Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Nebraska with the lowest pneumonia death rate
62 Nebraska hospitals ranked by pneumonia death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Pneumonia 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 |
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| National average | 15.2% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T51 | Grand Island Regional Medical Center | 19.2%, 7th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 103 min, 88th percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 67 | Compare Grand Island Regional Medical Center |
| T51 | Saunders Medical Center | 19.2%, 7th percentile | — | — | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | 94 min, 93rd percentile | — | 16 | Compare Saunders Medical Center |
| 53 | Phelps Memorial Health Center | 19.4%, 6th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 5, 97th percentile | — | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | 87 min, 96th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Phelps Memorial Health Center |
| 54 | Pender Community Hospital | 19.5%, 6th percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | 128 min, 67th percentile | — | 21 | Compare Pender Community Hospital |
| 55 | Jefferson Community Health & Life | 19.7%, 5th percentile | — | — | — | — | 14.5%, 79th percentile | — | 106 min, 86th percentile | — | 17 | Compare Jefferson Community Health & Life |
| 56 | St Francis Memorial Hospital | 19.9%, 5th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | — | — | 16.1%, 1st percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | — | 114 min, 79th percentile | — | 25 | Compare St Francis Memorial Hospital |
| 57 | Avera St Anthony's Hospital | 20.2%, 4th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 5, 97th percentile | — | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | 115 min, 78th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Avera St Anthony's Hospital |
| 58 | Community Hospital | 20.4%, 4th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | — | — | 15.2%, 3rd percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | 146 min, 52nd percentile | — | 25 | Compare Community Hospital |
| 59 | Valley County Health System | 20.7%, 3rd percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | 94 min, 93rd percentile | — | 16 | Compare Valley County Health System |
| 60 | Ogallala Community Hospital | 20.8%, 3rd percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | 106 min, 86th percentile | — | 18 | Compare Ogallala Community Hospital |
| 61 | Providence Medical Center | 22.2%, 1st percentile | — | — | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | 121 min, 73rd percentile | — | 21 | Compare Providence Medical Center |
| 62 | Beatrice Community Hospital & Health Center, Inc | 22.7%, 1st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | 92 min, 94th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Beatrice Community Hospital & Health Center, Inc |
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.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia 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).