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 | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
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| National average | 2.4% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| T1 | Hackensack University Medical Center | 1.3%, 99th percentile | 10.0%, 96th percentile | 8.2%, 93rd percentile | 11.0%, 97th percentile | 5.6%, 99th percentile | 9.4%, 89th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Hackensack University Medical Center |
| T1 | Jersey Shore University Medical Center | 1.3%, 99th percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 8.4%, 92nd percentile | 12.6%, 86th percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | 9.6%, 86th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Jersey Shore University Medical Center |
| 3 | Morristown Medical Center | 1.4%, 98th percentile | 10.7%, 85th percentile | 8.5%, 91st percentile | 10.2%, 98th percentile | 7.5%, 78th percentile | 8.0%, 98th percentile | 13.6%, 97th percentile | Compare Morristown Medical Center |
| 4 | Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital | 1.7%, 89th percentile | 10.3%, 92nd percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 15.8%, 40th percentile | 8.2%, 58th percentile | 11.5%, 53rd percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital |
| T5 | Englewood Hospital And Medical Center | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 14.3%, 64th percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | 9.5%, 88th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Englewood Hospital And Medical Center |
| T5 | Virtua Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 17.1%, 23rd percentile | 7.8%, 69th percentile | 13.4%, 24th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Virtua Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital |
| T7 | AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center - City Campus | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 13.2%, 80th percentile | 7.9%, 66th percentile | 11.4%, 54th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center - City Campus |
| T7 | Valley Hospital | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 15.2%, 50th percentile | 10.8%, 8th percentile | 8.8%, 95th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Valley Hospital |
| T7 | Jersey City Medical Center | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 16.2%, 35th percentile | 10.6%, 9th percentile | 10.8%, 66th percentile | 16.1%, 6th percentile | Compare Jersey City Medical Center |
| T7 | Cooper University Hospital | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 13.7%, 73rd percentile | 9.4%, 26th percentile | 10.1%, 79th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | Compare Cooper University Hospital |
| 11 | Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 10.6%, 87th percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 16.7%, 27th percentile | 8.9%, 38th percentile | 9.1%, 92nd percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center |
| 12 | St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 13.6%, 74th percentile | 7.7%, 72nd percentile | 10.6%, 69th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc |
| T13 | Deborah Heart And Lung Center | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 13.1%, 81st percentile | 7.5%, 78th percentile | — | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Deborah Heart And Lung Center |
| T13 | Capital Health Regional Medical Center | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 19.2%, 7th percentile | 8.4%, 52nd percentile | 13.8%, 20th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Capital Health Regional Medical Center |
| 15 | Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 14.5%, 61st percentile | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | 10.2%, 77th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 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.
- 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.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke 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.