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Hospitals in Nebraska with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate

80 Nebraska hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: CHI Health Nebraska Heart, Mary Lanning Healthcare, Nebraska Spine Hospital, LLC. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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80 hospitals ranked in Nebraska by hospital-wide readmission rate; 13 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average15.0%3.311.9%11.1%1.00162 min1.00
1CHI Health Nebraska HeartLincoln, NE · Acute care13.3%4411.7%13.3%0.94—1.0063Compare
T2Mary Lanning HealthcareHastings, NE · Acute care13.7%2313.0%18.8%1.29116 min0.91163Compare
T2Nebraska Spine Hospital, LLCOmaha, NE · Acute care13.7%—5——1.13—0.9034Compare
4Faith HealthNorfolk, NE · Acute care13.8%3412.8%11.0%1.11101 min0.98133Compare
5Midwest Surgical Hospital LLCOmaha, NE · Acute care14.0%—5——0.88—0.8619Compare
6Columbus Community Hospital, IncColumbus, NE · Acute care14.1%3412.4%10.5%0.89121 min1.0047Compare
7CHI Health St. FrancisGrand Island, NE · Acute care14.3%4411.8%10.0%0.86120 min1.03130Compare
8Lincoln Surgical HospitalLincoln, NE · Acute care14.4%————0.97—1.0220Compare
T9Box Butte General HospitalAlliance, NE · Critical access14.5%44—12.1%—136 min—25Compare
T9Jefferson Community Health & LifeFairbury, NE · Critical access14.5%—————106 min—17Compare
T9Nebraska Orthopaedic HospitalOmaha, NE · Acute care14.5%—5——0.96103 min0.9324Compare
T12CHI Health Bergan MercyOmaha, NE · Acute care14.6%4311.4%9.6%0.99156 min1.02400Compare
T12Community Medical Center, IncFalls City, NE · Critical access14.6%45—14.0%—104 min—24Compare
T12Brown County HospitalAinsworth, NE · Critical access14.6%—————110 min—23Compare
T12Gothenburg HealthGothenburg, NE · Critical access14.6%—————124 min—15Compare
T12Kearney County Health Services HospitalMinden, NE · Critical access14.6%—————125 min—10Compare
T12Memorial HospitalAurora, NE · Critical access14.6%—————124 min—12Compare
T12Merrick Medical CenterCentral City, NE · Critical access14.6%—————127 min—6Compare
T12Morrill County Community HospitalBridgeport, NE · Critical access14.6%—————146 min—20Compare
T20Avera St Anthony's HospitalO' Neill, NE · Critical access14.7%45—12.5%—115 min—25Compare
T20Beatrice Community Hospital & Health Center, IncBeatrice, NE · Critical access14.7%44—13.1%—92 min—25Compare
T20CHI Health Good SamaritanKearney, NE · Acute care14.7%4411.0%10.2%0.98138 min1.03165Compare
T20Jennie M Melham Memorial Medical CenterBroken Bow, NE · Critical access14.7%4——12.3%—115 min—23Compare
T20Phelps Memorial Health CenterHoldrege, NE · Critical access14.7%45—11.4%—87 min—25Compare
T20Bryan Medical CenterLincoln, NE · Acute care14.7%3314.3%11.9%1.04112 min1.01630Compare
T20Chadron HospitalChadron, NE · Critical access14.7%3————110 min—25Compare
T20Kimball Health ServicesKimball, NE · Critical access14.7%—————134 min—14Compare
T20Nemaha County HospitalAuburn, NE · Critical access14.7%—————110 min—20Compare
T20Thayer County Health ServicesHebron, NE · Critical access14.7%—5———88 min—17Compare
T30CHI Health MidlandsPapillion, NE · Acute care14.8%44—11.4%0.97137 min0.83131Compare
T30CHI Health St Mary'sNebraska City, NE · Critical access14.8%4——10.2%—116 min—18Compare
T30CHI Health Plainview HospitalPlainview, NE · Critical access14.8%—————92 min—15Compare
T30Crete Area Medical CenterCrete, NE · Critical access14.8%—————104 min—15Compare
T30Henderson Community HospitalHenderson, NE · Critical access14.8%—————120 min—10Compare
T30Providence Medical CenterWayne, NE · Critical access14.8%—————121 min—21Compare
T30Saunders Medical CenterWahoo, NE · Critical access14.8%—————94 min—16Compare
T37Memorial Health Care SystemsSeward, NE · Critical access14.9%3——12.4%—99 min—24Compare
T37Methodist Fremont HealthFremont, NE · Acute care14.9%2413.1%12.7%1.08126 min0.9590Compare
T37Regional West Medical CenterScottsbluff, NE · Acute care14.9%2211.2%14.0%0.97202 min1.03166Compare
T37Avera Creighton HospitalCreighton, NE · Critical access14.9%—————107 min—17Compare
T37Howard County Medical CenterSt Paul, NE · Critical access14.9%—————93 min—10Compare
T37Lexington Regional Health CenterLexington, NE · Critical access14.9%—————111 min—25Compare
T37Tri Valley Health SystemCambridge, NE · Critical access14.9%—————148 min—25Compare
T44CHI Health St. ElizabethLincoln, NE · Acute care15.0%43—14.3%0.79158 min1.03265Compare
T44Kearney Regional Medical CenterKearney, NE · Acute care15.0%4411.7%13.3%0.92109 min1.0344Compare
T44The Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, NE · Acute care15.0%4310.3%10.1%0.57256 min1.01689Compare
T44York General Health Care ServicesYork, NE · Critical access15.0%44—12.5%—126 min—25Compare
T44Community HospitalMccook, NE · Critical access15.0%3——15.2%—146 min—25Compare
T44Great Plains HealthNorth Platte, NE · Acute care15.0%3311.5%11.3%0.82128 min0.97116Compare
T44Osmond General HospitalOsmond, NE · Critical access15.0%—————114 min—20Compare

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.

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.
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.
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).