Hospital rankings
Hospitals in New Hampshire with the lowest pneumonia death rate
25 New Hampshire hospitals ranked by pneumonia death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Catholic Medical Center, Concord Hospital- Franklin, Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Pneumonia death ratelower 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 | 15.2% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Catholic Medical Center | 11.1%, 96th 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 |
| 2 | Concord Hospital- Franklin | 12.7%, 85th percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.6%, 16th percentile | — | 130 min, 65th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Concord Hospital- Franklin |
| 3 | Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital | 12.8%, 84th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 5, 97th percentile | — | 8.2%, 93rd percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | 118 min, 76th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital |
| T4 | Exeter Hospital Inc | 13.3%, 79th 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 |
| T4 | Parkland Medical Center | 13.3%, 79th 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 |
| 6 | Concord Hospital- Laconia | 13.4%, 77th 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 |
| 7 | Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital | 13.9%, 70th 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 |
| 8 | Huggins Hospital | 14.2%, 66th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | 169 min, 36th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Huggins Hospital |
| 9 | Southern NH Medical Center | 14.3%, 64th 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 |
| 10 | New London Hospital | 14.4%, 63rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 10.7%, 56th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | — | 160 min, 42nd percentile | — | 25 | Compare New London Hospital |
| 11 | Portsmouth Regional Hospital | 14.6%, 60th 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 |
| 12 | St Joseph Hospital | 15.0%, 52nd 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 |
| 13 | Frisbie Memorial Hospital | 15.1%, 51st 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 |
| 14 | Speare Memorial Hospital | 15.4%, 46th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | 136 min, 60th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Speare Memorial Hospital |
| 15 | The Memorial Hospital | 15.6%, 43rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | — | 121 min, 73rd percentile | — | 25 | Compare The Memorial Hospital |
| 16 | Elliot Hospital | 15.7%, 42nd 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 |
| 17 | Concord Hospital | 16.6%, 29th 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 |
| 18 | Littleton Regional Healthcare | 16.9%, 25th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 5, 97th percentile | — | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | — | 137 min, 59th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Littleton Regional Healthcare |
| 19 | Wentworth-Douglass Hospital | 17.3%, 20th 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 |
| 20 | Valley Regional Hospital | 18.1%, 13th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | — | — | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | — | 163 min, 40th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Valley Regional Hospital |
| 21 | Cheshire Medical Center | 18.3%, 12th 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 |
| 22 | Weeks Medical Center | 18.6%, 10th percentile | — | — | — | — | 14.6%, 74th percentile | — | 107 min, 85th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Weeks Medical Center |
| 23 | Cottage Hospital | 19.2%, 7th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | — | — | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | 120 min, 74th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Cottage Hospital |
| 24 | Androscoggin Valley Hospital | 20.5%, 3rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | — | 112 min, 81st percentile | — | 25 | Compare Androscoggin Valley Hospital |
| 25 | Monadnock Community Hospital | 21.8%, 1st percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | 136 min, 60th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Monadnock Community 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.
- 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).