Hospital rankings
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.
| # | Hospital | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 51 | Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill | 1.09, 20th percentile | 1.02, 15th percentile | 0.99, 12th percentile | 0.83, 42nd percentile | 0.49, 72nd percentile | 0.79, 35th percentile | 0.26, 53rd percentile | Compare Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill |
| 52 | SSM St Clare Health Center | 1.10, 19th percentile | 0.90, 20th percentile | 0.43, 46th percentile | 0.98, 32nd percentile | 1.88, 16th percentile | 0.74, 37th percentile | 0.14, 70th percentile | Compare SSM St Clare Health Center |
| T53 | St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas City | 1.12, 17th percentile | 0.49, 49th percentile | 0.39, 51st percentile | 0.14, 81st percentile | 0.91, 45th percentile | 0.42, 66th percentile | 0.26, 53rd percentile | Compare St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas City |
| T53 | Kansas City VA Medical Center | 1.12, 17th percentile | 3.29, 1st percentile | 0.58, 33rd percentile | — | — | — | — | Compare Kansas City VA Medical Center |
| T53 | Mosaic Life Care At St Joseph | 1.12, 17th percentile | 1.08, 13th percentile | 0.60, 31st percentile | 1.39, 17th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.33, 43rd percentile | Compare Mosaic Life Care At St Joseph |
| T56 | Saint Francis Medical Center | 1.14, 15th percentile | 0.75, 28th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.25, 78th percentile | — | 1.12, 17th percentile | 0.16, 68th percentile | Compare Saint Francis Medical Center |
| T56 | Freeman Health System - Freeman West | 1.14, 15th percentile | 0.19, 74th percentile | 0.74, 23rd percentile | 0.77, 46th percentile | 1.55, 26th percentile | 0.58, 52nd percentile | 0.49, 25th percentile | Compare Freeman Health System - Freeman West |
| T56 | SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | 1.14, 15th percentile | 0.96, 17th percentile | 0.39, 51st percentile | 0.68, 52nd percentile | — | 1.12, 17th percentile | 0.23, 57th percentile | Compare SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital |
| 59 | SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - St Louis | 1.15, 14th percentile | 0.49, 50th percentile | 0.18, 69th percentile | 0.26, 77th percentile | 0.42, 74th percentile | 1.15, 16th percentile | 0.30, 47th percentile | Compare SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - St Louis |
| 60 | Hannibal Regional Hospital | 1.16, 13th percentile | — | 0.81, 19th percentile | — | — | — | 0.43, 30th percentile | Compare Hannibal Regional Hospital |
| 61 | Cox Medical Centers | 1.20, 10th percentile | 0.42, 56th percentile | 0.53, 38th percentile | 0.60, 57th percentile | 0.80, 51st percentile | 0.20, 79th percentile | 0.47, 27th percentile | Compare Cox Medical Centers |
| 62 | NKC Health | 1.21, 10th percentile | 0.54, 45th percentile | 0.83, 18th percentile | 0.55, 61st percentile | 0.79, 53rd percentile | 0.37, 70th percentile | 0.36, 39th percentile | Compare NKC Health |
| 63 | SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | 1.42, 3rd percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 1.13, 9th percentile | — | — | 2.66, 1st percentile | 0.28, 50th percentile | Compare SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City |
| 64 | Ozarks Healthcare | 1.49, 2nd percentile | — | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | — | — | 0.70, 13th percentile | Compare 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).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).