North Carolina's best hospitals.

Health Grades Inc. compiled these rankings for BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA using Medicare data adjusted for hospitals that receive sicker patients. It reports on about 5,000 hospitals nationwide in 26 procedures and conditions. Hospitals with an asterisk beside their name ranked among the nation's top 10% for the categories under which they are listed.

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CLINICAL EXCELLENCE Gaston Memorial Hospital Gastonia Haywood Regional Medical Center Clyde Mission Hospitals Asheville Rex Hospital Raleigh Ranked among the top 5% in the nation for lowest risk-adjusted mortality and in-hospital complications. OVERALL CARDIAC SERVICES 1. Rex Hospital * Raleigh 2. Gaston Memorial Hospital Gastonia 3. Southeastern Regional Medical Center Lumberton 4. Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast Concord 5. Duke University Hospital Durham 6. WakeMed Raleigh 7. High Point Regional Hospital High Point 8. Frye Regional Medical Center Hickory 9. Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Fayetteville 10. FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital Pinehurst Based on mortality for coronary-bypass surgery, valve-replacement surgery, coronary interventional procedures, heart attack and heart failure. CARDIAC SURGERY 1. Frye Regional Medical Center * Hickory 2. High Point Regional Hospital * High Point 3. N.C. Memorial Hospital Chapel Hill 4. Duke University Hospital Durham 5. Gaston Memorial Hospital Gastonia 6. WakeMed Raleigh 7. Pitt County Memorial Hospital Greenville 8. Durham Regional Hospital Durham 9. Southeastern Regional Medical Center Lumberton 10. Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy Charlotte Based on mortality for coronary-bypass surgery and valve-replacement surgery. CARDIOLOGY SERVICES 1. Rex Hospital Raleigh 2. Southeastern Regional Medical Center Lumberton 3. Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast Concord 4. Gaston Memorial Hospital Gastonia 5. Duke University Hospital Durham 6. Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Fayetteville 7. Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Winston-Salem 8. Presbyterian Hospital Charlotte 9. FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital Pinehurst 10. WakeMed Raleigh Based on mortality for coronary interventional procedures, heart attack and heart failure. CORONARY INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES 1. Rex Hospital * Raleigh 2. Duke University Hospital * Durham 3. Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Winston-Salem 4...