Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Vermont with the lowest heart attack death rate
7 Vermont hospitals ranked by heart attack death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Central Vermont Medical Center, Northwestern Medical Center Inc, Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | 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 | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | Central Vermont Medical Center | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 9.3%, 99th percentile | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | — | 10.8%, 66th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Central Vermont Medical Center |
| 2 | Northwestern Medical Center Inc | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 14.1%, 67th percentile | 9.1%, 34th percentile | — | 17.5%, 4th percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | Compare Northwestern Medical Center Inc |
| 3 | Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 18.2%, 13th percentile | 9.5%, 24th percentile | — | 11.7%, 49th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital |
| 4 | Rutland Regional Medical Center | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 13.7%, 10th percentile | 13.5%, 76th percentile | 6.8%, 91st percentile | — | 13.8%, 20th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Rutland Regional Medical Center |
| T5 | University Of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 14.0%, 69th percentile | 9.5%, 24th percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 9.8%, 84th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare University Of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care |
| T5 | North Country Hospital And Health Center | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 15.3%, 3rd percentile | 19.9%, 5th percentile | 11.5%, 4th percentile | — | 13.6%, 22nd percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare North Country Hospital And Health Center |
| 7 | Copley Hospital | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 14.5%, 5th percentile | 22.5%, 1st percentile | 11.5%, 4th percentile | — | 13.1%, 27th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Copley 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.
- 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.
- 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.