Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Montana with the lowest heart failure death rate
19 Montana hospitals ranked by heart failure death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital, VA Montana Healthcare System, Sidney Health Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack 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 | 11.1% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.3%, 92nd percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 142 min, 55th percentile | 0.90, 88th percentile | 140 | Compare Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital |
| T2 | VA Montana Healthcare System | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 5, 97th percentile | — | 13.8%, 96th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | — | — | 160 | Compare VA Montana Healthcare System |
| T2 | Sidney Health Center | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | 152 min, 48th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Sidney Health Center |
| 4 | Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional Hospital | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.3%, 68th 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 |
| T5 | Billings Clinic Hospital | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 14.2%, 89th percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 176 min, 32nd percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 304 | Compare Billings Clinic Hospital |
| T5 | St James Hospital | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 1.16, 13th percentile | 153 min, 47th percentile | 0.90, 88th percentile | 98 | Compare St James Hospital |
| 7 | St. Patrick Hospital | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.69, 99th percentile | 163 min, 40th percentile | 0.92, 83rd percentile | 253 | Compare St. Patrick Hospital |
| 8 | Community Medical Center | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 1.55, 2nd percentile | 138 min, 58th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 151 | Compare Community Medical Center |
| 9 | Community Hospital Of Anaconda | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 5, 97th percentile | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | 97 min, 92nd percentile | — | 25 | Compare Community Hospital Of Anaconda |
| 10 | Providence St Joseph Medical Center | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | — | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | 117 min, 77th percentile | — | 22 | Compare Providence St Joseph Medical Center |
| T11 | Livingston Healthcare | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 15.7%, 13th percentile | — | 117 min, 77th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Livingston Healthcare |
| T11 | St Peters Health | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 1.48, 3rd percentile | 179 min, 30th percentile | 0.89, 90th percentile | 99 | Compare St Peters Health |
| 13 | Bitterroot Health - Daly Hospital | 13.7%, 10th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 13.7%, 97th percentile | — | 160 min, 42nd percentile | — | 25 | Compare Bitterroot Health - Daly Hospital |
| T14 | Holy Rosary Hospital | 13.9%, 8th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 14.3%, 86th percentile | — | 130 min, 65th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Holy Rosary Hospital |
| T14 | Glendive Medical Center | 13.9%, 8th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 15.5%, 19th percentile | — | 122 min, 72nd percentile | — | 25 | Compare Glendive Medical Center |
| 16 | Great Falls Clinic Hospital | 14.0%, 8th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 13.9%, 4th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 140 min, 56th percentile | 0.88, 92nd percentile | 20 | Compare Great Falls Clinic Hospital |
| T17 | Logan Health Medical Center | 15.0%, 3rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 1.35, 5th percentile | 214 min, 13th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 160 | Compare Logan Health Medical Center |
| T17 | Benefis Hospitals Inc | 15.0%, 3rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 186 min, 26th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 398 | Compare Benefis Hospitals Inc |
| 19 | Logan Health - Whitefish | 16.4%, 1st percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | 135 min, 61st percentile | — | 25 | Compare Logan Health - Whitefish |
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.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- 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.
- 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).