Hospital rankings
Hospitals in New York with the lowest COPD death rate
118 New York hospitals ranked by COPD 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 | COPD death ratelower 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 | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | 8.6% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T96 | Olean General Hospital | 9.7%, 20th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 10.3%, 92nd percentile | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 140 min, 56th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 186 | Compare Olean General Hospital |
| T102 | Garnet Health Medical Center Catskills | 9.8%, 18th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 183 min, 28th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 164 | Compare Garnet Health Medical Center Catskills |
| T102 | Albany Medical Center Hospital | 9.8%, 18th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 1.22, 9th percentile | 266 min, 3rd percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 732 | Compare Albany Medical Center Hospital |
| T102 | St John's Episcopal Hospital At South Shore | 9.8%, 18th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 18.2%, 0th percentile | 1.26, 8th percentile | 233 min, 8th percentile | 1.16, 3rd percentile | 257 | Compare St John's Episcopal Hospital At South Shore |
| T105 | Nicholas H Noyes Memorial Hospital | 9.9%, 16th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 202 min, 18th percentile | 0.83, 97th percentile | 72 | Compare Nicholas H Noyes Memorial Hospital |
| T105 | Syracuse VA Medical Center | 9.9%, 16th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 1.21, 10th percentile | — | — | 398 | Compare Syracuse VA Medical Center |
| T105 | Nathan Littauer Hospital | 9.9%, 16th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 1.27, 7th percentile | 169 min, 36th percentile | 0.85, 95th percentile | 74 | Compare Nathan Littauer Hospital |
| 108 | Rome Memorial Hospital, Inc | 10.6%, 9th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 16.3%, 1st percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 173 min, 34th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 144 | Compare Rome Memorial Hospital, Inc |
| T109 | Geneva General Hospital | 10.7%, 8th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 10.8%, 54th percentile | 16.9%, 1st percentile | 1.15, 14th percentile | 190 min, 24th percentile | 0.84, 96th percentile | 132 | Compare Geneva General Hospital |
| T109 | Oneida Health Hospital | 10.7%, 8th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 160 min, 42nd percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 101 | Compare Oneida Health Hospital |
| T111 | Cayuga Medical Center At Ithaca | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 14.2%, 89th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 244 min, 6th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 212 | Compare Cayuga Medical Center At Ithaca |
| T111 | Mercy Hospital Of Buffalo | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.5%, 8th percentile | 14.9%, 4th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 1.05, 26th percentile | 307 min, 1st percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 387 | Compare Mercy Hospital Of Buffalo |
| T111 | United Health Services Hospitals, Inc | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 1.58, 2nd percentile | 222 min, 11th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 500 | Compare United Health Services Hospitals, Inc |
| T114 | Canton-Potsdam Hospital | 11.0%, 6th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 1.18, 12th percentile | 142 min, 55th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 109 | Compare Canton-Potsdam Hospital |
| T114 | Erie County Medical Center | 11.0%, 6th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 2.09, 0th percentile | 325 min, 1st percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 526 | Compare Erie County Medical Center |
| T116 | Glens Falls Hospital | 11.1%, 5th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 13.5%, 11th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 1.38, 4th percentile | 260 min, 4th percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 442 | Compare Glens Falls Hospital |
| T116 | Wynn Hospital | 11.1%, 5th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 1.50, 2nd percentile | 211 min, 14th percentile | 1.08, 12th percentile | 372 | Compare Wynn Hospital |
| 118 | Columbia Memorial Hospital | 12.7%, 1st percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 2.17, 0th percentile | 243 min, 6th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 124 | Compare Columbia Memorial Hospital |
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.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
- 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).