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Best hospitals in Montana

3 of the 19 Montana hospitals rated by CMS hold the top rating of five stars, and 4 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 63 Montana hospitalsBest hospitals by stateMontana ranks 11th of 52 statesCompare the top 3 side by side

3five-star hospitals
4four-star hospitals
19hospitals rated by CMS and open to the public, of 63 in the state
75%of patients would recommend the typical hospital US typical 71%
2 h 25 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

The top 7

1Community Hospital of AnacondaAnaconda · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend85%Typical ER visit1 h 37 minListed per $1 of cost$2.182St. Patrick HospitalMissoula · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit2 h 43 minListed per $1 of cost$2.833Holy Rosary HospitalMiles City · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend69%Typical ER visit2 h 10 minListed per $1 of cost$1.434Bozeman Health Deaconess HospitalBozeman · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend75%Typical ER visit2 h 22 minListed per $1 of cost$2.855Bitterroot Health - Daly HospitalHamilton · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend73%Typical ER visit2 h 40 minListed per $1 of cost$2.236Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional HospitalBillings · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend76%Typical ER visit2 h 38 minListed per $1 of cost$3.297Billings Clinic HospitalBillings · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend71%Typical ER visit2 h 56 minListed per $1 of cost$2.26
How Montana's 19 rated hospitals score
35 stars
44 stars
63 stars
52 stars
11 star

Every rated hospital in Montana

In ranking order. Click a column to sort.

#HospitalCityCMS ratingPatient ratingWould recommendTypical ER visitListed per $1 of cost
1Community Hospital of AnacondaAnaconda★★★★★★★★★★85%1 h 37 min$2.18
2St. Patrick HospitalMissoula★★★★★★★★★★80%2 h 43 min$2.83
3Holy Rosary HospitalMiles City★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 10 min$1.43
4Bozeman Health Deaconess HospitalBozeman★★★★★★★★★★75%2 h 22 min$2.85
5Bitterroot Health - Daly HospitalHamilton★★★★★★★★★★73%2 h 40 min$2.23
6Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional HospitalBillings★★★★★★★★★★76%2 h 38 min$3.29
7Billings Clinic HospitalBillings★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 56 min$2.26
8Sidney Health CenterSidney★★★★★★★★★★81%2 h 32 min$1.88
9Livingston HealthcareLivingston★★★★★★★★★★78%1 h 57 min$1.71
10St Peters HealthHelena★★★★★★★★★★58%2 h 59 min$2.07
11Logan Health - WhitefishWhitefish★★★★★★★★★★79%2 h 15 min$2.07
12Community Medical CenterMissoula★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 18 min$3.98
13Logan Health Medical CenterKalispell★★★★★★★★★★64%3 h 34 min$2.88
14Great Falls Clinic HospitalGreat Falls★★★★★★★★★★82%2 h 20 min$3.40
15Cabinet Peaks Medical CenterLibby★★★★★★★★★★82%2 h 2 min$1.82
16St James HospitalButte★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 33 min$3.61
17Benefis Hospitals IncGreat Falls★★★★★★★★★★62%3 h 6 min$3.60
18Barrett Hospital & HealthcareDillon★★★★★–83%2 h 25 min$1.77
19Glendive Medical CenterGlendive★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 2 min$1.47
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.