The following is a list of hospitals with the lowest 30-day mortality rates from pneumonia, according to data from CMS.
Data was pulled from Hospital Compare and is from July 2010 through June 2013, the most recent data available.
All the hospitals on this list have a 30-day mortality rate from pneumonia of 8.3 percent or less. For reference, the national average is 11.9 percent.
Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood, Calif.) — 6.4 percent
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital (Houston) — 6.6 percent
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 6.8 percent
Saint Vincent Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 6.9 percent
Portland (Ore.) VA Medical Center — 6.9 percent
Los Angeles Community Hospital — 7 percent
Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn, N.Y.) — 7.3 percent
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City) — 7.4 percent
Greater Baltimore Medical Center — 7.4 percent
The Methodist Hospital (Houston) — 7.5 percent
Huntington Memorial Hospital (Pasadena, Calif.) — 7.7 percent
NYU Hospitals Center (New York City) — 7.7 percent
Ingalls Memorial Hospital (Harvey, Ill.) — 7.7 percent
St. Alexius Medical Center (Bismark, N.D.) — 7.7 percent
Olympia Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 7.8 percent
Benefis Hospitals (Great Falls, Mont.) — 7.8 percent
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 7.8 percent
Oakwood Hospital-Dearborn (Mich.) — 7.9 percent
Glendale (Calif.) Adventist Medical Center — 7.9 percent
Mount Sinai Medical Center (Miami Beach, Fla.) — 7.9 percent
Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix) — 7.9 percent
AHMC Anaheim (Calif.) Regional Medical Center — 8 percent
Tri Valley Health System, (Cambridge, N.H.) — 8 percent
St. Peter's Hospital (Albany, N.Y.) — 8.1 percent
Tomball (Texas) Regional Medical Center — 8.1 percent
Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center (Camden, N.J.) — 8.1 percent
Duke University Hospital (Durham, N.C.) — 8.1 percent
Bon Secours-St. Francis Xavier Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) — 8.1 percent
Centura Health-Littleton (Colo.) Adventist Hospital — 8.1 percent
Saint Joseph London (Ky.) — 8.1 percent
Paradise Valley Hospital (National City, Calif.) — 8.1 percent
Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Neptune, N.J.) — 8.2 percent
White Memorial Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 8.2 percent
Weirton (W.Va.) Medical Center — 8.2 percent
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center (Glendale, Ariz.) — 8.2 percent
Desert Valley Hospital (Victorville, Calif.) — 8.2 percent
Medstar Harbor Hospital (Baltimore) — 8.2 percent
Forbes Hospital (Monroeville, Pa.) — 8.2 percent
Tri-City Regional Medical Center (Hawaiian Gardens, Calif.) — 8.2 percent
FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital (Pinehurst, N.C.) — 8.3 percent
Flagler Hospital (St. Augustine, Fla.) — 8.3 percent
Lenox Hill Hospital (New York City) — 8.3 percent
VHS Harlingen (Texas) Hospital Company — 8.3 percent
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital (Baltimore) — 8.3 percent
Harper University Hospital (Detroit) — 8.3 percent
Doctors' Community Hospital (Lanham, Md.) — 8.3 percent
Garden Grove (Calif.) Hospital and Medical Center — 8.3 percent
Huntington Beach (Calif.) Hospital — 8.3 percent
Monongahela (Pa.) Valley Hospital — 8.3 percent