Hospital rankings
Hospitals in New Jersey with the lowest heart attack death rate
56 New Jersey hospitals ranked by heart attack 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 | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 11.9% | 3.3 | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 51 | West Jersey Hospital | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th 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 |
| 52 | Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 142 min, 55th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 128 | Compare Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical |
| 53 | Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell | 13.6%, 7th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 16.7%, 2nd percentile | 1.12, 17th percentile | 209 min, 15th percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 344 | Compare Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell |
| 54 | Riverview Medical Center | 13.9%, 4th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 16.3%, 4th percentile | 1.08, 22nd percentile | 202 min, 18th percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 440 | Compare Riverview Medical Center |
| T55 | Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical Center | 14.0%, 4th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 1.30, 6th percentile | 206 min, 16th percentile | 1.18, 2nd percentile | 254 | Compare Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical Center |
| T55 | Community Medical Center | 14.0%, 4th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 0.73, 97th percentile | 180 min, 29th percentile | 1.13, 5th percentile | 592 | Compare Community 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.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Overall star rating
- CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
- Patient survey star rating
- HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
- 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).