Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Kentucky with the lowest surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
7 Kentucky hospitals ranked by surgical site infections (hysterectomy) in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, University Of Louisville Hospital, Baptist Health Lexington. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey 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 | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital | 0.00, 89th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.5%, 8th percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 180 min, 29th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 215 | Compare Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital |
| 2 | University Of Louisville Hospital | 0.56, 68th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | 198 min, 20th percentile | 1.13, 5th percentile | 404 | Compare University Of Louisville Hospital |
| 3 | Baptist Health Lexington | 0.92, 44th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 183 min, 28th percentile | 1.09, 10th percentile | 371 | Compare Baptist Health Lexington |
| 4 | University Of Kentucky Hospital | 0.94, 43rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 1.06, 25th percentile | 218 min, 12th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 791 | Compare University Of Kentucky Hospital |
| 5 | St Elizabeth Edgewood | 1.24, 34th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.6%, 87th percentile | 8.4%, 92nd percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 132 min, 63rd percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 621 | Compare St Elizabeth Edgewood |
| 6 | Norton Hospitals, Inc | 1.35, 31st percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.6%, 87th percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 16.3%, 4th percentile | 1.08, 22nd percentile | 192 min, 23rd percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 1,730 | Compare Norton Hospitals, Inc |
| 7 | Pikeville Medical Center | 1.63, 23rd percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 15.4%, 0th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | 1.74, 1st percentile | 226 min, 10th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 340 | Compare Pikeville Medical Center |
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.
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- 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).