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Hospitals in Kansas with the lowest pneumonia death rate

87 Kansas hospitals ranked by pneumonia death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: University Of Kansas Hospital, Wichita VA Medical Center, University Of Kansas Health System Great Bend Campus. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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87 hospitals ranked in Kansas by pneumonia death rate; 52 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPneumonia death ratelower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average15.2%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1University Of Kansas HospitalKansas City, KS · Acute care10.1%5410.3%7.4%14.1%0.97307 min0.991,045Compare
2Wichita VA Medical CenterWichita, KS · Veterans Affairs10.4%5510.9%8.6%14.0%1.12——221Compare
3University Of Kansas Health System Great Bend CampusGreat Bend, KS · Acute care10.8%43—9.6%14.5%0.92107 min0.9725Compare
4Saint John HospitalLeavenworth, KS · Acute care11.9%33—11.8%15.5%—126 min0.8876Compare
5AdventHealth South Overland Park, IncOverland Park, KS · Acute care12.4%44—11.4%15.0%0.93118 min0.9985Compare
6VA Eastern Kansas Healthcare SystemTopeka, KS · Veterans Affairs12.6%44—9.2%14.5%1.36——993Compare
7Miami County Medical CenterPaola, KS · Acute care12.7%————14.6%0.98154 min0.8639Compare
8Rock Regional Hospital, LLCDerby, KS · Acute care12.9%44—9.5%14.3%0.95104 min0.98—Compare
9Lincoln County HospitalLincoln, KS · Critical access13.6%————14.6%———14Compare
10Osborne County Memorial HospitalOsborne, KS · Critical access13.8%————14.3%—112 min—16Compare
11Overland Park Regional Medical CenterOverland Park, KS · Acute care14.0%4313.6%8.6%15.2%1.15146 min1.03351Compare
12Fredonia Regional HospitalFredonia, KS · Critical access14.2%————14.7%—130 min—32Compare
13Stevens County HospitalHugoton, KS · Critical access14.3%4———14.6%—163 min—17Compare
T14University Of Kansas Health System - St Francis CampusTopeka, KS · Acute care14.4%3313.5%12.8%14.9%0.90210 min0.98378Compare
T14Kingman Healthcare CenterKingman, KS · Critical access14.4%————14.7%—97 min—25Compare
T16NMC HealthNewton, KS · Acute care14.5%5411.7%11.1%14.1%0.80141 min1.0199Compare
T16Menorah Medical CenterOverland Park, KS · Acute care14.5%3312.1%10.1%15.9%0.91156 min1.02190Compare
T16Kiowa District HospitalKiowa, KS · Critical access14.5%————14.7%—72 min—24Compare
T16Susan B Allen Memorial HospitalEl Dorado, KS · Acute care14.5%————15.1%0.9691 min0.8480Compare
20Lindsborg Community HospitalLindsborg, KS · Critical access14.6%————14.4%—109 min—21Compare
T21Cheyenne County HospitalSt Francis, KS · Critical access14.7%————14.9%—110 min—16Compare
T21Sheridan County HospitalHoxie, KS · Critical access14.7%————14.8%—120 min—25Compare
23Kearny County HospitalLakin, KS · Critical access14.8%————14.5%—132 min—25Compare
T24AdventHealth Shawnee MissionShawnee Mission, KS · Acute care14.9%3311.2%10.7%14.5%1.07134 min0.99504Compare
T24Holton Community HospitalHolton, KS · Critical access14.9%————15.2%—147 min—12Compare
26Allen County Regional HospitalIola, KS · Critical access15.0%4——10.4%14.6%—114 min—25Compare
T27AdventHealth OttawaOttawa, KS · Acute care15.1%34—13.3%14.7%0.93103 min0.9449Compare
T27Caldwell Regional Medical CenterCaldwell, KS · Critical access15.1%————14.6%—125 min—25Compare
29Great Plains Of SabethaSabetha, KS · Critical access15.2%————15.1%—135 min—25Compare
30Wesley Medical CenterWichita, KS · Acute care15.3%4211.3%9.7%13.3%0.66117 min1.02859Compare
T31LMHLawrence, KS · Acute care15.6%4410.3%13.8%13.9%0.85208 min0.92157Compare
T31Stormont Vail HospitalTopeka, KS · Acute care15.6%4312.6%11.9%14.3%0.91221 min1.06586Compare
T31Newman Regional HealthEmporia, KS · Critical access15.6%2412.9%13.6%13.9%—140 min—53Compare
T31Rooks County Health CenterPlainville, KS · Critical access15.6%————15.0%—95 min—20Compare
35Republic County HospitalBelleville, KS · Critical access15.7%35—12.7%16.0%—109 min—35Compare
T36Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, IncManhattan, KS · Acute care15.8%4312.5%11.8%14.6%0.89142 min0.94150Compare
T36Coffey County HospitalBurlington, KS · Critical access15.8%4——11.9%14.7%—87 min—25Compare
38Via Christi Hospital Wichita St Teresa, IncWichita, KS · Acute care16.1%4413.2%11.9%15.6%0.91142 min0.9968Compare
39Phillips County HospitalPhillipsburg, KS · Critical access16.3%————14.8%—116 min—25Compare
T40Saint Luke's South HospitalOverland Park, KS · Acute care16.4%4410.6%10.4%14.6%0.92110 min1.06202Compare
T40Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Wichita, KS · Acute care16.4%2212.1%13.3%14.0%0.90140 min0.961,412Compare
T40Southwest Medical CenterLiberal, KS · Acute care16.4%13—14.0%14.9%1.18142 min0.9280Compare
T40Amberwell Atchison AssociationAtchison, KS · Critical access16.4%—4——14.4%—112 min—25Compare
T44Kansas Medical Center LLCAndover, KS · Acute care16.5%2312.8%13.8%15.1%0.78162 min1.0358Compare
T44McPherson HospitalMcpherson, KS · Acute care16.5%24——14.9%0.92109 min0.9249Compare
T44Logan County HospitalOakley, KS · Critical access16.5%————15.4%—111 min—25Compare
T47Community Memorial Healthcare, Inc.Marysville, KS · Critical access16.6%44—13.7%15.3%—98 min—25Compare
T47Hospital District #1 Of Rice CountyLyons, KS · Critical access16.6%————15.1%—100 min—25Compare
T49University Of Kansas Health System Olathe HospitalOlathe, KS · Acute care16.7%4311.5%10.8%14.4%0.91232 min1.00300Compare
T49Hays Medical CenterHays, KS · Acute care16.7%3312.0%10.3%14.9%1.24112 min1.05206Compare

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.

Pneumonia death rate
30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
Overall star rating
CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
Patient survey star rating
HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Hospital-wide readmission rate
Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
Serious complications
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Time in emergency department
Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
Medicare spending per patient
Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
Total beds
Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).