Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Kansas with the highest patient survey star rating
52 Kansas hospitals ranked by patient survey star rating in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T49 | Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc. | 2, 10th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 13.3%, 12th percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | 0.90, 73rd percentile | 140 min, 56th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 1,412 | Compare Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc. |
| T49 | St. Catherine Hospital - Garden City | 2, 10th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 13.6%, 10th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.83, 89th percentile | 131 min, 64th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 99 | Compare St. Catherine Hospital - Garden City |
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.
- Patient survey star rating
- HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
- Overall star rating
- CMS overall hospital quality 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).