Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Montana with the lowest surgical site infections (colon)
7 Montana hospitals ranked by surgical site infections (colon) in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Billings Clinic Hospital, Community Medical Center, St. Patrick Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Surgical site infections (colon)lower 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 | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T1 | Billings Clinic Hospital | 0.00, 91st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 14.2%, 89th percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 176 min, 32nd percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 304 | Compare Billings Clinic Hospital |
| T1 | Community Medical Center | 0.00, 91st percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 1.55, 2nd percentile | 138 min, 58th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 151 | Compare Community Medical Center |
| 3 | St. Patrick Hospital | 0.71, 51st percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.69, 99th percentile | 163 min, 40th percentile | 0.92, 83rd percentile | 253 | Compare St. Patrick Hospital |
| 4 | Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital | 0.82, 43rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.3%, 92nd percentile | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 142 min, 55th percentile | 0.90, 88th percentile | 140 | Compare Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital |
| 5 | Logan Health Medical Center | 1.35, 19th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 15.0%, 3rd percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 1.35, 5th percentile | 214 min, 13th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 160 | Compare Logan Health Medical Center |
| 6 | Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional Hospital | 2.08, 4th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 13.3%, 99th percentile | 1.01, 33rd percentile | 158 min, 43rd percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 286 | Compare Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional Hospital |
| 7 | St Peters Health | 2.23, 3rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 1.48, 3rd percentile | 179 min, 30th percentile | 0.89, 90th percentile | 99 | Compare St Peters Health |
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.
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- 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).