Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Idaho with the lowest heart failure death rate
19 Idaho hospitals ranked by heart failure death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Steele Memorial Medical Center, Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa, St Luke's Wood River Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 11.1% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Steele Memorial Medical Center | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | — | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | — | — | 18 | Compare Steele Memorial Medical Center |
| 2 | Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 1.01, 33rd percentile | 130 min, 65th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 152 | Compare Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa |
| 3 | St Luke's Wood River Medical Center | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 5, 97th percentile | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | 140 min, 56th percentile | — | 25 | Compare St Luke's Wood River Medical Center |
| 4 | Boise VA Medical Center | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 5, 97th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | — | — | 188 | Compare Boise VA Medical Center |
| 5 | Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 12.9%, 100th percentile | 0.84, 87th percentile | 133 min, 62nd percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 330 | Compare Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center |
| 6 | West Valley Medical Center | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 131 min, 64th percentile | 0.91, 86th percentile | 150 | Compare West Valley Medical Center |
| 7 | Cassia Regional Hospital | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 14.2%, 89th percentile | — | 120 min, 74th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Cassia Regional Hospital |
| 8 | Gritman Medical Center | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 5, 97th percentile | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | 122 min, 72nd percentile | — | 25 | Compare Gritman Medical Center |
| T9 | Portneuf Medical Center | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 13.8%, 96th percentile | 1.13, 16th percentile | 212 min, 14th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 187 | Compare Portneuf Medical Center |
| T9 | Franklin County Medical Center | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | — | — | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | — | 188 min, 25th percentile | — | 20 | Compare Franklin County Medical Center |
| 11 | St Luke's Nampa Medical Center | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 158 min, 43rd percentile | 0.92, 83rd percentile | 87 | Compare St Luke's Nampa Medical Center |
| 12 | Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center | 13.5%, 11th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 13.8%, 96th percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 154 min, 46th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 365 | Compare Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center |
| 13 | Bonner General Hospital | 14.1%, 7th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | 161 min, 41st percentile | — | 48 | Compare Bonner General Hospital |
| 14 | Idaho Falls Community Hospital, LLC | 14.3%, 6th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 137 min, 59th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 88 | Compare Idaho Falls Community Hospital, LLC |
| 15 | Kootenai Health | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | 1.22, 9th percentile | 178 min, 31st percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 321 | Compare Kootenai Health |
| 16 | St Joseph Regional Medical Center | 14.9%, 4th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.0%, 96th percentile | 14.1%, 91st percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 129 min, 66th percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 145 | Compare St Joseph Regional Medical Center |
| 17 | St Luke's Regional Medical Center | 15.0%, 3rd percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 12.4%, 100th percentile | 0.84, 87th percentile | 168 min, 37th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 544 | Compare St Luke's Regional Medical Center |
| 18 | St Lukes Magic Valley Medical Center | 15.1%, 3rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.4%, 9th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 186 min, 26th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 226 | Compare St Lukes Magic Valley Medical Center |
| 19 | Clearwater Valley Hospital & Clinics | 15.5%, 2nd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | — | 144 min, 53rd percentile | — | 23 | Compare Clearwater Valley Hospital & Clinics |
About these rankings
Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Overall star rating
- CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
- Patient survey star rating
- HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Hospital-wide readmission rate
- Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Time in emergency department
- Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
- Medicare spending per patient
- Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
- Total beds
- Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).