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 | 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% | ||
| 1 | Anderson Regional Medical Center | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 16.6%, 29th percentile | 8.2%, 58th percentile | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 12.5%, 36th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Anderson Regional Medical Center |
| 2 | G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center (Jackson) | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 7.7%, 96th percentile | 12.7%, 85th percentile | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | — | — | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center (Jackson) |
| 3 | South Central Regional Medical Center | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 21.1%, 2nd percentile | 9.5%, 24th percentile | — | 14.8%, 13th percentile | 16.9%, 1st percentile | Compare South Central Regional Medical Center |
| 4 | Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 16.7%, 27th percentile | 9.7%, 20th percentile | — | 11.9%, 45th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital |
| 5 | Merit Health Central | 11.6%, 58th percentile | — | 18.4%, 11th percentile | — | — | 13.6%, 22nd percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Merit Health Central |
| 6 | Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 9.4%, 81st percentile | 15.0%, 52nd percentile | 9.3%, 28th percentile | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 7.9%, 98th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto |
| 7 | Forrest General Hospital | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 13.7%, 10th percentile | 19.2%, 7th percentile | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Forrest General Hospital |
| 8 | Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 14.7%, 58th percentile | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | 3.4%, 9th percentile | 8.8%, 95th percentile | 16.2%, 5th percentile | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms |
| 9 | Merit Health River Region | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 21.1%, 2nd percentile | 8.5%, 49th percentile | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 11.4%, 54th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | Compare Merit Health River Region |
| 10 | Singing River Gulfport | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 17.7%, 16th percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | — | 12.0%, 44th percentile | 16.2%, 5th percentile | Compare Singing River Gulfport |
| 11 | North Mississippi Medical Center | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 16.1%, 1st percentile | 17.3%, 20th percentile | 12.8%, 1st percentile | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 13.0%, 28th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare North Mississippi Medical Center |
| T12 | Magnolia Regional Health Center | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 14.5%, 5th percentile | 17.0%, 24th percentile | 9.1%, 34th percentile | 3.7%, 6th percentile | 13.2%, 26th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Magnolia Regional Health Center |
| T12 | Mississippi Baptist Medical Center | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 15.3%, 48th percentile | 9.5%, 24th percentile | 3.3%, 12th percentile | 9.8%, 84th percentile | 16.1%, 6th percentile | Compare Mississippi Baptist Medical Center |
| 14 | Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 14.8%, 56th percentile | 10.7%, 8th percentile | — | — | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center |
| 15 | University Of Mississippi Medical Center | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 14.7%, 58th percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 13.7%, 21st percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | Compare University Of Mississippi Medical Center |
| 16 | Merit Health River Oaks | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 16.3%, 33rd percentile | 8.9%, 38th percentile | — | 16.1%, 7th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Merit Health River Oaks |
| 17 | BMH-Golden Triangle | 13.7%, 6th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 18.8%, 9th percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | 3.0%, 19th percentile | 8.8%, 95th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare BMH-Golden Triangle |
| 18 | Ochsner Rush Hospital | 13.9%, 4th percentile | 13.9%, 8th percentile | 21.7%, 1st percentile | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | — | 14.4%, 15th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Ochsner Rush Hospital |
| 19 | Memorial Hospital At Gulfport | 14.1%, 3rd percentile | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 17.4%, 19th percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | 3.4%, 9th percentile | 14.1%, 17th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Memorial Hospital At Gulfport |
| 20 | Singing River Health System | 14.2%, 3rd percentile | 15.0%, 3rd percentile | 20.8%, 3rd percentile | 9.7%, 20th percentile | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 13.7%, 21st percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Singing River Health System |
| 21 | St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital | 14.3%, 2nd percentile | 13.6%, 10th percentile | 15.7%, 42nd percentile | 13.6%, 0th percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 13.8%, 20th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital |
| 22 | Merit Health Wesley | 14.7%, 1st percentile | 14.3%, 6th percentile | 16.8%, 26th percentile | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | 4.7%, 2nd percentile | 20.0%, 2nd percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Merit Health Wesley |
| 23 | Delta Health System - The Medical Center | 16.6%, 0th percentile | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 29.0%, 0th percentile | 16.1%, 0th percentile | — | 19.4%, 2nd percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 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.
- 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.