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
