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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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National average11.1%11.9%15.2%8.6%2.4%11.9%15.0%
1Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews, NC · Acute care7.1%10.3%11.4%8.0%—11.3%13.6%Compare
2Durham VA Medical CenterDurham, NC · Veterans Affairs7.4%12.0%12.6%7.3%——14.2%Compare
3Fayetteville NC VA Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · Veterans Affairs7.6%—12.8%7.6%——13.9%Compare
T4Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · Acute care8.2%10.5%13.9%8.7%1.2%10.1%14.7%Compare
T4Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord, NC · Acute care8.2%12.5%16.0%7.4%2.4%11.5%14.6%Compare
T4UNC Lenoir Health CareKinston, NC · Acute care8.2%11.1%14.8%9.4%—9.9%15.8%Compare
7Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care8.4%—14.1%8.3%—11.6%14.5%Compare
T8Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care9.1%10.4%9.6%6.4%1.6%11.4%14.9%Compare
T8Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalRaeford, NC · Acute care9.1%—13.8%7.7%—14.8%15.3%Compare
T10Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care9.3%10.6%14.3%9.3%3.0%10.9%13.3%Compare
T10Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · Acute care9.3%11.9%17.8%9.8%—10.6%15.1%Compare
T12Carolinas Medical Center/Behavioral HealthCharlotte, NC · Acute care9.4%8.7%13.2%6.8%1.8%13.2%14.8%Compare
T12UNC Health Care WayneGoldsboro, NC · Acute care9.4%10.9%15.6%10.7%—13.3%15.3%Compare
T14Atrium Health UnionMonroe, NC · Acute care9.5%10.6%12.8%7.9%—10.0%14.1%Compare
T14The Outer Banks Hospital, IncNags Head, NC · Critical access9.5%—13.6%9.0%—10.8%15.3%Compare
T14Vidant Chowan HospitalEdenton, NC · Critical access9.5%—16.1%10.0%—12.2%14.5%Compare
T14ECU Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids, NC · Acute care9.5%11.7%16.7%6.8%—11.2%14.6%Compare
T14Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson, NC · Acute care9.5%11.1%20.8%8.9%—12.7%15.5%Compare
19Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy, NC · Acute care9.6%—11.6%12.3%—17.3%14.6%Compare
T20Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care9.7%—11.2%9.7%—8.8%13.2%Compare
T20Central Carolina HospitalSanford, NC · Acute care9.7%—14.0%7.9%—10.3%15.5%Compare
T20Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville, NC · Acute care9.7%—21.4%10.2%—13.3%14.5%Compare
T20Charles A Cannon Jr Memorial HospitalLinville, NC · Critical access9.7%—13.8%———15.1%Compare
T24AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville, NC · Acute care9.8%—13.4%6.7%—9.6%14.3%Compare
T24Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington, NC · Acute care9.8%14.9%15.0%10.1%—10.8%13.7%Compare
26Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn, NC · Acute care9.9%11.5%14.5%9.3%—11.1%14.3%Compare
27Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City, NC · Acute care10.0%12.0%17.3%7.5%—14.0%15.8%Compare
28Asheville-Oteen VA Medical CenterAsheville, NC · Veterans Affairs10.1%10.6%11.8%7.6%——14.1%Compare
29Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · Acute care10.2%13.4%18.7%7.7%1.6%11.0%15.4%Compare
30Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton, NC · Acute care10.3%—17.9%9.0%—10.7%14.9%Compare
T31Moses H. Cone The Memorial HospitalGreensboro, NC · Acute care10.4%11.9%13.7%10.8%2.4%10.0%13.9%Compare
T31High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point, NC · Acute care10.4%11.1%14.1%7.9%—12.3%15.5%Compare
33Ashe Memorial HospitalJefferson, NC · Critical access10.5%—16.4%7.6%—12.7%15.5%Compare
34UNC HospitalsChapel Hill, NC · Acute care10.6%11.4%12.1%7.2%2.8%12.0%14.9%Compare
35Atrium Health University CityCharlotte, NC · Acute care10.7%—13.1%7.2%—12.3%14.9%Compare
36Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia, NC · Acute care10.8%12.6%14.5%9.5%2.7%12.5%15.3%Compare
T37Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care10.9%10.8%13.7%10.8%4.5%12.1%14.2%Compare
T37Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg, NC · Acute care10.9%13.3%20.1%8.5%—14.4%15.2%Compare
T37Angel Medical CenterFranklin, NC · Critical access10.9%—11.6%8.8%—17.1%15.7%Compare
40North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care11.0%13.3%13.0%8.9%3.6%13.0%15.1%Compare
T41Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte, NC · Acute care11.1%11.9%15.8%6.3%1.9%9.6%15.5%Compare
T41Transylvania Regional Hospital, IncBrevard, NC · Critical access11.1%—14.8%7.4%—11.6%16.8%Compare
T43Advent Health PolkColumbus, NC · Critical access11.2%—15.5%———14.6%Compare
T43Erlanger Murphy Medical CenterMurphy, NC · Critical access11.2%—14.3%——13.1%14.7%Compare
T45WakeMed, Cary HospitalCary, NC · Acute care11.3%14.0%13.9%7.4%—10.5%14.6%Compare
T45Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington, NC · Acute care11.3%—14.9%9.1%—12.7%15.1%Compare
T47FirstHealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst, NC · Acute care11.4%10.6%17.2%8.4%2.2%11.2%15.0%Compare
T47Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville, NC · Acute care11.4%9.7%14.7%6.6%—12.3%14.5%Compare
T47UNC Health NashRocky Mount, NC · Acute care11.4%11.6%12.7%7.5%—11.1%14.8%Compare
T47WakeMed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · Acute care11.4%13.7%13.4%10.0%1.7%10.4%13.9%Compare

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.
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Pneumonia death rate
30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
COPD death rate
30-day death rate for COPD patients.
CABG surgery death rate
30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
Stroke death rate
30-day death rate for stroke 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.