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Hospitals in Missouri with the lowest serious complications

64 Missouri hospitals ranked by serious complications in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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64 hospitals ranked in Missouri by serious complications; 56 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalSerious complicationslower 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 dataTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal bedsCompare
National average1.003.311.9%11.1%15.0%162 min1.00
51Truman Medical Center Hospital HillKansas City, MO · Acute care1.09, 20th percentile3, 43rd percentile2, 10th percentile——15.7%, 13th percentile224 min, 10th percentile0.97, 61st percentile283Compare Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
52SSM St Clare Health CenterFenton, MO · Acute care1.10, 19th percentile4, 73rd percentile4, 76th percentile12.6%, 23rd percentile11.5%, 39th percentile14.7%, 68th percentile200 min, 19th percentile0.99, 50th percentile180Compare SSM St Clare Health Center
T53St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas CityKansas City, MO · Acute care1.12, 17th percentile5, 94th percentile4, 76th percentile12.0%, 42nd percentile9.8%, 73rd percentile14.5%, 79th percentile226 min, 10th percentile1.05, 19th percentile538Compare St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas City
T53Kansas City VA Medical CenterKansas City, MO · Veterans Affairs1.12, 17th percentile4, 73rd percentile3, 39th percentile11.4%, 65th percentile9.4%, 81st percentile15.6%, 16th percentile——501Compare Kansas City VA Medical Center
T53Mosaic Life Care At St JosephSaint Joseph, MO · Acute care1.12, 17th percentile4, 73rd percentile3, 39th percentile11.7%, 54th percentile11.7%, 35th percentile15.5%, 19th percentile153 min, 47th percentile1.05, 19th percentile353Compare Mosaic Life Care At St Joseph
T56Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau, MO · Acute care1.14, 15th percentile3, 43rd percentile4, 76th percentile12.2%, 35th percentile16.6%, 1st percentile13.9%, 94th percentile247 min, 5th percentile1.01, 38th percentile308Compare Saint Francis Medical Center
T56Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin, MO · Acute care1.14, 15th percentile2, 17th percentile3, 39th percentile14.6%, 1st percentile15.1%, 3rd percentile14.5%, 79th percentile228 min, 9th percentile0.98, 55th percentile410Compare Freeman Health System - Freeman West
T56SSM Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis, MO · Acute care1.14, 15th percentile1, 3rd percentile2, 10th percentile12.8%, 19th percentile11.5%, 39th percentile15.6%, 16th percentile335 min, 0th percentile1.06, 16th percentile438Compare SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
59SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisSaint Louis, MO · Acute care1.15, 14th percentile3, 43rd percentile2, 10th percentile11.8%, 49th percentile8.7%, 89th percentile16.3%, 4th percentile166 min, 38th percentile1.06, 16th percentile690Compare SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - St Louis
60Hannibal Regional HospitalHannibal, MO · Acute care1.16, 13th percentile2, 17th percentile4, 76th percentile10.3%, 92nd percentile11.4%, 41st percentile16.7%, 2nd percentile145 min, 52nd percentile0.98, 55th percentile99Compare Hannibal Regional Hospital
61Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO · Acute care1.20, 10th percentile3, 43rd percentile2, 10th percentile12.3%, 32nd percentile13.4%, 12th percentile14.2%, 89th percentile219 min, 12th percentile0.97, 61st percentile867Compare Cox Medical Centers
62NKC HealthNorth Kansas City, MO · Acute care1.21, 10th percentile4, 73rd percentile3, 39th percentile13.5%, 8th percentile11.0%, 50th percentile15.4%, 23rd percentile180 min, 29th percentile1.03, 28th percentile451Compare NKC Health
63SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson CityJefferson City, MO · Acute care1.42, 3rd percentile3, 43rd percentile3, 39th percentile11.4%, 65th percentile13.8%, 9th percentile14.7%, 68th percentile168 min, 37th percentile0.94, 76th percentile154Compare SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
64Ozarks HealthcareWest Plains, MO · Acute care1.49, 2nd percentile2, 17th percentile4, 76th percentile14.0%, 4th percentile14.3%, 6th percentile14.9%, 54th percentile182 min, 28th percentile0.94, 76th percentile120Compare Ozarks Healthcare

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.

Serious complications
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
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.
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).