Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Kentucky with the lowest serious complications
56 Kentucky hospitals ranked by serious complications in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 51 | UofL Health - Jewish Hospital And Mary & Elizabeth Hospital | 1.26, 8th percentile | 0.68, 33rd percentile | 0.47, 42nd percentile | 1.10, 28th percentile | — | 0.91, 26th percentile | 0.44, 29th percentile | Compare UofL Health - Jewish Hospital And Mary & Elizabeth Hospital |
| 52 | Taylor Regional Hospital | 1.28, 7th percentile | — | 1.50, 4th percentile | 1.96, 6th percentile | — | — | 1.14, 4th percentile | Compare Taylor Regional Hospital |
| 53 | AdventHealthmanchester | 1.31, 6th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 0.42, 32nd percentile | Compare AdventHealthmanchester |
| 54 | Saint Joseph Hospital | 1.35, 5th percentile | 0.82, 24th percentile | 0.17, 70th percentile | 0.13, 81st percentile | — | 1.15, 16th percentile | 0.08, 76th percentile | Compare Saint Joseph Hospital |
| 55 | Baptist Health Paducah | 1.36, 5th percentile | 1.21, 10th percentile | 0.61, 30th percentile | 0.91, 36th percentile | — | 0.50, 59th percentile | 0.20, 62nd percentile | Compare Baptist Health Paducah |
| 56 | Pikeville Medical Center | 1.74, 1st percentile | 1.25, 9th percentile | 1.32, 6th percentile | 1.30, 20th percentile | 1.63, 23rd percentile | 0.96, 23rd percentile | 0.37, 38th percentile | 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.
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).