Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Missouri with the lowest stroke death rate
54 Missouri hospitals ranked by stroke death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: SSM St Joseph Hospital West, Saint Lukes North Hospital, Citizens Memorial Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Stroke death ratelower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure 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 | 11.9% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | SSM St Joseph Hospital West | 8.0%, 98th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 215 min, 13th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 100 | Compare SSM St Joseph Hospital West |
| T2 | Saint Lukes North Hospital | 9.2%, 91st percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 13.7%, 97th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 179 min, 30th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 171 | Compare Saint Lukes North Hospital |
| T2 | Citizens Memorial Hospital | 9.2%, 91st percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 186 min, 26th percentile | 0.91, 86th percentile | 74 | Compare Citizens Memorial Hospital |
| 4 | Mercy Hospital St Louis | 9.3%, 90th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 7.7%, 96th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.89, 75th percentile | 220 min, 12th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 859 | Compare Mercy Hospital St Louis |
| T5 | Mercy Hospital Washington | 9.4%, 89th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 159 min, 43rd percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 185 | Compare Mercy Hospital Washington |
| T5 | Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill | 9.4%, 89th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | — | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 1.09, 20th percentile | 224 min, 10th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 283 | Compare Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill |
| 7 | SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - St Louis | 9.6%, 86th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 8.7%, 89th percentile | 16.3%, 4th percentile | 1.15, 14th percentile | 166 min, 38th percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 690 | Compare SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - St Louis |
| 8 | SSM St Clare Health Center | 9.9%, 82nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 1.10, 19th percentile | 200 min, 19th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 180 | Compare SSM St Clare Health Center |
| 9 | Barnes Jewish Hospital | 10.3%, 75th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 277 min, 2nd percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 1,737 | Compare Barnes Jewish Hospital |
| T10 | Christian Hospital Northeast | 10.4%, 73rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 9.1%, 85th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.80, 93rd percentile | 217 min, 12th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 475 | Compare Christian Hospital Northeast |
| T10 | Mercy Hospital Lebanon | 10.4%, 73rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 8.5%, 91st percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 151 min, 48th percentile | 0.84, 96th percentile | 48 | Compare Mercy Hospital Lebanon |
| T12 | Golden Valley Memorial Hospital | 10.6%, 69th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 166 min, 38th percentile | 0.90, 88th percentile | 65 | Compare Golden Valley Memorial Hospital |
| T12 | Mercy Hospital South | 10.6%, 69th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 9.6%, 98th percentile | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 0.80, 93rd percentile | 254 min, 4th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 767 | Compare Mercy Hospital South |
| 14 | Lee's Summit Medical Center | 10.8%, 66th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 16.2%, 5th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 170 min, 35th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 88 | Compare Lee's Summit Medical Center |
| T15 | Bothwell Regional Health Center | 10.9%, 64th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 198 min, 20th percentile | 0.90, 88th percentile | 108 | Compare Bothwell Regional Health Center |
| T15 | Mercy Hospital Springfield | 10.9%, 64th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 0.77, 95th percentile | 299 min, 1st percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 866 | Compare Mercy Hospital Springfield |
| T17 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center | 11.2%, 58th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 8.8%, 88th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 0.71, 98th percentile | 262 min, 3rd percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 494 | Compare Missouri Baptist Medical Center |
| T17 | St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas City | 11.2%, 58th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 1.12, 17th percentile | 226 min, 10th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 538 | Compare St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas City |
| T19 | SSM Health DePaul Hospital St Louis | 11.3%, 56th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 10.8%, 54th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.81, 92nd percentile | 213 min, 13th percentile | 1.08, 12th percentile | 538 | Compare SSM Health DePaul Hospital St Louis |
| T19 | SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | 11.3%, 56th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 1.14, 15th percentile | 335 min, 0th percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 438 | Compare SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital |
| T21 | SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | 11.4%, 54th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 13.8%, 9th 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 |
| T21 | SSM St Joseph Health Center | 11.4%, 54th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | 157 min, 44th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 362 | Compare SSM St Joseph Health Center |
| 23 | Northeast Regional Medical Center | 11.5%, 53rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.7%, 6th percentile | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 1.00, 35th percentile | 150 min, 49th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 194 | Compare Northeast Regional Medical Center |
| T24 | Progress West Hospital | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 9.9%, 72nd percentile | 13.7%, 97th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 203 min, 18th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 76 | Compare Progress West Hospital |
| T24 | Ozarks Healthcare | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 14.0%, 4th percentile | 14.3%, 6th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 1.49, 2nd percentile | 182 min, 28th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 120 | Compare Ozarks Healthcare |
| T26 | Mercy Hospital Jefferson | 11.7%, 49th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.74, 97th percentile | 202 min, 18th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 240 | Compare Mercy Hospital Jefferson |
| T26 | Saint Francis Medical Center | 11.7%, 49th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 16.6%, 1st percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 1.14, 15th percentile | 247 min, 5th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 308 | Compare Saint Francis Medical Center |
| 28 | Freeman Health System - Freeman West | 11.8%, 47th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 14.6%, 1st percentile | 15.1%, 3rd percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 1.14, 15th percentile | 228 min, 9th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 410 | Compare Freeman Health System - Freeman West |
| 29 | Boone Hospital Center | 12.1%, 42nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 13.6%, 97th percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 175 min, 32nd percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 394 | Compare Boone Hospital Center |
| 30 | Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital | 12.2%, 40th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 16.1%, 1st percentile | 16.5%, 3rd percentile | — | 175 min, 32nd percentile | — | 50 | Compare Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital |
| T31 | Centerpoint Medical Center | 12.4%, 37th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 9.9%, 96th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 170 min, 35th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 366 | Compare Centerpoint Medical Center |
| T31 | University Of Missouri Health Care | 12.4%, 37th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 0.79, 94th percentile | 222 min, 11th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 596 | Compare University Of Missouri Health Care |
| 33 | Saint Luke's East Hospital | 12.5%, 36th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 8.8%, 88th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 247 min, 5th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 240 | Compare Saint Luke's East Hospital |
| T34 | Phelps County Regional Medical Center | 12.6%, 34th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 16.2%, 5th percentile | 0.89, 75th percentile | 211 min, 14th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 240 | Compare Phelps County Regional Medical Center |
| T34 | Mercy Hospital Joplin | 12.6%, 34th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 13.9%, 8th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 226 min, 10th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 367 | Compare Mercy Hospital Joplin |
| 36 | Liberty Hospital | 12.7%, 33rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 16.8%, 1st percentile | 0.84, 87th percentile | 194 min, 22nd percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 250 | Compare Liberty Hospital |
| T37 | Mosaic Life Care At St Joseph | 12.8%, 31st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 1.12, 17th percentile | 153 min, 47th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 353 | Compare Mosaic Life Care At St Joseph |
| T37 | Western Missouri Medical Center | 12.8%, 31st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 140 min, 56th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 104 | Compare Western Missouri Medical Center |
| T39 | Belton Regional Medical Center | 13.1%, 27th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 14.7%, 5th percentile | 16.2%, 5th percentile | 0.89, 75th percentile | 98 min, 91st percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 71 | Compare Belton Regional Medical Center |
| T39 | Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center | 13.1%, 27th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.6%, 7th percentile | 14.7%, 5th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 0.89, 75th percentile | 173 min, 34th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 230 | Compare Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center |
| T41 | Cox Medical Center Branson | 13.2%, 26th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 13.7%, 97th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 218 min, 12th percentile | 0.91, 86th percentile | 157 | Compare Cox Medical Center Branson |
| T41 | St Joseph Medical Center | 13.2%, 26th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 8.8%, 88th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 1.00, 35th percentile | 124 min, 71st percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 300 | Compare St Joseph Medical Center |
| 43 | St Mary's Medical Center | 13.3%, 25th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 17.0%, 1st percentile | 0.90, 73rd percentile | 151 min, 48th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 146 | Compare St Mary's Medical Center |
| T44 | NKC Health | 13.6%, 22nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.5%, 8th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 1.21, 10th percentile | 180 min, 29th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 451 | Compare NKC Health |
| T44 | St Lukes Hospital | 13.6%, 22nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 212 min, 14th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 493 | Compare St Lukes Hospital |
| 46 | Parkland Health Center | 13.7%, 21st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 10.8%, 54th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.83, 89th percentile | 202 min, 18th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 133 | Compare Parkland Health Center |
| 47 | Barnes-Jewish St Peters Hospital | 14.0%, 18th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.7%, 85th percentile | 11.2%, 46th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 253 min, 5th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 111 | Compare Barnes-Jewish St Peters Hospital |
| 48 | Cox Medical Centers | 14.1%, 17th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 13.4%, 12th percentile | 14.2%, 89th percentile | 1.20, 10th percentile | 219 min, 12th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 867 | Compare Cox Medical Centers |
| 49 | Hannibal Regional Hospital | 14.4%, 15th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.3%, 92nd percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 16.7%, 2nd percentile | 1.16, 13th percentile | 145 min, 52nd percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 99 | Compare Hannibal Regional Hospital |
| 50 | Research Medical Center | 14.7%, 13th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 90 min, 95th percentile | 1.09, 10th percentile | 545 | Compare Research 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.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke 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).