Hospital rankings
Hospitals in New Jersey with the lowest COPD death rate
59 New Jersey hospitals ranked by COPD death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | COPD 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 | 8.6% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 51 | The University Hospital | 8.7%, 43rd 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 | Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | 8.9%, 38th 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 |
| 53 | Virtua Mount Holly Hospital | 9.0%, 36th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 16.5%, 3rd percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 198 min, 20th percentile | 1.10, 8th percentile | 383 | Compare Virtua Mount Holly Hospital |
| T54 | Monmouth Medical Center | 9.3%, 28th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 16.2%, 5th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 136 min, 60th percentile | 1.08, 12th percentile | 483 | Compare Monmouth Medical Center |
| T54 | West Jersey Hospital | 9.3%, 28th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 16.8%, 1st percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 145 min, 52nd percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 402 | Compare West Jersey Hospital |
| 56 | Cooper University Hospital | 9.4%, 26th 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 |
| 57 | Jersey City Medical Center | 10.6%, 9th 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 |
| 58 | Valley Hospital | 10.8%, 8th 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 |
| 59 | Shore Medical Center | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 148 min, 50th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 302 | Compare Shore 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.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD 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).