Hospital rankings
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 | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 1 | SSM St Joseph Hospital West | 0.00, 89th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 1.11, 12th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.74, 48th percentile | 1.78, 4th percentile | 0.07, 77th percentile | Compare SSM St Joseph Hospital West |
| 2 | SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - St Louis | 0.42, 74th percentile | 1.15, 14th percentile | 0.49, 50th percentile | 0.18, 69th percentile | 0.26, 77th percentile | 1.15, 16th percentile | 0.30, 47th percentile | Compare SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - St Louis |
| 3 | Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill | 0.49, 72nd percentile | 1.09, 20th percentile | 1.02, 15th percentile | 0.99, 12th percentile | 0.83, 42nd percentile | 0.79, 35th percentile | 0.26, 53rd percentile | Compare Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill |
| 4 | Mercy Hospital St Louis | 0.50, 72nd percentile | 0.89, 75th percentile | 0.31, 65th percentile | 0.56, 35th percentile | 0.83, 42nd percentile | 0.86, 30th percentile | 0.17, 66th percentile | Compare Mercy Hospital St Louis |
| 5 | Boone Hospital Center | 0.60, 66th percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 0.81, 25th percentile | 0.58, 33rd percentile | 0.52, 63rd percentile | 0.68, 43rd percentile | 0.37, 37th percentile | Compare Boone Hospital Center |
| 6 | University Of Missouri Health Care | 0.67, 61st percentile | 0.79, 94th percentile | 0.47, 51st percentile | 0.43, 46th percentile | 0.77, 46th percentile | 0.76, 36th percentile | 0.41, 32nd percentile | Compare University Of Missouri Health Care |
| 7 | SSM Health DePaul Hospital St Louis | 0.75, 54th percentile | 0.81, 92nd percentile | 0.12, 78th percentile | 0.10, 74th percentile | 0.32, 75th percentile | 0.79, 34th percentile | 0.08, 77th percentile | Compare SSM Health DePaul Hospital St Louis |
| 8 | NKC Health | 0.79, 53rd percentile | 1.21, 10th percentile | 0.54, 45th percentile | 0.83, 18th percentile | 0.55, 61st percentile | 0.37, 70th percentile | 0.36, 39th percentile | Compare NKC Health |
| 9 | Cox Medical Centers | 0.80, 51st percentile | 1.20, 10th percentile | 0.42, 56th percentile | 0.53, 38th percentile | 0.60, 57th percentile | 0.20, 79th percentile | 0.47, 27th percentile | Compare Cox Medical Centers |
| 10 | St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas City | 0.91, 45th percentile | 1.12, 17th percentile | 0.49, 49th percentile | 0.39, 51st percentile | 0.14, 81st percentile | 0.42, 66th percentile | 0.26, 53rd percentile | Compare St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas City |
| 11 | Barnes Jewish Hospital | 1.36, 30th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 0.79, 26th percentile | 0.55, 35th percentile | 1.25, 22nd percentile | 0.73, 39th percentile | 0.65, 15th percentile | Compare Barnes Jewish Hospital |
| 12 | St Lukes Hospital | 1.50, 27th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 0.67, 34th percentile | 0.46, 43rd percentile | 0.24, 78th percentile | 0.64, 46th percentile | 0.34, 42nd percentile | Compare St Lukes Hospital |
| 13 | Freeman Health System - Freeman West | 1.55, 26th percentile | 1.14, 15th percentile | 0.19, 74th percentile | 0.74, 23rd percentile | 0.77, 46th percentile | 0.58, 52nd percentile | 0.49, 25th percentile | Compare Freeman Health System - Freeman West |
| 14 | Mercy Hospital South | 1.66, 22nd percentile | 0.80, 93rd percentile | 0.19, 74th percentile | 0.20, 68th percentile | 1.46, 15th percentile | 0.38, 69th percentile | 0.18, 65th percentile | Compare Mercy Hospital South |
| 15 | SSM St Clare Health Center | 1.88, 16th percentile | 1.10, 19th percentile | 0.90, 20th percentile | 0.43, 46th percentile | 0.98, 32nd percentile | 0.74, 37th percentile | 0.14, 70th percentile | Compare SSM St Clare Health Center |
| 16 | Mercy Hospital Springfield | 3.10, 4th percentile | 0.77, 95th percentile | 1.09, 13th percentile | 0.55, 35th percentile | 1.19, 24th percentile | 0.52, 57th percentile | 0.34, 42nd percentile | 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).
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).