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Hospitals with the lowest pneumonia death rate

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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
T1379VCU Health Tappahannock HospitalTappahannock, VA · Acute care14.5%44—9.9%15.2%0.93186 min0.9667Compare
T1379Valley View Hospital AssociationGlenwood Springs, CO · Acute care14.5%4410.6%16.3%14.2%0.93152 min1.0078Compare
T1379Wellspan Waynesboro HospitalWaynesboro, PA · Acute care14.5%4411.7%11.5%15.2%0.95145 min0.8957Compare
T1379Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Inc.Jonesboro, AR · Acute care14.5%3411.0%11.8%15.3%1.18128 min1.01228Compare
T1379Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn, NC · Acute care14.5%3311.5%9.9%14.3%0.86210 min0.93108Compare
T1379Corewell Health Pennock HospitalHastings, MI · Critical access14.5%34—10.9%14.4%—132 min—25Compare
T1379Grandview Medical CenterBirmingham, AL · Acute care14.5%3312.6%12.2%15.8%0.86174 min1.01422Compare
T1379Hollywood Presbyterian Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · Acute care14.5%3211.0%7.7%16.1%0.86241 min1.18345Compare
T1379Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin ParkBaldwin Park, CA · Acute care14.5%33——14.6%1.02—1.00269Compare
T1379Lake Granbury Medical CenterGranbury, TX · Acute care14.5%3212.3%11.4%14.8%0.92126 min0.9959Compare
T1379Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis, MD · Acute care14.5%3311.3%10.3%14.8%0.82245 min—370Compare
T1379McCullough-Hyde Memorial HospitalOxford, OH · Acute care14.5%34—11.6%15.5%0.94132 min0.9394Compare
T1379Menorah Medical CenterOverland Park, KS · Acute care14.5%3312.1%10.1%15.9%0.91156 min1.02190Compare
T1379Mercy HospitalBakersfield, CA · Acute care14.5%3211.2%11.3%15.3%1.09193 min1.04211Compare
T1379Methodist Charlton Medical CenterDallas, TX · Acute care14.5%3310.6%11.1%15.5%0.97213 min1.10285Compare
T1379Northern Inyo HospitalBishop, CA · Critical access14.5%34—14.0%15.0%—115 min—25Compare
T1379Parkview Regional Medical CenterFort Wayne, IN · Acute care14.5%3412.4%13.7%15.5%0.90150 min1.00600Compare
T1379SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisSaint Louis, MO · Acute care14.5%3211.8%8.7%16.3%1.15166 min1.06690Compare
T1379Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro, TN · Acute care14.5%329.6%9.1%13.9%0.90173 min1.04358Compare
T1379Springhill Medical CenterMobile, AL · Acute care14.5%3311.8%13.2%15.6%0.97147 min1.00263Compare
T1379Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago, IL · Acute care14.5%239.8%9.2%16.0%0.87247 min0.94263Compare
T1379Ascension St Vincent AndersonAnderson, IN · Acute care14.5%22—12.8%15.8%0.99215 min0.95195Compare
T1379Byrd Regional HospitalLeesville, LA · Acute care14.5%23—13.3%17.4%0.93121 min1.2649Compare
T1379Desert View HospitalPahrump, NV · Critical access14.5%22—10.8%17.0%—163 min—25Compare
T1379Methodist Fremont HealthFremont, NE · Acute care14.5%2413.1%12.7%14.9%1.08126 min0.9590Compare
T1379Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterNewark, NJ · Acute care14.5%2212.7%11.0%14.9%0.96176 min1.11665Compare
T1379Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton, GA · Acute care14.5%2312.4%11.4%15.6%1.92180 min1.05182Compare
T1379Vista Medical Center EastWaukegan, IL · Acute care14.5%2110.9%8.3%15.4%0.88189 min1.00388Compare
T1379Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma CenterSan Francisco, CA · Acute care14.5%2312.2%7.5%15.2%1.12300 min0.91367Compare
T1379Mad River Community HospitalArcata, CA · Acute care14.5%13—11.2%14.9%1.02122 min0.9180Compare
T1379Methodist Hospitals IncGary, IN · Acute care14.5%1212.9%10.2%16.0%1.15158 min1.07536Compare
T1379CentraCare Health - MonticelloMonticello, MN · Critical access14.5%—4——14.5%—132 min—39Compare
T1379Fall River Hospital - CAHHot Springs, SD · Critical access14.5%————14.8%—98 min—25Compare
T1379Fort Defiance Indian HospitalFt. Defiance, AZ · Acute care14.5%—3——16.5%0.97—0.7270Compare
T1379Grand River Hospital DistrictRifle, CO · Critical access14.5%————14.4%—110 min—25Compare
T1379Hawkins County Memorial HospitalRogersville, TN · Acute care14.5%————14.9%—113 min0.9650Compare
T1379Jackson Parish HospitalJonesboro, LA · Critical access14.5%————14.1%—135 min—25Compare
T1379Kiowa District HospitalKiowa, KS · Critical access14.5%————14.7%—72 min—24Compare
T1379Lake Martin Community HospitalDadeville, AL · Acute care14.5%—5——14.3%—116 min0.7846Compare
T1379Memorial HospitalGonzales, TX · Acute care14.5%————15.3%0.9870 min1.1728Compare
T1379St Vincents BlountOneonta, AL · Critical access14.5%————14.2%—132 min—25Compare
T1379Susan B Allen Memorial HospitalEl Dorado, KS · Acute care14.5%————15.1%0.9691 min0.8480Compare
T1379Westfield Memorial Hospital, IncWestfield, NY · Acute care14.5%————14.8%—120 min0.86—Compare
T1444Chester County HospitalWest Chester, PA · Acute care14.6%5411.0%11.0%14.5%0.83241 min0.97329Compare
T1444River Falls Area HospitalRiver Falls, WI · Critical access14.6%55—11.3%14.0%—96 min—25Compare
T1444St Elizabeth HospitalEnumclaw, WA · Critical access14.6%54—12.1%14.3%—193 min—28Compare
T1444St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton, PA · Acute care14.6%54—10.0%15.9%0.86149 min0.9356Compare
T1444St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks CampusQuakertown, PA · Acute care14.6%54—10.6%16.4%0.85179 min0.92127Compare
T1444Ascension St Vincent KokomoKokomo, IN · Acute care14.6%43—11.6%14.5%0.95172 min0.96167Compare
T1444Baptist Memorial Hospital Union CountyNew Albany, MS · Acute care14.6%44—12.8%14.1%0.96144 min0.98153Compare

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).