Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Missouri with the lowest heart failure death rate
69 Missouri hospitals ranked by heart failure 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 | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack 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 | 11.1% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 51 | Western Missouri Medical Center | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 140 min, 56th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 104 | Compare Western Missouri Medical Center |
| 52 | Wright Memorial Hospital | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | — | — | 14.2%, 89th percentile | — | 136 min, 60th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Wright Memorial Hospital |
| 53 | Texas County Memorial Hospital | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 123 min, 71st percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 66 | Compare Texas County Memorial Hospital |
| T54 | University Of Missouri Health Care | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 0.79, 94th percentile | 222 min, 11th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 596 | Compare University Of Missouri Health Care |
| T54 | Phelps County Regional Medical Center | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 16.2%, 5th percentile | 0.89, 75th percentile | 211 min, 14th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 240 | Compare Phelps County Regional Medical Center |
| 56 | Cox Medical Centers | 13.4%, 12th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 14.2%, 89th percentile | 1.20, 10th percentile | 219 min, 12th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 867 | Compare Cox Medical Centers |
| 57 | SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | 13.8%, 9th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 1.42, 3rd percentile | 168 min, 37th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 154 | Compare SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City |
| 58 | Mercy Hospital Joplin | 13.9%, 8th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 226 min, 10th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 367 | Compare Mercy Hospital Joplin |
| T59 | Ste Genevieve County Memorial Hospital | 14.3%, 6th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | — | — | 14.5%, 79th percentile | — | 103 min, 88th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Ste Genevieve County Memorial Hospital |
| T59 | Ozarks Healthcare | 14.3%, 6th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 14.0%, 4th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 1.49, 2nd percentile | 182 min, 28th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 120 | Compare Ozarks Healthcare |
| T61 | Belton Regional Medical Center | 14.7%, 5th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 16.2%, 5th percentile | 0.89, 75th percentile | 98 min, 91st percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 71 | Compare Belton Regional Medical Center |
| T61 | Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center | 14.7%, 5th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.6%, 7th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 0.89, 75th percentile | 173 min, 34th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 230 | Compare Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center |
| 63 | Mercy Hospital Southeast | 15.0%, 3rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 169 min, 36th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 281 | Compare Mercy Hospital Southeast |
| T64 | Lake Regional Health System | 15.1%, 3rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 14.6%, 1st percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 0.84, 87th percentile | 170 min, 35th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 99 | Compare Lake Regional Health System |
| T64 | Freeman Health System - Freeman West | 15.1%, 3rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 14.6%, 1st percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 1.14, 15th percentile | 228 min, 9th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 410 | Compare Freeman Health System - Freeman West |
| 66 | Community Hospital Association | 15.4%, 2nd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | — | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | 89 min, 95th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Community Hospital Association |
| 67 | Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital | 16.1%, 1st percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 16.5%, 3rd percentile | — | 175 min, 32nd percentile | — | 50 | Compare Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital |
| 68 | Saint Francis Medical Center | 16.6%, 1st percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 1.14, 15th percentile | 247 min, 5th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 308 | Compare Saint Francis Medical Center |
| 69 | Cameron Regional Medical Center | 17.1%, 1st percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 108 min, 84th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 60 | Compare Cameron Regional Medical Center |
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.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure 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.
- 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).