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Hospitals in Missouri with the lowest COPD death rate

63 Missouri hospitals ranked by COPD death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: St Louis-John Cochran VA Medical Center, Mosaic Life Care At St Joseph, Saint Luke's East Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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63 hospitals ranked in Missouri by copd death rate; 57 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalCOPD death ratelower 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 average8.6%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1St Louis-John Cochran VA Medical CenterSt. Louis, MO · Veterans Affairs5.0%5310.4%7.3%15.0%0.91———Compare
T2Mosaic Life Care At St JosephSaint Joseph, MO · Acute care6.4%4311.7%11.7%15.5%1.12153 min1.05353Compare
T2Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit, MO · Acute care6.4%4412.3%8.8%14.3%0.85247 min1.03240Compare
4Christian Hospital NortheastSaint Louis, MO · Acute care6.7%4311.4%9.1%14.7%0.80217 min0.98475Compare
5Progress West HospitalOfallon, MO · Acute care6.8%4411.9%9.9%13.7%1.02203 min0.9576Compare
6Kansas City VA Medical CenterKansas City, MO · Veterans Affairs7.1%4311.4%9.4%15.6%1.12——501Compare
7Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO · Acute care7.3%3212.3%13.4%14.2%1.20219 min0.97867Compare
T8Harrison County Community HospitalBethany, MO · Critical access7.4%3———15.5%—109 min—19Compare
T8SSM St Joseph Health CenterSaint Charles, MO · Acute care7.4%3312.2%10.1%15.1%0.91157 min1.00362Compare
T8SSM Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis, MO · Acute care7.4%1212.8%11.5%15.6%1.14335 min1.06438Compare
T8Poplar Bluff VA Medical CenterPoplar Bluff, MO · Veterans Affairs7.4%————14.6%———179Compare
T12Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis, MO · Acute care7.5%5411.6%8.8%14.8%0.71262 min0.97494Compare
T12Bothwell Regional Health CenterSedalia, MO · Acute care7.5%43—11.9%14.6%0.92198 min0.90108Compare
T12St Joseph Medical CenterKansas City, MO · Acute care7.5%3212.6%8.8%14.9%1.00124 min0.97300Compare
15Boone Hospital CenterColumbia, MO · Acute care7.7%4313.0%11.4%13.6%0.87175 min1.00394Compare
T16St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas CityKansas City, MO · Acute care7.8%5412.0%9.8%14.5%1.12226 min1.05538Compare
T16Hannibal Regional HospitalHannibal, MO · Acute care7.8%2410.3%11.4%16.7%1.16145 min0.9899Compare
T18SSM Health DePaul Hospital St LouisBridgeton, MO · Acute care8.0%4210.5%10.8%15.1%0.81213 min1.08538Compare
T18St Lukes HospitalChesterfield, MO · Acute care8.0%4410.2%9.2%14.7%0.93212 min1.01493Compare
T20Hedrick Medical CenterChillicothe, MO · Critical access8.1%45—11.6%14.9%—124 min—25Compare
T20Golden Valley Memorial HospitalClinton, MO · Acute care8.1%33—11.4%14.6%0.97166 min0.9065Compare
T20St Mary's Medical CenterBlue Springs, MO · Acute care8.1%3212.8%10.4%17.0%0.90151 min0.96146Compare
23Cass Regional Medical CenterHarrisonville, MO · Critical access8.2%43——14.5%—131 min—35Compare
T24Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence, MO · Acute care8.3%329.9%11.1%15.3%0.98170 min1.05366Compare
T24Lee's Summit Medical CenterLees Summit, MO · Acute care8.3%3312.3%10.6%16.2%0.98170 min0.9688Compare
T24Belton Regional Medical CenterBelton, MO · Acute care8.3%22—14.7%16.2%0.8998 min0.9971Compare
T27Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis, MO · Acute care8.4%4412.8%11.1%15.3%0.95277 min1.021,737Compare
T27Parkland Health CenterFarmington, MO · Acute care8.4%4411.2%10.8%15.3%0.83202 min0.96133Compare
T27Western Missouri Medical CenterWarrensburg, MO · Acute care8.4%44—12.7%14.6%0.97140 min0.97104Compare
T30Columbia MO VA Medical CenterColumbia, MO · Veterans Affairs8.5%4411.2%11.0%15.9%1.02——250Compare
T30Mercy Hospital JeffersonCrystal City, MO · Acute care8.5%4413.3%11.1%14.9%0.74202 min0.96240Compare
T30SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisSaint Louis, MO · Acute care8.5%3211.8%8.7%16.3%1.15166 min1.06690Compare
T30Macon County Samaritan Memorial HospitalMacon, MO · Critical access8.5%2———14.7%———25Compare
T34Cox Medical Center BransonBranson, MO · Acute care8.6%4312.0%12.4%13.7%0.98218 min0.91157Compare
T34SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson CityJefferson City, MO · Acute care8.6%3311.4%13.8%14.7%1.42168 min0.94154Compare
T36Fitzgibbon HospitalMarshall, MO · Acute care8.7%23—12.5%15.6%0.9784 min0.8360Compare
T36Missouri Delta Medical CenterSikeston, MO · Acute care8.7%22—11.9%15.3%0.98202 min1.00188Compare
T36Scotland County HospitalMemphis, MO · Critical access8.7%2———15.6%—104 min—25Compare
T39Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis, MO · Acute care8.8%4311.8%7.7%15.1%0.89220 min1.01859Compare
T39NKC HealthNorth Kansas City, MO · Acute care8.8%4313.5%11.0%15.4%1.21180 min1.03451Compare
T39SSM St Clare Health CenterFenton, MO · Acute care8.8%4412.6%11.5%14.7%1.10200 min0.99180Compare
42Liberty HospitalLiberty, MO · Acute care8.9%2311.9%11.0%16.8%0.84194 min1.05250Compare
T43Community Hospital AssociationFairfax, MO · Critical access9.0%3——15.4%14.9%—89 min—25Compare
T43Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterPoplar Bluff, MO · Acute care9.0%2313.6%14.7%15.8%0.89173 min1.00230Compare
T43Research Medical CenterKansas City, MO · Acute care9.0%2211.8%9.8%15.9%0.9690 min1.09545Compare
46Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau, MO · Acute care9.1%3412.2%16.6%13.9%1.14247 min1.01308Compare
47Ozarks HealthcareWest Plains, MO · Acute care9.2%2414.0%14.3%14.9%1.49182 min0.94120Compare
48Mercy Hospital StoddardDexter, MO · Acute care9.3%2———14.7%—169 min0.9450Compare
49Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis, MO · Acute care9.4%229.6%11.3%15.8%0.80254 min1.02767Compare
50Texas County Memorial HospitalHouston, MO · Acute care9.6%24—13.1%15.7%0.98123 min0.9566Compare

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.

COPD death rate
30-day death rate for COPD patients.
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).