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Hospitals in New Hampshire with the highest patients would recommend

21 New Hampshire hospitals ranked by patients would recommend in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, New London Hospital, Littleton Regional Healthcare. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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21 hospitals ranked in New Hampshire by patients would recommend; 6 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPatients would recommendhigher 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 average873.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Alice Peck Day Memorial HospitalLebanon, NH · Critical access9745—8.2%15.3%—118 min—25Compare
T2New London HospitalNew London, NH · Critical access9334—10.7%15.9%—160 min—25Compare
T2Littleton Regional HealthcareLittleton, NH · Critical access9315——15.2%—137 min—25Compare
T4The Memorial HospitalNorth Conway, NH · Critical access9244—12.2%15.4%—121 min—25Compare
T4Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover, NH · Acute care924410.2%11.6%15.2%0.75242 min0.94178Compare
T6Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon, NH · Acute care913311.3%10.4%15.2%1.18264 min1.02396Compare
T6Elliot HospitalManchester, NH · Acute care912414.2%12.9%15.4%1.31291 min1.01296Compare
8Speare Memorial HospitalPlymouth, NH · Critical access9034—12.1%15.0%—136 min—25Compare
9Huggins HospitalWolfeboro, NH · Critical access8944—10.5%15.0%—169 min—25Compare
T10Concord HospitalConcord, NH · Acute care883313.5%12.6%15.2%0.96243 min1.00295Compare
T10Monadnock Community HospitalPeterborough, NH · Critical access8824—13.1%14.9%—136 min—25Compare
T12Cheshire Medical CenterKeene, NH · Acute care874312.2%11.5%14.9%1.01214 min0.97169Compare
T12St Joseph HospitalNashua, NH · Acute care874311.0%12.9%14.5%0.92202 min1.02208Compare
T12Frisbie Memorial HospitalRochester, NH · Acute care8734—10.3%14.6%0.98132 min0.86122Compare
T12Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth, NH · Acute care873310.9%13.1%15.4%0.94132 min1.02209Compare
T12Southern NH Medical CenterNashua, NH · Acute care872313.8%10.5%15.6%1.02218 min0.98188Compare
T17Catholic Medical CenterManchester, NH · Acute care864310.1%9.0%15.7%1.39221 min0.97330Compare
T17Exeter Hospital IncExeter, NH · Acute care864314.5%10.9%14.0%1.00206 min0.97100Compare
T17Androscoggin Valley HospitalBerlin, NH · Critical access8624—14.6%14.3%—112 min—25Compare
20Concord Hospital- LaconiaLaconia, NH · Acute care853310.7%12.5%15.6%0.94197 min0.97143Compare
21Parkland Medical CenterDerry, NH · Acute care814310.5%7.7%15.5%0.87120 min0.9486Compare

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.

Patients would recommend
HCAHPS willingness to recommend the hospital, linear mean score (0-100).
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).