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Hospitals in Kentucky with the lowest CABG surgery death rate

13 Kentucky hospitals ranked by CABG surgery death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: King's Daughters' Medical Center, Norton Hospitals, Inc, UofL Health - Jewish Hospital And Mary & Elizabeth Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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13 hospitals ranked in Kentucky by cabg surgery death rate; 90 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	CABG surgery death ratelower is better	Heart attack death ratelower is better	Heart failure death ratelower is better	Pneumonia death ratelower is better	COPD death ratelower is better	Stroke death ratelower is better	Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data	Compare
	National average	2.4%	11.9%	11.1%	15.2%	8.6%	11.9%	15.0%
T1	King's Daughters' Medical CenterAshland, KY · Acute care	1.7%, 89th percentile	13.4%, 9th percentile	11.5%, 39th percentile	12.1%, 91st percentile	8.7%, 43rd percentile	12.8%, 31st percentile	15.2%, 34th percentile	Compare King's Daughters' Medical Center
T1	Norton Hospitals, IncLouisville, KY · Acute care	1.7%, 89th percentile	10.6%, 87th percentile	11.8%, 34th percentile	17.7%, 16th percentile	9.5%, 24th percentile	13.3%, 25th percentile	16.3%, 4th percentile	Compare Norton Hospitals, Inc
T1	UofL Health - Jewish Hospital And Mary & Elizabeth HospitalLouisville, KY · Acute care	1.7%, 89th percentile	12.2%, 35th percentile	13.4%, 12th percentile	16.4%, 31st percentile	9.3%, 28th percentile	11.1%, 60th percentile	15.6%, 16th percentile	Compare UofL Health - Jewish Hospital And Mary & Elizabeth Hospital
4	Mercy Health - Lourdes HospitalPaducah, KY · Acute care	1.8%, 85th percentile	10.6%, 87th percentile	12.0%, 30th percentile	17.8%, 15th percentile	9.1%, 34th percentile	9.3%, 90th percentile	15.5%, 19th percentile	Compare Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
T5	St Elizabeth EdgewoodEdgewood, KY · Acute care	2.0%, 69th percentile	10.6%, 87th percentile	8.4%, 92nd percentile	13.8%, 72nd percentile	6.6%, 94th percentile	10.6%, 69th percentile	15.2%, 34th percentile	Compare St Elizabeth Edgewood
T5	Baptist Health LouisvilleLouisville, KY · Acute care	2.0%, 69th percentile	11.4%, 65th percentile	11.9%, 32nd percentile	15.1%, 51st percentile	8.3%, 54th percentile	13.0%, 28th percentile	14.4%, 83rd percentile	Compare Baptist Health Louisville
T7	Baptist Health PaducahPaducah, KY · Acute care	2.6%, 33rd percentile	11.8%, 49th percentile	12.7%, 19th percentile	15.5%, 45th percentile	9.8%, 18th percentile	12.8%, 31st percentile	14.8%, 61st percentile	Compare Baptist Health Paducah
T7	University Of Kentucky HospitalLexington, KY · Acute care	2.6%, 33rd percentile	11.9%, 46th percentile	10.6%, 58th percentile	12.4%, 88th percentile	7.2%, 85th percentile	10.1%, 79th percentile	15.2%, 34th percentile	Compare University Of Kentucky Hospital
T7	Owensboro Health Regional HospitalOwensboro, KY · Acute care	2.6%, 33rd percentile	12.8%, 19th percentile	13.0%, 15th percentile	17.0%, 24th percentile	10.8%, 8th percentile	15.3%, 11th percentile	14.6%, 74th percentile	Compare Owensboro Health Regional Hospital
10	Pikeville Medical CenterPikeville, KY · Acute care	2.7%, 28th percentile	15.4%, 0th percentile	12.9%, 17th percentile	17.2%, 21st percentile	11.3%, 4th percentile	20.2%, 2nd percentile	16.0%, 7th percentile	Compare Pikeville Medical Center
11	Baptist Health LexingtonLexington, KY · Acute care	2.9%, 22nd percentile	11.7%, 54th percentile	10.6%, 58th percentile	13.3%, 79th percentile	6.6%, 94th percentile	11.6%, 51st percentile	14.4%, 83rd percentile	Compare Baptist Health Lexington
12	The Medical Center (Bowling Green)Bowling Green, KY · Acute care	3.3%, 12th percentile	12.0%, 42nd percentile	14.3%, 6th percentile	18.6%, 10th percentile	12.2%, 2nd percentile	15.8%, 9th percentile	15.3%, 28th percentile	Compare The Medical Center (Bowling Green)
13	Saint Joseph HospitalLexington, KY · Acute care	4.7%, 2nd percentile	13.2%, 11th percentile	10.2%, 66th percentile	14.0%, 69th percentile	10.0%, 15th percentile	9.5%, 88th percentile	15.2%, 34th percentile	Compare Saint Joseph Hospital

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.

CABG surgery death rate: 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
Heart attack death rate: 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate: 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Pneumonia death rate: 30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
COPD death rate: 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
Stroke death rate: 30-day death rate for stroke 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.