Nebraska 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 analyzed93 Government sourcesthe state's licensing authority Last updatedSeptember 2026 MethodologyConsumer Z Score™ · Database v2026.09

Nebraska has 93 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

93active licensed hospitals across 77 Nebraska cities appear on the state's public file.
94.6%hold an A or B records layer grade.
83.8is the statewide average records layer score across all graded hospitals.
Omahais the highest-scoring larger city (11 facilities, average score 85.5).
Omahahas the most licensed hospitals in the state (11).

Key statistics

StatisticValue
Active licensed hospitals93
Cities covered77
Statewide average records layer score83.8
Grade A facilities80 (86%)
Grade B facilities8 (8.6%)
Grade C facilities5 (5.4%)
Facilities with a clean record (no deficiencies on file)93 (100%)
Serious (high severity) findings on the record0
Moderate findings on the record0
Critical Access Hospital62
General Acute Care Hospital27
Children'S Hospital2
Psychiatric Hospital2

By city

Omaha (11)Lincoln (5)Kearney (2)Grand Island (2)Hastings (1)Winnebago (1)Scottsbluff (1)North Platte (1)Fremont (1)Papillion (1)Columbus (1)Norfolk (1)Bellevue (1)Friend (1)Alma (1)Geneva (1)Pawnee City (1)Lynch (1)Hebron (1)Kimball (1)Minden (1)Wahoo (1)Henderson (1)Syracuse (1)Oshkosh (1)Franklin (1)Genoa (1)Gothenburg (1)Osceola (1)Superior (1)Red Cloud (1)Bridgeport (1)Fairbury (1)Aurora (1)West Point (1)Schuyler (1)Auburn (1)Ainsworth (1)Neligh (1)Cozad (1)Central City (1)O' Neill (1)Creighton (1)David City (1)Bassett (1)Albion (1)Callaway (1)York (1)St Paul (1)Seward (1)Benkelman (1)Chadron (1)Nebraska City (1)Atkinson (1)Valentine (1)Wayne (1)Plainview (1)Osmond (1)Cambridge (1)Pender (1)Tecumseh (1)Imperial (1)Falls City (1)Ord (1)Crete (1)Ogallala (1)Grant (1)Sidney (1)Gordon (1)Blair (1)Alliance (1)Lexington (1)Holdrege (1)Mccook (1)Beatrice (1)Broken Bow (1)Boys Town (1)

Statewide top 25

#1 Chi Health Good Samaritan Kearney · A-

#2 The Nebraska Medical Center Omaha · A-

#3 Chi Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln · A-

#4 Chi Health St. Francis Grand Island · A-

#5 The Nebraska Methodist Hospital Omaha · A-

#6 Chi Health Bergan Mercy Omaha · A-

#7 Omaha Va Medical Center (Va Nebraska Western Iowa Healthcare System) Omaha · A-

#8 Chi Health Midlands Papillion · A-

#9 Chi Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln · A-

#10 Chi Health Lakeside Omaha · A-

#11 Bellevue Medical Center Bellevue · A-

#12 Kearney Regional Medical Center Kearney · A-

#13 Fillmore County Hospital Geneva · A-

#14 Brodstone Healthcare Superior · A-

#15 Avera St Anthony'S Hospital O' Neill · A-

#16 Boone County Health Center Albion · A-

#17 York General Health Care Services York · A-

#18 Chi Health St Mary'S Nebraska City · A-

#19 Community Medical Center, INC Falls City · A-

#20 Box Butte General Hospital Alliance · A-

#21 Phelps Memorial Health Center Holdrege · A-

#22 Beatrice Community Hospital & Health Center, INC Beatrice · A-

#23 Jennie M Melham Memorial Medical Center Broken Bow · A-

#24 Twelve Clans Unity Hospital Winnebago · A-

#25 Lincoln Surgical Hospital Lincoln · 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 Nebraska

Hospitals in Nebraska 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 Nebraska?

Nebraska has 93 active licensed hospitals on the state's public file, across 77 cities. Every one has a free records layer grade on zReports.

Which Nebraska city has the most hospitals?

Omaha, with 11 licensed hospitals, followed by Lincoln (5) and Kearney (2).

How are Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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). Nebraska Hospital Rankings & Safety Report (v2026.09). zReports.org. https://zreports.org/rankings/hospital/ne

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

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

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