Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Mississippi with the lowest surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
8 Mississippi hospitals ranked by surgical site infections (hysterectomy) in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Merit Health Wesley, St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital, South Central Regional Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower 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 | Merit Health Wesley | 0.00, 89th 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 |
| T1 | St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital | 0.00, 89th 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 |
| T1 | South Central Regional Medical Center | 0.00, 89th 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 |
| 4 | BMH-Golden Triangle | 0.72, 57th 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 |
| 5 | Singing River Health System | 0.97, 41st 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 |
| 6 | Forrest General Hospital | 1.27, 33rd 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 |
| 7 | University Of Mississippi Medical Center | 1.67, 22nd 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 |
| 8 | Mississippi Baptist Medical Center | 2.33, 10th 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 |
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.
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (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).