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 | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
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| National average | 8.6% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 51 | The University Hospital | 8.7%, 43rd percentile | — | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 14.7%, 58th percentile | — | 13.7%, 21st percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare The University Hospital |
| 52 | Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | 8.9%, 38th percentile | 10.6%, 87th percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 16.7%, 27th percentile | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 9.1%, 92nd percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center |
| 53 | Virtua Mount Holly Hospital | 9.0%, 36th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 17.3%, 20th percentile | — | 14.5%, 14th percentile | 16.5%, 3rd percentile | Compare Virtua Mount Holly Hospital |
| T54 | Monmouth Medical Center | 9.3%, 28th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 15.1%, 51st percentile | — | 13.8%, 20th percentile | 16.2%, 5th percentile | Compare Monmouth Medical Center |
| T54 | West Jersey Hospital | 9.3%, 28th percentile | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 15.9%, 39th percentile | — | 12.9%, 30th percentile | 16.8%, 1st percentile | Compare West Jersey Hospital |
| 56 | Cooper University Hospital | 9.4%, 26th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 13.7%, 73rd percentile | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 10.1%, 79th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | Compare Cooper University Hospital |
| 57 | Jersey City Medical Center | 10.6%, 9th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 16.2%, 35th percentile | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 10.8%, 66th percentile | 16.1%, 6th percentile | Compare Jersey City Medical Center |
| 58 | Valley Hospital | 10.8%, 8th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 15.2%, 50th percentile | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 8.8%, 95th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Valley Hospital |
| 59 | Shore Medical Center | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 14.7%, 58th percentile | — | 16.7%, 6th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 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.
- 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.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery 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.