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Hospitals in Missouri with the lowest surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
16 Missouri hospitals ranked by surgical site infections (hysterectomy) in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: SSM St Joseph Hospital West, SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - St Louis, Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill. 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 | ||||
| 1 | SSM St Joseph Hospital West | 0.00, 89th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 215 min, 13th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 100 | Compare SSM St Joseph Hospital West |
| 2 | SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - St Louis | 0.42, 74th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 8.7%, 89th percentile | 16.3%, 4th percentile | 1.15, 14th percentile | 166 min, 38th percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 690 | Compare SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - St Louis |
| 3 | Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill | 0.49, 72nd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | — | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 1.09, 20th percentile | 224 min, 10th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 283 | Compare Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill |
| 4 | Mercy Hospital St Louis | 0.50, 72nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 7.7%, 96th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.89, 75th percentile | 220 min, 12th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 859 | Compare Mercy Hospital St Louis |
| 5 | Boone Hospital Center | 0.60, 66th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 13.6%, 97th percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 175 min, 32nd percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 394 | Compare Boone Hospital Center |
| 6 | University Of Missouri Health Care | 0.67, 61st percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 0.79, 94th percentile | 222 min, 11th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 596 | Compare University Of Missouri Health Care |
| 7 | SSM Health DePaul Hospital St Louis | 0.75, 54th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 10.8%, 54th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.81, 92nd percentile | 213 min, 13th percentile | 1.08, 12th percentile | 538 | Compare SSM Health DePaul Hospital St Louis |
| 8 | NKC Health | 0.79, 53rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.5%, 8th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 1.21, 10th percentile | 180 min, 29th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 451 | Compare NKC Health |
| 9 | Cox Medical Centers | 0.80, 51st percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 13.4%, 12th percentile | 14.2%, 89th percentile | 1.20, 10th percentile | 219 min, 12th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 867 | Compare Cox Medical Centers |
| 10 | St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas City | 0.91, 45th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 1.12, 17th percentile | 226 min, 10th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 538 | Compare St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas City |
| 11 | Barnes Jewish Hospital | 1.36, 30th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 277 min, 2nd percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 1,737 | Compare Barnes Jewish Hospital |
| 12 | St Lukes Hospital | 1.50, 27th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 212 min, 14th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 493 | Compare St Lukes Hospital |
| 13 | Freeman Health System - Freeman West | 1.55, 26th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 14.6%, 1st percentile | 15.1%, 3rd percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 1.14, 15th percentile | 228 min, 9th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 410 | Compare Freeman Health System - Freeman West |
| 14 | Mercy Hospital South | 1.66, 22nd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 9.6%, 98th percentile | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 0.80, 93rd percentile | 254 min, 4th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 767 | Compare Mercy Hospital South |
| 15 | SSM St Clare Health Center | 1.88, 16th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 1.10, 19th percentile | 200 min, 19th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 180 | Compare SSM St Clare Health Center |
| 16 | Mercy Hospital Springfield | 3.10, 4th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 0.77, 95th percentile | 299 min, 1st percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 866 | Compare Mercy Hospital Springfield |
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).