Missouri Hospital Rankings & Safety Report

zReports Research Institute · Updated September 2026

Bythe zReports Healthcare Research Team · zReports Research Institute Data sourcezReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.09 Facilities analyzed120 Government sourcesthe state's licensing authority Last updatedSeptember 2026 MethodologyConsumer Z Score™ · Database v2026.09

Missouri has 120 active licensed hospitals on the state's public file. zReports analyzed CMS Hospital Compare general information and quality data to produce a records layer grade for every one, the government's own verdicts, mapped through one fixed rule. No facility can pay to change a score, and the grade is free.

Key findings

120active licensed hospitals across 87 Missouri cities appear on the state's public file.
80%hold an A or B records layer grade, while 3 carry a D or F.
80.2is the statewide average records layer score across all graded hospitals.
Saint Louisis the highest-scoring larger city (10 facilities, average score 81.1).
Saint Louishas the most licensed hospitals in the state (10).

Key statistics

StatisticValue
Active licensed hospitals120
Cities covered87
Statewide average records layer score80.2
Grade A facilities74 (61.7%)
Grade B facilities22 (18.3%)
Grade C facilities21 (17.5%)
Grade D facilities3 (2.5%)
Facilities with a clean record (no deficiencies on file)120 (100%)
Serious (high severity) findings on the record0
Moderate findings on the record0
General Acute Care Hospital68
Critical Access Hospital35
Psychiatric Hospital13
Children'S Hospital4

By city

Saint Louis (10)Kansas City (9)Springfield (4)Columbia (4)Cape Girardeau (3)Joplin (2)Saint Charles (2)Saint Joseph (2)Poplar Bluff (2)Farmington (2)Osage Beach (2)Lees Summit (2)Maryland Heights (2)Sedalia (1)Jefferson City (1)Rolla (1)Kirksville (1)Crystal City (1)Houston (1)Hannibal (1)Fort Leonard Wood (1)Butler (1)Washington (1)Cameron (1)Lebanon (1)Nevada (1)Hayti (1)Moberly (1)West Plains (1)Fenton (1)Branson (1)Independence (1)North Kansas City (1)Warrensburg (1)St. Louis (1)Bridgeton (1)Sikeston (1)Marshall (1)Dexter (1)Creve Coeur (1)Clinton (1)Liberty (1)Chesterfield (1)Saint Peters (1)Blue Springs (1)Bolivar (1)Lake Saint Louis (1)Belton (1)Ofallon (1)Bonne Terre (1)Appleton City (1)Fredericktown (1)Fairfax (1)Unionville (1)Milan (1)Brookfield (1)Potosi (1)Trenton (1)Memphis (1)Perryville (1)Bethany (1)Macon (1)Hermann (1)Aurora (1)Cassville (1)Salem (1)Troy (1)Lexington (1)Chillicothe (1)Excelsior Springs (1)El Dorado Springs (1)Harrisonville (1)Lamar (1)Richmond (1)Albany (1)Monett (1)Sainte Genevieve (1)Neosho (1)Carrollton (1)Louisiana (1)Mountain View (1)Pilot Knob (1)Sullivan (1)Carthage (1)Maryville (1)Fulton (1)Windsor (1)

Statewide top 25

#1 Saint Lukes North Hospital Kansas City · A

#2 St Louis-John Cochran Va Medical Center St. Louis · A

#3 Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis · A

#4 St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas City Kansas City · A

#5 Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital Creve Coeur · A

#6 Mosaic Life Care At St Joseph Saint Joseph · A-

#7 Bothwell Regional Health Center Sedalia · A-

#8 Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis · A-

#9 Mercy Hospital Jefferson Crystal City · A-

#10 Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis · A-

#11 Kansas City Va Medical Center Kansas City · A-

#12 Mercy Hospital Washington Washington · A-

#13 Mercy Hospital Lebanon Lebanon · A-

#14 Boone Hospital Center Columbia · A-

#15 Ssm St Clare Health Center Fenton · A-

#16 Cox Medical Center Branson Branson · A-

#17 Nkc Health North Kansas City · A-

#18 Western Missouri Medical Center Warrensburg · A-

#19 University Health Lakewood Medical Center Kansas City · A-

#20 Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St Louis Bridgeton · A-

#21 Parkland Health Center Farmington · A-

#22 St Lukes Hospital Chesterfield · A-

#23 Christian Hospital Northeast Saint Louis · A-

#24 Saint Luke'S East Hospital Lees Summit · A-

#25 Progress West Hospital Ofallon · A-

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Methodology

The free grade on this page contains zero zReports judgment: it maps the state's own published licensing and enforcement verdicts through one fixed rule, applied identically to every hospital in America. Where the record and public reputation diverge, a highly reviewed facility with serious findings on file, the paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ surfaces it through the composite Consumer Z Score™ and our published ten point methodology. Facilities are never contacted and cannot pay to change a score. Read the full methodology →

About hospital licensing in Missouri

Hospitals in Missouri are overseen by the state's licensing authority, whose certification, inspection, and quality-reporting data is published on the public record. This page is computed from CMS Hospital Compare general information and quality data, the government’s own filings, not reviews or advertising.

Frequently asked questions

How many hospitals are there in Missouri?

Missouri has 120 active licensed hospitals on the state's public file, across 87 cities. Every one has a free records layer grade on zReports.

Which Missouri city has the most hospitals?

Saint Louis, with 10 licensed hospitals, followed by Kansas City (9) and Springfield (4).

How are Missouri hospital grades calculated?

The free records layer grade contains zero zReports judgment. It maps the government's own published verdicts, CMS Hospital Compare general information and quality data, through one fixed rule, applied identically to every hospital in the country. The paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ adds the composite Consumer Z Score™, which audits the record against public reputation through our published ten point methodology.

Why can a facility with 5-star reviews have a low grade?

Reviews and records are different surfaces. Reviews reflect what visitors chose to write, and can be managed by the business. Inspection and enforcement records are filed by the state, are mandatory, and cannot be edited by the facility. When the two diverge, the record is the surface worth checking. That divergence is exactly what zReports was built to surface.

How often are these rankings updated?

Rankings refresh whenever Missouri republishes its licensing data; facility pages carry the records-verified date for each provider. This page was generated from the current file as of September 2026.

Can a facility pay to change its score?

No. Facilities are never contacted, never notified, and cannot pay to be listed, delisted, or re-scored. zReports has no business relationship with any facility it grades, independence is the product.

Data Provenance

This report was generated from the zReports Consumer Records Database™, a continuously updated database that normalizes official government licensing, inspection, enforcement, ownership, and safety records across multiple federal and state agencies. Every statistic in this report is traceable to its originating public record. Facilities cannot pay to alter scores, rankings, or findings.

Data source: zReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.09 · Built from: CMS Provider Data Catalog · HHS OIG Exclusions List (LEIE) · Public consumer review signals (audited, never trusted, in the composite Consumer Z Score™) · Proprietary Consumer Z Score™ methodology · Updated: September 2026

Cite this report

APA, zReports Research Institute. (2026). Missouri Hospital Rankings & Safety Report (v2026.09). zReports.org. https://zreports.org/rankings/hospital/mo

MLA, zReports Research Institute. “Missouri Hospital Rankings & Safety Report.” zReports.org, v2026.09, September 2026, zreports.org/rankings/hospital/mo.

Plain, Missouri Hospital Rankings & Safety Report, zReports Research Institute, v2026.09, updated September 2026, zreports.org/rankings/hospital/mo

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