Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Kentucky with the lowest heart attack death rate
34 Kentucky hospitals ranked by heart attack death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: St Elizabeth Edgewood, Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital, Norton Hospitals, Inc. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia 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 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| T1 | St Elizabeth Edgewood | 10.6%, 87th percentile | 8.4%, 92nd percentile | 13.8%, 72nd percentile | 6.6%, 94th percentile | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 10.6%, 69th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare St Elizabeth Edgewood |
| T1 | Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital | 10.6%, 87th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 17.8%, 15th percentile | 9.1%, 34th percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 9.3%, 90th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital |
| T1 | Norton Hospitals, Inc | 10.6%, 87th percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 17.7%, 16th percentile | 9.5%, 24th percentile | 1.7%, 89th percentile | 13.3%, 25th percentile | 16.3%, 4th percentile | Compare Norton Hospitals, Inc |
| T4 | Louisville VA Medical Center | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 7.4%, 97th percentile | 12.5%, 87th percentile | 5.2%, 100th percentile | — | — | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Louisville VA Medical Center |
| T4 | Meadowview Regional Medical Center | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 13.5%, 76th percentile | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | — | — | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare Meadowview Regional Medical Center |
| T4 | Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 19.3%, 7th percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | — | 12.4%, 37th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center |
| 7 | Harrison Memorial Hospital | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 13.5%, 11th percentile | 20.6%, 3rd percentile | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Harrison Memorial Hospital |
| 8 | Baptist Health Louisville | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 15.1%, 51st percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 13.0%, 28th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Baptist Health Louisville |
| T9 | Frankfort Regional Medical Center | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 16.2%, 35th percentile | 11.6%, 3rd percentile | — | 14.1%, 17th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | Compare Frankfort Regional Medical Center |
| T9 | T J Samson Community Hospital | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 13.8%, 9th percentile | 18.7%, 10th percentile | 11.7%, 3rd percentile | — | 16.7%, 6th percentile | 16.3%, 4th percentile | Compare T J Samson Community Hospital |
| T11 | Baptist Health Lexington | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 13.3%, 79th percentile | 6.6%, 94th percentile | 2.9%, 22nd percentile | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Baptist Health Lexington |
| T11 | Clark Regional Medical Center | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 15.2%, 50th percentile | 8.9%, 38th percentile | — | 10.5%, 71st percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Clark Regional Medical Center |
| T11 | St Elizabeth Florence | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 16.5%, 30th percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | — | 9.3%, 90th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare St Elizabeth Florence |
| T14 | Baptist Health Paducah | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 15.5%, 45th percentile | 9.8%, 18th percentile | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 12.8%, 31st percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Baptist Health Paducah |
| T14 | St Claire Regional Medical Center | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 16.0%, 38th percentile | 8.8%, 41st percentile | — | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 17.6%, 0th percentile | Compare St Claire Regional Medical Center |
| 16 | University Of Kentucky Hospital | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 12.4%, 88th percentile | 7.2%, 85th percentile | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 10.1%, 79th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare University Of Kentucky Hospital |
| T17 | Lexington VA Medical Center | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 12.7%, 85th percentile | 7.1%, 87th percentile | — | — | 16.2%, 5th percentile | Compare Lexington VA Medical Center |
| T17 | Murray-Calloway County Hospital | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 14.0%, 8th percentile | 19.8%, 5th percentile | 8.9%, 38th percentile | — | 10.7%, 68th percentile | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | Compare Murray-Calloway County Hospital |
| T17 | The Medical Center (Bowling Green) | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 14.3%, 6th percentile | 18.6%, 10th percentile | 12.2%, 2nd percentile | 3.3%, 12th percentile | 15.8%, 9th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare The Medical Center (Bowling Green) |
| 20 | Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 13.4%, 12th percentile | 17.1%, 23rd percentile | 9.5%, 24th percentile | — | 12.0%, 44th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center |
| 21 | UofL Health - Jewish Hospital And Mary & Elizabeth Hospital | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 13.4%, 12th percentile | 16.4%, 31st percentile | 9.3%, 28th percentile | 1.7%, 89th percentile | 11.1%, 60th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare UofL Health - Jewish Hospital And Mary & Elizabeth Hospital |
| 22 | Saint Joseph London | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 12.2%, 90th percentile | 9.4%, 26th percentile | — | 11.7%, 49th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Saint Joseph London |
| T23 | Tristar Greenview Regional Hospital | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 17.3%, 20th percentile | 10.1%, 14th percentile | — | 11.9%, 45th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare Tristar Greenview Regional Hospital |
| T23 | University Of Louisville Hospital | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 18.7%, 10th percentile | 7.5%, 78th percentile | — | 11.3%, 56th percentile | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | Compare University Of Louisville Hospital |
| T25 | Baptist Health Richmond | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 13.5%, 11th percentile | 18.2%, 13th percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | — | 11.9%, 45th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Baptist Health Richmond |
| T25 | Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 19.9%, 5th percentile | 9.4%, 26th percentile | — | 10.5%, 71st percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center |
| 27 | Owensboro Health Regional Hospital | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 17.0%, 24th percentile | 10.8%, 8th percentile | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 15.3%, 11th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Owensboro Health Regional Hospital |
| 28 | Baptist Health Corbin | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 17.7%, 16th percentile | 10.4%, 11th percentile | — | 12.7%, 33rd percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare Baptist Health Corbin |
| 29 | Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 19.7%, 0th percentile | 18.9%, 9th percentile | 8.5%, 49th percentile | — | 10.9%, 64th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville |
| 30 | Saint Joseph Hospital | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 14.0%, 69th percentile | 10.0%, 15th percentile | 4.7%, 2nd percentile | 9.5%, 88th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Saint Joseph Hospital |
| 31 | King's Daughters' Medical Center | 13.4%, 9th percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 12.1%, 91st percentile | 8.7%, 43rd percentile | 1.7%, 89th percentile | 12.8%, 31st percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare King's Daughters' Medical Center |
| 32 | Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital | 13.5%, 8th percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 18.8%, 9th percentile | 11.7%, 3rd percentile | — | 14.2%, 16th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital |
| 33 | Baptist Health Hardin | 14.3%, 2nd percentile | 13.7%, 10th percentile | 14.8%, 56th percentile | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | — | 11.1%, 60th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Baptist Health Hardin |
| 34 | Pikeville Medical Center | 15.4%, 0th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 17.2%, 21st percentile | 11.3%, 4th percentile | 2.7%, 28th percentile | 20.2%, 2nd percentile | 16.0%, 7th 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.
- 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.
- 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.