Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Nebraska with the lowest left ED without being seen
75 Nebraska hospitals ranked by left ED without being seen in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Left ED without being seenlower 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 | 2.0% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T1 | Sidney Regional Medical Center | 0.0%, 88th percentile | — | 5, 97th percentile | — | — | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | — | 143 min, 54th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Sidney Regional Medical Center |
| T1 | Syracuse Area Health | 0.0%, 88th percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | 106 min, 86th percentile | — | 10 | Compare Syracuse Area Health |
| T1 | Thayer County Health Services | 0.0%, 88th percentile | — | 5, 97th percentile | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | 88 min, 96th percentile | — | 17 | Compare Thayer County Health Services |
| T1 | Tri Valley Health System | 0.0%, 88th percentile | — | — | — | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | 148 min, 50th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Tri Valley Health System |
| T1 | Valley County Health System | 0.0%, 88th percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | 94 min, 93rd percentile | — | 16 | Compare Valley County Health System |
| T1 | West Holt Memorial Hospital | 0.0%, 88th percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | 110 min, 82nd percentile | — | 15 | Compare West Holt Memorial Hospital |
| T57 | CHI Health Midlands | 1.0%, 60th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 137 min, 59th percentile | 0.83, 97th percentile | 131 | Compare CHI Health Midlands |
| T57 | CHI Health St. Elizabeth | 1.0%, 60th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 14.3%, 6th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.79, 94th percentile | 158 min, 43rd percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 265 | Compare CHI Health St. Elizabeth |
| T57 | Community Hospital | 1.0%, 60th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | — | — | 15.2%, 3rd percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | 146 min, 52nd percentile | — | 25 | Compare Community Hospital |
| T57 | Great Plains Health | 1.0%, 60th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.82, 90th percentile | 128 min, 67th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 116 | Compare Great Plains Health |
| T57 | Methodist Fremont Health | 1.0%, 60th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 12.7%, 19th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 1.08, 22nd percentile | 126 min, 69th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 90 | Compare Methodist Fremont Health |
| T57 | Regional West Medical Center | 1.0%, 60th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 14.0%, 8th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 202 min, 18th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 166 | Compare Regional West Medical Center |
| T57 | Cozad Community Hospital | 1.0%, 60th percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.7%, 13th percentile | — | 95 min, 93rd percentile | — | 20 | Compare Cozad Community Hospital |
| T57 | Franklin County Memorial Hospital | 1.0%, 60th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | 81 min, 98th percentile | — | 14 | Compare Franklin County Memorial Hospital |
| T57 | Memorial Community Hospital & Health System | 1.0%, 60th percentile | — | 3, 39th percentile | — | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | — | 128 min, 67th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Memorial Community Hospital & Health System |
| T57 | Pawnee County Memorial Hospital | 1.0%, 60th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | 104 min, 87th percentile | — | 17 | Compare Pawnee County Memorial Hospital |
| T57 | Twelve Clans Unity Hospital | 1.0%, 60th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94 min, 93rd percentile | — | 13 | Compare Twelve Clans Unity Hospital |
| T57 | Webster County Community Hospital | 1.0%, 60th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | 89 min, 95th percentile | — | 13 | Compare Webster County Community Hospital |
| T69 | Box Butte General Hospital | 2.0%, 32nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | — | 136 min, 60th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Box Butte General Hospital |
| T69 | CHI Health Lakeside | 2.0%, 32nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 13.3%, 12th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 179 min, 30th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 157 | Compare CHI Health Lakeside |
| T69 | The Nebraska Methodist Hospital | 2.0%, 32nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 156 min, 45th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 430 | Compare The Nebraska Methodist Hospital |
| T69 | CHI Health Immanuel | 2.0%, 32nd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.83, 89th percentile | 128 min, 67th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 356 | Compare CHI Health Immanuel |
| T73 | Bellevue Medical Center | 3.0%, 17th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 144 min, 53rd percentile | 0.92, 83rd percentile | 91 | Compare Bellevue Medical Center |
| T73 | The Nebraska Medical Center | 3.0%, 17th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.3%, 92nd percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.57, 100th percentile | 256 min, 4th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 689 | Compare The Nebraska Medical Center |
| 75 | CHI Health Bergan Mercy | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 156 min, 45th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 400 | Compare CHI Health Bergan Mercy |
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.
- Left ED without being seen
- Percentage of patients who left the emergency department before being seen.
- 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).