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Top-rated hospitals in Missouri

79 Missouri hospitals ranked by overall star rating 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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79 hospitals ranked in Missouri by overall star rating; 41 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalOverall 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 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T34St Mary's Medical CenterBlue Springs, MO · Acute care3212.8%10.4%17.0%0.90151 min0.96146Compare
T34Bates County Memorial HospitalButler, MO · Acute care3———15.0%0.9895 min0.8860Compare
T34Community Hospital AssociationFairfax, MO · Critical access3——15.4%14.9%—89 min—25Compare
T34Harrison County Community HospitalBethany, MO · Critical access3———15.5%—109 min—19Compare
T34Pershing Memorial HospitalBrookfield, MO · Critical access3———14.7%—84 min—25Compare
T56Missouri Baptist Sullivan HospitalSullivan, MO · Critical access24—16.1%16.5%—175 min—50Compare
T56Lafayette Regional Health CenterLexington, MO · Critical access25—11.2%16.2%—106 min—25Compare
T56Texas County Memorial HospitalHouston, MO · Acute care24—13.1%15.7%0.98123 min0.9566Compare
T56Mercy Hospital PerryPerryville, MO · Critical access24—10.1%15.2%—135 min—25Compare
T56Hannibal Regional HospitalHannibal, MO · Acute care2410.3%11.4%16.7%1.16145 min0.9899Compare
T56Fitzgibbon HospitalMarshall, MO · Acute care23—12.5%15.6%0.9784 min0.8360Compare
T56Liberty HospitalLiberty, MO · Acute care2311.9%11.0%16.8%0.84194 min1.05250Compare
T56Phelps County Regional Medical CenterRolla, MO · Acute care2310.9%13.2%16.2%0.89211 min0.98240Compare
T56Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin, MO · Acute care2314.6%15.1%14.5%1.14228 min0.98410Compare
T56Moberly Regional Medical CenterMoberly, MO · Acute care23—11.1%15.2%0.95114 min0.94101Compare
T56Mercy Hospital SoutheastCape Girardeau, MO · Acute care2312.1%15.0%15.1%0.92169 min1.01281Compare
T56Ozarks HealthcareWest Plains, MO · Acute care2414.0%14.3%14.9%1.49182 min0.94120Compare
T56Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis, MO · Acute care229.6%11.3%15.8%0.80254 min1.02767Compare
T56Northeast Regional Medical CenterKirksville, MO · Acute care2313.7%11.7%14.6%1.00150 min0.98194Compare
T56Missouri Delta Medical CenterSikeston, MO · Acute care22—11.9%15.3%0.98202 min1.00188Compare
T56Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterPoplar Bluff, MO · Acute care2313.6%14.7%15.8%0.89173 min1.00230Compare
T56Belton Regional Medical CenterBelton, MO · Acute care22—14.7%16.2%0.8998 min0.9971Compare
T56Research Medical CenterKansas City, MO · Acute care2211.8%9.8%15.9%0.9690 min1.09545Compare
T56Macon County Samaritan Memorial HospitalMacon, MO · Critical access2———14.7%———25Compare
T56Mercy Hospital StoddardDexter, MO · Acute care2———14.7%—169 min0.9450Compare
T56Scotland County HospitalMemphis, MO · Critical access2———15.6%—104 min—25Compare
T77Cameron Regional Medical CenterCameron, MO · Acute care13—17.1%14.0%0.95108 min0.9860Compare
T77Mercy Hospital JoplinJoplin, MO · Acute care1312.2%13.9%15.3%0.87226 min0.98367Compare
T77SSM Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis, MO · Acute care1212.8%11.5%15.6%1.14335 min1.06438Compare

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.

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).