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Hospitals in New Jersey with the lowest serious complications

62 New Jersey hospitals ranked by serious complications 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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62 hospitals ranked in New Jersey by serious complications; 16 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Serious complicationslower 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	Time in emergency departmentlower is better	Medicare spending per patientlower is better	Total beds	Compare
	National average	1.00		3.3	11.9%	11.1%	15.0%	162 min	1.00
51	Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick, NJ · Acute care	1.14, 15th percentile	2, 17th percentile	3, 39th percentile	10.3%, 92nd percentile	10.6%, 58th percentile	15.5%, 19th percentile	206 min, 16th percentile	1.07, 14th percentile	610	Compare Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
T52	JFK University Medical CenterEdison, NJ · Acute care	1.15, 14th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	2, 10th percentile	12.7%, 21st percentile	10.9%, 52nd percentile	15.5%, 19th percentile	197 min, 20th percentile	1.08, 12th percentile	459	Compare JFK University Medical Center
T52	Hudson Regional HospitalSecaucus, NJ · Acute care	1.15, 14th percentile	2, 17th percentile	2, 10th percentile	—	13.9%, 8th percentile	15.3%, 28th percentile	166 min, 38th percentile	1.11, 7th percentile	200	Compare Hudson Regional Hospital
T54	Valley HospitalParamus, NJ · Acute care	1.21, 10th percentile	4, 73rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	13.0%, 15th percentile	12.9%, 17th percentile	14.9%, 54th percentile	227 min, 10th percentile	1.03, 28th percentile	431	Compare Valley Hospital
T54	Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton, NJ · Acute care	1.21, 10th percentile	2, 17th percentile	2, 10th percentile	11.7%, 54th percentile	10.3%, 64th percentile	15.6%, 16th percentile	180 min, 29th percentile	1.20, 2nd percentile	237	Compare Capital Health Regional Medical Center
56	CentraState Medical CenterFreehold, NJ · Acute care	1.22, 9th percentile	4, 73rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	10.3%, 92nd percentile	8.4%, 92nd percentile	15.8%, 11th percentile	219 min, 12th percentile	1.07, 14th percentile	273	Compare CentraState Medical Center
57	Heights University HospitalJersey City, NJ · Acute care	1.24, 8th percentile	2, 17th percentile	2, 10th percentile	11.1%, 74th percentile	11.8%, 34th percentile	14.8%, 61st percentile	159 min, 43rd percentile	1.20, 2nd percentile	401	Compare Heights University Hospital
58	Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical CenterBayonne, NJ · Acute care	1.30, 6th percentile	1, 3rd percentile	2, 10th percentile	14.0%, 4th percentile	10.5%, 60th percentile	15.7%, 13th percentile	206 min, 16th percentile	1.18, 2nd percentile	254	Compare Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical Center
59	Cooper University HospitalCamden, NJ · Acute care	1.40, 4th percentile	2, 17th percentile	3, 39th percentile	12.3%, 32nd percentile	9.3%, 82nd percentile	16.0%, 7th percentile	205 min, 17th percentile	1.03, 28th percentile	663	Compare Cooper University Hospital
60	Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical CenterHoboken, NJ · Acute care	1.43, 3rd percentile	1, 3rd percentile	2, 10th percentile	—	11.6%, 37th percentile	14.9%, 54th percentile	222 min, 11th percentile	1.17, 3rd percentile	333	Compare Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical Center
61	Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House, NJ · Acute care	1.47, 3rd percentile	3, 43rd percentile	—	10.9%, 80th percentile	10.8%, 54th percentile	15.9%, 9th percentile	222 min, 11th percentile	1.03, 28th percentile	242	Compare Cape Regional Medical Center Inc
62	Deborah Heart And Lung CenterBrowns Mills, NJ · Acute care	1.64, 1st percentile	3, 43rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	12.2%, 35th percentile	10.6%, 58th percentile	15.6%, 16th percentile	—	1.03, 28th percentile	161	Compare Deborah Heart And Lung 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.

Serious complications: Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
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.
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).