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Best hospitals in Nebraska

None of the 35 Nebraska hospitals rated by CMS holds five stars at the moment; 22 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.

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0five-star hospitals
22four-star hospitals
35hospitals rated by CMS and open to the public, of 93 in the state
74%of patients would recommend the typical hospital US typical 71%
2 h 0 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

The top 10

1Boone County Health CenterAlbion · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend94%Typical ER visit1 h 51 minListed per $1 of cost$1.422Community Medical Center, IncFalls City · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend86%Typical ER visit1 h 44 minListed per $1 of cost$1.653Phelps Memorial Health CenterHoldrege · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend86%Typical ER visit1 h 27 minListed per $1 of cost$1.934Avera St Anthony's HospitalO' Neill · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend82%Typical ER visit1 h 55 minListed per $1 of cost$2.575Brodstone HealthcareSuperior · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend88%Typical ER visit2 h 6 minListed per $1 of cost$1.556Chi Health Nebraska HeartLincoln · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend86%Listed per $1 of cost$3.657The Nebraska Methodist HospitalOmaha · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend84%Typical ER visit2 h 36 minListed per $1 of cost$3.388Beatrice Community Hospital & Health Center, IncBeatrice · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend79%Typical ER visit1 h 32 minListed per $1 of cost$1.919Kearney Regional Medical CenterKearney · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend78%Typical ER visit1 h 49 minListed per $1 of cost$3.9610Chi Health MidlandsPapillion · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend75%Typical ER visit2 h 17 minListed per $1 of cost$4.60
How Nebraska's 35 rated hospitals score
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224 stars
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Every rated hospital in Nebraska

In ranking order. Click a column to sort.

#HospitalCityCMS ratingPatient ratingWould recommendTypical ER visitListed per $1 of cost
1Boone County Health CenterAlbion★★★★★★★★★★94%1 h 51 min$1.42
2Community Medical Center, IncFalls City★★★★★★★★★★86%1 h 44 min$1.65
3Phelps Memorial Health CenterHoldrege★★★★★★★★★★86%1 h 27 min$1.93
4Avera St Anthony's HospitalO' Neill★★★★★★★★★★82%1 h 55 min$2.57
5Brodstone HealthcareSuperior★★★★★★★★★★88%2 h 6 min$1.55
6Chi Health Nebraska HeartLincoln★★★★★★★★★★86%–$3.65
7The Nebraska Methodist HospitalOmaha★★★★★★★★★★84%2 h 36 min$3.38
8Beatrice Community Hospital & Health Center, IncBeatrice★★★★★★★★★★79%1 h 32 min$1.91
9Kearney Regional Medical CenterKearney★★★★★★★★★★78%1 h 49 min$3.96
10Chi Health MidlandsPapillion★★★★★★★★★★75%2 h 17 min$4.60
11York General Health Care ServicesYork★★★★★★★★★★75%2 h 6 min$1.76
12Chi Health Good SamaritanKearney★★★★★★★★★★73%2 h 18 min$3.95
13Chi Health St. FrancisGrand Island★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 0 min$3.63
14Box Butte General HospitalAlliance★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 16 min$1.78
15Bellevue Medical CenterBellevue★★★★★★★★★★76%2 h 24 min$3.80
16The Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha★★★★★★★★★★72%4 h 16 min$3.28
17Chi Health St. ElizabethLincoln★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 38 min$3.70
18Chi Health LakesideOmaha★★★★★★★★★★63%2 h 59 min$4.99
19Chi Health Bergan MercyOmaha★★★★★★★★★★62%2 h 36 min$4.56
20Fillmore County HospitalGeneva★★★★★–78%1 h 51 min$1.47
21Chi Health St Mary'sNebraska City★★★★★–75%1 h 56 min$2.19
22Jennie M Melham Memorial Medical CenterBroken Bow★★★★★–72%1 h 55 min$1.36
23Columbus Community Hospital, IncColumbus★★★★★★★★★★72%2 h 1 min$2.56
24Faith HealthNorfolk★★★★★★★★★★69%1 h 41 min$3.63
25Bryan Medical CenterLincoln★★★★★★★★★★77%1 h 52 min$4.22
26Chi Health ImmanuelOmaha★★★★★★★★★★63%2 h 8 min$4.39
27Great Plains HealthNorth Platte★★★★★★★★★★58%2 h 8 min$3.50
28Memorial Health Care SystemsSeward★★★★★–74%1 h 39 min$1.36
29Chadron HospitalChadron★★★★★–72%1 h 50 min$1.54
30Community HospitalMcCook★★★★★–69%2 h 26 min$1.57
31Methodist Fremont HealthFremont★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 6 min$3.55
32Grand Island Regional Medical CenterGrand Island★★★★★★★★★★75%1 h 43 min$2.71
33Mary Lanning HealthcareHastings★★★★★★★★★★66%1 h 56 min$3.02
34Regional West Medical CenterScottsbluff★★★★★★★★★★47%3 h 22 min$4.31
35St Francis Memorial HospitalWest Point★★★★★–84%1 h 54 min$1.89
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.