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Top-rated hospitals in Nebraska

36 Nebraska hospitals ranked by overall star rating in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Boone County Health Center, Community Medical Center, Inc, Brodstone Healthcare. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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36 hospitals ranked in Nebraska by overall star rating; 57 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalOverall 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 average3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T1Boone County Health CenterAlbion, NE · Critical access45—11.5%15.5%—111 min—22Compare
T1Community Medical Center, IncFalls City, NE · Critical access45—14.0%14.6%—104 min—24Compare
T1Brodstone HealthcareSuperior, NE · Critical access44—14.1%15.2%—126 min—25Compare
T1Beatrice Community Hospital & Health Center, IncBeatrice, NE · Critical access44—13.1%14.7%—92 min—25Compare
T1CHI Health Nebraska HeartLincoln, NE · Acute care4411.7%13.3%13.3%0.94—1.0063Compare
T1Phelps Memorial Health CenterHoldrege, NE · Critical access45—11.4%14.7%—87 min—25Compare
T1The Nebraska Methodist HospitalOmaha, NE · Acute care4411.0%11.0%15.5%1.04156 min0.98430Compare
T1York General Health Care ServicesYork, NE · Critical access44—12.5%15.0%—126 min—25Compare
T1Avera St Anthony's HospitalO' Neill, NE · Critical access45—12.5%14.7%—115 min—25Compare
T1CHI Health MidlandsPapillion, NE · Acute care44—11.4%14.8%0.97137 min0.83131Compare
T1Bellevue Medical CenterBellevue, NE · Acute care4311.6%11.5%15.7%0.88144 min0.9291Compare
T1Kearney Regional Medical CenterKearney, NE · Acute care4411.7%13.3%15.0%0.92109 min1.0344Compare
T1Box Butte General HospitalAlliance, NE · Critical access44—12.1%14.5%—136 min—25Compare
T1CHI Health Good SamaritanKearney, NE · Acute care4411.0%10.2%14.7%0.98138 min1.03165Compare
T1CHI Health St. FrancisGrand Island, NE · Acute care4411.8%10.0%14.3%0.86120 min1.03130Compare
T1Omaha VA Medical Center (VA Nebraska Western Iowa Healthcare System)Omaha, NE · Veterans Affairs4411.8%9.5%15.2%1.36——486Compare
T1CHI Health LakesideOmaha, NE · Acute care4311.8%13.3%15.1%0.85179 min0.96157Compare
T1The Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, NE · Acute care4310.3%10.1%15.0%0.57256 min1.01689Compare
T1CHI Health St. ElizabethLincoln, NE · Acute care43—14.3%15.0%0.79158 min1.03265Compare
T1CHI Health Bergan MercyOmaha, NE · Acute care4311.4%9.6%14.6%0.99156 min1.02400Compare
T1CHI Health St Mary'sNebraska City, NE · Critical access4——10.2%14.8%—116 min—18Compare
T1Fillmore County HospitalGeneva, NE · Critical access4———15.2%—111 min—20Compare
T1Jennie M Melham Memorial Medical CenterBroken Bow, NE · Critical access4——12.3%14.7%—115 min—23Compare
T24Bryan Medical CenterLincoln, NE · Acute care3314.3%11.9%14.7%1.04112 min1.01630Compare
T24Columbus Community Hospital, IncColumbus, NE · Acute care3412.4%10.5%14.1%0.89121 min1.0047Compare
T24Faith HealthNorfolk, NE · Acute care3412.8%11.0%13.8%1.11101 min0.98133Compare
T24CHI Health ImmanuelOmaha, NE · Acute care3310.9%11.7%15.5%0.83128 min1.03356Compare
T24Great Plains HealthNorth Platte, NE · Acute care3311.5%11.3%15.0%0.82128 min0.97116Compare
T24Chadron HospitalChadron, NE · Critical access3———14.7%—110 min—25Compare
T24Community HospitalMccook, NE · Critical access3——15.2%15.0%—146 min—25Compare
T24Memorial Health Care SystemsSeward, NE · Critical access3——12.4%14.9%—99 min—24Compare
T32Methodist Fremont HealthFremont, NE · Acute care2413.1%12.7%14.9%1.08126 min0.9590Compare
T32Grand Island Regional Medical CenterGrand Island, NE · Acute care2311.4%14.6%15.1%0.85103 min0.9367Compare
T32Mary Lanning HealthcareHastings, NE · Acute care2313.0%18.8%13.7%1.29116 min0.91163Compare
T32Regional West Medical CenterScottsbluff, NE · Acute care2211.2%14.0%14.9%0.97202 min1.03166Compare
T32St Francis Memorial HospitalWest Point, NE · Critical access2——16.1%15.2%—114 min—25Compare

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.

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).