Data were pulled from Hospital Compare and is from July 2011 through June 2014, the most recent data available.
All the hospitals on this list have a 30-day mortality rate from pneumonia of 8.2 percent or less. For reference, the national average is 11.5 percent.
Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood, Calif.) — 6.9 percent
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 7.1 percent
Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn, N.Y.) — 7.2 percent
Plantation (Fla.) General Hospital — 7.3 percent
Doctors Community Hospital (Lanham, Md.) — 7.3 percent
Harper University Hospital (Detroit) — 7.3 percent
The Methodist Hospital (Houston) — 7.3 percent
Southern California Hospital at Hollywood — 7.4 percent
White Memorial Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 7.5 percent
Saint Vincent Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 7.5 percent
Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak (Mich.) — 7.5 percent
Genesys Regional Medical Center-Health Park (Grand Blanc, Mich.) — 7.5 percent
Portland (Ore.) VA Medical Center — 7.5 percent
Los Angeles Community Hospital — 7.6 percent
NYU Hospital Center (New York City) — 7.6 percent
Duke University Hospital (Durham, N.C.) — 7.6 percent
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach, Calif.) — 7.7 percent
Redington-Fairview General Hospital (Skowhegan, Maine) — 7.7 percent
Beaumont Hospital-Grosse Pointe (Mich.) — 7.7 percent
Benefis Hospitals (Great Halls, Mont.) — 7.7 percent
Tomball (Texas) Regional Medical Center — 7.7 percent
Rio Grande Regional Hospital (McAllen, Texas) — 7.8 percent
Evergreen Hospital Medical Center (Kirkland, Wash.) — 7.8 percent
Mount Sinai Medical Center (Miami Beach, Fla.) — 7.9 percent
Washington County Regional Medical Center (Sandersville, Ga.) — 7.9 percent
Ingalls Memorial Hospital (Harvey, Ill.) — 7.9 percent
St. Peter’s Hospital (Albany, N.Y.) — 7.9 percent
Lenox Hill Hospital (New York City) — 7.9 percent
University Hospital SUNY Health Science Center (Syracuse, N.Y.) — 7.9 percent
Paradise Valley Hospital (National City, Calif.) — 8 percent
Huntington Memorial Hospital (Pasadena, Calif.) — 8 percent
MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital (Baltimore) — 8 percent
Beaumont Hospital-Troy (Mich.) — 8 percent
Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center — 8 percent
St. Francis Hospital (Roslyn, N.Y.) — 8 percent
St. Alexius Medical Center (Bismarck, N.D.) — 8 percent
CHI St. Luke’s Health-Baylor College of Medicine (Houston) — 8 percent
Mount Auburn Hospital (Cambridge, Mass.) — 8.1 percent
St. Luke’s Hospital (Chesterfield, Mo.) — 8.1 percent
Tri Valley Health System (Cambridge, Neb.) — 8.1 percent
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System (New York City) — 8.1 percent
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center (Fort Worth, Texas) — 8.1 percent
Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix) — 8.2 percent
Glendora (Calif.) Community Hospital — 8.2 percent
AHMC Anaheim (Calif.) Regional Medical Center — 8.2 percent
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 8.2 percent
Olympia Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 8.2 percent
Centura Health-Littleton (Colo.) Adventist Hospital — 8.2 percent
Flagler Hospital (Saint Augustine, Fla.) — 8.2 percent
Palos Community Hospital (Palos Heights, Ill.) — 8.2 percent
Memorial Hospital (Manchester, Ky.) — 8.2 percent
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton (Mass.) — 8.2 percent
Bayshore Community Hospital (Holmdel, N.J.) — 8.2 percent
Montefiore Medical Center (Bronx, N.Y.) — 8.2 percent
Reading (Pa.) Hospital — 8.2 percent
Monongahela (Pa.) Valley Hospital — 8.2 percent
Mission (Texas) Regional Medical Center — 8.2 percent
