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Hospitals in Pennsylvania with the lowest pneumonia death rate

134 Pennsylvania hospitals ranked by pneumonia death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Hospital Of University Of Pennsylvania, AHN Wexford Hospital, Pennsylvania Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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134 hospitals ranked in Pennsylvania by pneumonia death rate; 52 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPneumonia 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 average15.2%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Hospital Of University Of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care7.7%5412.5%8.7%14.4%0.66290 min1.03782Compare
2AHN Wexford HospitalWexford, PA · Acute care10.2%5510.7%9.0%15.3%0.97184 min0.96100Compare
3Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care10.5%4311.1%6.4%15.8%0.82280 min1.01475Compare
4Geisinger Medical CenterDanville, PA · Acute care10.6%4411.7%10.2%15.8%0.97165 min0.99553Compare
5Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey, PA · Acute care10.7%4312.0%9.2%15.3%0.87261 min1.05631Compare
6Lancaster General HospitalLancaster, PA · Acute care10.9%539.8%9.5%13.9%0.87209 min0.97632Compare
7Philadelphia VA Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA · Veterans Affairs11.0%5310.5%6.1%14.5%0.73——390Compare
8Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill, PA · Acute care11.1%3212.7%11.3%15.3%0.98252 min1.11240Compare
9VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System - University DrPittsburgh, PA · Veterans Affairs11.2%449.4%10.4%16.2%1.36——686Compare
10Lebanon VA Medical CenterLebanon, PA · Veterans Affairs11.4%55—6.8%13.8%0.85——1,069Compare
T11Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care11.5%4310.7%8.1%15.2%0.85326 min0.99305Compare
T11St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville, PA · Acute care11.5%4311.2%10.4%14.8%0.79229 min0.97250Compare
T13St Luke's Hospital - Easton CampusEaston, PA · Acute care11.7%44—10.2%15.6%0.97101 min0.95164Compare
T13Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster, PA · Acute care11.7%3311.6%9.4%15.1%0.89231 min0.99142Compare
15Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre, PA · Acute care11.9%4210.1%9.8%15.6%0.98200 min1.00356Compare
16UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh, PA · Acute care12.0%4311.0%7.6%15.1%1.40234 min1.011,577Compare
17Wilkes Barre VA Medical CenterWilkes-Barre, PA · Veterans Affairs12.1%54—9.5%13.7%0.83——291Compare
T18Conemaugh Nason Medical CenterRoaring Spring, PA · Acute care12.2%5412.4%9.8%14.6%0.91141 min0.9345Compare
T18UPMC HamotErie, PA · Acute care12.2%3313.6%12.1%15.5%1.03193 min1.06343Compare
20St Lukes HospitalBethlehem, PA · Acute care12.3%5410.8%8.4%15.7%0.61132 min0.97817Compare
T21Reading HospitalWest Reading, PA · Acute care12.4%4310.3%8.5%15.4%1.17230 min1.02744Compare
T21UPMC MercyPittsburgh, PA · Acute care12.4%4312.7%10.9%14.5%0.99225 min1.08435Compare
T23UPMC HorizonGreenville, PA · Acute care12.5%44—15.4%15.9%0.96156 min0.95201Compare
T23Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington, PA · Acute care12.5%3211.3%8.2%17.1%0.93256 min0.97667Compare
T25Paoli HospitalPaoli, PA · Acute care12.7%5412.8%10.1%15.3%0.83220 min1.00261Compare
T25Jefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale, PA · Acute care12.7%3211.7%11.0%15.9%0.85234 min0.97140Compare
27Suburban Community HospitalNorristown, PA · Acute care12.8%4———15.2%0.90167 min0.90—Compare
T28UPMC Bedford MemorialEverett, PA · Acute care12.9%43—10.1%14.4%—142 min1.0449Compare
T28Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson CityDickson City, PA · Acute care12.9%34—9.6%16.0%0.93160 min1.0124Compare
30James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center (Altoona)Altoona, PA · Veterans Affairs13.0%54—11.4%13.9%———68Compare
31Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown, PA · Acute care13.1%4311.5%9.8%15.5%1.04181 min0.961,190Compare
T32Penn State Health Hampden Medical CenterEnola, PA · Acute care13.2%43—9.1%15.8%0.87196 min1.10120Compare
T32Wellspan Evangelical Community HospitalLewisburg, PA · Acute care13.2%4412.8%9.7%14.7%1.60256 min0.91131Compare
T34Geisinger-Bloomsburg HospitalBloomsburg, PA · Acute care13.3%44—11.4%14.7%0.96162 min0.9462Compare
T34Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton, PA · Acute care13.3%4310.5%12.1%15.6%0.66297 min1.04195Compare
36Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care13.4%2213.3%10.5%14.5%0.88222 min1.06203Compare
T37UPMC NorthwestSeneca, PA · Acute care13.5%4312.5%8.5%14.6%0.95136 min0.96173Compare
T37Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton, PA · Acute care13.5%2311.4%11.6%16.1%1.00211 min0.99294Compare
39Excela Health Westmoreland Regional HospitalGreensburg, PA · Acute care13.6%3210.1%9.8%14.6%1.19190 min0.94375Compare
T40Canonsburg General HospitalCanonsburg, PA · Acute care13.7%34—11.3%15.6%0.94155 min1.04104Compare
T40Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care13.7%3311.3%8.9%16.2%1.46236 min1.00925Compare
T42Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr, PA · Acute care13.8%5411.1%12.1%15.0%0.82214 min1.00284Compare
T42Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg, PA · Acute care13.8%54—9.3%14.4%0.88124 min0.9460Compare
T42Geisinger-Lewistown HospitalLewistown, PA · Acute care13.8%54—9.7%14.6%0.84181 min0.94123Compare
T42Wellspan Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon, PA · Acute care13.8%5310.4%10.8%14.3%0.80197 min0.96163Compare
T46Allegheny Valley HospitalNatrona, PA · Acute care13.9%43—10.2%15.7%0.92203 min1.00228Compare
T46Meadville Medical CenterMeadville, PA · Acute care13.9%4312.0%12.8%14.7%1.05202 min0.94203Compare
T48Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg, PA · Acute care14.0%4312.4%10.2%14.9%0.84178 min0.94274Compare
T48Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterJohnstown, PA · Acute care14.0%2212.0%12.2%15.3%1.10176 min1.03486Compare
T50St Luke's Miners Memorial HospitalCoaldale, PA · Acute care14.1%44—7.9%15.9%0.91145 min0.8949Compare

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.

Pneumonia death rate
30-day death rate for pneumonia 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).