29 hospitals with the highest value of heart failure care

Among all U.S. hospitals, only 29 had better heart failure mortality rates and lower payments for heart failure care compared to national averages between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2023, according to CMS data released Feb. 19. 

CMS reports individual hospital results for heart attack payment and mortality together to help patients assess the facility’s overall value of care.

The national average payment for heart failure patients between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2023, was $19,602.

Here are the hospitals with heart failure mortality rates and payments better than national averages — indicating a higher value of heart failure care — along with their average heart failure care payment:

• Mayo Clinic Health System – Albert Lea and Austin (Minn.): $16,846

• Parkland Health & Hospital System (Dallas, Texas): $17,057

• Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast (Concord, N.C.): $17,260

• Oroville Hospital (Calif.): $17,299

• UCHealth Highlands Ranch (Colo.) Hospital: $17,387

• Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center (Columbia, Md.): $17,621

• Chesapeake (Va.) General Hospital: $17,691

• Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago): $17,759

• Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital (Ann Arbor, Mich.): $17,840

• Rush Oak Park (Ill.) Hospital: $17,985

• Saint Francis Hospital South (Tulsa, Okla.): $18,055

• Newton-Wellesley Hospital (Newton, Mass.): $18,083

• Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc. (Annapolis, Md.): $18,088

• Faulkner Hospital-Brigham and Women’s (Boston): $18,089

• Beaumont Hospital – Grosse Pointe (Mich.): $18,113

• St. Luke’s Hospital – Anderson Campus (Easton, Pa.): $18,196

• Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Medical Center: $18,201

• Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital (Avon, Ohio): $18,206

• Fairview Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio): $18,264

• North Shore Medical Center (Salem, Mass.): $18,273

• MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center (Clinton, Md.): $18,433

• Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital (Barrington, Ill.): $18,445

• University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center (Beachwood, Ohio): $18,457

• Rex Hospital (Raleigh, N.C.): $18,470

• Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth (Mass.): $18,489

• Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center (Marietta, Ga.): $18,491

• Catholic Medical Center (Manchester, N.H.): $18,517

• Saint Luke’s East Hospital (Lees Summit, Mo.): $18,579

• Missouri Baptist Medical Center (Town and Country, Mo.): $18,682