Hospital rankings
Hospitals in New Hampshire with the lowest heart attack death rate
12 New Hampshire hospitals ranked by heart attack death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Catholic Medical Center, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Parkland Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 11.9% | 3.3 | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Catholic Medical Center | 10.1%, 95th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th 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 |
| 2 | Wentworth-Douglass Hospital | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th 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 |
| 3 | Parkland Medical Center | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th 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 | Concord Hospital- Laconia | 10.7%, 85th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th 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 |
| 5 | Portsmouth Regional Hospital | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th 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 |
| 6 | St Joseph Hospital | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th 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 | Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th 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 |
| 8 | Cheshire Medical Center | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th 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 |
| 9 | Concord Hospital | 13.5%, 8th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th 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 | Southern NH Medical Center | 13.8%, 5th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th 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 |
| 11 | Elliot Hospital | 14.2%, 3rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th 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 |
| 12 | Exeter Hospital Inc | 14.5%, 2nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th 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 |
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.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Overall star rating
- CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
- Patient survey star rating
- HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
- 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).