The following 53 hospitals have a pneumonia 30-day death rate at or below 8.4, well below the national average rate of 11.9.
Data was taken from CMS' Hospital Compare database, and the rates reflect data measured from July 2009 through June 2012.
The 53 hospitals with pneumonia 30-day mortality rates of 8.4 or lower are:
Portland (Ore.) VA Medical Center — 6.5
Saint Vincent Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 6.7
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 6.7
Huntington Memorial Hospital (Pasadena, Calif.) — 6.9
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital (Houston) — 6.9
Greater Baltimore Medical Center — 7.0
Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood, Calif.) — 7.3
Los Angeles Community Hospital — 7.4
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg (Bethlehem, Pa.) — 7.4
NYU Hospitals Center (New York City) — 7.5
University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler — 7.6
Centura Health-Littleton (Colo.) Adventist Hospital — 7.7
Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn, N.Y.) — 7.7
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City) — 7.8
Franklin Woods Community Hospital (Johnson City, Tenn.) — 7.8
Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix) — 7.9
East Valley Hospital Medical Center (Glendora, Calif.) — 7.9
Indiana University Health (Indianapolis) — 7.9
Casey County Hospital (Liberty, Ky.) — 7.9
VA Sierra Nevada Healthcare System (Reno) — 7.9
Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center (Las Vegas) — 7.9
Norton (Va.) Community Hospital — 7.9
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center (Glendale, Ariz.) — 8.0
Oroville (Calif.) Hospital — 8.0
Glendale (Calif.) Adventist Medical Center — 8.0
Tri Valley Health System (Cambridge, Neb.) — 8.0
The Methodist Hospital (Houston) — 8.0
Huntington Beach (Calif.) Hospital — 8.1
Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center — 8.1
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital — 8.1
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare St. Francis (Milwaukee) — 8.1
University of California San Diego Medical Center — 8.2
Desert Valley Hospital (Victorville, Calif.) — 8.2
Hinsdale (Ill.) Hospital — 8.2
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital-Chicago — 8.2
UPMC McKeesport (Pa.) — 8.2
Stafford (Va.) Hospital — 8.2
Scoot & White Hospital-Round Rock (Texas) — 8.2
Tri-City Regional Medical Center (Hawaiian Gardens, Calif.) — 8.3
Providence Tarzana (Calif.) Medical Center — 8.3
Mary Greeley Medical Center (Ames, Iowa) — 8.3
MedStar Harbor Hospital (Baltimore) — 8.3
MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital (Baltimore) — 8.3
Mount Auburn Hospital (Cambridge, Mass.) — 8.3
Falmouth (Mass.) Hospital — 8.3
St. Peter's Hospital (Albany, N.Y.) — 8.3
Park Plaza Hospital (Houston) — 8.3
Marion Regional Medical Center (Hamilton, Ala.) — 8.4
White Memorial Medical Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) — 8.4
Benefis Hospitals (Great Falls, Mont.) — 8.4
Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Neptune, N.J.) — 8.4
Trumbull Memorial Hospital (Warren, Ohio) — 8.4
Evergreen Hospital Medical Center (Kirkland, Wash.) — 8.4