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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. 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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#	Hospital	Heart failure death ratelower is better	Overall star ratinghigher is better	Patient survey star ratinghigher is better	Heart attack death ratelower is better	Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data	Serious complicationslower is better	Time in emergency departmentlower is better	Medicare spending per patientlower is better	Total beds	Compare
	National average	11.1%		3.3	11.9%	15.0%	1.00	162 min	1.00
51	Cherokee Regional Medical CenterCherokee, IA · Critical access	16.1%, 1st percentile	2, 17th percentile	—	—	14.8%, 61st percentile	—	134 min, 62nd percentile	—	25	Compare Cherokee Regional Medical Center
52	Ottumwa Regional Health CenterOttumwa, IA · Acute care	16.8%, 1st percentile	2, 17th percentile	1, 1st percentile	12.1%, 38th percentile	14.6%, 74th percentile	0.91, 70th percentile	166 min, 38th percentile	1.00, 44th percentile	235	Compare Ottumwa Regional Health Center
53	Floyd Valley HealthcareLe Mars, IA · Critical access	16.9%, 1st percentile	3, 43rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	—	15.0%, 46th percentile	—	169 min, 36th percentile	—	25	Compare Floyd Valley Healthcare
54	Lakes Regional HealthcareSpirit Lake, IA · Acute care	17.0%, 1st percentile	2, 17th percentile	5, 97th percentile	—	14.4%, 83rd percentile	1.12, 17th percentile	125 min, 70th percentile	0.88, 92nd percentile	49	Compare Lakes Regional Healthcare
55	WinnmedDecorah, IA · Critical access	17.5%, 0th percentile	4, 73rd percentile	5, 97th percentile	—	14.5%, 79th percentile	—	114 min, 79th percentile	—	25	Compare Winnmed
56	Buena Vista Regional Medical CenterStorm Lake, IA · Critical access	18.1%, 0th percentile	2, 17th percentile	5, 97th percentile	—	15.0%, 46th percentile	—	152 min, 48th percentile	—	35	Compare Buena Vista Regional 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.

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).