Hospital rankings
Hospitals in New Hampshire with the best net Medicare quality adjustments
13 New Hampshire hospitals ranked by net Medicare quality adjustment in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Frisbie Memorial Hospital, Cheshire Medical Center, Parkland Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Net Medicare quality adjustmenthigher is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | −0.48% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Frisbie Memorial Hospital | +1.87%, 98th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 132 min, 63rd percentile | 0.86, 94th percentile | 122 | Compare Frisbie Memorial Hospital |
| 2 | Cheshire Medical Center | +0.54%, 86th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 1.01, 33rd percentile | 214 min, 13th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 169 | Compare Cheshire Medical Center |
| 3 | Parkland Medical Center | +0.39%, 83rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 7.7%, 96th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 120 min, 74th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 86 | Compare Parkland Medical Center |
| 4 | Exeter Hospital Inc | +0.33%, 82nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 14.5%, 2nd percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | 1.00, 35th percentile | 206 min, 16th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 100 | Compare Exeter Hospital Inc |
| 5 | Wentworth-Douglass Hospital | +0.07%, 76th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 0.75, 97th percentile | 242 min, 6th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 178 | Compare Wentworth-Douglass Hospital |
| 6 | St Joseph Hospital | −0.35%, 53rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 202 min, 18th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 208 | Compare St Joseph Hospital |
| 7 | Catholic Medical Center | −0.43%, 49th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.1%, 95th percentile | 9.0%, 86th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 1.39, 4th percentile | 221 min, 11th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 330 | Compare Catholic Medical Center |
| 8 | Concord Hospital- Laconia | −0.49%, 47th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.7%, 85th percentile | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 197 min, 20th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 143 | Compare Concord Hospital- Laconia |
| 9 | Concord Hospital | −0.60%, 43rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.5%, 8th percentile | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 243 min, 6th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 295 | Compare Concord Hospital |
| 10 | Portsmouth Regional Hospital | −0.74%, 38th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 132 min, 63rd percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 209 | Compare Portsmouth Regional Hospital |
| 11 | Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital | −1.01%, 28th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 1.18, 12th percentile | 264 min, 3rd percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 396 | Compare Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital |
| 12 | Southern NH Medical Center | −2.04%, 7th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.8%, 5th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 218 min, 12th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 188 | Compare Southern NH Medical Center |
| 13 | Elliot Hospital | −2.37%, 4th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 14.2%, 3rd percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 1.31, 6th percentile | 291 min, 2nd percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 296 | Compare Elliot Hospital |
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.
- Net Medicare quality adjustment
- Approximate combined change to the hospital's Medicare inpatient payments from the three pay-for-performance programs, added together: the readmissions penalty, the value-based purchasing bonus or penalty, and the 1% cut for hospital-acquired conditions. Inpatient prospective payment system hospitals only; Maryland hospitals are exempt..
- 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).