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Hospitals in Iowa with the lowest COPD death rate

37 Iowa hospitals ranked by COPD death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Mary Greeley Medical Center, MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center, Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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37 hospitals ranked in Iowa by copd death rate; 81 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalCOPD death ratelower 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 average8.6%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Mary Greeley Medical CenterAmes, IA · Acute care7.2%4411.9%12.6%15.2%0.76146 min0.95220Compare
2MercyOne Siouxland Medical CenterSioux City, IA · Acute care7.4%2213.1%11.2%15.1%1.44199 min0.98—Compare
3Southeast Iowa Regional Medical CenterWest Burlington, IA · Acute care7.5%4212.8%14.5%13.4%1.53132 min0.93173Compare
4Grinnell Regional Medical CenterGrinnell, IA · Acute care7.7%24—13.9%14.9%1.07112 min0.8949Compare
5Genesis Medical Center-DavenportDavenport, IA · Acute care7.8%2212.4%13.3%15.7%1.43174 min0.96502Compare
T6Iowa City VA Medical CenterIowa City, IA · Veterans Affairs8.1%5511.1%8.6%13.8%0.85——475Compare
T6Clarinda Regional Health CenterClarinda, IA · Critical access8.1%4——13.8%14.5%—153 min—25Compare
T6Methodist Jennie EdmundsonCouncil Bluffs, IA · Acute care8.1%3411.0%11.9%15.8%1.12150 min0.95236Compare
9Greater Regional Medical CenterCreston, IA · Critical access8.3%34——14.5%—101 min—25Compare
10Pella Regional Health CenterPella, IA · Critical access8.4%44—11.2%14.2%—152 min—25Compare
11Trinity - BettendorfBettendorf, IA · Acute care8.6%3311.9%10.9%15.2%0.81205 min0.95150Compare
T12WinnmedDecorah, IA · Critical access8.7%45—17.5%14.5%—114 min—25Compare
T12MercyOne Des Moines Medical CenterDes Moines, IA · Acute care8.7%1210.6%13.2%13.6%0.96244 min1.01649Compare
14Mercy Medical Center - Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids, IA · Acute care8.8%4413.3%10.2%15.1%1.24148 min0.95347Compare
15Spencer Municipal HospitalSpencer, IA · Acute care9.0%44—12.5%14.4%1.13128 min0.9093Compare
16University Of Iowa Health Care Medical Center DownIowa City, IA · Acute care9.1%4312.4%12.2%15.0%0.98149 min0.99234Compare
17Lakes Regional HealthcareSpirit Lake, IA · Acute care9.2%25—17.0%14.4%1.12125 min0.8849Compare
T18Cass County Memorial HospitalAtlantic, IA · Critical access9.3%54—11.1%14.0%—86 min—29Compare
T18St Lukes HospitalCedar Rapids, IA · Acute care9.3%4410.5%10.2%15.1%1.23166 min0.95532Compare
T18Trinity MuscatineMuscatine, IA · Acute care9.3%42—11.4%13.9%0.97136 min0.9380Compare
21MercyOne Waterloo Medical CenterWaterloo, IA · Acute care9.4%4311.5%8.5%13.9%0.98223 min0.89423Compare
T22Knoxville Hospital & ClinicsKnoxville, IA · Critical access9.6%2———14.6%—138 min—25Compare
T22Kossuth Regional Health CenterAlgona, IA · Critical access9.6%1——13.7%15.4%—99 min—25Compare
24Myrtue Medical CenterHarlan, IA · Critical access9.8%3——13.2%14.6%—61 min—25Compare
25Washington County Hospital And ClinicsWashington, IA · Critical access10.0%————15.5%—91 min—25Compare
26VA Central Iowa Healthcare SystemDes Moines, IA · Veterans Affairs10.1%4411.3%13.0%14.8%1.12——386Compare
27MercyOne Dubuque Medical CenterDubuque, IA · Acute care10.3%3413.2%11.0%15.6%1.31204 min0.93524Compare
28Mahaska Health PartnershipOskaloosa, IA · Critical access10.6%44—10.0%14.4%—141 min—25Compare
T29Allen HospitalWaterloo, IA · Acute care10.8%3312.5%15.8%15.6%1.10163 min0.93234Compare
T29UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist MediDes Moines, IA · Acute care10.8%3314.7%13.9%13.5%1.01182 min0.97674Compare
T31Finley HospitalDubuque, IA · Acute care11.0%3411.7%12.8%16.0%1.13114 min0.90158Compare
T31MercyOne North Iowa Medical CenterMason City, IA · Acute care11.0%2312.7%15.6%14.3%1.00193 min0.96350Compare
33Trinity Regional Medical CenterFort Dodge, IA · Acute care11.1%2310.3%12.7%15.2%1.45167 min0.93174Compare
34MercyOne Clinton Medical CenterClinton, IA · Acute care11.4%4412.2%11.4%14.5%0.96123 min0.86147Compare
35Cherokee Regional Medical CenterCherokee, IA · Critical access12.2%2——16.1%14.8%—134 min—25Compare
36University Of Iowa Hospital & ClinicsIowa City, IA · Acute care12.9%2313.7%12.2%13.5%1.25210 min1.051,103Compare
37St Lukes Regional Medical CenterSioux City, IA · Acute care13.0%2312.4%12.9%15.6%1.10174 min0.95201Compare

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.

COPD death rate
30-day death rate for COPD 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.
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).