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Best hospitals in Missouri

4 of the 76 Missouri hospitals rated by CMS hold the top rating of five stars, and 26 more hold four. They are listed here in order of CMS's overall quality rating and what patients say, next to how long the ER takes and how much each hospital marks up its prices.

Also:All 122 Missouri hospitalsBest hospitals by stateMissouri ranks 29th of 52 statesCompare the top 3 side by side

4five-star hospitals
26four-star hospitals
76hospitals rated by CMS and open to the public, of 122 in the state
69%of patients would recommend the typical hospital US typical 71%
2 h 50 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

The top 10

1Barnes-Jewish West County HospitalCreve Coeur · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend88%Typical ER visit3 h 40 minListed per $1 of cost$4.422Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend81%Typical ER visit4 h 22 minListed per $1 of cost$4.303St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas City · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend79%Typical ER visit3 h 46 minListed per $1 of cost$5.254Saint Lukes North HospitalKansas City · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend75%Typical ER visit2 h 59 minListed per $1 of cost$6.715Freeman Neosho HospitalNeosho · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend81%Typical ER visit2 h 28 minListed per $1 of cost$4.896Hedrick Medical CenterChillicothe · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend68%Typical ER visit2 h 4 minListed per $1 of cost$2.417Mercy Hospital CarthageCarthage · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend83%Typical ER visit1 h 32 minListed per $1 of cost$3.538Progress West HospitalOfallon · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend82%Typical ER visit3 h 23 minListed per $1 of cost$4.299Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend79%Typical ER visit4 h 37 minListed per $1 of cost$4.0110St Lukes HospitalChesterfield · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend79%Typical ER visit3 h 32 minListed per $1 of cost$4.42
How Missouri's 76 rated hospitals score
45 stars
264 stars
223 stars
212 stars
31 star

Every rated hospital in Missouri

In ranking order. Click a column to sort.

#HospitalCityCMS ratingPatient ratingWould recommendTypical ER visitListed per $1 of cost
1Barnes-Jewish West County HospitalCreve Coeur★★★★★★★★★★88%3 h 40 min$4.42
2Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis★★★★★★★★★★81%4 h 22 min$4.30
3St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas City★★★★★★★★★★79%3 h 46 min$5.25
4Saint Lukes North HospitalKansas City★★★★★★★★★★75%2 h 59 min$6.71
5Freeman Neosho HospitalNeosho★★★★★★★★★★81%2 h 28 min$4.89
6Hedrick Medical CenterChillicothe★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 4 min$2.41
7Mercy Hospital CarthageCarthage★★★★★★★★★★83%1 h 32 min$3.53
8Progress West HospitalOfallon★★★★★★★★★★82%3 h 23 min$4.29
9Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis★★★★★★★★★★79%4 h 37 min$4.01
10St Lukes HospitalChesterfield★★★★★★★★★★79%3 h 32 min$4.42
11Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit★★★★★★★★★★79%4 h 7 min$7.62
12Mercy Hospital JeffersonCrystal City★★★★★★★★★★78%3 h 22 min$4.75
13Ssm St Clare Health CenterFenton★★★★★★★★★★78%3 h 20 min$3.88
14Parkland Health CenterFarmington★★★★★★★★★★70%3 h 22 min$4.29
15Western Missouri Medical CenterWarrensburg★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 20 min$3.22
16Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis★★★★★★★★★★78%3 h 40 min$4.82
17Boone Hospital CenterColumbia★★★★★★★★★★78%2 h 55 min$4.27
18Cass Regional Medical CenterHarrisonville★★★★★★★★★★76%2 h 11 min$4.04
19Nkc HealthNorth Kansas City★★★★★★★★★★75%3 h 0 min$5.37
20Cox Medical Center BransonBranson★★★★★★★★★★71%3 h 38 min$5.11
21Mercy Hospital WashingtonWashington★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 39 min$5.28
22Christian Hospital NortheastSaint Louis★★★★★★★★★★66%3 h 37 min$4.37
23Mosaic Life Care at St JosephSaint Joseph★★★★★★★★★★65%2 h 33 min$3.04
24Mercy Hospital LebanonLebanon★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 31 min$4.71
25Bothwell Regional Health CenterSedalia★★★★★★★★★★59%3 h 18 min$4.06
26University Health Lakewood Medical CenterKansas City★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 30 min$2.10
27Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St LouisBridgeton★★★★★★★★★★56%3 h 33 min$3.90
28Ste Genevieve County Memorial HospitalSainte Genevieve★★★★★–70%1 h 43 min$2.58
29Salem Memorial District HospitalSalem★★★★★–69%2 h 13 min$2.57
30Wright Memorial HospitalTrenton★★★★★–61%2 h 16 min$2.07
31Cox Monett HospitalMonett★★★★★★★★★★86%2 h 31 min$3.61
32Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau★★★★★★★★★★83%4 h 7 min$5.93
33Citizens Memorial HospitalBolivar★★★★★★★★★★71%3 h 6 min$3.44
34Lake Regional Health SystemOsage Beach★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 50 min$4.10
35Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson CityJefferson City★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 48 min$3.69
36Lee's Summit Medical CenterLees Summit★★★★★★★★★★73%2 h 50 min$10.36
37University of Missouri Health CareColumbia★★★★★★★★★★71%3 h 42 min$4.47
38Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield★★★★★★★★★★70%4 h 59 min$5.36
39Barnes-Jewish St Peters HospitalSaint Peters★★★★★★★★★★70%4 h 13 min$4.88
40Golden Valley Memorial HospitalClinton★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 46 min$3.38
41Ssm St Joseph Hospital WestLake Saint Louis★★★★★★★★★★63%3 h 35 min$4.36
42Ssm St Joseph Health CenterSaint Charles★★★★★★★★★★63%2 h 37 min$3.39
43Cox Medical CentersSpringfield★★★★★★★★★★71%3 h 39 min$4.64
44Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisSaint Louis★★★★★★★★★★63%2 h 46 min$3.51
45St Joseph Medical CenterKansas City★★★★★★★★★★63%2 h 4 min$5.65
46St Mary's Medical CenterBlue Springs★★★★★★★★★★63%2 h 31 min$6.64
47Truman Medical Center Hospital HillKansas City★★★★★★★★★★60%3 h 44 min$2.06
48Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence★★★★★★★★★★59%2 h 50 min$12.69
49Bates County Memorial HospitalButler★★★★★–89%1 h 35 min$3.63
50Community Hospital AssociationFairfax★★★★★–77%1 h 29 min$1.72
51Harrison County Community HospitalBethany★★★★★–55%1 h 49 min$1.56
52Pershing Memorial HospitalBrookfield★★★★★––1 h 24 min$2.05
53Lafayette Regional Health CenterLexington★★★★★★★★★★82%1 h 46 min$4.34
54Missouri Baptist Sullivan HospitalSullivan★★★★★★★★★★77%2 h 55 min$3.65
55Hannibal Regional HospitalHannibal★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 25 min$3.85
56Mercy Hospital PerryPerryville★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 15 min$2.45
57Texas County Memorial HospitalHouston★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 3 min$2.53
58Ozarks HealthcareWest Plains★★★★★★★★★★59%3 h 2 min$4.22
59Liberty HospitalLiberty★★★★★★★★★★72%3 h 14 min$3.91
60Phelps County Regional Medical CenterRolla★★★★★★★★★★71%3 h 31 min$5.32
61Mercy Hospital SoutheastCape Girardeau★★★★★★★★★★70%2 h 49 min$3.83
62Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 48 min$5.91
63Moberly Regional Medical CenterMoberly★★★★★★★★★★64%1 h 54 min$7.38
64Fitzgibbon HospitalMarshall★★★★★★★★★★62%1 h 24 min$2.74
65Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterPoplar Bluff★★★★★★★★★★57%2 h 53 min$11.82
66Northeast Regional Medical CenterKirksville★★★★★★★★★★52%2 h 30 min$8.82
67Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis★★★★★★★★★★65%4 h 14 min$4.04
68Belton Regional Medical CenterBelton★★★★★★★★★★59%1 h 38 min$11.96
69Research Medical CenterKansas City★★★★★★★★★★58%1 h 30 min$11.77
70Missouri Delta Medical CenterSikeston★★★★★★★★★★55%3 h 22 min$4.08
71Mercy Hospital StoddardDexter★★★★★–77%2 h 49 min$3.26
72Scotland County HospitalMemphis★★★★★–68%1 h 44 min$2.42
73Macon County Samaritan Memorial HospitalMacon★★★★★–––$1.94
74Mercy Hospital JoplinJoplin★★★★★★★★★★77%3 h 46 min$5.54
75Cameron Regional Medical CenterCameron★★★★★★★★★★63%1 h 48 min$3.10
76Ssm Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis★★★★★★★★★★65%5 h 35 min$4.77
How the order is set. Hospitals are sorted by CMS's overall hospital quality star rating (1 to 5 stars), which combines death rates, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. Ties are broken by the patient survey star rating, then by the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital. Hospitals CMS has not rated, often small, new or specialty hospitals, are not listed; neither are Veterans Affairs and military hospitals, which most patients cannot choose. Prices and ER times are shown for comparison and do not change the order. A star rating is a summary: for a specific operation, look at that hospital's page and ask your doctor.

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Source: CMS Care Compare (overall star ratings and patient survey) and hospital cost reports.