Hospital rankings
Hospitals in New Jersey with the lowest central line bloodstream infections
55 New Jersey hospitals ranked by central line bloodstream infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Central line bloodstream infectionslower 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 | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 51 | The University Hospital | 1.03, 14th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 307 min, 1st percentile | 1.11, 7th percentile | 519 | Compare The University Hospital |
| 52 | Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At Rahway | 1.70, 4th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 1.06, 25th percentile | 114 min, 79th percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 281 | Compare Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At Rahway |
| 53 | Carewell Health Medical Center | 1.73, 4th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 1, 1st percentile | — | — | 16.1%, 6th percentile | 1.13, 16th percentile | 176 min, 32nd percentile | 1.29, 1st percentile | 211 | Compare Carewell Health Medical Center |
| 54 | Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus | 1.90, 3rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 16.2%, 5th percentile | 0.89, 75th percentile | 166 min, 38th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 418 | Compare Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus |
| 55 | Heights University Hospital | 2.12, 2nd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.1%, 74th percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 1.24, 8th percentile | 159 min, 43rd percentile | 1.20, 2nd percentile | 401 | Compare Heights 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.
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- 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).