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Top-rated hospitals in New Hampshire

23 New Hampshire hospitals ranked by overall star rating in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, The Memorial Hospital, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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23 hospitals ranked in New Hampshire by overall star rating; 4 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalOverall 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 average3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T1Alice Peck Day Memorial HospitalLebanon, NH · Critical access45—8.2%15.3%—118 min—25Compare
T1The Memorial HospitalNorth Conway, NH · Critical access44—12.2%15.4%—121 min—25Compare
T1Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover, NH · Acute care4410.2%11.6%15.2%0.75242 min0.94178Compare
T1Huggins HospitalWolfeboro, NH · Critical access44—10.5%15.0%—169 min—25Compare
T1Exeter Hospital IncExeter, NH · Acute care4314.5%10.9%14.0%1.00206 min0.97100Compare
T1St Joseph HospitalNashua, NH · Acute care4311.0%12.9%14.5%0.92202 min1.02208Compare
T1Catholic Medical CenterManchester, NH · Acute care4310.1%9.0%15.7%1.39221 min0.97330Compare
T1Cheshire Medical CenterKeene, NH · Acute care4312.2%11.5%14.9%1.01214 min0.97169Compare
T1Parkland Medical CenterDerry, NH · Acute care4310.5%7.7%15.5%0.87120 min0.9486Compare
T1Cottage HospitalWoodsville, NH · Critical access4——11.3%14.8%—120 min—25Compare
T11New London HospitalNew London, NH · Critical access34—10.7%15.9%—160 min—25Compare
T11Speare Memorial HospitalPlymouth, NH · Critical access34—12.1%15.0%—136 min—25Compare
T11Frisbie Memorial HospitalRochester, NH · Acute care34—10.3%14.6%0.98132 min0.86122Compare
T11Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon, NH · Acute care3311.3%10.4%15.2%1.18264 min1.02396Compare
T11Concord HospitalConcord, NH · Acute care3313.5%12.6%15.2%0.96243 min1.00295Compare
T11Concord Hospital- LaconiaLaconia, NH · Acute care3310.7%12.5%15.6%0.94197 min0.97143Compare
T11Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth, NH · Acute care3310.9%13.1%15.4%0.94132 min1.02209Compare
T11Valley Regional HospitalClaremont, NH · Critical access3——11.9%14.4%—163 min—25Compare
T19Androscoggin Valley HospitalBerlin, NH · Critical access24—14.6%14.3%—112 min—25Compare
T19Elliot HospitalManchester, NH · Acute care2414.2%12.9%15.4%1.31291 min1.01296Compare
T19Monadnock Community HospitalPeterborough, NH · Critical access24—13.1%14.9%—136 min—25Compare
T19Southern NH Medical CenterNashua, NH · Acute care2313.8%10.5%15.6%1.02218 min0.98188Compare
23Littleton Regional HealthcareLittleton, NH · Critical access15——15.2%—137 min—25Compare

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.

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).