Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Montana with the lowest serious complications
11 Montana hospitals ranked by serious complications in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: St. Patrick Hospital, Billings Clinic Hospital, Benefis Hospitals Inc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 1 | St. Patrick Hospital | 0.69, 99th percentile | 1.36, 7th percentile | 0.60, 31st percentile | 0.71, 51st percentile | — | 0.27, 76th percentile | 0.32, 44th percentile | Compare St. Patrick Hospital |
| 2 | Billings Clinic Hospital | 0.87, 81st percentile | 0.46, 52nd percentile | 0.11, 74th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.00, 89th percentile | 0.63, 47th percentile | 0.23, 58th percentile | Compare Billings Clinic Hospital |
| 3 | Benefis Hospitals Inc | 0.92, 67th percentile | 0.99, 16th percentile | 0.96, 13th percentile | — | — | 0.30, 74th percentile | 0.60, 18th percentile | Compare Benefis Hospitals Inc |
| 4 | VA Montana Healthcare System | 0.95, 55th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare VA Montana Healthcare System |
| 5 | Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional Hospital | 1.01, 33rd percentile | 1.84, 3rd percentile | 0.34, 56th percentile | 2.08, 4th percentile | 1.22, 35th percentile | 0.23, 78th percentile | 0.35, 40th percentile | Compare Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional Hospital |
| 6 | Great Falls Clinic Hospital | 1.04, 28th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 0.82, 9th percentile | Compare Great Falls Clinic Hospital |
| 7 | Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 1.39, 5th percentile | 0.82, 43rd percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.45, 29th percentile | Compare Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital |
| 8 | St James Hospital | 1.16, 13th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 0.92, 7th percentile | Compare St James Hospital |
| 9 | Logan Health Medical Center | 1.35, 5th percentile | 0.78, 27th percentile | 0.23, 65th percentile | 1.35, 19th percentile | — | 0.44, 65th percentile | 0.13, 71st percentile | Compare Logan Health Medical Center |
| 10 | St Peters Health | 1.48, 3rd percentile | 1.70, 4th percentile | 2.24, 1st percentile | 2.23, 3rd percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.31, 45th percentile | Compare St Peters Health |
| 11 | Community Medical Center | 1.55, 2nd percentile | 1.17, 11th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | — | 0.44, 29th percentile | Compare Community Medical Center |
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).