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Hospitals in Nebraska with the lowest COPD death rate

25 Nebraska hospitals ranked by COPD death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Bryan Medical Center, Community Medical Center, Inc, The Nebraska Methodist Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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25 hospitals ranked in Nebraska by copd death rate; 68 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalCOPD death ratelower 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 average8.6%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Bryan Medical CenterLincoln, NE · Acute care7.4%3314.3%11.9%14.7%1.04112 min1.01630Compare
2Community Medical Center, IncFalls City, NE · Critical access7.5%45—14.0%14.6%—104 min—24Compare
3The Nebraska Methodist HospitalOmaha, NE · Acute care7.6%4411.0%11.0%15.5%1.04156 min0.98430Compare
T4CHI Health LakesideOmaha, NE · Acute care7.7%4311.8%13.3%15.1%0.85179 min0.96157Compare
T4CHI Health St. ElizabethLincoln, NE · Acute care7.7%43—14.3%15.0%0.79158 min1.03265Compare
T4The Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, NE · Acute care7.7%4310.3%10.1%15.0%0.57256 min1.01689Compare
7CHI Health St. FrancisGrand Island, NE · Acute care8.0%4411.8%10.0%14.3%0.86120 min1.03130Compare
T8Boone County Health CenterAlbion, NE · Critical access8.1%45—11.5%15.5%—111 min—22Compare
T8CHI Health Good SamaritanKearney, NE · Acute care8.1%4411.0%10.2%14.7%0.98138 min1.03165Compare
10Bellevue Medical CenterBellevue, NE · Acute care8.2%4311.6%11.5%15.7%0.88144 min0.9291Compare
11Great Plains HealthNorth Platte, NE · Acute care8.3%3311.5%11.3%15.0%0.82128 min0.97116Compare
T12Beatrice Community Hospital & Health Center, IncBeatrice, NE · Critical access8.4%44—13.1%14.7%—92 min—25Compare
T12CHI Health Bergan MercyOmaha, NE · Acute care8.4%4311.4%9.6%14.6%0.99156 min1.02400Compare
14Columbus Community Hospital, IncColumbus, NE · Acute care8.5%3412.4%10.5%14.1%0.89121 min1.0047Compare
T15CHI Health ImmanuelOmaha, NE · Acute care9.2%3310.9%11.7%15.5%0.83128 min1.03356Compare
T15Faith HealthNorfolk, NE · Acute care9.2%3412.8%11.0%13.8%1.11101 min0.98133Compare
17York General Health Care ServicesYork, NE · Critical access9.3%44—12.5%15.0%—126 min—25Compare
T18Omaha VA Medical Center (VA Nebraska Western Iowa Healthcare System)Omaha, NE · Veterans Affairs9.4%4411.8%9.5%15.2%1.36——486Compare
T18Sidney Regional Medical CenterSidney, NE · Critical access9.4%—5——15.4%—143 min—25Compare
T20Box Butte General HospitalAlliance, NE · Critical access10.3%44—12.1%14.5%—136 min—25Compare
T20Methodist Fremont HealthFremont, NE · Acute care10.3%2413.1%12.7%14.9%1.08126 min0.9590Compare
22Regional West Medical CenterScottsbluff, NE · Acute care10.6%2211.2%14.0%14.9%0.97202 min1.03166Compare
23Grand Island Regional Medical CenterGrand Island, NE · Acute care11.4%2311.4%14.6%15.1%0.85103 min0.9367Compare
24Kearney Regional Medical CenterKearney, NE · Acute care11.6%4411.7%13.3%15.0%0.92109 min1.0344Compare
25Mary Lanning HealthcareHastings, NE · Acute care12.1%2313.0%18.8%13.7%1.29116 min0.91163Compare

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.

COPD death rate
30-day death rate for COPD 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).