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Top-rated hospitals in New Jersey

61 New Jersey hospitals ranked by overall star rating 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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61 hospitals ranked in New Jersey by overall star rating; 17 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalOverall 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 average3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T45Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville, NJ · Acute care2211.5%12.6%16.2%0.89166 min1.03418Compare
T45Virtua Our Lady Of Lourdes HospitalCamden, NJ · Acute care2213.1%12.5%15.4%0.86168 min1.09340Compare
T45Heights University HospitalJersey City, NJ · Acute care2211.1%11.8%14.8%1.24159 min1.20401Compare
T45Hudson Regional HospitalSecaucus, NJ · Acute care22—13.9%15.3%1.15166 min1.11200Compare
T45Palisades Medical CenterNorth Bergen, NJ · Acute care2212.2%8.6%16.0%0.84206 min1.03202Compare
T45Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton, NJ · Acute care2211.7%10.3%15.6%1.21180 min1.20237Compare
T57Community Medical CenterToms River, NJ · Acute care1214.0%11.6%15.7%0.73180 min1.13592Compare
T57The University HospitalNewark, NJ · Acute care12—12.1%15.6%0.95307 min1.11519Compare
T57Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical CenterHoboken, NJ · Acute care12—11.6%14.9%1.43222 min1.17333Compare
T57Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical CenterBayonne, NJ · Acute care1214.0%10.5%15.7%1.30206 min1.18254Compare
T57Carewell Health Medical CenterEast Orange, NJ · Acute care11——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.

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).