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Hospitals in North Carolina with the lowest COPD death rate

83 North Carolina 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.

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83 hospitals ranked in North Carolina by copd death rate; 37 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalCOPD death ratelower is betterOverall 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 average8.6%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T50ECU Health Medical CenterGreenville, NC · Acute care9.1%2313.0%13.4%15.9%0.88289 min0.99909Compare
T50Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington, NC · Acute care9.1%23—11.3%15.1%0.95154 min0.8894Compare
T50Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville, NC · Acute care9.1%12—11.6%16.4%1.19187 min1.00150Compare
54ECU Health Bertie HospitalWindsor, NC · Critical access9.2%4——14.3%14.4%—166 min—15Compare
T55Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care9.3%5210.6%9.3%13.3%0.69162 min0.96877Compare
T55Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn, NC · Acute care9.3%3311.5%9.9%14.3%0.86210 min0.93108Compare
57UNC Lenoir Health CareKinston, NC · Acute care9.4%4311.1%8.2%15.8%0.85194 min0.94235Compare
T58Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville, NC · Acute care9.5%5412.7%13.1%13.7%0.77158 min0.99222Compare
T58Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia, NC · Acute care9.5%4312.6%10.8%15.3%1.04192 min0.95442Compare
T58Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington, NC · Acute care9.5%3212.9%13.6%13.7%1.01204 min0.94769Compare
T58Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute care9.5%2414.9%17.3%14.2%0.93228 min0.96258Compare
T62Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury, NC · Acute care9.6%4311.3%14.1%14.1%0.78205 min0.97308Compare
T62Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute care9.6%2311.8%14.6%15.6%1.03174 min1.04338Compare
T64Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care9.7%54—9.7%13.2%0.95190 min0.8636Compare
T64Novant Health Thomasville Medical CenterThomasville, NC · Acute care9.7%33—12.2%15.1%0.95176 min0.94149Compare
T66Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery CeAsheville, NC · Acute care9.8%3211.2%12.2%13.8%0.68163 min0.99735Compare
T66Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · Acute care9.8%3411.9%9.3%15.1%0.96192 min0.95117Compare
T66Carteret General HospitalMorehead City, NC · Acute care9.8%2413.7%14.4%15.7%1.09225 min0.92117Compare
T66Vidant Roanoke Chowan HospitalAhoskie, NC · Acute care9.8%23—14.4%16.2%1.06140 min0.95124Compare
70Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde, NC · Acute care9.9%3310.5%12.6%15.1%0.94193 min0.98178Compare
T71WakeMed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · Acute care10.0%4413.7%11.4%13.9%0.99204 min0.97678Compare
T71Hugh Chatham Memorial HospitalElkin, NC · Acute care10.0%34—13.5%15.1%0.97168 min1.0481Compare
T71Vidant Chowan HospitalEdenton, NC · Critical access10.0%34—9.5%14.5%—164 min—25Compare
74Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington, NC · Acute care10.1%3214.9%9.8%13.7%1.27228 min0.93238Compare
75Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville, NC · Acute care10.2%12—9.7%14.5%1.07177 min1.01166Compare
76Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir, NC · Acute care10.3%3312.2%11.4%14.3%1.08205 min1.03110Compare
77UNC Health Care WayneGoldsboro, NC · Acute care10.7%3310.9%9.4%15.3%0.94190 min0.96316Compare
T78Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care10.8%4310.8%10.9%14.2%0.93206 min0.95912Compare
T78Moses H. Cone The Memorial HospitalGreensboro, NC · Acute care10.8%3311.9%10.4%13.9%1.08224 min0.941,232Compare
80Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton, NC · Acute care11.0%2313.4%11.6%16.1%0.90248 min0.89314Compare
81Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton, NC · Acute care11.3%2311.7%11.7%15.5%1.06144 min0.94143Compare
82W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury VA Medical Center (Salsbury)Salisbury, NC · Veterans Affairs11.5%44—13.1%12.8%1.38——904Compare
83Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy, NC · Acute care12.3%44—9.6%14.6%1.13192 min0.94112Compare

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).