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Hospitals in New Jersey with the highest patients would recommend

60 New Jersey hospitals ranked by patients would recommend in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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60 hospitals ranked in New Jersey by patients would recommend; 18 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPatients would recommendhigher is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average873.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T50St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson, NJ · Acute care813212.4%8.9%15.4%0.73217 min1.10566Compare
T50Virtua Willingboro HospitalWillingboro, NJ · Acute care813212.1%11.4%14.8%0.91178 min1.07221Compare
T50Heights University HospitalJersey City, NJ · Acute care812211.1%11.8%14.8%1.24159 min1.20401Compare
T54JFK University Medical CenterEdison, NJ · Acute care803212.7%10.9%15.5%1.15197 min1.08459Compare
T54Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly, NJ · Acute care803211.9%12.3%16.5%0.99198 min1.10383Compare
56The University HospitalNewark, NJ · Acute care7912—12.1%15.6%0.95307 min1.11519Compare
57Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical CenterHoboken, NJ · Acute care7812—11.6%14.9%1.43222 min1.17333Compare
T58Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton, NJ · Acute care752211.7%10.3%15.6%1.21180 min1.20237Compare
T58Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical CenterBayonne, NJ · Acute care751214.0%10.5%15.7%1.30206 min1.18254Compare
60Carewell Health Medical CenterEast Orange, NJ · Acute care6711——16.1%1.13176 min1.29211Compare

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.

Patients would recommend
HCAHPS willingness to recommend the hospital, linear mean score (0-100).
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).