Hospital rankings
Hospitals in New Jersey with the lowest heart attack death rate
56 New Jersey hospitals ranked by heart attack death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 51 | West Jersey Hospital | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 15.9%, 39th percentile | 9.3%, 28th percentile | — | 12.9%, 30th percentile | 16.8%, 1st percentile | Compare West Jersey Hospital |
| 52 | Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 14.7%, 58th percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | — | 11.3%, 56th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical |
| 53 | Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell | 13.6%, 7th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 16.2%, 35th percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | — | 10.6%, 69th percentile | 16.7%, 2nd percentile | Compare Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell |
| 54 | Riverview Medical Center | 13.9%, 4th percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 12.8%, 84th percentile | 7.1%, 87th percentile | — | 7.2%, 100th percentile | 16.3%, 4th percentile | Compare Riverview Medical Center |
| T55 | Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical Center | 14.0%, 4th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 17.1%, 23rd percentile | 6.5%, 95th percentile | — | 12.6%, 34th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical Center |
| T55 | Community Medical Center | 14.0%, 4th percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 16.7%, 27th percentile | 8.5%, 49th percentile | — | 13.1%, 27th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 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.
- 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.
- 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.