Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Missouri with the highest patients' overall rating
74 Missouri hospitals ranked by patients' overall rating in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Patients' overall ratinghigher 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 | 88 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T45 | SSM St Joseph Health Center | 87, 37th 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 |
| T45 | St Joseph Medical Center | 87, 37th 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 |
| T45 | Freeman Health System - Freeman West | 87, 37th 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 |
| T45 | Moberly Regional Medical Center | 87, 37th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 114 min, 79th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 101 | Compare Moberly Regional Medical Center |
| T45 | Mercy Hospital Joplin | 87, 37th 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 |
| T56 | St Louis-John Cochran VA Medical Center | 86, 27th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.4%, 90th percentile | 7.3%, 98th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | — | — | — | Compare St Louis-John Cochran VA Medical Center |
| T56 | University Health Lakewood Medical Center | 86, 27th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | — | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 150 min, 49th percentile | 0.88, 92nd percentile | 304 | Compare University Health Lakewood Medical Center |
| T56 | Cox Medical Centers | 86, 27th 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 |
| T56 | SSM St Joseph Hospital West | 86, 27th 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 |
| T56 | University Of Missouri Health Care | 86, 27th 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 |
| T56 | Mercy Hospital Southeast | 86, 27th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 15.0%, 3rd percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 169 min, 36th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 281 | Compare Mercy Hospital Southeast |
| T56 | Ozarks Healthcare | 86, 27th 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 |
| T63 | SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - St Louis | 85, 19th 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 |
| T63 | Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill | 85, 19th 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 |
| T63 | Mercy Hospital South | 85, 19th 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 |
| T63 | Northeast Regional Medical Center | 85, 19th 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 |
| T67 | Centerpoint Medical Center | 84, 13th 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 |
| T67 | St Mary's Medical Center | 84, 13th 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 |
| T67 | Missouri Delta Medical Center | 84, 13th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 202 min, 18th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 188 | Compare Missouri Delta Medical Center |
| T67 | Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center | 84, 13th 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 |
| T67 | SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | 84, 13th 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 |
| T72 | Belton Regional Medical Center | 83, 8th 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 |
| T72 | Research Medical Center | 83, 8th 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 |
| 74 | SSM Health DePaul Hospital St Louis | 82, 6th 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 |
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.
- Patients' overall rating
- HCAHPS overall hospital rating, linear mean score (0-100).
- 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).