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Hospitals in Missouri with the smallest Medicare readmissions penalties

62 Missouri hospitals ranked by readmissions penalty in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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62 hospitals ranked in Missouri by readmissions penalty; 58 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalReadmissions penaltyhigher is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average−0.34%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
51Mercy Hospital SoutheastCape Girardeau, MO · Acute care−0.51%2312.1%15.0%15.1%0.92169 min1.01281Compare
52SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson CityJefferson City, MO · Acute care−0.52%3311.4%13.8%14.7%1.42168 min0.94154Compare
53Liberty HospitalLiberty, MO · Acute care−0.54%2311.9%11.0%16.8%0.84194 min1.05250Compare
54St Joseph Medical CenterKansas City, MO · Acute care−0.58%3212.6%8.8%14.9%1.00124 min0.97300Compare
55Mercy Hospital JeffersonCrystal City, MO · Acute care−0.63%4413.3%11.1%14.9%0.74202 min0.96240Compare
56Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis, MO · Acute care−0.68%229.6%11.3%15.8%0.80254 min1.02767Compare
57St Lukes HospitalChesterfield, MO · Acute care−0.72%4410.2%9.2%14.7%0.93212 min1.01493Compare
58Belton Regional Medical CenterBelton, MO · Acute care−0.80%22—14.7%16.2%0.8998 min0.9971Compare
59Phelps County Regional Medical CenterRolla, MO · Acute care−1.12%2310.9%13.2%16.2%0.89211 min0.98240Compare
60Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis, MO · Acute care−1.34%4311.8%7.7%15.1%0.89220 min1.01859Compare
61St Mary's Medical CenterBlue Springs, MO · Acute care−1.39%3212.8%10.4%17.0%0.90151 min0.96146Compare
62Hannibal Regional HospitalHannibal, MO · Acute care−1.70%2410.3%11.4%16.7%1.16145 min0.9899Compare

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.

Readmissions penalty
Change to Medicare payments under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, which cuts payments (by up to 3%) to hospitals with more readmissions than expected. 0% means no penalty..
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).