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Hospitals in Nebraska with the lowest hospital-acquired condition score

24 Nebraska hospitals ranked by hospital-acquired condition score in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: CHI Health Midlands, Lincoln Surgical Hospital, Midwest Surgical Hospital LLC. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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24 hospitals ranked in Nebraska by hospital-acquired condition score; 69 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalHospital-acquired condition scorelower 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 average0.003.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1CHI Health MidlandsPapillion, NE · Acute care−0.8044—11.4%14.8%0.97137 min0.83131Compare
2Lincoln Surgical HospitalLincoln, NE · Acute care−0.80————14.4%0.97—1.0220Compare
3Midwest Surgical Hospital LLCOmaha, NE · Acute care−0.74—5——14.0%0.88—0.8619Compare
4Bellevue Medical CenterBellevue, NE · Acute care−0.604311.6%11.5%15.7%0.88144 min0.9291Compare
5CHI Health Good SamaritanKearney, NE · Acute care−0.604411.0%10.2%14.7%0.98138 min1.03165Compare
6Columbus Community Hospital, IncColumbus, NE · Acute care−0.573412.4%10.5%14.1%0.89121 min1.0047Compare
7CHI Health Bergan MercyOmaha, NE · Acute care−0.524311.4%9.6%14.6%0.99156 min1.02400Compare
8CHI Health LakesideOmaha, NE · Acute care−0.414311.8%13.3%15.1%0.85179 min0.96157Compare
9CHI Health ImmanuelOmaha, NE · Acute care−0.383310.9%11.7%15.5%0.83128 min1.03356Compare
10Nebraska Orthopaedic HospitalOmaha, NE · Acute care−0.19—5——14.5%0.96103 min0.9324Compare
11Great Plains HealthNorth Platte, NE · Acute care−0.173311.5%11.3%15.0%0.82128 min0.97116Compare
12CHI Health St. ElizabethLincoln, NE · Acute care−0.1343—14.3%15.0%0.79158 min1.03265Compare
13The Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, NE · Acute care+0.124310.3%10.1%15.0%0.57256 min1.01689Compare
14Bryan Medical CenterLincoln, NE · Acute care+0.153314.3%11.9%14.7%1.04112 min1.01630Compare
15Mary Lanning HealthcareHastings, NE · Acute care+0.242313.0%18.8%13.7%1.29116 min0.91163Compare
16Regional West Medical CenterScottsbluff, NE · Acute care+0.242211.2%14.0%14.9%0.97202 min1.03166Compare
17CHI Health St. FrancisGrand Island, NE · Acute care+0.264411.8%10.0%14.3%0.86120 min1.03130Compare
18Kearney Regional Medical CenterKearney, NE · Acute care+0.364411.7%13.3%15.0%0.92109 min1.0344Compare
19The Nebraska Methodist HospitalOmaha, NE · Acute care+0.404411.0%11.0%15.5%1.04156 min0.98430Compare
20Grand Island Regional Medical CenterGrand Island, NE · Acute care+0.632311.4%14.6%15.1%0.85103 min0.9367Compare
21Faith HealthNorfolk, NE · Acute care+0.893412.8%11.0%13.8%1.11101 min0.98133Compare
22CHI Health Nebraska HeartLincoln, NE · Acute care+0.934411.7%13.3%13.3%0.94—1.0063Compare
23Nebraska Spine Hospital, LLCOmaha, NE · Acute care+1.00—5——13.7%1.13—0.9034Compare
24Methodist Fremont HealthFremont, NE · Acute care+1.142413.1%12.7%14.9%1.08126 min0.9590Compare

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.

Hospital-acquired condition score
Total score in the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, from patient safety events and infections (weighted z-scores; 0 is about average, higher is worse). Medicare cuts payments 1% for the worst-scoring quarter of hospitals..
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).