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Hospitals in Pennsylvania with the lowest heart failure death rate

129 Pennsylvania hospitals ranked by heart failure death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Pennsylvania Hospital, Lebanon VA Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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129 hospitals ranked in Pennsylvania by heart failure death rate; 57 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
1Philadelphia VA Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA · Veterans Affairs6.1%5310.5%14.5%0.73——390Compare
2Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care6.4%4311.1%15.8%0.82280 min1.01475Compare
3Lebanon VA Medical CenterLebanon, PA · Veterans Affairs6.8%55—13.8%0.85——1,069Compare
4St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg, PA · Acute care7.4%5310.4%15.2%0.86170 min0.9298Compare
5UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh, PA · Acute care7.6%4311.0%15.1%1.40234 min1.011,577Compare
6Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy FitzgeraldDarby, PA · Acute care7.8%2211.7%15.0%1.36223 min1.04183Compare
T7St Luke's Miners Memorial HospitalCoaldale, PA · Acute care7.9%44—15.9%0.91145 min0.8949Compare
T7Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care7.9%3210.7%15.4%1.07268 min1.05783Compare
9Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care8.1%4310.7%15.2%0.85326 min0.99305Compare
10Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington, PA · Acute care8.2%3211.3%17.1%0.93256 min0.97667Compare
11St Lukes HospitalBethlehem, PA · Acute care8.4%5410.8%15.7%0.61132 min0.97817Compare
T12Reading HospitalWest Reading, PA · Acute care8.5%4310.3%15.4%1.17230 min1.02744Compare
T12UPMC NorthwestSeneca, PA · Acute care8.5%4312.5%14.6%0.95136 min0.96173Compare
T14Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care8.6%4312.1%15.8%0.99243 min1.02891Compare
T14Penn Highlands HuntingdonHuntingdon, PA · Acute care8.6%3312.0%15.2%0.95136 min0.9377Compare
16Hospital Of University Of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care8.7%5412.5%14.4%0.66290 min1.03782Compare
17Forbes HospitalMonroeville, PA · Acute care8.8%3311.6%16.5%1.08261 min1.03314Compare
T18UPMC HanoverHanover, PA · Acute care8.9%4312.6%15.9%1.14225 min1.01100Compare
T18Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care8.9%3311.3%16.2%1.46236 min1.00925Compare
T18Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care8.9%2311.0%15.4%0.86316 min1.05464Compare
T18Temple Health - Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care8.9%2211.3%16.9%1.05234 min0.99148Compare
22AHN Wexford HospitalWexford, PA · Acute care9.0%5510.7%15.3%0.97184 min0.96100Compare
T23Penn State Health Hampden Medical CenterEnola, PA · Acute care9.1%43—15.8%0.87196 min1.10120Compare
T23Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville, PA · Acute care9.1%43—14.8%0.84172 min1.07187Compare
T23Roxborough Memorial HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care9.1%2212.8%15.5%0.93186 min0.98137Compare
T26Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey, PA · Acute care9.2%4312.0%15.3%0.87261 min1.05631Compare
T26UPMC St MargaretPittsburgh, PA · Acute care9.2%34—15.3%0.95233 min1.01250Compare
T28Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg, PA · Acute care9.3%54—14.4%0.88124 min0.9460Compare
T28Wellspan York HospitalYork, PA · Acute care9.3%4310.8%14.3%1.02254 min1.01590Compare
30Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster, PA · Acute care9.4%3311.6%15.1%0.89231 min0.99142Compare
T31Lancaster General HospitalLancaster, PA · Acute care9.5%539.8%13.9%0.87209 min0.97632Compare
T31Wilkes Barre VA Medical CenterWilkes-Barre, PA · Veterans Affairs9.5%54—13.7%0.83——291Compare
T31Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood, PA · Acute care9.5%4411.2%15.7%0.93299 min1.00370Compare
T34Saint Vincent HospitalErie, PA · Acute care9.6%4311.1%14.7%0.93219 min0.99348Compare
T34Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson CityDickson City, PA · Acute care9.6%34—16.0%0.93160 min1.0124Compare
T36Geisinger-Lewistown HospitalLewistown, PA · Acute care9.7%54—14.6%0.84181 min0.94123Compare
T36Wellspan Evangelical Community HospitalLewisburg, PA · Acute care9.7%4412.8%14.7%1.60256 min0.91131Compare
T38Conemaugh Nason Medical CenterRoaring Spring, PA · Acute care9.8%5412.4%14.6%0.91141 min0.9345Compare
T38Wellspan Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata, PA · Acute care9.8%5312.7%13.5%0.89184 min0.93141Compare
T38Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre, PA · Acute care9.8%4210.1%15.6%0.98200 min1.00356Compare
T38Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown, PA · Acute care9.8%4311.5%15.5%1.04181 min0.961,190Compare
T38Excela Health Westmoreland Regional HospitalGreensburg, PA · Acute care9.8%3210.1%14.6%1.19190 min0.94375Compare
T38West Penn HospitalPittsburgh, PA · Acute care9.8%3411.0%16.3%1.06208 min1.07500Compare
T44St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton, PA · Acute care10.0%54—15.9%0.86149 min0.9356Compare
T44Jefferson HospitalJefferson Hills, PA · Acute care10.0%4312.7%15.4%1.17170 min0.97390Compare
T44Geisinger Jersey Shore HospitalJersey Shore, PA · Critical access10.0%35—14.8%—122 min—25Compare
T47Paoli HospitalPaoli, PA · Acute care10.1%5412.8%15.3%0.83220 min1.00261Compare
T47Troy Community HospitalTroy, PA · Critical access10.1%4——15.6%—140 min—25Compare
T47UPMC Bedford MemorialEverett, PA · Acute care10.1%43—14.4%—142 min1.0449Compare
T47UPMC Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg, PA · Acute care10.1%4311.5%14.6%1.16215 min1.05737Compare

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).