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Hospitals in Iowa with the lowest heart failure death rate

56 Iowa hospitals ranked by heart failure death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center, Iowa City VA Medical Center, Mahaska Health Partnership. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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56 hospitals ranked in Iowa by heart failure death rate; 62 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalHeart failure death ratelower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack 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 average11.1%3.311.9%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1MercyOne Waterloo Medical CenterWaterloo, IA · Acute care8.5%4311.5%13.9%0.98223 min0.89423Compare
2Iowa City VA Medical CenterIowa City, IA · Veterans Affairs8.6%5511.1%13.8%0.85——475Compare
3Mahaska Health PartnershipOskaloosa, IA · Critical access10.0%44—14.4%—141 min—25Compare
T4Mercy Medical Center - Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids, IA · Acute care10.2%4413.3%15.1%1.24148 min0.95347Compare
T4St Lukes HospitalCedar Rapids, IA · Acute care10.2%4410.5%15.1%1.23166 min0.95532Compare
6Trinity - BettendorfBettendorf, IA · Acute care10.9%3311.9%15.2%0.81205 min0.95150Compare
7MercyOne Dubuque Medical CenterDubuque, IA · Acute care11.0%3413.2%15.6%1.31204 min0.93524Compare
T8Cass County Memorial HospitalAtlantic, IA · Critical access11.1%54—14.0%—86 min—29Compare
T8Virginia Gay HospitalVinton, IA · Critical access11.1%4——14.8%—79 min—83Compare
T10Pella Regional Health CenterPella, IA · Critical access11.2%44—14.2%—152 min—25Compare
T10MercyOne Siouxland Medical CenterSioux City, IA · Acute care11.2%2213.1%15.1%1.44199 min0.98—Compare
T12MercyOne Clinton Medical CenterClinton, IA · Acute care11.4%4412.2%14.5%0.96123 min0.86147Compare
T12Trinity MuscatineMuscatine, IA · Acute care11.4%42—13.9%0.97136 min0.9380Compare
14CHI Health Mercy Council BluffsCouncil Bluffs, IA · Acute care11.6%5212.6%15.1%0.85171 min0.97194Compare
15Van Diest Medical CenterWebster City, IA · Critical access11.8%55—14.4%—103 min—25Compare
T16CHI Health Missouri ValleyMissouri Valley, IA · Critical access11.9%4——14.9%—105 min—25Compare
T16Methodist Jennie EdmundsonCouncil Bluffs, IA · Acute care11.9%3411.0%15.8%1.12150 min0.95236Compare
18Compass Memorial HealthcareMarengo, IA · Critical access12.0%45—14.7%—55 min—25Compare
19Orange City Area Health SystemOrange City, IA · Critical access12.1%34—15.1%—117 min—25Compare
T20University Of Iowa Health Care Medical Center DownIowa City, IA · Acute care12.2%4312.4%15.0%0.98149 min0.99234Compare
T20University Of Iowa Hospital & ClinicsIowa City, IA · Acute care12.2%2313.7%13.5%1.25210 min1.051,103Compare
22MercyOne Newton Medical CenterNewton, IA · Acute care12.3%4——13.4%—155 min0.9968Compare
23Jones Regional Medical CenterAnamosa, IA · Critical access12.4%4——14.7%—116 min—25Compare
T24Spencer Municipal HospitalSpencer, IA · Acute care12.5%44—14.4%1.13128 min0.9093Compare
T24Mitchell County Regional HealthOsage, IA · Critical access12.5%3——14.9%—89 min—25Compare
T26Mary Greeley Medical CenterAmes, IA · Acute care12.6%4411.9%15.2%0.76146 min0.95220Compare
T26Veterans Memorial HospitalWaukon, IA · Critical access12.6%—5—14.9%—97 min—25Compare
28Trinity Regional Medical CenterFort Dodge, IA · Acute care12.7%2310.3%15.2%1.45167 min0.93174Compare
T29Regional Health Services Of Howard CountyCresco, IA · Critical access12.8%4——14.7%—91 min—25Compare
T29Finley HospitalDubuque, IA · Acute care12.8%3411.7%16.0%1.13114 min0.90158Compare
31St Lukes Regional Medical CenterSioux City, IA · Acute care12.9%2312.4%15.6%1.10174 min0.95201Compare
32VA Central Iowa Healthcare SystemDes Moines, IA · Veterans Affairs13.0%4411.3%14.8%1.12——386Compare
T33Myrtue Medical CenterHarlan, IA · Critical access13.2%3——14.6%—61 min—25Compare
T33MercyOne Des Moines Medical CenterDes Moines, IA · Acute care13.2%1210.6%13.6%0.96244 min1.01649Compare
35Genesis Medical Center-DavenportDavenport, IA · Acute care13.3%2212.4%15.7%1.43174 min0.96502Compare
36Waverly Health CenterWaverly, IA · Critical access13.5%55—14.2%—157 min—25Compare
T37Burgess Health CenterOnawa, IA · Critical access13.7%3——14.5%—130 min—25Compare
T37Floyd County Medical CenterCharles City, IA · Critical access13.7%35—14.7%—168 min—25Compare
T37Crawford County Memorial HospitalDenison, IA · Critical access13.7%2——15.2%—101 min—25Compare
T37Kossuth Regional Health CenterAlgona, IA · Critical access13.7%1——15.4%—99 min—25Compare
T41Clarinda Regional Health CenterClarinda, IA · Critical access13.8%4——14.5%—153 min—25Compare
T41Regional Medical CenterManchester, IA · Critical access13.8%44—14.3%—147 min—25Compare
T43UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist MediDes Moines, IA · Acute care13.9%3314.7%13.5%1.01182 min0.97674Compare
T43Grinnell Regional Medical CenterGrinnell, IA · Acute care13.9%24—14.9%1.07112 min0.8949Compare
45Avera Holy Family HospitalEstherville, IA · Critical access14.3%2——15.3%—110 min—25Compare
46Southeast Iowa Regional Medical CenterWest Burlington, IA · Acute care14.5%4212.8%13.4%1.53132 min0.93173Compare
47Jefferson County Health CenterFairfield, IA · Critical access15.4%24—15.0%—118 min—25Compare
48UnityPoint Health - MarshalltownMarshalltown, IA · Acute care15.5%33—15.2%0.92162 min0.8449Compare
49MercyOne North Iowa Medical CenterMason City, IA · Acute care15.6%2312.7%14.3%1.00193 min0.96350Compare
50Allen HospitalWaterloo, IA · Acute care15.8%3312.5%15.6%1.10163 min0.93234Compare

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).