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Hospitals in Iowa with the lowest left ED without being seen

99 Iowa hospitals ranked by left ED without being seen in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Cass County Memorial Hospital, Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And Clinics, CHI Health Missouri Valley. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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99 hospitals ranked in Iowa by left ed without being seen; 19 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalLeft ED without being seenlower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average2.0%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T1Cass County Memorial HospitalAtlantic, IA · Critical access0.0%54—11.1%14.0%—86 min—29Compare
T1Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And ClinicsWest Union, IA · Critical access0.0%5———14.4%—85 min—25Compare
T1CHI Health Missouri ValleyMissouri Valley, IA · Critical access0.0%4——11.9%14.9%—105 min—25Compare
T1Clarinda Regional Health CenterClarinda, IA · Critical access0.0%4——13.8%14.5%—153 min—25Compare
T1Regional Health Services Of Howard CountyCresco, IA · Critical access0.0%4——12.8%14.7%—91 min—25Compare
T1Regional Medical CenterManchester, IA · Critical access0.0%44—13.8%14.3%—147 min—25Compare
T1Spencer Municipal HospitalSpencer, IA · Acute care0.0%44—12.5%14.4%1.13128 min0.9093Compare
T1Virginia Gay HospitalVinton, IA · Critical access0.0%4——11.1%14.8%—79 min—83Compare
T1Burgess Health CenterOnawa, IA · Critical access0.0%3——13.7%14.5%—130 min—25Compare
T1CHI Health - Mercy CorningCorning, IA · Critical access0.0%3———14.8%—124 min—22Compare
T1Floyd Valley HealthcareLe Mars, IA · Critical access0.0%34—16.9%15.0%—169 min—25Compare
T1Greater Regional Medical CenterCreston, IA · Critical access0.0%34——14.5%—101 min—25Compare
T1Mitchell County Regional HealthOsage, IA · Critical access0.0%3——12.5%14.9%—89 min—25Compare
T1Myrtue Medical CenterHarlan, IA · Critical access0.0%3——13.2%14.6%—61 min—25Compare
T1Orange City Area Health SystemOrange City, IA · Critical access0.0%34—12.1%15.1%—117 min—25Compare
T1Avera Holy Family HospitalEstherville, IA · Critical access0.0%2——14.3%15.3%—110 min—25Compare
T1Cherokee Regional Medical CenterCherokee, IA · Critical access0.0%2——16.1%14.8%—134 min—25Compare
T1Crawford County Memorial HospitalDenison, IA · Critical access0.0%2——13.7%15.2%—101 min—25Compare
T1Adair County Memorial HospitalGreenfield, IA · Critical access0.0%————14.8%—140 min—25Compare
T1Audubon County Memorial HospitalAudubon, IA · Critical access0.0%————14.7%—84 min—25Compare
T1Boone County HospitalBoone, IA · Critical access0.0%————14.9%—122 min—25Compare
T1Buchanan County Health CenterIndependence, IA · Critical access0.0%————15.0%—90 min—25Compare
T1Community Memorial Hospital Medical CenterSumner, IA · Critical access0.0%————14.7%—132 min—25Compare
T1Decatur County HospitalLeon, IA · Critical access0.0%————14.7%—97 min—25Compare
T1Greene County Medical CenterJefferson, IA · Critical access0.0%————15.0%—104 min—25Compare
T1Grundy County Memorial HospitalGrundy Center, IA · Critical access0.0%————15.0%—81 min—25Compare
T1Guthrie County HospitalGuthrie Center, IA · Critical access0.0%————14.7%—120 min—25Compare
T1Guttenberg Municipal HospitalGuttenberg, IA · Critical access0.0%————14.6%—96 min—25Compare
T1Hancock County Health SystemBritt, IA · Critical access0.0%————14.5%—113 min—25Compare
T1Hawarden Regional HealthcareHawarden, IA · Critical access0.0%————15.0%—158 min—25Compare
T1Jackson County Regional Health CenterMaquoketa, IA · Critical access0.0%————15.1%—77 min—25Compare
T1Keokuk County Health CenterSigourney, IA · Critical access0.0%————15.0%—116 min—14Compare
T1Loring HospitalSac City, IA · Critical access0.0%————14.6%—103 min—25Compare
T1Lucas County Health CenterChariton, IA · Critical access0.0%————14.9%—108 min—25Compare
T1Mercy Medical Center-New HamptonNew Hampton, IA · Critical access0.0%————15.5%—119 min—25Compare
T1MercyOne Dyersville Medical CenterDyersville, IA · Critical access0.0%——————105 min—25Compare
T1Monroe County HospitalAlbia, IA · Critical access0.0%————14.6%—123 min—25Compare
T1Palo Alto County HospitalEmmetsburg, IA · Critical access0.0%————14.8%—103 min—25Compare
T1Ringgold County HospitalMount Ayr, IA · Critical access0.0%————14.7%—128 min—25Compare
T1Sanford Sheldon Medical CenterSheldon, IA · Critical access0.0%————14.4%—123 min—25Compare
T1Shenandoah Medical CenterShenandoah, IA · Critical access0.0%————15.5%—114 min—25Compare
T1Sioux Center HealthSioux Center, IA · Critical access0.0%—5——14.8%—121 min—25Compare
T1Stewart Memorial Community HospitalLake City, IA · Critical access0.0%————15.0%—127 min—25Compare
T1Van Buren County HospitalKeosauqua, IA · Critical access0.0%————15.6%—146 min—25Compare
T1Veterans Memorial HospitalWaukon, IA · Critical access0.0%—5—12.6%14.9%—97 min—25Compare
T46Clarke County HospitalOsceola, IA · Critical access1.0%5———14.8%—104 min—25Compare
T46Van Diest Medical CenterWebster City, IA · Critical access1.0%55—11.8%14.4%—103 min—25Compare
T46Compass Memorial HealthcareMarengo, IA · Critical access1.0%45—12.0%14.7%—55 min—25Compare
T46Mercy Medical Center - Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids, IA · Acute care1.0%4413.3%10.2%15.1%1.24148 min0.95347Compare
T46Pella Regional Health CenterPella, IA · Critical access1.0%44—11.2%14.2%—152 min—25Compare

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.

Left ED without being seen
Percentage of patients who left the emergency department before being seen.
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.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure 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).