Hospital rankings
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.
| # | Hospital | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 1 | The Nebraska Medical Center | 0.57, 100th percentile | 0.66, 35th percentile | 0.39, 51st percentile | 0.85, 41st percentile | 1.26, 34th percentile | 0.39, 68th percentile | 0.32, 44th percentile | Compare The Nebraska Medical Center |
| 2 | CHI Health St. Elizabeth | 0.79, 94th percentile | 1.25, 9th percentile | 0.42, 47th percentile | 0.38, 71st percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.10, 74th percentile | Compare CHI Health St. Elizabeth |
| 3 | Great Plains Health | 0.82, 90th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 0.86, 8th percentile | Compare Great Plains Health |
| 4 | CHI Health Immanuel | 0.83, 89th percentile | 0.32, 65th percentile | 0.42, 47th percentile | 2.07, 4th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.11, 74th percentile | Compare CHI Health Immanuel |
| T5 | CHI Health Lakeside | 0.85, 85th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.32, 58th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 1.14, 16th percentile | 0.25, 54th percentile | Compare CHI Health Lakeside |
| T5 | Grand Island Regional Medical Center | 0.85, 85th percentile | — | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | — | 0.39, 35th percentile | Compare Grand Island Regional Medical Center |
| 7 | CHI Health St. Francis | 0.86, 83rd percentile | 0.71, 31st percentile | 0.51, 39th percentile | — | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.20, 61st percentile | Compare CHI Health St. Francis |
| T8 | Bellevue Medical Center | 0.88, 78th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | — | 0.67, 44th percentile | 0.19, 64th percentile | Compare Bellevue Medical Center |
| T8 | Midwest Surgical Hospital LLC | 0.88, 78th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Midwest Surgical Hospital LLC |
| 10 | Columbus Community Hospital, Inc | 0.89, 75th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 0.84, 8th percentile | Compare Columbus Community Hospital, Inc |
| 11 | Kearney Regional Medical Center | 0.92, 67th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.89, 38th percentile | — | — | 0.11, 73rd percentile | Compare Kearney Regional Medical Center |
| 12 | CHI Health Nebraska Heart | 0.94, 59th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 1.12, 4th percentile | Compare CHI Health Nebraska Heart |
| 13 | Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital | 0.96, 51st percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital |
| T14 | CHI Health Midlands | 0.97, 46th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare CHI Health Midlands |
| T14 | Regional West Medical Center | 0.97, 46th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.61, 57th percentile | — | 0.93, 25th percentile | 0.10, 75th percentile | Compare Regional West Medical Center |
| T14 | Lincoln Surgical Hospital | 0.97, 46th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Lincoln Surgical Hospital |
| 17 | CHI Health Good Samaritan | 0.98, 41st percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.41, 49th percentile | — | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.11, 73rd percentile | Compare CHI Health Good Samaritan |
| 18 | CHI Health Bergan Mercy | 0.99, 37th percentile | 0.46, 52nd percentile | 0.14, 72nd percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 1.01, 21st percentile | 0.21, 61st percentile | Compare CHI Health Bergan Mercy |
| T19 | The Nebraska Methodist Hospital | 1.04, 28th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.54, 36th percentile | 0.83, 42nd percentile | 0.81, 50th percentile | 0.49, 60th percentile | 0.41, 33rd percentile | Compare The Nebraska Methodist Hospital |
| T19 | Bryan Medical Center | 1.04, 28th percentile | 0.65, 36th percentile | 0.40, 50th percentile | 0.55, 60th percentile | 0.71, 58th percentile | 0.57, 53rd percentile | 0.40, 33rd percentile | Compare Bryan Medical Center |
| 21 | Methodist Fremont Health | 1.08, 22nd percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 0.17, 66th percentile | Compare Methodist Fremont Health |
| 22 | Faith Health | 1.11, 18th percentile | — | — | — | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.18, 65th percentile | Compare Faith Health |
| 23 | Nebraska Spine Hospital, LLC | 1.13, 16th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Nebraska Spine Hospital, LLC |
| 24 | Mary Lanning Healthcare | 1.29, 7th percentile | — | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | — | — | 1.11, 4th percentile | Compare Mary Lanning Healthcare |
| 25 | Omaha VA Medical Center (VA Nebraska Western Iowa Healthcare System) | 1.36, 5th percentile | 0.69, 32nd percentile | 0.62, 30th percentile | — | — | — | — | Compare Omaha VA Medical Center (VA Nebraska Western Iowa Healthcare System) |
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).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).