CHI Health Good Samaritan Ranks Top Three in Nebraska
Healthgrades ranks the Kearney hospital among Nebraska's top three for critical care in its 2027 specialty rankings.
Updated on Nov. 12, 2026 in Nursing Jobs
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Healthgrades ranked CHI Health Good Samaritan as one of Nebraska's top three hospitals for critical care in its 2027 Specialty State Rankings. The hospital also received three 2027 Specialty Excellence Awards for Emergency Hospitalization, Critical Care and Stroke Care.
Why it matters
The rankings are based on risk-adjusted complication and mortality rates across nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide, giving Nebraska patients a comparative measure of specialty care quality. The hospital shares the state's top three critical care ranking with CHI Health Lakeside in Omaha and CHI Health St. Elizabeth in Lincoln.
The hospital ranks in the top 15% of hospitals nationwide for specialty excellence, with three 2027 awards among nearly 4,500 U.S. hospitals evaluated. The source does not disclose the underlying complication and mortality rates or how individual Nebraska facilities differ on those measures.
The players
Healthgrades
Healthgrades is a U.S. health care ratings company that evaluates hospitals using risk-adjusted outcome data.
CHI Health Good Samaritan
CHI Health Good Samaritan is a hospital in Kearney, Nebraska, part of the CHI Health system.
The details
Healthgrades analyzes risk-adjusted complication and mortality rates to rank hospitals in its specialty categories. CHI Health Good Samaritan, located in Kearney, was recognized in the Nebraska state rankings and received awards for Emergency Hospitalization, Critical Care and Stroke Care.
Timeline
The Healthgrades 2027 Specialty State Rankings and Specialty Excellence Awards were published in November 2026.
Season Trajectory
Healthgrades' annual Specialty State Rankings use risk-adjusted complication and mortality measures to compare hospitals across states each year. The 2027 cycle places CHI Health Good Samaritan alongside two other CHI Health facilities in Nebraska's top tier for critical care.
Patients in Nebraska considering critical care or stroke treatment can use Healthgrades' state ranking as one comparative input when choosing a hospital. The rankings reflect published outcome measures rather than individual patient experience.
The takeaway
Hospital rankings based on risk-adjusted outcomes give patients and job seekers a standardized way to compare facilities. Checking the specific specialty measures behind a ranking can clarify what it does and does not capture.
Further reading
For related coverage of the health care workforce behind these services, see Nursing Jobs in Nebraska.
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