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Hospitals in Nebraska with the lowest heart failure death rate

34 Nebraska hospitals ranked by heart failure death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Omaha VA Medical Center (VA Nebraska Western Iowa Healthcare System), CHI Health Bergan Mercy, CHI Health St. Francis. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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34 hospitals ranked in Nebraska by heart failure death rate; 59 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalHeart failure death ratelower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack 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 average11.1%3.311.9%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Omaha VA Medical Center (VA Nebraska Western Iowa Healthcare System)Omaha, NE · Veterans Affairs9.5%4411.8%15.2%1.36——486Compare
2CHI Health Bergan MercyOmaha, NE · Acute care9.6%4311.4%14.6%0.99156 min1.02400Compare
3CHI Health St. FrancisGrand Island, NE · Acute care10.0%4411.8%14.3%0.86120 min1.03130Compare
4The Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, NE · Acute care10.1%4310.3%15.0%0.57256 min1.01689Compare
T5CHI Health Good SamaritanKearney, NE · Acute care10.2%4411.0%14.7%0.98138 min1.03165Compare
T5CHI Health St Mary'sNebraska City, NE · Critical access10.2%4——14.8%—116 min—18Compare
7Columbus Community Hospital, IncColumbus, NE · Acute care10.5%3412.4%14.1%0.89121 min1.0047Compare
T8The Nebraska Methodist HospitalOmaha, NE · Acute care11.0%4411.0%15.5%1.04156 min0.98430Compare
T8Faith HealthNorfolk, NE · Acute care11.0%3412.8%13.8%1.11101 min0.98133Compare
10Great Plains HealthNorth Platte, NE · Acute care11.3%3311.5%15.0%0.82128 min0.97116Compare
T11CHI Health MidlandsPapillion, NE · Acute care11.4%44—14.8%0.97137 min0.83131Compare
T11Phelps Memorial Health CenterHoldrege, NE · Critical access11.4%45—14.7%—87 min—25Compare
T13Bellevue Medical CenterBellevue, NE · Acute care11.5%4311.6%15.7%0.88144 min0.9291Compare
T13Boone County Health CenterAlbion, NE · Critical access11.5%45—15.5%—111 min—22Compare
15CHI Health ImmanuelOmaha, NE · Acute care11.7%3310.9%15.5%0.83128 min1.03356Compare
16Bryan Medical CenterLincoln, NE · Acute care11.9%3314.3%14.7%1.04112 min1.01630Compare
17Box Butte General HospitalAlliance, NE · Critical access12.1%44—14.5%—136 min—25Compare
18Jennie M Melham Memorial Medical CenterBroken Bow, NE · Critical access12.3%4——14.7%—115 min—23Compare
19Memorial Health Care SystemsSeward, NE · Critical access12.4%3——14.9%—99 min—24Compare
T20Avera St Anthony's HospitalO' Neill, NE · Critical access12.5%45—14.7%—115 min—25Compare
T20York General Health Care ServicesYork, NE · Critical access12.5%44—15.0%—126 min—25Compare
22Methodist Fremont HealthFremont, NE · Acute care12.7%2413.1%14.9%1.08126 min0.9590Compare
23Beatrice Community Hospital & Health Center, IncBeatrice, NE · Critical access13.1%44—14.7%—92 min—25Compare
T24CHI Health LakesideOmaha, NE · Acute care13.3%4311.8%15.1%0.85179 min0.96157Compare
T24CHI Health Nebraska HeartLincoln, NE · Acute care13.3%4411.7%13.3%0.94—1.0063Compare
T24Kearney Regional Medical CenterKearney, NE · Acute care13.3%4411.7%15.0%0.92109 min1.0344Compare
T27Community Medical Center, IncFalls City, NE · Critical access14.0%45—14.6%—104 min—24Compare
T27Regional West Medical CenterScottsbluff, NE · Acute care14.0%2211.2%14.9%0.97202 min1.03166Compare
29Brodstone HealthcareSuperior, NE · Critical access14.1%44—15.2%—126 min—25Compare
30CHI Health St. ElizabethLincoln, NE · Acute care14.3%43—15.0%0.79158 min1.03265Compare
31Grand Island Regional Medical CenterGrand Island, NE · Acute care14.6%2311.4%15.1%0.85103 min0.9367Compare
32Community HospitalMccook, NE · Critical access15.2%3——15.0%—146 min—25Compare
33St Francis Memorial HospitalWest Point, NE · Critical access16.1%2——15.2%—114 min—25Compare
34Mary Lanning HealthcareHastings, NE · Acute care18.8%2313.0%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.

Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure 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.
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).