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Hospitals in New Jersey with the lowest hospital-acquired condition score

61 New Jersey hospitals ranked by hospital-acquired condition score in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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61 hospitals ranked in New Jersey by hospital-acquired condition score; 17 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalHospital-acquired condition scorelower 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 bedsCompare
National average0.003.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
51Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton, NJ · Acute care+0.28, 31st percentile2, 17th percentile2, 10th percentile11.7%, 54th percentile10.3%, 64th percentile15.6%, 16th percentile1.21, 10th percentile180 min, 29th percentile1.20, 2nd percentile237Compare Capital Health Regional Medical Center
52Hudson Regional HospitalSecaucus, NJ · Acute care+0.28, 31st percentile2, 17th percentile2, 10th percentile—13.9%, 8th percentile15.3%, 28th percentile1.15, 14th percentile166 min, 38th percentile1.11, 7th percentile200Compare Hudson Regional Hospital
53Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford, NJ · Acute care+0.29, 30th percentile2, 17th percentile3, 39th percentile11.4%, 65th percentile10.6%, 58th percentile17.5%, 0th percentile0.88, 78th percentile215 min, 13th percentile1.03, 28th percentile596Compare Jefferson Stratford Hospital
54AHS Hospital CorpHackettstown, NJ · Acute care+0.31, 29th percentile4, 73rd percentile3, 39th percentile11.9%, 46th percentile10.3%, 64th percentile15.0%, 46th percentile0.99, 37th percentile182 min, 28th percentile1.09, 10th percentile148Compare AHS Hospital Corp
55Palisades Medical CenterNorth Bergen, NJ · Acute care+0.33, 28th percentile2, 17th percentile2, 10th percentile12.2%, 35th percentile8.6%, 90th percentile16.0%, 7th percentile0.84, 87th percentile206 min, 16th percentile1.03, 28th percentile202Compare Palisades Medical Center
56Virtua Willingboro HospitalWillingboro, NJ · Acute care+0.37, 26th percentile3, 43rd percentile2, 10th percentile12.1%, 38th percentile11.4%, 41st percentile14.8%, 61st percentile0.91, 70th percentile178 min, 31st percentile1.07, 14th percentile221Compare Virtua Willingboro Hospital
57Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House, NJ · Acute care+0.45, 22nd percentile3, 43rd percentile—10.9%, 80th percentile10.8%, 54th percentile15.9%, 9th percentile1.47, 3rd percentile222 min, 11th percentile1.03, 28th percentile242Compare Cape Regional Medical Center Inc
58Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville, NJ · Acute care+0.55, 18th percentile2, 17th percentile2, 10th percentile11.5%, 62nd percentile12.6%, 20th percentile16.2%, 5th percentile0.89, 75th percentile166 min, 38th percentile1.03, 28th percentile418Compare Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus
59Valley HospitalParamus, NJ · Acute care+0.65, 14th percentile4, 73rd percentile4, 76th percentile13.0%, 15th percentile12.9%, 17th percentile14.9%, 54th percentile1.21, 10th percentile227 min, 10th percentile1.03, 28th percentile431Compare Valley Hospital
60Carewell Health Medical CenterEast Orange, NJ · Acute care+0.71, 12th percentile1, 3rd percentile1, 1st percentile——16.1%, 6th percentile1.13, 16th percentile176 min, 32nd percentile1.29, 1st percentile211Compare Carewell Health Medical Center
61Cooper University HospitalCamden, NJ · Acute care+1.25, 3rd percentile2, 17th percentile3, 39th percentile12.3%, 32nd percentile9.3%, 82nd percentile16.0%, 7th percentile1.40, 4th percentile205 min, 17th percentile1.03, 28th percentile663Compare Cooper University 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.

Hospital-acquired condition score
Total score in the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, from patient safety events and infections (weighted z-scores; 0 is about average, higher is worse). Medicare cuts payments 1% for the worst-scoring quarter of hospitals..
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).