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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. 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
T47Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir, NC · Acute care11.4%3312.2%14.3%1.08205 min1.03110Compare
T47Harris Regional HospitalSylva, NC · Acute care11.4%33—13.9%1.03174 min1.0686Compare
T47Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville, NC · Acute care11.4%3313.8%14.9%0.98186 min0.93247Compare
T47Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro, NC · Acute care11.4%33—15.7%0.93164 min1.02120Compare
T55Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton, NC · Acute care11.6%2313.4%16.1%0.90248 min0.89314Compare
T55Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville, NC · Acute care11.6%12—16.4%1.19187 min1.00150Compare
T55Highlands Cashiers HospitalHighlands, NC · Critical access11.6%—4—15.4%—104 min—25Compare
T58Duke Regional HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care11.7%5411.5%14.1%0.98255 min0.89391Compare
T58Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern, NC · Acute care11.7%4414.8%14.1%0.86216 min0.89314Compare
T58UNC RockinghamEden, NC · Acute care11.7%44—14.9%0.95187 min0.92108Compare
T58Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton, NC · Acute care11.7%2311.7%15.5%1.06144 min0.94143Compare
T58Sampson Regional Medical CenterClinton, NC · Acute care11.7%24—15.5%0.96127 min0.96146Compare
63Atrium Health ClevelandShelby, NC · Acute care11.9%3312.0%14.9%1.03160 min0.94241Compare
64Wilson Medical CenterWilson, NC · Acute care12.0%1210.7%15.1%0.93191 min0.95317Compare
T65Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton, NC · Acute care12.1%4311.2%14.4%0.90173 min1.00204Compare
T65Granville Health SystemsOxford, NC · Acute care12.1%23—14.9%1.37191 min0.8962Compare
T67Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery CeAsheville, NC · Acute care12.2%3211.2%13.8%0.68163 min0.99735Compare
T67Novant Health Thomasville Medical CenterThomasville, NC · Acute care12.2%33—15.1%0.95176 min0.94149Compare
69Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville, NC · Acute care12.4%1212.5%15.3%0.86190 min0.94105Compare
70Chatham Hospital IncSiler City, NC · Critical access12.5%44—14.0%—222 min—68Compare
T71Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply, NC · Acute care12.6%4412.1%14.7%0.88181 min0.9260Compare
T71Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde, NC · Acute care12.6%3310.5%15.1%0.94193 min0.98178Compare
73Person Memorial HospitalRoxboro, NC · Acute care12.8%3——14.7%1.17192 min0.9250Compare
74Johnston HealthSmithfield, NC · Acute care12.9%4411.9%15.2%0.80187 min0.95175Compare
T75Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville, NC · Acute care13.1%5412.7%13.7%0.77158 min0.99222Compare
T75W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury VA Medical Center (Salsbury)Salisbury, NC · Veterans Affairs13.1%44—12.8%1.38——904Compare
T77Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville, NC · Acute care13.4%34—14.9%0.96170 min0.97101Compare
T77ECU Health Medical CenterGreenville, NC · Acute care13.4%2313.0%15.9%0.88289 min0.99909Compare
79Hugh Chatham Memorial HospitalElkin, NC · Acute care13.5%34—15.1%0.97168 min1.0481Compare
80Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington, NC · Acute care13.6%3212.9%13.7%1.01204 min0.94769Compare
81Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle, NC · Acute care13.8%3311.9%15.5%1.08144 min0.93109Compare
82Randolph HospitalAsheboro, NC · Acute care14.0%43—14.4%0.97216 min0.90145Compare
83Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury, NC · Acute care14.1%4311.3%14.1%0.78205 min0.97308Compare
84ECU Health Bertie HospitalWindsor, NC · Critical access14.3%4——14.4%—166 min—15Compare
T85Carteret General HospitalMorehead City, NC · Acute care14.4%2413.7%15.7%1.09225 min0.92117Compare
T85Vidant Roanoke Chowan HospitalAhoskie, NC · Acute care14.4%23—16.2%1.06140 min0.95124Compare
87The McDowell HospitalMarion, NC · Acute care14.5%34—15.2%0.94144 min0.9665Compare
88Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute care14.6%2311.8%15.6%1.03174 min1.04338Compare
89Blue Ridge Regional HospitalSpruce Pine, NC · Critical access14.7%34—14.9%—115 min—85Compare
90Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro, NC · Acute care16.2%34—15.8%1.02239 min0.9983Compare
91Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute care17.3%2414.9%14.2%0.93228 min0.96258Compare

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).