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Hospitals in North Carolina with the lowest heart failure death rate

91 North Carolina hospitals ranked by heart failure death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Novant Health Matthews Medical Center, Durham VA Medical Center, Fayetteville NC VA Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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91 hospitals ranked in North Carolina by heart failure death rate; 29 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalHeart failure death ratelower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack 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 average11.1%3.311.9%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews, NC · Acute care7.1%5310.3%13.6%0.91244 min0.91102Compare
2Durham VA Medical CenterDurham, NC · Veterans Affairs7.4%4412.0%14.2%1.51——469Compare
3Fayetteville NC VA Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · Veterans Affairs7.6%54—13.9%0.93——390Compare
T4Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · Acute care8.2%5410.5%14.7%1.19202 min0.93425Compare
T4Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord, NC · Acute care8.2%4312.5%14.6%0.99186 min0.90457Compare
T4UNC Lenoir Health CareKinston, NC · Acute care8.2%4311.1%15.8%0.85194 min0.94235Compare
7Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care8.4%—4—14.5%0.97192 min0.9236Compare
T8Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care9.1%5410.4%14.9%1.10317 min0.951,019Compare
T8Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalRaeford, NC · Acute care9.1%44—15.3%0.94205 min0.7241Compare
T10Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care9.3%5210.6%13.3%0.69162 min0.96877Compare
T10Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · Acute care9.3%3411.9%15.1%0.96192 min0.95117Compare
T12Carolinas Medical Center/Behavioral HealthCharlotte, NC · Acute care9.4%438.7%14.8%0.88196 min0.98843Compare
T12UNC Health Care WayneGoldsboro, NC · Acute care9.4%3310.9%15.3%0.94190 min0.96316Compare
T14Atrium Health UnionMonroe, NC · Acute care9.5%4310.6%14.1%1.18132 min0.91157Compare
T14The Outer Banks Hospital, IncNags Head, NC · Critical access9.5%44—15.3%—208 min—19Compare
T14Vidant Chowan HospitalEdenton, NC · Critical access9.5%34—14.5%—164 min—25Compare
T14ECU Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids, NC · Acute care9.5%2211.7%14.6%0.92212 min0.99206Compare
T14Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson, NC · Acute care9.5%2211.1%15.5%0.97168 min1.01102Compare
19Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy, NC · Acute care9.6%44—14.6%1.13192 min0.94112Compare
T20Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care9.7%54—13.2%0.95190 min0.8636Compare
T20Central Carolina HospitalSanford, NC · Acute care9.7%22—15.5%0.92172 min0.96137Compare
T20Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville, NC · Acute care9.7%12—14.5%1.07177 min1.01166Compare
T20Charles A Cannon Jr Memorial HospitalLinville, NC · Critical access9.7%———15.1%—112 min—40Compare
T24AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville, NC · Acute care9.8%54—14.3%1.02164 min0.93103Compare
T24Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington, NC · Acute care9.8%3214.9%13.7%1.27228 min0.93238Compare
26Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn, NC · Acute care9.9%3311.5%14.3%0.86210 min0.93108Compare
27Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City, NC · Acute care10.0%3412.0%15.8%1.10148 min0.97182Compare
28Asheville-Oteen VA Medical CenterAsheville, NC · Veterans Affairs10.1%4510.6%14.1%1.10——389Compare
29Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · Acute care10.2%2313.4%15.4%1.06216 min0.98600Compare
30Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton, NC · Acute care10.3%34—14.9%0.90177 min0.95110Compare
T31Moses H. Cone The Memorial HospitalGreensboro, NC · Acute care10.4%3311.9%13.9%1.08224 min0.941,232Compare
T31High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point, NC · Acute care10.4%2311.1%15.5%0.93247 min0.95354Compare
33Ashe Memorial HospitalJefferson, NC · Critical access10.5%3——15.5%—178 min—76Compare
34UNC HospitalsChapel Hill, NC · Acute care10.6%5411.4%14.9%0.92268 min0.95724Compare
35Atrium Health University CityCharlotte, NC · Acute care10.7%33—14.9%1.01148 min0.93130Compare
36Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia, NC · Acute care10.8%4312.6%15.3%1.04192 min0.95442Compare
T37Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care10.9%4310.8%14.2%0.93206 min0.95912Compare
T37Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg, NC · Acute care10.9%3313.3%15.2%0.96195 min0.93104Compare
T37Angel Medical CenterFranklin, NC · Critical access10.9%24—15.7%—120 min—25Compare
40North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care11.0%4313.3%15.1%1.08183 min0.96885Compare
T41Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte, NC · Acute care11.1%3311.9%15.5%1.04160 min0.94344Compare
T41Transylvania Regional Hospital, IncBrevard, NC · Critical access11.1%24—16.8%—98 min—25Compare
T43Advent Health PolkColumbus, NC · Critical access11.2%44—14.6%—136 min—35Compare
T43Erlanger Murphy Medical CenterMurphy, NC · Critical access11.2%44—14.7%—177 min—50Compare
T45WakeMed, Cary HospitalCary, NC · Acute care11.3%5314.0%14.6%1.04196 min0.98156Compare
T45Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington, NC · Acute care11.3%23—15.1%0.95154 min0.8894Compare
T47FirstHealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst, NC · Acute care11.4%4410.6%15.0%0.93201 min0.92395Compare
T47Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville, NC · Acute care11.4%439.7%14.5%0.88204 min0.9475Compare
T47UNC Health NashRocky Mount, NC · Acute care11.4%4311.6%14.8%0.96200 min0.95332Compare
T47WakeMed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · Acute care11.4%4413.7%13.9%0.99204 min0.97678Compare

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 failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure 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.
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).