%44—11.5%14.7%0.92112 min1.00205Compare
T596Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield, TX · Acute care12.9%4412.0%10.2%15.0%0.78212 min1.13294Compare
T596Ocean Medical CenterBrick, NJ · Acute care12.9%4310.9%9.4%14.7%1.02142 min1.11436Compare
T596PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical CenterKetchikan, AK · Critical access12.9%44—10.2%14.7%—130 min—25Compare
T596Plainview HospitalPlainview, NY · Acute care12.9%4310.0%9.9%14.8%0.93245 min1.09204Compare
T596Rock Regional Hospital, LLCDerby, KS · Acute care12.9%44—9.5%14.3%0.95104 min0.98—Compare
T596South Texas Health SystemEdinburg, TX · Acute care12.9%4210.3%11.4%15.9%1.18106 min1.05870Compare
T596Stafford Hospital, LLCStafford, VA · Acute care12.9%4311.8%11.7%15.8%0.95179 min0.87100Compare
T596Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano, TX · Acute care12.9%4311.9%10.5%14.9%1.02174 min1.07339Compare
T596Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor, MI · Acute care12.9%439.6%8.1%15.5%0.85241 min0.92505Compare
T596UPMC Bedford MemorialEverett, PA · Acute care12.9%43—10.1%14.4%—142 min1.0449Compare
T596Virginia Hospital CenterArlington, VA · Acute care12.9%4410.6%11.3%14.0%1.09240 min0.99342Compare
T596Baptist Memorial Hospital TiptonCovington, TN · Acute care12.9%34—10.7%17.0%—149 min0.95100Compare
T596Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi, TX · Acute care12.9%3311.5%10.3%14.4%0.97188 min1.091,040Compare
T596Duncan Regional Hospital, IncDuncan, OK · Acute care12.9%3311.9%9.7%15.3%0.93149 min1.00110Compare
T596Good Samaritan Regional Medical CenterCorvallis, OR · Acute care12.9%3413.5%14.7%13.4%0.77207 min0.86188Compare
T596HCA Florida Aventura HospitalAventura, FL · Acute care12.9%3214.2%9.2%15.4%0.89135 min1.06493Compare
T596Lawrence & Memorial HospitalNew London, CT · Acute care12.9%3311.1%9.7%14.3%1.05131 min0.97280Compare
T596Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson CityDickson City, PA · Acute care12.9%34—9.6%16.0%0.93160 min1.0124Compare
T596Marion IL VA Medical CenterMarion, IL · Veterans Affairs12.9%34—9.3%17.0%1.07——176Compare
T596MedStar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore, MD · Acute care12.9%3211.7%8.3%14.9%1.04247 min—208Compare
T596Medical City LewisvilleLewisville, TX · Acute care12.9%3312.4%12.1%15.4%0.90122 min1.10202Compare
T596Methodist Hospital AtascosaJourdanton, TX · Acute care12.9%33—11.8%14.5%0.97111 min0.9667Compare
T596Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside, NY · Acute care12.9%3211.1%8.3%15.9%0.85219 min1.03435Compare
T596Nantucket Cottage HospitalNantucket, MA · Acute care12.9%3——11.6%15.1%—120 min0.7619Compare
T596Southside HospitalBay Shore, NY · Acute care12.9%3313.2%11.2%15.1%0.98284 min1.10341Compare
T596UH Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland, OH · Acute care12.9%3312.9%8.2%16.4%0.98241 min1.051,037Compare
T596Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo, NY · Acute care12.9%23—10.1%15.1%2.09325 min0.98526Compare
T596Garden Grove Hospital & Medical CenterGarden Grove, CA · Acute care12.9%21—9.1%16.6%0.86134 min1.17167Compare
T596Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · Acute care12.9%2312.5%11.0%16.5%0.97286 min0.88676Compare
T596Newark-Wayne Community HospitalNewark, NY · Acute care12.9%23—9.6%16.3%1.12205 min0.86120Compare
T596Valley Hospital Medical CenterLas Vegas, NV · Acute care12.9%2210.0%9.8%16.9%0.89169 min1.13320Compare
T596Ascension Seton Edgar B DavisLuling, TX · Critical access12.9%————14.2%—88 min—24Compare
T596Kalkaska Memorial Health CenterKalkaska, MI · Critical access12.9%————14.9%—108 min—8Compare
T596Marshall Browning HospitalDu Quoin, IL · Critical access12.9%————15.3%———25Compare
T596Pinckneyville Community HospitalPinckneyville, IL · Critical access12.9%————14.8%—49 min—20Compare
T643AdventHealth Daytona BeachDaytona Beach, FL · Acute care13.0%5312.2%8.7%14.2%0.87149 min0.97362Compare
T643HCA Florida Twin Cities HospitalNiceville, FL · Acute care13.0%54—8.1%15.6%0.87114 min0.9865Compare
T643James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center (Altoona)Altoona, PA · Veterans Affairs13.0%54—11.4%13.9%———68Compare
T643Pelham Medical CenterGreer, SC · Acute care13.0%54—9.2%14.9%0.92177 min1.0348Compare
T643Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care13.0%53—10.0%14.1%0.95225 min0.8136Compare
T643Sentara RMH Medical CenterHarrisonburg, VA · Acute care13.0%5310.1%11.1%14.9%0.86172 min0.94238Compare
T643Sioux Falls VA Medical CenterSioux Falls, SD · Veterans Affairs13.0%55—12.3%13.6%1.00——270Compare
T643Abraham Lincoln Memorial HospitalLincoln, IL · Critical access13.0%44—10.3%14.6%—137 min—15Compare

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).