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Hospitals in Montana with the highest patients would recommend

20 Montana hospitals ranked by patients would recommend in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: VA Montana Healthcare System, Community Hospital Of Anaconda, St. Patrick Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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20 hospitals ranked in Montana by patients would recommend; 43 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPatients would recommendhigher 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 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average873.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1VA Montana Healthcare SystemFort Harrison, MT · Veterans Affairs9555—10.4%13.8%0.95——160Compare
2Community Hospital Of AnacondaAnaconda, MT · Critical access9455—12.1%14.7%—97 min—25Compare
3St. Patrick HospitalMissoula, MT · Acute care935411.2%11.8%15.0%0.69163 min0.92253Compare
T4Sidney Health CenterSidney, MT · Critical access9234—10.4%14.7%—152 min—25Compare
T4Cabinet Peaks Medical CenterLibby, MT · Critical access9224——15.2%—122 min—25Compare
T4Great Falls Clinic HospitalGreat Falls, MT · Acute care922413.9%14.0%15.0%1.04140 min0.8820Compare
7Livingston HealthcareLivingston, MT · Critical access9134—12.7%15.7%—117 min—25Compare
T8Bozeman Health Deaconess HospitalBozeman, MT · Acute care904410.3%9.6%14.4%1.07142 min0.90140Compare
T8Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional HospitalBillings, MT · Acute care904311.3%10.9%13.3%1.01158 min1.01286Compare
T8Logan Health - WhitefishWhitefish, MT · Critical access9033—16.4%15.3%—135 min—25Compare
11Bitterroot Health - Daly HospitalHamilton, MT · Critical access8944—13.7%13.7%—160 min—25Compare
T12Holy Rosary HospitalMiles City, MT · Critical access8854—13.9%14.3%—130 min—25Compare
T12Billings Clinic HospitalBillings, MT · Acute care884312.3%11.7%14.2%0.87176 min1.03304Compare
T12Glendive Medical CenterGlendive, MT · Critical access8814—13.9%15.5%—122 min—25Compare
15Central Montana Medical CenterLewistown, MT · Critical access87—4——14.8%—102 min—25Compare
T16Community Medical CenterMissoula, MT · Acute care863312.7%12.0%15.2%1.55138 min0.97151Compare
T16St James HospitalButte, MT · Acute care862410.2%11.7%14.8%1.16153 min0.9098Compare
T18Logan Health Medical CenterKalispell, MT · Acute care843310.8%15.0%14.8%1.35214 min0.95160Compare
T18Benefis Hospitals IncGreat Falls, MT · Acute care842312.1%15.0%14.0%0.92186 min0.94398Compare
20St Peters HealthHelena, MT · Acute care833412.6%12.7%14.3%1.48179 min0.8999Compare

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.

Patients would recommend
HCAHPS willingness to recommend the hospital, linear mean score (0-100).
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).