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Hospitals in Nebraska with the lowest serious complications

25 Nebraska hospitals ranked by serious complications in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: The Nebraska Medical Center, CHI Health St. Elizabeth, Great Plains Health. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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25 hospitals ranked in Nebraska by serious complications; 68 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalSerious complicationslower 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 dataTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average1.003.311.9%11.1%15.0%162 min1.00
1The Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, NE · Acute care0.574310.3%10.1%15.0%256 min1.01689Compare
2CHI Health St. ElizabethLincoln, NE · Acute care0.7943—14.3%15.0%158 min1.03265Compare
3Great Plains HealthNorth Platte, NE · Acute care0.823311.5%11.3%15.0%128 min0.97116Compare
4CHI Health ImmanuelOmaha, NE · Acute care0.833310.9%11.7%15.5%128 min1.03356Compare
T5CHI Health LakesideOmaha, NE · Acute care0.854311.8%13.3%15.1%179 min0.96157Compare
T5Grand Island Regional Medical CenterGrand Island, NE · Acute care0.852311.4%14.6%15.1%103 min0.9367Compare
7CHI Health St. FrancisGrand Island, NE · Acute care0.864411.8%10.0%14.3%120 min1.03130Compare
T8Bellevue Medical CenterBellevue, NE · Acute care0.884311.6%11.5%15.7%144 min0.9291Compare
T8Midwest Surgical Hospital LLCOmaha, NE · Acute care0.88—5——14.0%—0.8619Compare
10Columbus Community Hospital, IncColumbus, NE · Acute care0.893412.4%10.5%14.1%121 min1.0047Compare
11Kearney Regional Medical CenterKearney, NE · Acute care0.924411.7%13.3%15.0%109 min1.0344Compare
12CHI Health Nebraska HeartLincoln, NE · Acute care0.944411.7%13.3%13.3%—1.0063Compare
13Nebraska Orthopaedic HospitalOmaha, NE · Acute care0.96—5——14.5%103 min0.9324Compare
T14CHI Health MidlandsPapillion, NE · Acute care0.9744—11.4%14.8%137 min0.83131Compare
T14Regional West Medical CenterScottsbluff, NE · Acute care0.972211.2%14.0%14.9%202 min1.03166Compare
T14Lincoln Surgical HospitalLincoln, NE · Acute care0.97————14.4%—1.0220Compare
17CHI Health Good SamaritanKearney, NE · Acute care0.984411.0%10.2%14.7%138 min1.03165Compare
18CHI Health Bergan MercyOmaha, NE · Acute care0.994311.4%9.6%14.6%156 min1.02400Compare
T19The Nebraska Methodist HospitalOmaha, NE · Acute care1.044411.0%11.0%15.5%156 min0.98430Compare
T19Bryan Medical CenterLincoln, NE · Acute care1.043314.3%11.9%14.7%112 min1.01630Compare
21Methodist Fremont HealthFremont, NE · Acute care1.082413.1%12.7%14.9%126 min0.9590Compare
22Faith HealthNorfolk, NE · Acute care1.113412.8%11.0%13.8%101 min0.98133Compare
23Nebraska Spine Hospital, LLCOmaha, NE · Acute care1.13—5——13.7%—0.9034Compare
24Mary Lanning HealthcareHastings, NE · Acute care1.292313.0%18.8%13.7%116 min0.91163Compare
25Omaha VA Medical Center (VA Nebraska Western Iowa Healthcare System)Omaha, NE · Veterans Affairs1.364411.8%9.5%15.2%——486Compare

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.

Serious complications
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
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.
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).