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Best hospitals in New Jersey

7 of the 60 New Jersey hospitals rated by CMS hold the top rating of five stars, and 17 more hold four. They are listed here in order of CMS's overall quality rating and what patients say, next to how long the ER takes and how much each hospital marks up its prices.

Also:All 78 New Jersey hospitalsBest hospitals by stateNew Jersey ranks 46th of 52 statesCompare the top 3 side by side

7five-star hospitals
17four-star hospitals
60hospitals rated by CMS and open to the public, of 78 in the state
64%of patients would recommend the typical hospital US typical 71%
3 h 7 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

The top 10

1St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend69%Typical ER visit2 h 20 minListed per $1 of cost$12.362Morristown Medical CenterMorristown · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit4 h 10 minListed per $1 of cost$5.543Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend74%Typical ER visit3 h 22 minListed per $1 of cost$4.594Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend73%Typical ER visit3 h 24 minListed per $1 of cost$4.025Overlook Medical CenterSummit · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend71%Typical ER visit3 h 12 minListed per $1 of cost$5.356Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley MedicalWestwood · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend70%Typical ER visit2 h 22 minListed per $1 of cost$4.597Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend68%Typical ER visit3 h 27 minListed per $1 of cost$6.928Valley HospitalParamus · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend79%Typical ER visit3 h 47 minListed per $1 of cost$4.399Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend78%Typical ER visit3 h 3 minListed per $1 of cost$11.9710University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend75%Typical ER visit3 h 41 minListed per $1 of cost$6.57
How New Jersey's 60 rated hospitals score
75 stars
174 stars
203 stars
112 stars
51 star

Every rated hospital in New Jersey

In ranking order. Click a column to sort.

#HospitalCityCMS ratingPatient ratingWould recommendTypical ER visitListed per $1 of cost
1St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 20 min$12.36
2Morristown Medical CenterMorristown★★★★★★★★★★80%4 h 10 min$5.54
3Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack★★★★★★★★★★74%3 h 22 min$4.59
4Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck★★★★★★★★★★73%3 h 24 min$4.02
5Overlook Medical CenterSummit★★★★★★★★★★71%3 h 12 min$5.35
6Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley MedicalWestwood★★★★★★★★★★70%2 h 22 min$4.59
7Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains★★★★★★★★★★68%3 h 27 min$6.92
8Valley HospitalParamus★★★★★★★★★★79%3 h 47 min$4.39
9Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood★★★★★★★★★★78%3 h 3 min$11.97
10University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro★★★★★★★★★★75%3 h 41 min$6.57
11Saint Michael's Medical CenterNewark★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 49 min$5.67
12Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 30 min$5.23
13Ocean Medical CenterBrick★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 22 min$5.67
14Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 41 min$5.88
15Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 54 min$5.83
16Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at RahwayRahway★★★★★★★★★★65%1 h 54 min$7.00
17Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at HamiltonHamilton★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 52 min$6.31
18Southern Ocean Medical CenterManahawkin★★★★★★★★★★63%2 h 43 min$6.04
19Newton Medical CenterNewton★★★★★★★★★★63%2 h 48 min$9.71
20Centrastate Medical CenterFreehold★★★★★★★★★★62%3 h 39 min$4.10
21Hunterdon Medical CenterFlemington★★★★★★★★★★62%3 h 50 min$5.24
22AHS Hospital CorpHackettstown★★★★★★★★★★58%3 h 2 min$7.00
23Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair★★★★★★★★★★62%3 h 49 min$5.89
24Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy★★★★★★★★★★61%2 h 58 min$5.66
25Deborah Heart and Lung CenterBrowns Mills★★★★★★★★★★84%–$7.38
26Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer★★★★★★★★★★70%3 h 7 min$5.04
27Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville★★★★★★★★★★68%3 h 8 min$6.28
28Saint Peter's University HospitalNew Brunswick★★★★★★★★★★76%3 h 28 min$9.03
29Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank★★★★★★★★★★75%3 h 22 min$4.96
30Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch★★★★★★★★★★75%2 h 16 min$4.34
31Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 9 min$4.93
32West Jersey HospitalVoorhees★★★★★★★★★★70%2 h 25 min$8.57
33Jersey City Medical CenterJersey City★★★★★★★★★★70%3 h 7 min$5.72
34Shore Medical CenterSomers Point★★★★★★★★★★65%2 h 28 min$5.85
35Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 22 min$5.49
36Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusLakewood★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 21 min$5.42
37St Mary's General HospitalPassaic★★★★★★★★★★61%3 h 2 min$5.23
38Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland★★★★★★★★★★57%3 h 21 min$4.42
39Trinitas Regional Medical CenterElizabeth★★★★★★★★★★63%3 h 29 min$4.47
40St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson★★★★★★★★★★58%3 h 37 min$5.93
41Virtua Willingboro HospitalWillingboro★★★★★★★★★★57%2 h 58 min$9.73
42JFK University Medical CenterEdison★★★★★★★★★★56%3 h 17 min$4.83
43Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly★★★★★★★★★★55%3 h 18 min$9.50
44Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House★★★★★––3 h 42 min$6.60
45Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick★★★★★★★★★★70%3 h 26 min$5.82
46Cooper University HospitalCamden★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 25 min$4.80
47Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford★★★★★★★★★★64%3 h 35 min$5.61
48Capital Health Medical Center - HopewellPennington★★★★★★★★★★66%3 h 29 min$22.02
49Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterNewark★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 56 min$5.36
50Palisades Medical CenterNorth Bergen★★★★★★★★★★62%3 h 26 min$6.09
51Hudson Regional HospitalSecaucus★★★★★★★★★★61%2 h 46 min$8.49
52Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville★★★★★★★★★★60%2 h 46 min$4.82
53Heights University HospitalJersey City★★★★★★★★★★60%2 h 39 min$18.10
54Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalCamden★★★★★★★★★★59%2 h 48 min$9.25
55Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton★★★★★★★★★★50%3 h 0 min$21.94
56Community Medical CenterToms River★★★★★★★★★★58%3 h 0 min$5.68
57The University HospitalNewark★★★★★★★★★★56%5 h 7 min$4.29
58Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical CenterHoboken★★★★★★★★★★50%3 h 42 min$16.69
59Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical CenterBayonne★★★★★★★★★★45%3 h 26 min$13.97
60Carewell Health Medical CenterEast Orange★★★★★★★★★★42%2 h 56 min$4.31
How the order is set. Hospitals are sorted by CMS's overall hospital quality star rating (1 to 5 stars), which combines death rates, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. Ties are broken by the patient survey star rating, then by the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital. Hospitals CMS has not rated, often small, new or specialty hospitals, are not listed; neither are Veterans Affairs and military hospitals, which most patients cannot choose. Prices and ER times are shown for comparison and do not change the order. A star rating is a summary: for a specific operation, look at that hospital's page and ask your doctor.

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Source: CMS Care Compare (overall star ratings and patient survey) and hospital cost reports.