Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Nebraska with the lowest CABG surgery death rate
8 Nebraska hospitals ranked by CABG surgery death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: The Nebraska Methodist Hospital, The Nebraska Medical Center, Kearney Regional Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | CABG surgery death ratelower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 2.4% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | The Nebraska Methodist Hospital | 1.6%, 93rd 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 |
| 2 | The Nebraska Medical Center | 2.2%, 55th 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 |
| 3 | Kearney Regional Medical Center | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 13.3%, 12th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 109 min, 83rd percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 44 | Compare Kearney Regional Medical Center |
| 4 | Faith Health | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 13.8%, 96th percentile | 1.11, 18th percentile | 101 min, 89th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 133 | Compare Faith Health |
| 5 | CHI Health Nebraska Heart | 2.7%, 28th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 13.3%, 12th percentile | 13.3%, 99th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | — | 1.00, 44th percentile | 63 | Compare CHI Health Nebraska Heart |
| 6 | CHI Health Good Samaritan | 2.8%, 24th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 138 min, 58th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 165 | Compare CHI Health Good Samaritan |
| 7 | CHI Health Bergan Mercy | 3.4%, 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 |
| 8 | Bryan Medical Center | 3.5%, 8th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 14.3%, 2nd percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 112 min, 81st percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 630 | Compare Bryan 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.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
- 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).