Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Nebraska with the lowest surgical site infections (colon)
10 Nebraska hospitals ranked by surgical site infections (colon) in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: CHI Health Bergan Mercy, CHI Health Lakeside, Grand Island Regional Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| T1 | CHI Health Bergan Mercy | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 0.46, 52nd percentile | 0.14, 72nd percentile | — | 1.01, 21st percentile | 0.21, 61st percentile | Compare CHI Health Bergan Mercy |
| T1 | CHI Health Lakeside | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.32, 58th percentile | — | 1.14, 16th percentile | 0.25, 54th percentile | Compare CHI Health Lakeside |
| T1 | Grand Island Regional Medical Center | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | — | — | — | — | 0.39, 35th percentile | Compare Grand Island Regional Medical Center |
| 4 | CHI Health St. Elizabeth | 0.38, 71st percentile | 0.79, 94th percentile | 1.25, 9th percentile | 0.42, 47th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.10, 74th percentile | Compare CHI Health St. Elizabeth |
| 5 | Bryan Medical Center | 0.55, 60th percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 0.65, 36th percentile | 0.40, 50th percentile | 0.71, 58th percentile | 0.57, 53rd percentile | 0.40, 33rd percentile | Compare Bryan Medical Center |
| 6 | Regional West Medical Center | 0.61, 57th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | 0.93, 25th percentile | 0.10, 75th percentile | Compare Regional West Medical Center |
| 7 | The Nebraska Methodist Hospital | 0.83, 42nd percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.54, 36th percentile | 0.81, 50th percentile | 0.49, 60th percentile | 0.41, 33rd percentile | Compare The Nebraska Methodist Hospital |
| 8 | The Nebraska Medical Center | 0.85, 41st percentile | 0.57, 100th percentile | 0.66, 35th percentile | 0.39, 51st percentile | 1.26, 34th percentile | 0.39, 68th percentile | 0.32, 44th percentile | Compare The Nebraska Medical Center |
| 9 | Kearney Regional Medical Center | 0.89, 38th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | — | 0.11, 73rd percentile | Compare Kearney Regional Medical Center |
| 10 | CHI Health Immanuel | 2.07, 4th percentile | 0.83, 89th percentile | 0.32, 65th percentile | 0.42, 47th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.11, 74th percentile | Compare CHI Health Immanuel |
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.
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- 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 (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).