Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Pennsylvania with the lowest stroke death rate
111 Pennsylvania hospitals ranked by stroke 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.
| # | Hospital | Stroke death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
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| National average | 11.9% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 15.0% | ||
| T49 | Regional Hospital Of Scranton | 10.8%, 66th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 11.2%, 46th percentile | 19.5%, 6th percentile | 8.4%, 52nd percentile | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Regional Hospital Of Scranton |
| T52 | Heritage Valley Beaver | 10.9%, 64th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 18.6%, 10th percentile | 9.9%, 16th percentile | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare Heritage Valley Beaver |
| T52 | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | 10.9%, 64th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 13.7%, 73rd percentile | 5.8%, 99th percentile | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 16.2%, 5th percentile | Compare Thomas Jefferson University Hospital |
| T52 | UPMC Altoona | 10.9%, 64th percentile | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 16.9%, 25th percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare UPMC Altoona |
| T55 | Forbes Hospital | 11.0%, 62nd percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 8.8%, 88th percentile | 14.1%, 67th percentile | 9.3%, 28th percentile | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 16.5%, 3rd percentile | Compare Forbes Hospital |
| T55 | UPMC Hamot | 11.0%, 62nd percentile | 13.6%, 7th percentile | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 12.2%, 90th percentile | 9.7%, 20th percentile | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare UPMC Hamot |
| T57 | Paoli Hospital | 11.1%, 60th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 12.7%, 85th percentile | 5.9%, 98th percentile | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Paoli Hospital |
| T57 | Doylestown Hospital | 11.1%, 60th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 14.7%, 58th percentile | 7.8%, 69th percentile | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Doylestown Hospital |
| T57 | UPMC Jameson | 11.1%, 60th percentile | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 19.7%, 5th percentile | — | — | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare UPMC Jameson |
| T60 | Jefferson Hospital | 11.2%, 58th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 17.4%, 19th percentile | 9.4%, 26th percentile | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Jefferson Hospital |
| T60 | UPMC Memorial | 11.2%, 58th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 17.5%, 18th percentile | 7.8%, 69th percentile | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare UPMC Memorial |
| T60 | Allegheny General Hospital | 11.2%, 58th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 14.1%, 67th percentile | 7.2%, 85th percentile | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Allegheny General Hospital |
| T60 | Temple Health - Chestnut Hill Hospital | 11.2%, 58th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 15.6%, 43rd percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | — | 16.9%, 1st percentile | Compare Temple Health - Chestnut Hill Hospital |
| 64 | Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center | 11.3%, 56th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 14.0%, 69th percentile | 9.8%, 18th percentile | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center |
| 65 | UPMC Northwest | 11.4%, 54th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 8.5%, 91st percentile | 13.5%, 76th percentile | 8.7%, 43rd percentile | — | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare UPMC Northwest |
| T66 | Geisinger Medical Center | 11.5%, 53rd percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 10.6%, 98th percentile | 8.2%, 58th percentile | 1.5%, 96th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare Geisinger Medical Center |
| T66 | Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital | 11.5%, 53rd percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 14.5%, 61st percentile | 8.8%, 41st percentile | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital |
| T68 | St Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 10.4%, 90th percentile | 7.4%, 97th percentile | 14.2%, 66th percentile | 8.2%, 58th percentile | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare St Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus |
| T68 | Pottstown Hospital | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 10.8%, 54th percentile | 14.1%, 67th percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | — | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Pottstown Hospital |
| 70 | Gettysburg Hospital | 11.7%, 49th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 13.5%, 11th percentile | 14.5%, 61st percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | — | 13.9%, 94th percentile | Compare Gettysburg Hospital |
| T71 | Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center | 11.8%, 47th percentile | 10.1%, 95th percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 11.9%, 92nd percentile | 7.4%, 80th percentile | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center |
| T71 | West Penn Hospital | 11.8%, 47th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 16.0%, 38th percentile | — | — | 16.3%, 4th percentile | Compare West Penn Hospital |
| T73 | Meadville Medical Center | 11.9%, 45th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 12.8%, 18th percentile | 13.9%, 70th percentile | 7.8%, 69th percentile | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Meadville Medical Center |
| T73 | UPMC McKeesport Hospital | 11.9%, 45th percentile | — | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 15.8%, 40th percentile | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare UPMC McKeesport Hospital |
| 75 | Bryn Mawr Hospital | 12.0%, 44th percentile | 11.1%, 74th percentile | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 13.8%, 72nd percentile | 5.9%, 98th percentile | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Bryn Mawr Hospital |
| T76 | Allegheny Valley Hospital | 12.1%, 42nd percentile | — | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 13.9%, 70th percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | — | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Allegheny Valley Hospital |
| T76 | UPMC Horizon | 12.1%, 42nd percentile | — | 15.4%, 2nd percentile | 12.5%, 87th percentile | 7.7%, 72nd percentile | — | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare UPMC Horizon |
| T76 | Wellspan Chambersburg Hospital | 12.1%, 42nd percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 14.0%, 69th percentile | 7.7%, 72nd percentile | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Wellspan Chambersburg Hospital |
| T79 | Mount Nittany Medical Center | 12.2%, 40th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 15.3%, 48th percentile | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Mount Nittany Medical Center |
| T79 | Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital | 12.2%, 40th percentile | 10.1%, 95th percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 13.6%, 74th percentile | 7.9%, 66th percentile | 1.7%, 89th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital |
| T79 | Jefferson Health- Northeast | 12.2%, 40th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 15.1%, 51st percentile | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Jefferson Health- Northeast |
| 82 | UPMC Wellsboro | 12.3%, 39th percentile | — | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 16.2%, 35th percentile | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare UPMC Wellsboro |
| 83 | Independence Health System Butler Memorial Hospita | 12.4%, 37th percentile | 13.7%, 6th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 16.2%, 35th percentile | 9.9%, 16th percentile | 3.0%, 19th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Independence Health System Butler Memorial Hospita |
| T84 | Heritage Valley Sewickley | 12.5%, 36th percentile | — | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 19.9%, 5th percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare Heritage Valley Sewickley |
| T84 | Penn Highlands Elk | 12.5%, 36th percentile | — | 12.8%, 18th percentile | 15.3%, 48th percentile | 8.2%, 58th percentile | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Penn Highlands Elk |
| T84 | Nazareth Hospital | 12.5%, 36th percentile | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 13.4%, 77th percentile | 9.1%, 34th percentile | — | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare Nazareth Hospital |
| 87 | Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson Street | 12.7%, 33rd percentile | — | 9.1%, 85th percentile | 15.6%, 43rd percentile | 6.8%, 91st percentile | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson Street |
| 88 | UPMC Somerset | 12.8%, 31st percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 17.4%, 19th percentile | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare UPMC Somerset |
| 89 | Crozer Chester Medical Center | 13.0%, 28th percentile | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 16.8%, 26th percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | — | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Crozer Chester Medical Center |
| T90 | Grove City Medical Center | 13.1%, 27th percentile | — | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 14.3%, 64th percentile | — | — | 14.1%, 91st percentile | Compare Grove City Medical Center |
| T90 | St Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus | 13.1%, 27th percentile | — | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 11.7%, 93rd percentile | 7.5%, 78th percentile | — | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare St Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus |
| T90 | Wayne Memorial Hospital | 13.1%, 27th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 21.6%, 2nd percentile | 10.7%, 8th percentile | — | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare Wayne Memorial Hospital |
| 93 | St Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital | 13.2%, 26th percentile | — | 7.9%, 95th percentile | 14.1%, 67th percentile | 7.7%, 72nd percentile | — | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare St Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital |
| 94 | Penn State Health St. Joseph | 13.3%, 25th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 15.1%, 51st percentile | 10.0%, 15th percentile | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Penn State Health St. Joseph |
| 95 | Roxborough Memorial Hospital | 13.4%, 24th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 9.1%, 85th percentile | 17.1%, 23rd percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | — | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Roxborough Memorial Hospital |
| T96 | St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus | 13.5%, 23rd percentile | — | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 14.6%, 60th percentile | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | — | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus |
| T96 | Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono | 13.5%, 23rd percentile | 10.1%, 95th percentile | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 16.0%, 38th percentile | 8.2%, 58th percentile | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono |
| 98 | UPMC Lititz | 13.7%, 21st percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 14.0%, 8th percentile | 15.5%, 45th percentile | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare UPMC Lititz |
| 99 | St Clair Hospital | 13.8%, 20th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 15.1%, 51st percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare St Clair Hospital |
| 100 | Saint Vincent Hospital | 13.9%, 19th percentile | 11.1%, 74th percentile | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 15.2%, 50th percentile | 10.4%, 11th percentile | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Saint Vincent Hospital |
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.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke patients.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure 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.
- 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.