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Hospitals in New Jersey with the lowest stroke death rate
58 New Jersey hospitals ranked by stroke death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Riverview Medical Center, Morristown Medical Center, Bayshore Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Stroke 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 | 11.9% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Riverview Medical Center | 7.2%, 100th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.9%, 4th 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 |
| 2 | Morristown Medical Center | 8.0%, 98th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.7%, 85th percentile | 8.5%, 91st percentile | 13.6%, 97th percentile | 0.69, 99th percentile | 250 min, 5th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 735 | Compare Morristown Medical Center |
| 3 | Bayshore Medical Center | 8.1%, 98th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 161 min, 41st percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 225 | Compare Bayshore Medical Center |
| 4 | Overlook Medical Center | 8.3%, 97th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.1%, 95th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 0.73, 97th percentile | 192 min, 23rd percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 513 | Compare Overlook Medical Center |
| 5 | University Medical Center Of Princeton At Plainsboro | 8.7%, 95th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 221 min, 11th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 375 | Compare University Medical Center Of Princeton At Plainsboro |
| 6 | Valley Hospital | 8.8%, 95th 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 |
| 7 | Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | 9.1%, 92nd 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 |
| T8 | Chilton Medical Center | 9.4%, 89th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 7.4%, 97th percentile | 13.5%, 98th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 207 min, 16th percentile | 1.14, 4th percentile | 260 | Compare Chilton Medical Center |
| T8 | Hackensack University Medical Center | 9.4%, 89th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.0%, 96th percentile | 8.2%, 93rd percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 0.72, 98th percentile | 202 min, 18th percentile | 1.09, 10th percentile | 781 | Compare Hackensack University Medical Center |
| 10 | Englewood Hospital And Medical Center | 9.5%, 88th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 0.68, 99th percentile | 183 min, 28th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 517 | Compare Englewood Hospital And Medical Center |
| 11 | Jersey Shore University Medical Center | 9.6%, 86th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 8.4%, 92nd percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 1.05, 26th percentile | 210 min, 15th percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 596 | Compare Jersey Shore University Medical Center |
| 12 | JFK University Medical Center | 9.7%, 85th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 1.15, 14th percentile | 197 min, 20th percentile | 1.08, 12th percentile | 459 | Compare JFK University Medical Center |
| 13 | Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At Rahway | 9.9%, 82nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 1.06, 25th percentile | 114 min, 79th percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 281 | Compare Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At Rahway |
| T14 | Ocean Medical Center | 10.0%, 81st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 9.4%, 81st percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 142 min, 55th percentile | 1.11, 7th percentile | 436 | Compare Ocean Medical Center |
| T14 | Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset | 10.0%, 81st percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 12.3%, 25th 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 |
| T14 | Palisades Medical Center | 10.0%, 81st percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 8.6%, 90th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | 0.84, 87th percentile | 206 min, 16th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 202 | Compare Palisades Medical Center |
| T17 | CentraState Medical Center | 10.1%, 79th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.3%, 92nd percentile | 8.4%, 92nd percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 1.22, 9th percentile | 219 min, 12th percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 273 | Compare CentraState Medical Center |
| T17 | Newton Medical Center | 10.1%, 79th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 168 min, 37th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 148 | Compare Newton Medical Center |
| T17 | Clara Maass Medical Center | 10.1%, 79th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 16.1%, 6th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 142 min, 55th percentile | 1.14, 4th percentile | 472 | Compare Clara Maass Medical Center |
| T17 | Cooper University Hospital | 10.1%, 79th 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 |
| T21 | Hunterdon Medical Center | 10.2%, 77th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 9.9%, 72nd percentile | 16.3%, 4th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 230 min, 9th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 184 | Compare Hunterdon Medical Center |
| T21 | Raritan Bay Medical Center | 10.2%, 77th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.84, 87th percentile | 178 min, 31st percentile | 1.11, 7th percentile | 460 | Compare Raritan Bay Medical Center |
| T21 | Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | 10.2%, 77th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 176 min, 32nd percentile | 1.11, 7th percentile | 665 | Compare Newark Beth Israel Medical Center |
| T24 | St Luke's Warren Hospital | 10.3%, 75th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.7%, 85th percentile | 8.3%, 93rd percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 140 min, 56th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 214 | Compare St Luke's Warren Hospital |
| T24 | Southern Ocean Medical Center | 10.3%, 75th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.1%, 95th percentile | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 163 min, 40th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 156 | Compare Southern Ocean Medical Center |
| T26 | St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc | 10.6%, 69th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 0.73, 97th percentile | 217 min, 12th percentile | 1.10, 8th percentile | 566 | Compare St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc |
| T26 | Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell | 10.6%, 69th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 13.6%, 7th 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 |
| 28 | Jersey City Medical Center | 10.8%, 66th 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 |
| 29 | Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill | 10.9%, 64th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 16.2%, 5th percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 187 min, 26th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 91 | Compare Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill |
| 30 | Jefferson Stratford Hospital | 11.1%, 60th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 17.5%, 0th percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 215 min, 13th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 596 | Compare Jefferson Stratford Hospital |
| 31 | AHS Hospital Corp | 11.2%, 58th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 182 min, 28th percentile | 1.09, 10th percentile | 148 | Compare AHS Hospital Corp |
| 32 | Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical | 11.3%, 56th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.3%, 10th 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 |
| T33 | AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center - City Campus | 11.4%, 54th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 174 min, 33rd percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 593 | Compare AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center - City Campus |
| T33 | Saint Michael's Medical Center | 11.4%, 54th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 169 min, 36th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 358 | Compare Saint Michael's Medical Center |
| T35 | Trinitas Regional Medical Center | 11.5%, 53rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | 209 min, 15th percentile | 1.11, 7th percentile | 384 | Compare Trinitas Regional Medical Center |
| T35 | Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital | 11.5%, 53rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.3%, 92nd percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 1.14, 15th percentile | 206 min, 16th percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 610 | Compare Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital |
| T37 | Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 229 min, 9th percentile | 1.08, 12th percentile | 328 | Compare Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical |
| T37 | Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 12.6%, 20th 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 |
| 39 | Inspira Medical Center Vineland | 11.7%, 49th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 201 min, 19th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 374 | Compare Inspira Medical Center Vineland |
| T40 | Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At Hamilton | 11.9%, 45th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 9.0%, 86th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 0.78, 95th percentile | 172 min, 34th percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 248 | Compare Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At Hamilton |
| T40 | Virtua Willingboro Hospital | 11.9%, 45th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | 178 min, 31st percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 221 | Compare Virtua Willingboro Hospital |
| 42 | Carewell Health Medical Center | 12.0%, 44th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 1, 1st percentile | — | — | 16.1%, 6th percentile | 1.13, 16th percentile | 176 min, 32nd percentile | 1.29, 1st percentile | 211 | Compare Carewell Health Medical Center |
| T43 | Holy Name Medical Center | 12.4%, 37th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.71, 98th percentile | 204 min, 17th percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 372 | Compare Holy Name Medical Center |
| T43 | St Mary's General Hospital | 12.4%, 37th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 16.2%, 5th percentile | 0.84, 87th percentile | 182 min, 28th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 286 | Compare St Mary's General Hospital |
| T45 | Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical Center | 12.6%, 34th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 14.0%, 4th 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 |
| T45 | Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical Center | 12.6%, 34th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 1.43, 3rd percentile | 222 min, 11th percentile | 1.17, 3rd percentile | 333 | Compare Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical Center |
| T47 | Monmouth Medical Center-Southern Campus | 12.9%, 30th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 16.1%, 6th percentile | 1.00, 35th percentile | 141 min, 55th percentile | 1.15, 4th percentile | 285 | Compare Monmouth Medical Center-Southern Campus |
| T47 | West Jersey Hospital | 12.9%, 30th 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 |
| 49 | Cape Regional Medical Center Inc | 13.0%, 28th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | — | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 10.8%, 54th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 1.47, 3rd percentile | 222 min, 11th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 242 | Compare Cape Regional Medical Center Inc |
| 50 | Community Medical Center | 13.1%, 27th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 14.0%, 4th 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.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke 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).