Hospital rankings
Hospitals in New Jersey with the lowest CABG surgery death rate
15 New Jersey hospitals ranked by CABG surgery death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Hackensack University Medical Center, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Morristown Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | CABG surgery death ratelower 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 | 2.4% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T1 | Hackensack University Medical Center | 1.3%, 99th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.0%, 96th percentile | 8.2%, 93rd percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 0.72, 98th percentile | 202 min, 18th percentile | 1.09, 10th percentile | 781 | Compare Hackensack University Medical Center |
| T1 | Jersey Shore University Medical Center | 1.3%, 99th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 8.4%, 92nd percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 1.05, 26th percentile | 210 min, 15th percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 596 | Compare Jersey Shore University Medical Center |
| 3 | Morristown Medical Center | 1.4%, 98th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.7%, 85th percentile | 8.5%, 91st percentile | 13.6%, 97th percentile | 0.69, 99th percentile | 250 min, 5th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 735 | Compare Morristown Medical Center |
| 4 | Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital | 1.7%, 89th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.3%, 92nd percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 1.14, 15th percentile | 206 min, 16th percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 610 | Compare Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital |
| T5 | Englewood Hospital And Medical Center | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 0.68, 99th percentile | 183 min, 28th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 517 | Compare Englewood Hospital And Medical Center |
| T5 | Virtua Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 0.86, 83rd percentile | 168 min, 37th percentile | 1.09, 10th percentile | 340 | Compare Virtua Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital |
| T7 | AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center - City Campus | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 174 min, 33rd percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 593 | Compare AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center - City Campus |
| T7 | Valley Hospital | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 1.21, 10th percentile | 227 min, 10th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 431 | Compare Valley Hospital |
| T7 | Jersey City Medical Center | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 16.1%, 6th percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 187 min, 26th percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 255 | Compare Jersey City Medical Center |
| T7 | Cooper University Hospital | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | 1.40, 4th percentile | 205 min, 17th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 663 | Compare Cooper University Hospital |
| 11 | Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.6%, 87th percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 0.90, 73rd percentile | 129 min, 66th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 597 | Compare Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center |
| 12 | St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 0.73, 97th percentile | 217 min, 12th percentile | 1.10, 8th percentile | 566 | Compare St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc |
| T13 | Deborah Heart And Lung Center | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 1.64, 1st percentile | — | 1.03, 28th percentile | 161 | Compare Deborah Heart And Lung Center |
| T13 | Capital Health Regional Medical Center | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 1.21, 10th percentile | 180 min, 29th percentile | 1.20, 2nd percentile | 237 | Compare Capital Health Regional Medical Center |
| 15 | Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 176 min, 32nd percentile | 1.11, 7th percentile | 665 | Compare Newark Beth Israel Medical Center |
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.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
- 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).