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 heart failure of 8.6 percent or less. For reference, the national average is 11.6 percent.
Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood, Calif.) — 7.2 percent
Raulerson Hospital (Okeechobee, Fla.) — 7.2 percent
Boston Medical Center — 7.2 percent
Paradise Valley Hospital (Nation City, Calif.) — 7.4 percent
Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago) — 7.4 percent
Saint Vincent Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 7.5 percent
Harper University Hospital (Detroit) — 7.5 percent
VA Boston Healthcare System-Jamaica Plain (Mass.) — 7.6 percent
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 7.7 percent
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (West Los Angeles) — 7.7 percent
Edward Hospital (Naperville, Ill.) — 7.7 percent
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System (New York City) — 7.7 percent
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (Philadelphia) — 7.7 percent
Glendale (Calif.) Adventist Medical Center — 7.8 percent
NYU Hospitals Center (New York City) — 7.8 percent
Decatur (Ga.) VA Medical Center — 7.9 percent
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center (Chicago) — 7.9 percent
Weirton (W.Va.) Medical Center — 7.9 percent
Saint Francis Medical Center (Lynwood, Calif.) — 8 percent
San Gabriel (Calif.) Valley Medical Center — 8.1 percent
Bay Medical Center Sacred Heart Health System (Panama City, Fla.) — 8.1 percent
Houston Medical Center (Warner Robins, Ga.) — 8.1 percent
Emory University Hospital Midtown (Atlanta) — 8.1 percent
Willis Knighton Medical Center (Shreveport, La.) — 8.1 percent
MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center (Clinton) — 8.1 percent
Holy Name Medical Center (Teaneck, N.J.) — 8.1 percent
Oroville (Calif.) Hospital — 8.2 percent
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center (Chicago) — 8.2 percent
The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore) — 8.2 percent
Beverly Hospital (Montebello, Calif.) — 8.3 percent
Sherman Oaks (Calif.) Hospital — 8.3 percent
Providence Tarzana (Calif.) Medical Center — 8.3 percent
MedStar Washington (D.C.) Hospital Center — 8.3 percent
Cleveland-Wade Park VA Medical Center — 8.3 percent
Logan (W.Va.) Regional Medical Center — 8.3 percent
West Hills (Calif.) Hospital & Medical Center — 8.4 percent
John T. Mather Memorial Hospital of Port Jefferson (N.Y.) — 8.4 percent
Hillcrest Hospital (Mayfield Heights, Ohio) — 8.4 percent
Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla, Calif.) — 8.5 percent
Winchester (Mass.) Hospital — 8.5 percent
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn (N.Y.) — 8.5 percent
Lenox Hill Hospital (New York City) — 8.5 percent
Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn, N.Y.) — 8.5 percent
Coney Island Hospital (Brooklyn, N.Y.) — 8.5 percent
Fairview Hospital (Cleveland) — 8.5 percent
Summa Wadsworth(Ohio)-Rittman Hospital — 8.5 percent
Main Line Hospital-Lankenau (Wynnewood, Pa.) — 8.5 percent
Fort Duncan Medical Center (Eagle Pass, Texas) — 8.5 percent
Broward Health Coral Springs (Fla.) — 8.6 percent
Cartersville (Ga.) Medical Center — 8.6 percent
St. Alexius Medical Center (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) — 8.6 percent
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore — 8.6 percent
Beaumont Hospital (Royal Oak, Mich.) — 8.6 percent
Montefiore Medical Center (Bronx, N.Y.) — 8.6 percent
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City) — 8.6 percent
Southeastern Regional Medical Center (Lumberton, N.C) — 8.6 percent
