Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Iowa with the lowest catheter-associated urinary tract infections
25 Iowa hospitals ranked by catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs, Cass County Memorial Hospital, Pella Regional Health Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| T1 | CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | — | — | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.23, 57th percentile | Compare CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs |
| T1 | Cass County Memorial Hospital | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 0.69, 13th percentile | Compare Cass County Memorial Hospital |
| T1 | Pella Regional Health Center | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Pella Regional Health Center |
| T1 | Trinity - Bettendorf | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.81, 92nd percentile | — | 0.36, 73rd percentile | — | — | 0.93, 6th percentile | Compare Trinity - Bettendorf |
| T1 | MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center | 0.00, 88th percentile | 1.44, 3rd percentile | 0.77, 28th percentile | — | — | 0.90, 27th percentile | 0.38, 36th percentile | Compare MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center |
| 6 | MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | 0.09, 75th percentile | 1.00, 35th percentile | 0.58, 41st percentile | 0.84, 41st percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.34, 41st percentile | Compare MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center |
| 7 | Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids | 0.13, 73rd percentile | 1.24, 8th percentile | 1.12, 12th percentile | 0.72, 49th percentile | — | 1.12, 17th percentile | 0.45, 28th percentile | Compare Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids |
| 8 | MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | 0.21, 67th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 1.01, 16th percentile | 0.79, 45th percentile | — | 0.45, 63rd percentile | 0.52, 23rd percentile | Compare MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center |
| 9 | Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center | 0.22, 66th percentile | 1.53, 2nd percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.96, 33rd percentile | — | 1.26, 12th percentile | 0.32, 45th percentile | Compare Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center |
| 10 | St Lukes Regional Medical Center | 0.38, 52nd percentile | 1.10, 19th percentile | 0.98, 17th percentile | 0.34, 74th percentile | — | 0.81, 33rd percentile | 0.51, 24th percentile | Compare St Lukes Regional Medical Center |
| 11 | University Of Iowa Hospital & Clinics | 0.42, 48th percentile | 1.25, 8th percentile | 0.85, 23rd percentile | 0.71, 51st percentile | 0.70, 59th percentile | 0.73, 38th percentile | 0.41, 32nd percentile | Compare University Of Iowa Hospital & Clinics |
| 12 | MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | 0.43, 46th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 0.46, 52nd percentile | 0.96, 33rd percentile | 0.98, 40th percentile | 1.23, 13th percentile | 0.48, 26th percentile | Compare MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center |
| 13 | Methodist Jennie Edmundson | 0.45, 44th percentile | 1.12, 17th percentile | 0.58, 41st percentile | — | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.52, 23rd percentile | Compare Methodist Jennie Edmundson |
| 14 | UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi | 0.50, 40th percentile | 1.01, 33rd percentile | 0.42, 56th percentile | 0.19, 79th percentile | 0.99, 40th percentile | 0.87, 29th percentile | 0.52, 23rd percentile | Compare UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi |
| 15 | St Lukes Hospital | 0.51, 39th percentile | 1.23, 9th percentile | 0.33, 63rd percentile | 0.33, 74th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.38, 36th percentile | Compare St Lukes Hospital |
| 16 | Allen Hospital | 0.54, 37th percentile | 1.10, 19th percentile | 1.16, 11th percentile | 1.76, 9th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.23, 58th percentile | Compare Allen Hospital |
| 17 | Finley Hospital | 0.55, 36th percentile | 1.13, 16th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | — | 0.17, 66th percentile | Compare Finley Hospital |
| 18 | MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | 0.69, 25th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | — | 2.95, 1st percentile | — | — | 0.24, 56th percentile | Compare MercyOne Clinton Medical Center |
| 19 | MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | 0.75, 22nd percentile | 1.31, 6th percentile | 0.78, 27th percentile | 1.41, 17th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center |
| 20 | Trinity Regional Medical Center | 0.76, 21st percentile | 1.45, 3rd percentile | 0.85, 23rd percentile | 1.55, 13th percentile | — | — | 0.67, 14th percentile | Compare Trinity Regional Medical Center |
| 21 | Iowa City VA Medical Center | 0.79, 20th percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | — | — | — | — | Compare Iowa City VA Medical Center |
| 22 | University Of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down | 0.95, 13th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | — | — | — | 1.91, 3rd percentile | 0.31, 46th percentile | Compare University Of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down |
| 23 | Genesis Medical Center-Davenport | 1.14, 9th percentile | 1.43, 3rd percentile | 0.48, 50th percentile | 0.80, 44th percentile | — | 0.77, 35th percentile | 0.22, 60th percentile | Compare Genesis Medical Center-Davenport |
| 24 | Mary Greeley Medical Center | 1.26, 7th percentile | 0.76, 96th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.89, 38th percentile | — | 0.86, 30th percentile | 0.47, 27th percentile | Compare Mary Greeley Medical Center |
| 25 | Broadlawns Medical Center | 1.62, 3rd percentile | 1.18, 12th percentile | 0.90, 20th percentile | — | — | 0.73, 38th percentile | 0.20, 62nd percentile | Compare Broadlawns Medical Center |
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.
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).