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Hospitals in New Jersey with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate

62 New Jersey hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Chilton Medical Center, Morristown Medical Center, Overlook Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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62 hospitals ranked in New Jersey by hospital-wide readmission rate; 16 more match but have no reported value.

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National average15.0%11.9%11.1%15.2%8.6%2.4%11.9%
1Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains, NJ · Acute care13.5%11.7%7.4%13.6%7.2%—9.4%Compare
2Morristown Medical CenterMorristown, NJ · Acute care13.6%10.7%8.5%10.2%7.5%1.4%8.0%Compare
3Overlook Medical CenterSummit, NJ · Acute care13.9%10.1%10.2%14.1%6.1%—8.3%Compare
4Trinitas Regional Medical CenterElizabeth, NJ · Acute care14.3%12.7%10.0%17.1%6.9%—11.5%Compare
5Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack, NJ · Acute care14.4%10.0%8.2%11.0%5.6%1.3%9.4%Compare
6Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville, NJ · Acute care14.6%12.3%12.3%16.2%8.2%—10.0%Compare
T7AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City, NJ · Acute care14.7%10.2%10.2%13.2%7.9%2.1%11.4%Compare
T7Newton Medical CenterNewton, NJ · Acute care14.7%10.5%11.3%13.0%8.0%—10.1%Compare
T7Ocean Medical CenterBrick, NJ · Acute care14.7%10.9%9.4%12.9%7.8%—10.0%Compare
T7Bergen New Bridge Medical CenterParamus, NJ · Acute care14.7%——14.7%———Compare
T11Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel, NJ · Acute care14.8%11.5%9.3%13.9%7.8%—8.1%Compare
T11University Medical Center Of Princeton At PlainsboroPlainsboro, NJ · Acute care14.8%11.0%9.8%10.9%8.6%—8.7%Compare
T11Virtua Willingboro HospitalWillingboro, NJ · Acute care14.8%12.1%11.4%14.6%7.7%—11.9%Compare
T11Heights University HospitalJersey City, NJ · Acute care14.8%11.1%11.8%13.8%8.4%—14.0%Compare
T15Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune, NJ · Acute care14.9%10.8%8.4%12.6%8.3%1.3%9.6%Compare
T15Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At RahwayRahway, NJ · Acute care14.9%10.2%10.5%18.1%7.7%—9.9%Compare
T15Valley HospitalParamus, NJ · Acute care14.9%13.0%12.9%15.2%10.8%2.1%8.8%Compare
T15Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterNewark, NJ · Acute care14.9%12.7%11.0%14.5%8.0%2.6%10.2%Compare
T15Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical CenterHoboken, NJ · Acute care14.9%—11.6%13.8%——12.6%Compare
T20St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg, NJ · Acute care15.0%10.7%8.3%12.4%7.5%—10.3%Compare
T20AHS Hospital CorpHackettstown, NJ · Acute care15.0%11.9%10.3%13.7%6.1%—11.2%Compare
T20Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy, NJ · Acute care15.0%11.7%10.1%12.0%7.3%—10.2%Compare
23Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair, NJ · Acute care15.1%12.5%9.5%15.3%7.6%—11.6%Compare
24Shore Medical CenterSomers Point, NJ · Acute care15.2%10.9%12.2%14.7%10.9%—16.7%Compare
25Hudson Regional HospitalSecaucus, NJ · Acute care15.3%—13.9%20.9%7.7%——Compare
T26Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley MedicalWestwood, NJ · Acute care15.4%13.3%9.8%14.7%8.1%—11.3%Compare
T26Southern Ocean Medical CenterManahawkin, NJ · Acute care15.4%10.1%10.4%14.5%7.9%—10.3%Compare
T26Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland, NJ · Acute care15.4%12.9%10.9%15.5%7.4%—11.7%Compare
T26St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson, NJ · Acute care15.4%12.4%8.9%13.6%7.7%2.3%10.6%Compare
T26Virtua Our Lady Of Lourdes HospitalCamden, NJ · Acute care15.4%13.1%12.5%17.1%7.8%1.9%13.4%Compare
T31Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck, NJ · Acute care15.5%11.8%9.6%14.1%6.7%—12.4%Compare
T31JFK University Medical CenterEdison, NJ · Acute care15.5%12.7%10.9%15.9%6.7%—9.7%Compare
T31Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick, NJ · Acute care15.5%10.3%10.6%15.8%8.2%1.7%11.5%Compare
T34Englewood Hospital And Medical CenterEnglewood, NJ · Acute care15.6%12.0%10.1%14.3%7.6%1.9%9.5%Compare
T34Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At HamiltonHamilton, NJ · Acute care15.6%11.4%9.0%18.1%7.5%—11.9%Compare
T34Deborah Heart And Lung CenterBrowns Mills, NJ · Acute care15.6%12.2%10.6%13.1%7.5%2.5%—Compare
T34Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton, NJ · Acute care15.6%11.7%10.3%19.2%8.4%2.5%13.8%Compare
T34The University HospitalNewark, NJ · Acute care15.6%—12.1%14.7%8.7%—13.7%Compare
T39Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical CenterBayonne, NJ · Acute care15.7%14.0%10.5%17.1%6.5%—12.6%Compare
T39Community Medical CenterToms River, NJ · Acute care15.7%14.0%11.6%16.7%8.5%—13.1%Compare
41CentraState Medical CenterFreehold, NJ · Acute care15.8%10.3%8.4%14.0%8.0%—10.1%Compare
T42Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House, NJ · Acute care15.9%10.9%10.8%15.3%8.0%—13.0%Compare
T42Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston, NJ · Acute care15.9%10.6%10.0%16.7%8.9%2.2%9.1%Compare
T44Saint Michael's Medical CenterNewark, NJ · Acute care16.0%—9.3%12.6%7.9%—11.4%Compare
T44Cooper University HospitalCamden, NJ · Acute care16.0%12.3%9.3%13.7%9.4%2.1%10.1%Compare
T44Palisades Medical CenterNorth Bergen, NJ · Acute care16.0%12.2%8.6%15.5%8.2%—10.0%Compare
T47Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville, NJ · Acute care16.1%12.9%9.6%17.0%7.7%—10.1%Compare
T47Jersey City Medical CenterJersey City, NJ · Acute care16.1%11.6%9.7%16.2%10.6%2.1%10.8%Compare
T47Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusLakewood, NJ · Acute care16.1%12.4%10.2%10.8%7.7%—12.9%Compare
T47Carewell Health Medical CenterEast Orange, NJ · Acute care16.1%——14.6%——12.0%Compare

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.

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.
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.
COPD death rate
30-day death rate for COPD patients.
CABG surgery death rate
30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
Stroke death rate
30-day death rate for stroke patients.