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Hospitals in Nebraska with the highest patients would recommend

36 Nebraska hospitals ranked by patients would recommend in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Boone County Health Center, Brodstone Healthcare, Community Medical Center, Inc. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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36 hospitals ranked in Nebraska by patients would recommend; 57 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPatients would recommendhigher 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 average873.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Boone County Health CenterAlbion, NE · Critical access9845—11.5%15.5%—111 min—22Compare
T2Brodstone HealthcareSuperior, NE · Critical access9644—14.1%15.2%—126 min—25Compare
T2Community Medical Center, IncFalls City, NE · Critical access9645—14.0%14.6%—104 min—24Compare
T4CHI Health Nebraska HeartLincoln, NE · Acute care944411.7%13.3%13.3%0.94—1.0063Compare
T4Phelps Memorial Health CenterHoldrege, NE · Critical access9445—11.4%14.7%—87 min—25Compare
T4The Nebraska Methodist HospitalOmaha, NE · Acute care944411.0%11.0%15.5%1.04156 min0.98430Compare
T4Midwest Surgical Hospital LLCOmaha, NE · Acute care94—5——14.0%0.88—0.8619Compare
T4Nebraska Orthopaedic HospitalOmaha, NE · Acute care94—5——14.5%0.96103 min0.9324Compare
T9Avera St Anthony's HospitalO' Neill, NE · Critical access9345—12.5%14.7%—115 min—25Compare
T9Beatrice Community Hospital & Health Center, IncBeatrice, NE · Critical access9344—13.1%14.7%—92 min—25Compare
T9Nebraska Spine Hospital, LLCOmaha, NE · Acute care93—5——13.7%1.13—0.9034Compare
T9Sidney Regional Medical CenterSidney, NE · Critical access93—5——15.4%—143 min—25Compare
13Thayer County Health ServicesHebron, NE · Critical access92—5——14.7%—88 min—17Compare
14Kearney Regional Medical CenterKearney, NE · Acute care914411.7%13.3%15.0%0.92109 min1.0344Compare
T15Bellevue Medical CenterBellevue, NE · Acute care904311.6%11.5%15.7%0.88144 min0.9291Compare
T15CHI Health Good SamaritanKearney, NE · Acute care904411.0%10.2%14.7%0.98138 min1.03165Compare
T15CHI Health MidlandsPapillion, NE · Acute care9044—11.4%14.8%0.97137 min0.83131Compare
T15York General Health Care ServicesYork, NE · Critical access9044—12.5%15.0%—126 min—25Compare
T15Bryan Medical CenterLincoln, NE · Acute care903314.3%11.9%14.7%1.04112 min1.01630Compare
T15Grand Island Regional Medical CenterGrand Island, NE · Acute care902311.4%14.6%15.1%0.85103 min0.9367Compare
T15Cherry County HospitalValentine, NE · Critical access90—4——15.2%—146 min—21Compare
T22Omaha VA Medical Center (VA Nebraska Western Iowa Healthcare System)Omaha, NE · Veterans Affairs894411.8%9.5%15.2%1.36——486Compare
T22The Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, NE · Acute care894310.3%10.1%15.0%0.57256 min1.01689Compare
T22Columbus Community Hospital, IncColumbus, NE · Acute care893412.4%10.5%14.1%0.89121 min1.0047Compare
T22Faith HealthNorfolk, NE · Acute care893412.8%11.0%13.8%1.11101 min0.98133Compare
26Memorial Community Hospital & Health SystemBlair, NE · Critical access88—3——15.2%—128 min—25Compare
T27Mary Lanning HealthcareHastings, NE · Acute care872313.0%18.8%13.7%1.29116 min0.91163Compare
T27Methodist Fremont HealthFremont, NE · Acute care872413.1%12.7%14.9%1.08126 min0.9590Compare
T29Box Butte General HospitalAlliance, NE · Critical access8644—12.1%14.5%—136 min—25Compare
T29CHI Health St. FrancisGrand Island, NE · Acute care864411.8%10.0%14.3%0.86120 min1.03130Compare
31CHI Health St. ElizabethLincoln, NE · Acute care8543—14.3%15.0%0.79158 min1.03265Compare
T32CHI Health LakesideOmaha, NE · Acute care844311.8%13.3%15.1%0.85179 min0.96157Compare
T32CHI Health ImmanuelOmaha, NE · Acute care843310.9%11.7%15.5%0.83128 min1.03356Compare
T34CHI Health Bergan MercyOmaha, NE · Acute care834311.4%9.6%14.6%0.99156 min1.02400Compare
T34Great Plains HealthNorth Platte, NE · Acute care833311.5%11.3%15.0%0.82128 min0.97116Compare
36Regional West Medical CenterScottsbluff, NE · Acute care782211.2%14.0%14.9%0.97202 min1.03166Compare

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.

Patients would recommend
HCAHPS willingness to recommend the hospital, linear mean score (0-100).
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).