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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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National average8.6%11.9%11.1%15.2%2.4%11.9%15.0%
1Mary Greeley Medical CenterAmes, IA · Acute care7.2%11.9%12.6%16.0%—11.5%15.2%Compare
2MercyOne Siouxland Medical CenterSioux City, IA · Acute care7.4%13.1%11.2%12.2%3.3%11.5%15.1%Compare
3Southeast Iowa Regional Medical CenterWest Burlington, IA · Acute care7.5%12.8%14.5%16.9%—8.0%13.4%Compare
4Grinnell Regional Medical CenterGrinnell, IA · Acute care7.7%—13.9%14.0%—9.9%14.9%Compare
5Genesis Medical Center-DavenportDavenport, IA · Acute care7.8%12.4%13.3%15.6%2.0%12.3%15.7%Compare
T6Iowa City VA Medical CenterIowa City, IA · Veterans Affairs8.1%11.1%8.6%12.3%——13.8%Compare
T6Clarinda Regional Health CenterClarinda, IA · Critical access8.1%—13.8%17.2%——14.5%Compare
T6Methodist Jennie EdmundsonCouncil Bluffs, IA · Acute care8.1%11.0%11.9%15.0%—10.2%15.8%Compare
9Greater Regional Medical CenterCreston, IA · Critical access8.3%————12.1%14.5%Compare
10Pella Regional Health CenterPella, IA · Critical access8.4%—11.2%15.9%——14.2%Compare
11Trinity - BettendorfBettendorf, IA · Acute care8.6%11.9%10.9%14.2%—10.9%15.2%Compare
T12WinnmedDecorah, IA · Critical access8.7%—17.5%16.2%—11.7%14.5%Compare
T12MercyOne Des Moines Medical CenterDes Moines, IA · Acute care8.7%10.6%13.2%16.5%3.0%13.7%13.6%Compare
14Mercy Medical Center - Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids, IA · Acute care8.8%13.3%10.2%14.5%3.7%11.7%15.1%Compare
15Spencer Municipal HospitalSpencer, IA · Acute care9.0%—12.5%16.6%—13.0%14.4%Compare
16University Of Iowa Health Care Medical Center DownIowa City, IA · Acute care9.1%12.4%12.2%12.7%—9.0%15.0%Compare
17Lakes Regional HealthcareSpirit Lake, IA · Acute care9.2%—17.0%19.7%—12.5%14.4%Compare
T18Cass County Memorial HospitalAtlantic, IA · Critical access9.3%—11.1%16.5%——14.0%Compare
T18St Lukes HospitalCedar Rapids, IA · Acute care9.3%10.5%10.2%13.8%2.2%10.2%15.1%Compare
T18Trinity MuscatineMuscatine, IA · Acute care9.3%—11.4%13.8%—11.1%13.9%Compare
21MercyOne Waterloo Medical CenterWaterloo, IA · Acute care9.4%11.5%8.5%19.4%—10.2%13.9%Compare
T22Knoxville Hospital & ClinicsKnoxville, IA · Critical access9.6%——15.2%——14.6%Compare
T22Kossuth Regional Health CenterAlgona, IA · Critical access9.6%—13.7%19.3%——15.4%Compare
24Myrtue Medical CenterHarlan, IA · Critical access9.8%—13.2%16.6%——14.6%Compare
25Washington County Hospital And ClinicsWashington, IA · Critical access10.0%——15.4%——15.5%Compare
26VA Central Iowa Healthcare SystemDes Moines, IA · Veterans Affairs10.1%11.3%13.0%12.0%——14.8%Compare
27MercyOne Dubuque Medical CenterDubuque, IA · Acute care10.3%13.2%11.0%14.9%—12.1%15.6%Compare
28Mahaska Health PartnershipOskaloosa, IA · Critical access10.6%—10.0%13.2%—11.6%14.4%Compare
T29Allen HospitalWaterloo, IA · Acute care10.8%12.5%15.8%18.7%2.4%12.4%15.6%Compare
T29UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist MediDes Moines, IA · Acute care10.8%14.7%13.9%16.5%1.5%8.7%13.5%Compare
T31Finley HospitalDubuque, IA · Acute care11.0%11.7%12.8%17.3%—12.7%16.0%Compare
T31MercyOne North Iowa Medical CenterMason City, IA · Acute care11.0%12.7%15.6%15.8%3.7%13.1%14.3%Compare
33Trinity Regional Medical CenterFort Dodge, IA · Acute care11.1%10.3%12.7%18.1%—9.7%15.2%Compare
34MercyOne Clinton Medical CenterClinton, IA · Acute care11.4%12.2%11.4%15.5%—13.1%14.5%Compare
35Cherokee Regional Medical CenterCherokee, IA · Critical access12.2%—16.1%18.7%——14.8%Compare
36University Of Iowa Hospital & ClinicsIowa City, IA · Acute care12.9%13.7%12.2%17.3%2.2%10.7%13.5%Compare
37St Lukes Regional Medical CenterSioux City, IA · Acute care13.0%12.4%12.9%17.1%—10.1%15.6%Compare

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.
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Pneumonia death rate
30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
CABG surgery death rate
30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
Stroke death rate
30-day death rate for stroke 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.