97 hospitals in Nebraska
As of the July 2026 CMS release, Nebraska has 97 open hospitals in 77 cities, 90 of them with an emergency department. The median emergency room visit lasts 1 hr 54 min, 34 min shorter than the US median of 2 hr 28 min. 23 of the 36 hospitals Medicare rates hold 4 or 5 stars, and the state average is 3.5 stars.
Hospitals
97
in 79 Nebraska cities
With an ER
90
93% of hospitals
Nebraska has 97 open hospitals across 79 cities. By type: 62 critical access hospitals, 25 acute care hospitals, 2 children's hospitals, 2 psychiatric hospitals, 1 long-term care hospital, 1 rural emergency hospital and 1 VA acute care hospital (type not recorded for 3).
Nebraska's largest hospital cities
Omaha
13 hospitals · 10 with an ER
- Median ER
- 2 hr 36 min
- Top rated
- Alegent Health Bergan Mercy Medical Center (4★)
Lincoln
7 hospitals · 4 with an ER
- Median ER
- 2 hr 15 min
- Top rated
- Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center (4★)
Grand Island
2 hospitals · 2 with an ER
- Median ER
- 1 hr 52 min
- Top rated
- St Francis Medical Center (4★)
Kearney
2 hospitals · 2 with an ER
- Median ER
- 2 hr 4 min
- Top rated
- Kearney Regional Medical Center (4★)
Top-rated hospitals and shortest ER visits
Highest Medicare star ratings
- Phelps Memorial Health CenterHoldrege
- Beatrice Community Hospital & Health Center, INCBeatrice
- Community Medical Center, INCFalls City
- Kearney Regional Medical CenterKearney
- Boone County Health CenterAlbion
- Fillmore County HospitalGeneva
- Avera St Anthony's HospitalO'neill
- Jennie M Melham Memorial Medical CenterBroken Bow
Shortest median ER visits
- Genoa Community HospitalGenoa 1 hr 20 min
- Franklin County Memorial HospitalFranklin 1 hr 21 min
- Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Health CenterOsceola 1 hr 26 min
- Phelps Memorial Health CenterHoldrege 1 hr 27 min
- Niobrara Valley HospitalLynch 1 hr 28 min
- Thayer County Health ServicesHebron 1 hr 28 min
- Webster County Community HospitalRed Cloud 1 hr 29 min
- Beatrice Community Hospital & Health Center, INCBeatrice 1 hr 32 min
See every Nebraska ER ranked by wait · See every Nebraska hospital ranked by stars · by patient rating · by infections and safety
All Nebraska cities with hospitals
B
- Bassett (1)
- Beatrice (1)
- Bellevue (1)
- Benkelman (1)
- Blair (1)
- Bridgeport (1)
- Broken Bow (1)
C
D
- David City (1)
F
- Fairbury (1)
- Falls City (2)
- Franklin (1)
- Fremont (1)
- Friend (2)
G
- Geneva (1)
- Genoa (2)
- Gordon (1)
- Gothenburg (1)
- Grand Island (2)
- Grant (1)
I
- Imperial (1)
N
- Nebraska City (1)
- Neligh (1)
- Norfolk (2)
- North Platte (1)
O
P
- Papillion (1)
- Pawnee City (1)
- Pender (1)
- Plainview (2)
R
- Red Cloud (1)
V
- Valentine (2)
W
- Wahoo (2)
- Wayne (1)
- West Point (1)
- Winnebago (3)
Y
- York (1)
People and health care in Nebraska
From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024).
Population
1,978,707
Median age 37.2
Hospitals per 100,000
4.9
97 hospitals listed · #6 of 50 states
No health insurance
7.2%
below the U.S. 8.4%
Age 65 and over
16.7%
below the U.S. 17.2%
Median household income
$76,475
U.S. $80,734
What nurses earn in Nebraska
Questions about hospitals in Nebraska
How many hospitals are in Nebraska?
There are 97 open hospitals in Nebraska across 79 cities. 90 of them have an emergency department.
Which Nebraska city has the most hospitals?
Omaha, with 16 hospitals. Lincoln is next with 7.
How long is the ER wait in Nebraska?
The median emergency room visit in Nebraska lasts 1 hr 54 min, 34 min shorter than the US median of 2 hr 28 min. That is a 12-month median from CMS, not a live wait time.
How many Nebraska hospitals have 5 stars?
0 of the 36 Nebraska hospitals with a Medicare overall star rating have 5 stars, and 23 have 4 or 5 stars. The average rating is 3.5 out of 5.
Hospitals in neighboring states
Source: hospital listings from CMS and public records; emergency room wait times (measure OP-18b) and overall star ratings from CMS Care Compare. Wait times are 12-month medians, not live. Where these figures come from.
Not affiliated with CMS. For a medical emergency, call 911.