Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Missouri with the lowest COPD death rate
63 Missouri hospitals ranked by COPD death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | COPD death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia 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 | 8.6% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| T51 | Lake Regional Health System | 9.7%, 20th percentile | 14.6%, 1st percentile | 15.1%, 3rd percentile | 20.5%, 3rd percentile | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 15.1%, 11th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Lake Regional Health System |
| T51 | Mercy Hospital Springfield | 9.7%, 20th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 16.6%, 29th percentile | 2.8%, 24th percentile | 10.9%, 64th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare Mercy Hospital Springfield |
| T51 | University Of Missouri Health Care | 9.7%, 20th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 13.3%, 79th percentile | 3.6%, 7th percentile | 12.4%, 37th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare University Of Missouri Health Care |
| 54 | Barnes-Jewish St Peters Hospital | 9.8%, 18th percentile | 10.7%, 85th percentile | 11.2%, 46th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | 14.0%, 18th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Barnes-Jewish St Peters Hospital |
| 55 | Freeman Health System - Freeman West | 10.0%, 15th percentile | 14.6%, 1st percentile | 15.1%, 3rd percentile | 17.6%, 17th percentile | 2.9%, 22nd percentile | 11.8%, 47th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare Freeman Health System - Freeman West |
| 56 | SSM St Joseph Hospital West | 10.4%, 11th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | 8.0%, 98th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare SSM St Joseph Hospital West |
| 57 | Mercy Hospital Perry | 10.7%, 8th percentile | — | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 15.9%, 39th percentile | — | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Mercy Hospital Perry |
| 58 | Mercy Hospital Joplin | 10.8%, 8th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 13.9%, 8th percentile | 18.4%, 11th percentile | 2.7%, 28th percentile | 12.6%, 34th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Mercy Hospital Joplin |
| 59 | Mercy Hospital Washington | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 16.5%, 30th percentile | — | 9.4%, 89th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Mercy Hospital Washington |
| 60 | Phelps County Regional Medical Center | 11.8%, 3rd percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 16.7%, 27th percentile | — | 12.6%, 34th percentile | 16.2%, 5th percentile | Compare Phelps County Regional Medical Center |
| 61 | Cameron Regional Medical Center | 12.7%, 1st percentile | — | 17.1%, 1st percentile | 22.1%, 1st percentile | — | — | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | Compare Cameron Regional Medical Center |
| 62 | Mercy Hospital Southeast | 12.9%, 1st percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 15.0%, 3rd percentile | 20.3%, 4th percentile | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 15.6%, 9th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare Mercy Hospital Southeast |
| 63 | Saint Lukes North Hospital | 13.6%, 0th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 15.7%, 42nd percentile | — | 9.2%, 91st percentile | 13.7%, 97th percentile | Compare Saint Lukes North Hospital |
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.
- 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.
- 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.