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Nebraska

CMS cut 6 of the 24 hospitals in Nebraska with a payment decision for fiscal year 2026: 25.0%, against 24.9% nationally.

Nebraska · FY2026Compared with the nation

1Hospitals cut

6

Of 24 with a payment decision

2Share cut

25.0%

+0.1 pts vs the nation (24.9%)

3Rank

28th of 50

Share cut, highest first, among the states and DC

4Median score

−0.0063

Nation: −0.0453

5Scored on all 6

15

Of 24 scored (63%; nation 66%)

6Scored without data

0

Hospitals CMS gave its worst score on a measure

7Estimated dollars

$1.8M estimate
0.6% of the nation’s $306M, this site’s estimate

Likely range $1.4–2.0M

8Per traditional Medicare stay

$38

The nation: $47

25% cut

Average Lowest score: −1.4728 Highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s line 6 of 718 here Average Lowest score: −1.4728 Highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s line 718 cut nationally · 6 here
Every hospital in the nation with a payment decision, lowest score to highest, each as tall as its score (above the rule, worse than average); the solid hairlines are Nebraska’s, red where CMS cut.

On the map

Each dot is a hospital in CMS’s file: red, cut; ringed, not cut; gray, no decision. Pick one to open its page.

Figure 1. Nebraska: 6 cut of 24 with a payment decision.
Bryan Medical Center, Lincoln: 0.1483 · not cutCHI Health Good Samaritan, Kearney: −0.5984 · not cutThe Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha: 0.1187 · not cutCHI Health St. Elizabeth, Lincoln: −0.1314 · not cutCHI Health St. Francis, Grand Island: 0.2624 · not cutMary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings: 0.2356 · not cutThe Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Omaha: 0.3984 · cutTwelve Clans Unity Hospital, Winnebago: N/A · not subjectCHI Health Bergan Mercy, Omaha: −0.5216 · not cutRegional West Medical Center, Scottsbluff: 0.2363 · not cutGreat Plains Health, North Platte: −0.1667 · not cutMethodist Fremont Health, Fremont: 1.1370 · cutCHI Health Immanuel, Omaha: −0.3776 · not cutCHI Health Midlands, Papillion: −0.7994 · not cutColumbus Community Hospital, Inc, Columbus: −0.5728 · not cutFaith Health, Norfolk: 0.8922 · cutLincoln Surgical Hospital, Lincoln: −0.7967 · not cutCHI Health Nebraska Heart, Lincoln: 0.9301 · cutNebraska Orthopaedic Hospital, Omaha: −0.1867 · not cutCHI Health Lakeside, Omaha: −0.4107 · not cutMidwest Surgical Hospital LLC, Omaha: −0.7399 · not cutBellevue Medical Center, Bellevue: −0.5985 · not cutNebraska Spine Hospital, LLC, Omaha: 1.0027 · cutKearney Regional Medical Center, Kearney: 0.3568 · not cutGrand Island Regional Medical Center, Grand Island: 0.6275 · cut Bryan Medical Center, Lincoln: 0.1483 · not cutCHI Health Good Samaritan, Kearney: −0.5984 · not cutThe Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha: 0.1187 · not cutCHI Health St. Elizabeth, Lincoln: −0.1314 · not cutCHI Health St. Francis, Grand Island: 0.2624 · not cutMary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings: 0.2356 · not cutThe Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Omaha: 0.3984 · cutTwelve Clans Unity Hospital, Winnebago: N/A · not subjectCHI Health Bergan Mercy, Omaha: −0.5216 · not cutRegional West Medical Center, Scottsbluff: 0.2363 · not cutGreat Plains Health, North Platte: −0.1667 · not cutMethodist Fremont Health, Fremont: 1.1370 · cutCHI Health Immanuel, Omaha: −0.3776 · not cutCHI Health Midlands, Papillion: −0.7994 · not cutColumbus Community Hospital, Inc, Columbus: −0.5728 · not cutFaith Health, Norfolk: 0.8922 · cutLincoln Surgical Hospital, Lincoln: −0.7967 · not cutCHI Health Nebraska Heart, Lincoln: 0.9301 · cutNebraska Orthopaedic Hospital, Omaha: −0.1867 · not cutCHI Health Lakeside, Omaha: −0.4107 · not cutMidwest Surgical Hospital LLC, Omaha: −0.7399 · not cutBellevue Medical Center, Bellevue: −0.5985 · not cutNebraska Spine Hospital, LLC, Omaha: 1.0027 · cutKearney Regional Medical Center, Kearney: 0.3568 · not cutGrand Island Regional Medical Center, Grand Island: 0.6275 · cut
  • Cut
  • Not cut
  • Not subject (Maryland) or no score

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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HospitalCityTotal HAC ScorePayment reduction
Bellevue Medical CenterBellevue−0.5985No
Bryan Medical CenterLincoln0.1483No
CHI Health Bergan MercyOmaha−0.5216No
CHI Health Good SamaritanKearney−0.5984No
CHI Health ImmanuelOmaha−0.3776No
CHI Health LakesideOmaha−0.4107No
CHI Health MidlandsPapillion−0.7994No
CHI Health Nebraska HeartLincoln0.9301Yes
CHI Health St. ElizabethLincoln−0.1314No
CHI Health St. FrancisGrand Island0.2624No
Columbus Community Hospital, IncColumbus−0.5728No
Faith HealthNorfolk0.8922Yes
Grand Island Regional Medical CenterGrand Island0.6275Yes
Great Plains HealthNorth Platte−0.1667No
Kearney Regional Medical CenterKearney0.3568No
Lincoln Surgical HospitalLincoln−0.7967No
Mary Lanning HealthcareHastings0.2356No
Methodist Fremont HealthFremont1.1370Yes
Midwest Surgical Hospital LLCOmaha−0.7399No
Nebraska Orthopaedic HospitalOmaha−0.1867No
Nebraska Spine Hospital, LLCOmaha1.0027Yes
Regional West Medical CenterScottsbluff0.2363No
The Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha0.1187No
The Nebraska Methodist HospitalOmaha0.3984Yes
Twelve Clans Unity HospitalWinnebagoN/ANo

Its scores against the nation’s

The columns are this place’s hospitals; the outline is every hospital in the nation. Both are shares of their own hospitals, so a small place and the nation compare.

Figure 2. 25.0% of hospitals here scored past CMS’s line, against 24.9% nationally; the middle score here is −0.0063, and nationally −0.0453.
0%5%10%15% −1.6 to −1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.4 to −1.2: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.2 to −1.0: 0% here, 2% nationally−1.0 to −0.8: 0% here, 4% nationally−0.8 to −0.6: 13% here, 7% nationally−0.6 to −0.4: 17% here, 10% nationally−0.4 to −0.2: 8% here, 12% nationally−0.2 to 0.0: 13% here, 14% nationally0.0 to 0.2: 8% here, 12% nationally0.2 to 0.4: 17% here, 12% nationally0.4 to 0.6: 4% here, 8% nationally0.6 to 0.8: 4% here, 6% nationally0.8 to 1.0: 8% here, 4% nationally1.0 to 1.2: 8% here, 3% nationally1.2 to 1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally1.4 to 1.6: 0% here, 1% nationally1.6 to 1.8: 0% here, 0% nationally1.8 to 2.0: 0% here, 0% nationally2.0 to 2.2: 0% here, 0% nationally2.2 to 2.4: 0% here, 1% nationally CMS’s line −1.00.01.02.0 0%5%10%15% −1.6 to −1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.4 to −1.2: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.2 to −1.0: 0% here, 2% nationally−1.0 to −0.8: 0% here, 4% nationally−0.8 to −0.6: 13% here, 7% nationally−0.6 to −0.4: 17% here, 10% nationally−0.4 to −0.2: 8% here, 12% nationally−0.2 to 0.0: 13% here, 14% nationally0.0 to 0.2: 8% here, 12% nationally0.2 to 0.4: 17% here, 12% nationally0.4 to 0.6: 4% here, 8% nationally0.6 to 0.8: 4% here, 6% nationally0.8 to 1.0: 8% here, 4% nationally1.0 to 1.2: 8% here, 3% nationally1.2 to 1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally1.4 to 1.6: 0% here, 1% nationally1.6 to 1.8: 0% here, 0% nationally1.8 to 2.0: 0% here, 0% nationally2.0 to 2.2: 0% here, 0% nationally2.2 to 2.4: 0% here, 1% nationally CMS’s line −1.5−1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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Score fromtoHereNation
−1.6−1.4040
−1.4−1.2017
−1.2−1.0051
−1.0−0.80126
−0.8−0.63204
−0.6−0.44290
−0.4−0.22357
−0.20.03407
0.00.22343
0.20.44333
0.40.61237
0.60.81173
0.81.02116
1.01.2291
1.21.4030
1.41.6021
1.61.8010
1.82.003
2.02.2013
2.22.4024

Measure by measure

For each measure, the share of this place’s hospitals with a value worse than the national median. Half would be ordinary; a stem to the right of the line is a measure where more hospitals here did worse.

Figure 3. Worst against the nation on SSI (61% of its hospitals above the national median); best on MRSA (33%).

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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MeasureHospitals with a valueHalf
PSI 902446%
CLABSI1547%
CAUTI1560%
SSI1861%
CDI2157%
MRSA1533%

Nebraska across the line

The nation’s hospitals within 0.05 of CMS’s line that this site estimates, Nebraska’s in full ink: scores a hair apart, money all or nothing.

Figure 4. 2 of the nation’s 141 hospitals within 0.05 of CMS’s line that this site estimates are Nebraska’s: 1 cut, about $946K by this site’s estimate, and 1 not cut, where a cut would have been about $248K.
CMS’s line 82 not cut $52.8M at stake82 not cut$52.8M at stake 59 cut $29.8M cut59 cut$29.8M cut 0.340.360.380.400.42 Total HAC Score CMS’s line 82 not cut $52.8M at stake82 not cut$52.8M at stake 59 cut $29.8M cut59 cut$29.8M cut Kearney Regional Medical Center, Kearney, NE: score 0.3568; a cut would have been $248KThe Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Omaha, NE: score 0.3984; cut $946K 0.340.360.380.400.42 Total HAC Score

3 more within 0.05 have no estimate, and Maryland’s 2 are exempt.

Estimate · Source: this site’s arithmetic on CMS’s FY2026 IPPS final rule files (the impact file, the rate tables and the value-based factors), its FY2026 HRRP supplemental file and HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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Side of the lineHospitalsEstimated cut, taken or not (whole dollars)
Under the line: not cut82$52,846,861
Over the line: cut59$29,847,503

Nebraska, year by year

Every hospital in Nebraska with a payment decision in any year, one sliver each, one row per fiscal year; red where CMS cut it. At the right of each row: the share of Nebraska’s hospitals cut that year, then the nation’s.

Figure 5. Nebraska’s share cut was above the nation’s in 3 of the 11 years CMS cut anyone; 19 of its 26 hospitals have been cut at least once.
201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 No hospital scored or cut 29.2% · 21.9%37.5% · 23.4%16.7% · 24.0%21.1% · 23.6%17.4% · 25.0%13.0% · 25.0%13.0% · 24.9%13.0% · 25.0%16.7% · 24.9%16.7% · 24.8%25.0% · 24.9% Ever cut: 19 Never cut: 7 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 No hospital scored or cut 29.2% · 21.9%37.5% · 23.4%16.7% · 24.0%21.1% · 23.6%17.4% · 25.0%13.0% · 25.0%13.0% · 24.9%13.0% · 25.0%16.7% · 24.9%16.7% · 24.8%25.0% · 24.9% Ever cut: 19 Never cut: 7

Source: CMS, HACRP hospital files for fiscal years 2015 to 2026 (Provider Data Catalog, its archives and, for the oldest years, the Internet Archive’s copies), and CMS’s cut lists for FY2015 and FY2016.

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Fiscal yearHospitals with a decisionCutShare cutNation
FY201524729.2%21.9%
FY201624937.5%23.4%
FY201724416.7%24.0%
FY201819421.1%23.6%
FY201923417.4%25.0%
FY202023313.0%25.0%
FY202123313.0%24.9%
FY202223313.0%25.0%
FY202300
FY202424416.7%24.9%
FY202524416.7%24.8%
FY202624625.0%24.9%

Its metro areas

Hospitals CMS cut, of those with a payment decision, and the middle score, by place.

PlaceWith a decisionHospitals cutShare cutMedian scoreEst. cut ($, modeled)
Grand Island, NE210.4449$98K
Lincoln, NE410.0085$249K
Omaha, NE-IA123−0.2822$1.3M
Outside any metro area820.2360$366K

Every hospital in Nebraska

The sortable table of this place’s hospitals needs JavaScript; the CSV file holds every hospital’s values.

Download all hospitals’ data (CSV) · Data dictionary · CMS’s dataset page

Download all hospitals’ data (CSV) · Data dictionary · CMS’s dataset page

Back to the national picture

A penalty reflects how CMS’s formula scored relative performance; it is not a verdict on the quality of care.

Cite this page

Paid & Penalized. Nebraska: hospital-acquired conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/state/ne/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.