CMS calculates mortality rates based on deaths within 30 days of a patient being admitted to the hospital for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, stroke and coronary artery bypass grafts.
The national 30-day mortality rate for coronary artery bypass graft patients is 2.8.
Here are the hospitals with the highest and lowest 30-day mortality rates for coronary artery bypass graft patients, according to available CMS data:
Lowest
North Shore University Hospital (Manhasset, N.Y.): 1.2
Cleveland Clinic: 1.3
Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital: 1.4
Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston): 1.4
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester (Rochester, Minn.): 1.4
NYU Langone Hospitals (New York City): 1.4
John Muir Medical Center-Concord (Calif.) Campus: 1.5
Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston): 1.5
St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center (Syracuse, N.Y.): 1.5
MedStar Washington Hospital Center (Washington, D.C.): 1.6
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers (New Lenox, Ill.): 1.6
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital (Winfield, Ill.): 1.6
Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Neptune, N.J.): 1.6
Lenox Hill Hospital (New York City): 1.6
Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital: 1.6
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital (Nashville, Tenn.): 1.6
CJW Medical Center (Richmond, Va.): 1.6
Harrison Medical Center (Bremerton, Wash.): 1.6
Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital-Plano (Texas): 1.6
Highest
Anderson Regional Medical Center (Meridian, Miss.): 7.1
United Regional Health Care System (Wichita Falls, Texas): 6.7
Flowers Hospital (Dothan, Ala.): 6.2
Adventist Health and Rideout (Marysville, Calif.): 6.2
Hays Medical Center (Hays, Kan.): 6.2
Grandview Medical Center (Birmingham, Ala.): 6.1
Ascension St. John Medical Center (Tulsa, Okla.): 5.9
Midland (Texas) Memorial Hospital: 5.9
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center (Wilmington, N.C.): 5.6
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (Prescott, Ariz.): 5.5
Dameron Hospital (Stockton, Calif.): 5.5
