Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Kentucky with the lowest pneumonia death rate
73 Kentucky hospitals ranked by pneumonia death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
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| National average | 15.2% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| T51 | Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital | 17.8%, 15th percentile | 10.6%, 87th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 9.1%, 34th percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 9.3%, 90th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital |
| T51 | Pineville Community Health Center, Inc | 17.8%, 15th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Pineville Community Health Center, Inc |
| 53 | Harlan ARH Hospital | 17.9%, 15th percentile | — | 13.8%, 9th percentile | 7.9%, 66th percentile | — | — | 16.5%, 3rd percentile | Compare Harlan ARH Hospital |
| 54 | Cumberland County Hospital | 18.0%, 14th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Cumberland County Hospital |
| 55 | Baptist Health Richmond | 18.2%, 13th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 13.5%, 11th percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | — | 11.9%, 45th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Baptist Health Richmond |
| 56 | The Medical Center (Bowling Green) | 18.6%, 10th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 14.3%, 6th percentile | 12.2%, 2nd percentile | 3.3%, 12th percentile | 15.8%, 9th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare The Medical Center (Bowling Green) |
| T57 | T J Samson Community Hospital | 18.7%, 10th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 13.8%, 9th percentile | 11.7%, 3rd percentile | — | 16.7%, 6th percentile | 16.3%, 4th percentile | Compare T J Samson Community Hospital |
| T57 | Bourbon Community Hospital | 18.7%, 10th percentile | — | 12.2%, 27th percentile | — | — | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Bourbon Community Hospital |
| T57 | University Of Louisville Hospital | 18.7%, 10th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 7.5%, 78th percentile | — | 11.3%, 56th percentile | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | Compare University Of Louisville Hospital |
| 60 | Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital | 18.8%, 9th percentile | 13.5%, 8th percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 11.7%, 3rd percentile | — | 14.2%, 16th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital |
| T61 | Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville | 18.9%, 9th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 19.7%, 0th percentile | 8.5%, 49th percentile | — | 10.9%, 64th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville |
| T61 | Marshall County Hospital | 18.9%, 9th percentile | — | — | 10.5%, 10th percentile | — | — | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare Marshall County Hospital |
| T63 | Three Rivers Medical Center | 19.0%, 8th percentile | — | 13.9%, 8th percentile | — | — | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Three Rivers Medical Center |
| T63 | Breckinridge Memorial Hospital | 19.0%, 8th percentile | — | — | 9.2%, 31st percentile | — | — | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Breckinridge Memorial Hospital |
| 65 | Knox County Hospital | 19.2%, 7th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Knox County Hospital |
| 66 | Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center | 19.3%, 7th percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | — | 12.4%, 37th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center |
| 67 | Rockcastle County Hospital, Inc. | 19.7%, 5th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Rockcastle County Hospital, Inc. |
| 68 | Murray-Calloway County Hospital | 19.8%, 5th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 14.0%, 8th percentile | 8.9%, 38th percentile | — | 10.7%, 68th percentile | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | Compare Murray-Calloway County Hospital |
| 69 | Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center | 19.9%, 5th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 9.4%, 26th percentile | — | 10.5%, 71st percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center |
| 70 | Harrison Memorial Hospital | 20.6%, 3rd percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 13.5%, 11th percentile | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Harrison Memorial Hospital |
| 71 | Jennie Stuart Medical Center | 21.4%, 2nd percentile | — | 17.5%, 0th percentile | 11.4%, 4th percentile | — | 15.0%, 12th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Jennie Stuart Medical Center |
| 72 | Ohio County Hospital | 22.8%, 1st percentile | — | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 9.0%, 36th percentile | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Ohio County Hospital |
| 73 | Middlesboro ARH Hospital | 25.6%, 0th percentile | — | 14.8%, 4th percentile | — | — | — | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Middlesboro ARH 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.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia 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.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery 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.