Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Idaho with the lowest MRSA bloodstream infections
8 Idaho hospitals ranked by MRSA bloodstream infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: St Luke's Nampa Medical Center, Kootenai Health, Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| T1 | St Luke's Nampa Medical Center | 0.00, 91st percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | — | 0.25, 55th percentile | Compare St Luke's Nampa Medical Center |
| T1 | Kootenai Health | 0.00, 91st percentile | 1.22, 9th percentile | 0.33, 63rd percentile | 0.07, 75th percentile | 1.31, 20th percentile | — | 0.18, 64th percentile | Compare Kootenai Health |
| T1 | Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.84, 87th percentile | 0.47, 51st percentile | 0.37, 53rd percentile | 1.22, 23rd percentile | — | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center |
| 4 | St Luke's Regional Medical Center | 0.20, 79th percentile | 0.84, 87th percentile | 0.70, 31st percentile | 0.67, 26th percentile | 0.41, 70th percentile | 0.94, 43rd percentile | 0.46, 28th percentile | Compare St Luke's Regional Medical Center |
| 5 | St Lukes Magic Valley Medical Center | 0.53, 57th percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 0.93, 19th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.57, 59th percentile | — | 0.11, 73rd percentile | Compare St Lukes Magic Valley Medical Center |
| 6 | Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center | 0.60, 49th percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 0.78, 27th percentile | 0.69, 25th percentile | 0.90, 37th percentile | — | 0.69, 13th percentile | Compare Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center |
| 7 | Portneuf Medical Center | 0.96, 23rd percentile | 1.13, 16th percentile | 0.57, 42nd percentile | 0.63, 29th percentile | 0.80, 44th percentile | — | 0.49, 25th percentile | Compare Portneuf Medical Center |
| 8 | Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa | 0.97, 22nd percentile | 1.01, 33rd percentile | 0.81, 25th percentile | 1.20, 8th percentile | 1.06, 29th percentile | — | 0.77, 10th percentile | Compare Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa |
About these rankings
Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).