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Hospitals in New Hampshire with the smallest Medicare readmissions penalties

13 New Hampshire hospitals ranked by readmissions penalty in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Cheshire Medical Center, Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, St Joseph Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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13 hospitals ranked in New Hampshire by readmissions penalty; 14 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalReadmissions penaltyhigher 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 average−0.34%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Cheshire Medical CenterKeene, NH · Acute care0.00%4312.2%11.5%14.9%1.01214 min0.97169Compare
2Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon, NH · Acute care−0.02%3311.3%10.4%15.2%1.18264 min1.02396Compare
T3St Joseph HospitalNashua, NH · Acute care−0.05%4311.0%12.9%14.5%0.92202 min1.02208Compare
T3Concord Hospital- LaconiaLaconia, NH · Acute care−0.05%3310.7%12.5%15.6%0.94197 min0.97143Compare
5Exeter Hospital IncExeter, NH · Acute care−0.12%4314.5%10.9%14.0%1.00206 min0.97100Compare
6Southern NH Medical CenterNashua, NH · Acute care−0.20%2313.8%10.5%15.6%1.02218 min0.98188Compare
7Concord HospitalConcord, NH · Acute care−0.29%3313.5%12.6%15.2%0.96243 min1.00295Compare
T8Parkland Medical CenterDerry, NH · Acute care−0.39%4310.5%7.7%15.5%0.87120 min0.9486Compare
T8Frisbie Memorial HospitalRochester, NH · Acute care−0.39%34—10.3%14.6%0.98132 min0.86122Compare
10Catholic Medical CenterManchester, NH · Acute care−0.45%4310.1%9.0%15.7%1.39221 min0.97330Compare
11Elliot HospitalManchester, NH · Acute care−0.48%2414.2%12.9%15.4%1.31291 min1.01296Compare
12Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth, NH · Acute care−0.55%3310.9%13.1%15.4%0.94132 min1.02209Compare
13Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover, NH · Acute care−0.75%4410.2%11.6%15.2%0.75242 min0.94178Compare

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.

Readmissions penalty
Change to Medicare payments under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, which cuts payments (by up to 3%) to hospitals with more readmissions than expected. 0% means no penalty..
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).