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Hospitals in New Hampshire with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate

26 New Hampshire hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Exeter Hospital Inc, Androscoggin Valley Hospital, Valley Regional Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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26 hospitals ranked in New Hampshire by hospital-wide readmission rate; 1 more match but have no reported value.

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National average15.0%11.9%11.1%15.2%8.6%2.4%11.9%
1Exeter Hospital IncExeter, NH · Acute care14.0%14.5%10.9%13.3%10.2%—12.6%Compare
2Androscoggin Valley HospitalBerlin, NH · Critical access14.3%—14.6%20.5%10.1%——Compare
3Valley Regional HospitalClaremont, NH · Critical access14.4%—11.9%18.1%9.3%——Compare
4St Joseph HospitalNashua, NH · Acute care14.5%11.0%12.9%15.0%9.4%—10.1%Compare
T5Frisbie Memorial HospitalRochester, NH · Acute care14.6%—10.3%15.1%7.8%——Compare
T5Upper Connecticut Valley HospitalColebrook, NH · Critical access14.6%——————Compare
T5Weeks Medical CenterLancaster, NH · Critical access14.6%——18.6%———Compare
8Cottage HospitalWoodsville, NH · Critical access14.8%—11.3%19.2%11.0%——Compare
T9Cheshire Medical CenterKeene, NH · Acute care14.9%12.2%11.5%18.3%8.4%—14.2%Compare
T9Monadnock Community HospitalPeterborough, NH · Critical access14.9%—13.1%21.8%9.1%—11.5%Compare
T11Huggins HospitalWolfeboro, NH · Critical access15.0%—10.5%14.2%8.5%——Compare
T11Speare Memorial HospitalPlymouth, NH · Critical access15.0%—12.1%15.4%8.5%——Compare
T13Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover, NH · Acute care15.2%10.2%11.6%17.3%8.1%—9.2%Compare
T13Concord HospitalConcord, NH · Acute care15.2%13.5%12.6%16.6%10.6%2.4%14.2%Compare
T13Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon, NH · Acute care15.2%11.3%10.4%13.9%7.0%2.1%12.5%Compare
T13Littleton Regional HealthcareLittleton, NH · Critical access15.2%——16.9%9.5%——Compare
17Alice Peck Day Memorial HospitalLebanon, NH · Critical access15.3%—8.2%12.8%———Compare
T18The Memorial HospitalNorth Conway, NH · Critical access15.4%—12.2%15.6%9.1%—12.5%Compare
T18Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth, NH · Acute care15.4%10.9%13.1%14.6%10.9%2.4%12.0%Compare
T18Elliot HospitalManchester, NH · Acute care15.4%14.2%12.9%15.7%9.1%—13.1%Compare
21Parkland Medical CenterDerry, NH · Acute care15.5%10.5%7.7%13.3%9.4%—12.8%Compare
T22Concord Hospital- LaconiaLaconia, NH · Acute care15.6%10.7%12.5%13.4%6.3%—10.3%Compare
T22Southern NH Medical CenterNashua, NH · Acute care15.6%13.8%10.5%14.3%8.6%—12.8%Compare
T22Concord Hospital- FranklinFranklin, NH · Critical access15.6%——12.7%———Compare
25Catholic Medical CenterManchester, NH · Acute care15.7%10.1%9.0%11.1%7.8%1.6%13.5%Compare
26New London HospitalNew London, NH · Critical access15.9%—10.7%14.4%———Compare

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.

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.
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Pneumonia death rate
30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
COPD death rate
30-day death rate for COPD patients.
CABG surgery death rate
30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
Stroke death rate
30-day death rate for stroke patients.