Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Mississippi with the lowest heart attack death rate
23 Mississippi hospitals ranked by heart attack death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Anderson Regional Medical Center, G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center (Jackson), South Central Regional Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher 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 | 11.9% | 3.3 | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Anderson Regional Medical Center | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th 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 |
| 2 | G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center (Jackson) | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 7.7%, 96th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 1.08, 22nd percentile | — | — | 498 | Compare G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center (Jackson) |
| 3 | South Central Regional Medical Center | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th 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 | Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 222 min, 11th percentile | 0.82, 98th percentile | 60 | Compare Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital |
| 5 | Merit Health Central | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | — | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 91 min, 94th percentile | 0.91, 86th percentile | 473 | Compare Merit Health Central |
| 6 | Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th 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 |
| 7 | Forrest General Hospital | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th 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 |
| 8 | Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th 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 |
| 9 | Merit Health River Region | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th 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 |
| 10 | Singing River Gulfport | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th 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 |
| 11 | North Mississippi Medical Center | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th 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 |
| T12 | Magnolia Regional Health Center | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th 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 |
| T12 | Mississippi Baptist Medical Center | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th 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 |
| 14 | Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th 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 |
| 15 | University Of Mississippi Medical Center | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th 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 |
| 16 | Merit Health River Oaks | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 1, 1st percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.89, 75th percentile | 134 min, 62nd percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 106 | Compare Merit Health River Oaks |
| 17 | BMH-Golden Triangle | 13.7%, 6th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th 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 |
| 18 | Ochsner Rush Hospital | 13.9%, 4th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th 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 |
| 19 | Memorial Hospital At Gulfport | 14.1%, 3rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th 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 |
| 20 | Singing River Health System | 14.2%, 3rd percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th 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 |
| 21 | St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital | 14.3%, 2nd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th 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 |
| 22 | Merit Health Wesley | 14.7%, 1st percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th 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 |
| 23 | Delta Health System - The Medical Center | 16.6%, 0th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 270 min, 3rd percentile | 1.14, 4th percentile | 268 | Compare Delta Health System - The 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.
- Overall star rating
- CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
- Patient survey star rating
- HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
- 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).