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 | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 2.4% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | The Nebraska Methodist Hospital | 1.6%, 93rd percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 14.7%, 58th percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | 10.1%, 79th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare The Nebraska Methodist Hospital |
| 2 | The Nebraska Medical Center | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 10.3%, 92nd percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 13.8%, 72nd percentile | 7.7%, 72nd percentile | 11.9%, 45th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare The Nebraska Medical Center |
| 3 | Kearney Regional Medical Center | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 13.3%, 12th percentile | 12.5%, 87th percentile | 11.6%, 3rd percentile | 12.4%, 37th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Kearney Regional Medical Center |
| 4 | Faith Health | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 17.5%, 18th percentile | 9.2%, 31st percentile | 9.3%, 90th percentile | 13.8%, 96th percentile | Compare Faith Health |
| 5 | CHI Health Nebraska Heart | 2.7%, 28th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 13.3%, 12th percentile | — | — | — | 13.3%, 99th percentile | Compare CHI Health Nebraska Heart |
| 6 | CHI Health Good Samaritan | 2.8%, 24th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 14.7%, 58th percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | 8.2%, 97th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare CHI Health Good Samaritan |
| 7 | CHI Health Bergan Mercy | 3.4%, 9th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 15.5%, 45th percentile | 8.4%, 52nd percentile | 11.8%, 47th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare CHI Health Bergan Mercy |
| 8 | Bryan Medical Center | 3.5%, 8th percentile | 14.3%, 2nd percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 16.6%, 29th percentile | 7.4%, 80th percentile | 13.3%, 25th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 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.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke 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.