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Hospitals in New Hampshire with the highest value-based purchasing score

13 New Hampshire hospitals ranked by value-based purchasing score in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Frisbie Memorial Hospital, Catholic Medical Center, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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13 hospitals ranked in New Hampshire by value-based purchasing score; 14 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalValue-based purchasing scorehigher 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 average313.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Frisbie Memorial HospitalRochester, NH · Acute care6234—10.3%14.6%0.98132 min0.86122Compare
2Catholic Medical CenterManchester, NH · Acute care444310.1%9.0%15.7%1.39221 min0.97330Compare
3Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover, NH · Acute care414410.2%11.6%15.2%0.75242 min0.94178Compare
4Parkland Medical CenterDerry, NH · Acute care404310.5%7.7%15.5%0.87120 min0.9486Compare
5Concord Hospital- LaconiaLaconia, NH · Acute care373310.7%12.5%15.6%0.94197 min0.97143Compare
6Cheshire Medical CenterKeene, NH · Acute care374312.2%11.5%14.9%1.01214 min0.97169Compare
7Exeter Hospital IncExeter, NH · Acute care354314.5%10.9%14.0%1.00206 min0.97100Compare
8Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon, NH · Acute care293311.3%10.4%15.2%1.18264 min1.02396Compare
9Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth, NH · Acute care263310.9%13.1%15.4%0.94132 min1.02209Compare
10St Joseph HospitalNashua, NH · Acute care254311.0%12.9%14.5%0.92202 min1.02208Compare
11Concord HospitalConcord, NH · Acute care253313.5%12.6%15.2%0.96243 min1.00295Compare
12Southern NH Medical CenterNashua, NH · Acute care172313.8%10.5%15.6%1.02218 min0.98188Compare
13Elliot HospitalManchester, NH · Acute care162414.2%12.9%15.4%1.31291 min1.01296Compare

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.

Value-based purchasing score
Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Total Performance Score (0-100), from outcomes, safety, patient experience and efficiency. It sets a Medicare bonus or penalty..
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).