Hospital rankings
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. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | 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 | 15.0% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T44 | Valley County Health System | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 94 min, 93rd percentile | — | 16 | Compare Valley County Health System |
| T44 | West Holt Memorial Hospital | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 110 min, 82nd percentile | — | 15 | Compare West Holt Memorial Hospital |
| T53 | CHI Health Lakeside | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 13.3%, 12th percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 179 min, 30th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 157 | Compare CHI Health Lakeside |
| T53 | Grand Island Regional Medical Center | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 103 min, 88th percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 67 | Compare Grand Island Regional Medical Center |
| T53 | Antelope Memorial Hospital | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 117 min, 77th percentile | — | 16 | Compare Antelope Memorial Hospital |
| T53 | Callaway District Hospital | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 126 min, 69th percentile | — | 12 | Compare Callaway District Hospital |
| T53 | Pender Community Hospital | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 128 min, 67th percentile | — | 21 | Compare Pender Community Hospital |
| T53 | Syracuse Area Health | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 106 min, 86th percentile | — | 10 | Compare Syracuse Area Health |
| T59 | Brodstone Healthcare | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 14.1%, 7th percentile | — | 126 min, 69th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Brodstone Healthcare |
| T59 | Fillmore County Hospital | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | — | — | — | — | 111 min, 82nd percentile | — | 20 | Compare Fillmore County Hospital |
| T59 | Omaha VA Medical Center (VA Nebraska Western Iowa Healthcare System) | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 1.36, 5th percentile | — | — | 486 | Compare Omaha VA Medical Center (VA Nebraska Western Iowa Healthcare System) |
| T59 | St Francis Memorial Hospital | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | — | — | 16.1%, 1st percentile | — | 114 min, 79th percentile | — | 25 | Compare St Francis Memorial Hospital |
| T59 | Butler County Health | 15.2%, 34th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 98 min, 91st percentile | — | 20 | Compare Butler County Health |
| T59 | Cherry County Hospital | 15.2%, 34th percentile | — | 4, 76th percentile | — | — | — | 146 min, 52nd percentile | — | 21 | Compare Cherry County Hospital |
| T59 | Memorial Community Hospital & Health System | 15.2%, 34th percentile | — | 3, 39th percentile | — | — | — | 128 min, 67th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Memorial Community Hospital & Health System |
| 66 | Ogallala Community Hospital | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 106 min, 86th percentile | — | 18 | Compare Ogallala Community Hospital |
| T67 | Gordon Memorial Hospital District | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 106 min, 86th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Gordon Memorial Hospital District |
| T67 | Harlan County Health System | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 99 min, 91st percentile | — | 19 | Compare Harlan County Health System |
| T67 | Johnson County Hospital | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 106 min, 86th percentile | — | 18 | Compare Johnson County Hospital |
| T67 | Perkins County Health Services | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 129 min, 66th percentile | — | 20 | Compare Perkins County Health Services |
| T67 | Rock County Hospital | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 111 min, 82nd percentile | — | 24 | Compare Rock County Hospital |
| T67 | Sidney Regional Medical Center | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | — | 5, 97th percentile | — | — | — | 143 min, 54th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Sidney Regional Medical Center |
| T73 | Boone County Health Center | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 5, 97th percentile | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | — | 111 min, 82nd percentile | — | 22 | Compare Boone County Health Center |
| T73 | The Nebraska Methodist Hospital | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 156 min, 45th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 430 | Compare The Nebraska Methodist Hospital |
| T73 | CHI Health Immanuel | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 0.83, 89th percentile | 128 min, 67th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 356 | Compare CHI Health Immanuel |
| T73 | Chase County Community Hospital | 15.5%, 19th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 145 min, 52nd percentile | — | 15 | Compare Chase County Community Hospital |
| T77 | Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Health Center | 15.6%, 16th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 86 min, 96th percentile | — | 16 | Compare Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Health Center |
| T77 | Dundy County Hospital | 15.6%, 16th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 156 min, 45th percentile | — | 12 | Compare Dundy County Hospital |
| T79 | Bellevue Medical Center | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 144 min, 53rd percentile | 0.92, 83rd percentile | 91 | Compare Bellevue Medical Center |
| T79 | Cozad Community Hospital | 15.7%, 13th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 95 min, 93rd percentile | — | 20 | Compare Cozad Community Hospital |
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).