Hospital rankings
Hospitals in New Jersey with the lowest heart failure death rate
60 New Jersey hospitals ranked by heart failure 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 failure death ratelower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack 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 | 11.1% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 51 | Heights University Hospital | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.1%, 74th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 1.24, 8th percentile | 159 min, 43rd percentile | 1.20, 2nd percentile | 401 | Compare Heights University Hospital |
| 52 | The University Hospital | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 307 min, 1st percentile | 1.11, 7th percentile | 519 | Compare The University Hospital |
| 53 | Shore Medical Center | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 148 min, 50th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 302 | Compare Shore Medical Center |
| T54 | Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | 188 min, 25th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 335 | Compare Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset |
| T54 | Virtua Mount Holly Hospital | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 16.5%, 3rd percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 198 min, 20th percentile | 1.10, 8th percentile | 383 | Compare Virtua Mount Holly Hospital |
| 56 | Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 13.6%, 7th percentile | 16.7%, 2nd percentile | 1.12, 17th percentile | 209 min, 15th percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 344 | Compare Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell |
| 57 | Virtua Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 13.1%, 13th 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 |
| 58 | Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 16.2%, 5th percentile | 0.89, 75th percentile | 166 min, 38th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 418 | Compare Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus |
| 59 | Valley Hospital | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 1.21, 10th percentile | 227 min, 10th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 431 | Compare Valley Hospital |
| 60 | Hudson Regional Hospital | 13.9%, 8th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 1.15, 14th percentile | 166 min, 38th percentile | 1.11, 7th percentile | 200 | Compare Hudson Regional Hospital |
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 failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure 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.
- 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).