Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Mississippi with the lowest MRSA bloodstream infections
19 Mississippi hospitals ranked by MRSA bloodstream infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Anderson Regional Medical Center, Merit Health River Region, North Mississippi Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower 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 |
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| National average | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T1 | Anderson Regional Medical Center | 0.00, 91st percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 185 min, 27th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 260 | Compare Anderson Regional Medical Center |
| T1 | Merit Health River Region | 0.00, 91st percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 123 min, 71st percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 354 | Compare Merit Health River Region |
| 3 | North Mississippi Medical Center | 0.28, 75th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 16.1%, 1st percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 1.15, 14th percentile | 203 min, 18th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 650 | Compare North Mississippi Medical Center |
| 4 | Singing River Gulfport | 0.36, 70th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 16.2%, 5th percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 165 min, 39th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 130 | Compare Singing River Gulfport |
| 5 | Forrest General Hospital | 0.60, 49th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 13.7%, 10th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 1.08, 22nd percentile | 224 min, 10th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 537 | Compare Forrest General Hospital |
| 6 | Mississippi Baptist Medical Center | 0.61, 48th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 16.1%, 6th percentile | 2.43, 0th percentile | 211 min, 14th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 639 | Compare Mississippi Baptist Medical Center |
| 7 | Merit Health Wesley | 0.67, 44th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 14.7%, 1st percentile | 14.3%, 6th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 0.79, 94th percentile | 154 min, 46th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 211 | Compare Merit Health Wesley |
| 8 | St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital | 0.71, 41st percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 14.3%, 2nd percentile | 13.6%, 10th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 1.09, 20th percentile | 250 min, 5th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 571 | Compare St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital |
| 9 | University Of Mississippi Medical Center | 0.71, 40th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | 1.32, 6th percentile | 189 min, 25th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 710 | Compare University Of Mississippi Medical Center |
| 10 | Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto | 0.71, 40th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 9.4%, 81st percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 1.47, 3rd percentile | 259 min, 4th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 161 | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto |
| 11 | Singing River Health System | 0.73, 38th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 14.2%, 3rd percentile | 15.0%, 3rd percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 176 min, 32nd percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 551 | Compare Singing River Health System |
| 12 | Ochsner Rush Hospital | 0.78, 35th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 13.9%, 4th percentile | 13.9%, 8th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 169 min, 36th percentile | 1.13, 5th percentile | 215 | Compare Ochsner Rush Hospital |
| 13 | Merit Health Central | 0.87, 29th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | — | 11.6%, 58th percentile | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 91 min, 94th percentile | 0.91, 86th percentile | 473 | Compare Merit Health Central |
| 14 | BMH-Golden Triangle | 1.02, 20th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 13.7%, 6th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 1.20, 10th percentile | 138 min, 58th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 328 | Compare BMH-Golden Triangle |
| 15 | Memorial Hospital At Gulfport | 1.07, 19th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 14.1%, 3rd percentile | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 157 min, 44th percentile | 1.16, 3rd percentile | 445 | Compare Memorial Hospital At Gulfport |
| 16 | Magnolia Regional Health Center | 1.14, 16th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 14.5%, 5th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.90, 73rd percentile | 138 min, 58th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 164 | Compare Magnolia Regional Health Center |
| 17 | Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms | 1.26, 12th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 16.2%, 5th percentile | 0.90, 73rd percentile | 157 min, 44th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 217 | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms |
| 18 | South Central Regional Medical Center | 2.09, 2nd percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 16.9%, 1st percentile | 2.19, 0th percentile | 128 min, 67th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 285 | Compare South Central Regional Medical Center |
| 19 | Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center | 2.80, 0th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 121 min, 73rd percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 160 | Compare Southwest Mississippi Regional 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.
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (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).