Hospital rankings
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.
| # | Hospital | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 51 | Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital | 1.14, 15th percentile | 0.50, 49th percentile | 0.34, 56th percentile | 1.89, 7th percentile | 0.75, 54th percentile | 0.78, 35th percentile | 0.34, 41st percentile | Compare Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital |
| T52 | JFK University Medical Center | 1.15, 14th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.46, 43rd percentile | 0.22, 79th percentile | — | 1.02, 20th percentile | 0.11, 73rd percentile | Compare JFK University Medical Center |
| T52 | Hudson Regional Hospital | 1.15, 14th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Hudson Regional Hospital |
| T54 | Valley Hospital | 1.21, 10th percentile | 0.87, 22nd percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.45, 67th percentile | — | 1.69, 5th percentile | 0.20, 62nd percentile | Compare Valley Hospital |
| T54 | Capital Health Regional Medical Center | 1.21, 10th percentile | 0.63, 36th percentile | 0.31, 58th percentile | 0.59, 58th percentile | — | 1.59, 7th percentile | 0.45, 29th percentile | Compare Capital Health Regional Medical Center |
| 56 | CentraState Medical Center | 1.22, 9th percentile | 0.37, 60th percentile | 0.81, 19th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 0.45, 63rd percentile | 0.04, 80th percentile | Compare CentraState Medical Center |
| 57 | Heights University Hospital | 1.24, 8th percentile | 2.12, 2nd percentile | — | — | — | — | 1.38, 2nd percentile | Compare Heights University Hospital |
| 58 | Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical Center | 1.30, 6th percentile | — | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | — | — | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical Center |
| 59 | Cooper University Hospital | 1.40, 4th percentile | 0.49, 49th percentile | 0.91, 14th percentile | 0.64, 55th percentile | 0.80, 51st percentile | 0.93, 25th percentile | 0.76, 11th percentile | Compare Cooper University Hospital |
| 60 | Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical Center | 1.43, 3rd percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 0.74, 11th percentile | Compare Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical Center |
| 61 | Cape Regional Medical Center Inc | 1.47, 3rd percentile | 0.72, 30th percentile | 2.27, 1st percentile | — | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.92, 7th percentile | Compare Cape Regional Medical Center Inc |
| 62 | Deborah Heart And Lung Center | 1.64, 1st percentile | 0.69, 32nd percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | — | — | 0.26, 53rd percentile | 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).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).