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Hospitals in Iowa with the lowest pneumonia death rate

93 Iowa hospitals ranked by pneumonia death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: VA Central Iowa Healthcare System, MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center, CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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93 hospitals ranked in Iowa by pneumonia death rate; 25 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPneumonia 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 average15.2%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1VA Central Iowa Healthcare SystemDes Moines, IA · Veterans Affairs12.0%4411.3%13.0%14.8%1.12——386Compare
2MercyOne Siouxland Medical CenterSioux City, IA · Acute care12.2%2213.1%11.2%15.1%1.44199 min0.98—Compare
T3CHI Health Mercy Council BluffsCouncil Bluffs, IA · Acute care12.3%5212.6%11.6%15.1%0.85171 min0.97194Compare
T3Iowa City VA Medical CenterIowa City, IA · Veterans Affairs12.3%5511.1%8.6%13.8%0.85——475Compare
T5University Of Iowa Health Care Medical Center DownIowa City, IA · Acute care12.7%4312.4%12.2%15.0%0.98149 min0.99234Compare
T5Van Buren County HospitalKeosauqua, IA · Critical access12.7%————15.6%—146 min—25Compare
T7Mahaska Health PartnershipOskaloosa, IA · Critical access13.2%44—10.0%14.4%—141 min—25Compare
T7Sartori Memorial Hospital, IncCedar Falls, IA · Acute care13.2%————14.3%0.9496 min0.9283Compare
T9St Lukes HospitalCedar Rapids, IA · Acute care13.8%4410.5%10.2%15.1%1.23166 min0.95532Compare
T9Trinity MuscatineMuscatine, IA · Acute care13.8%42—11.4%13.9%0.97136 min0.9380Compare
T9Adair County Memorial HospitalGreenfield, IA · Critical access13.8%————14.8%—140 min—25Compare
12Grinnell Regional Medical CenterGrinnell, IA · Acute care14.0%24—13.9%14.9%1.07112 min0.8949Compare
13Henry County Health CenterMount Pleasant, IA · Critical access14.1%————14.7%—91 min—74Compare
T14Virginia Gay HospitalVinton, IA · Critical access14.2%4——11.1%14.8%—79 min—83Compare
T14CHI Health - Mercy CorningCorning, IA · Critical access14.2%3———14.8%—124 min—22Compare
T14Trinity - BettendorfBettendorf, IA · Acute care14.2%3311.9%10.9%15.2%0.81205 min0.95150Compare
17Mercy Medical Center - Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids, IA · Acute care14.5%4413.3%10.2%15.1%1.24148 min0.95347Compare
18Montgomery County Memorial HospitalRed Oak, IA · Critical access14.6%————15.2%—113 min—25Compare
19MercyOne Centerville Medical CenterCenterville, IA · Critical access14.7%————14.9%—130 min—25Compare
20Jones Regional Medical CenterAnamosa, IA · Critical access14.8%4——12.4%14.7%—116 min—25Compare
T21Floyd Valley HealthcareLe Mars, IA · Critical access14.9%34—16.9%15.0%—169 min—25Compare
T21MercyOne Dubuque Medical CenterDubuque, IA · Acute care14.9%3413.2%11.0%15.6%1.31204 min0.93524Compare
T23Methodist Jennie EdmundsonCouncil Bluffs, IA · Acute care15.0%3411.0%11.9%15.8%1.12150 min0.95236Compare
T23MercyOne Genesis Dewitt Medical CenterDewitt, IA · Critical access15.0%————14.7%—101 min—90Compare
25Knoxville Hospital & ClinicsKnoxville, IA · Critical access15.2%2———14.6%—138 min—25Compare
26Van Diest Medical CenterWebster City, IA · Critical access15.3%55—11.8%14.4%—103 min—25Compare
T27Floyd County Medical CenterCharles City, IA · Critical access15.4%35—13.7%14.7%—168 min—25Compare
T27Hawarden Regional HealthcareHawarden, IA · Critical access15.4%————15.0%—158 min—25Compare
T27Washington County Hospital And ClinicsWashington, IA · Critical access15.4%————15.5%—91 min—25Compare
T30MercyOne Clinton Medical CenterClinton, IA · Acute care15.5%4412.2%11.4%14.5%0.96123 min0.86147Compare
T30Humboldt County Memorial HospitalHumboldt, IA · Critical access15.5%————14.8%—100 min—21Compare
T32Genesis Medical Center-DavenportDavenport, IA · Acute care15.6%2212.4%13.3%15.7%1.43174 min0.96502Compare
T32Decatur County HospitalLeon, IA · Critical access15.6%————14.7%—97 min—25Compare
T32Hancock County Health SystemBritt, IA · Critical access15.6%————14.5%—113 min—25Compare
T32Lucas County Health CenterChariton, IA · Critical access15.6%————14.9%—108 min—25Compare
36Hansen Family HospitalIowa Falls, IA · Critical access15.7%————14.6%—101 min—25Compare
T37MercyOne North Iowa Medical CenterMason City, IA · Acute care15.8%2312.7%15.6%14.3%1.00193 min0.96350Compare
T37Ringgold County HospitalMount Ayr, IA · Critical access15.8%————14.7%—128 min—25Compare
T39Clarke County HospitalOsceola, IA · Critical access15.9%5———14.8%—104 min—25Compare
T39Pella Regional Health CenterPella, IA · Critical access15.9%44—11.2%14.2%—152 min—25Compare
T39Mitchell County Regional HealthOsage, IA · Critical access15.9%3——12.5%14.9%—89 min—25Compare
T39Ottumwa Regional Health CenterOttumwa, IA · Acute care15.9%2112.1%16.8%14.6%0.91166 min1.00235Compare
T43CHI Health Missouri ValleyMissouri Valley, IA · Critical access16.0%4——11.9%14.9%—105 min—25Compare
T43Mary Greeley Medical CenterAmes, IA · Acute care16.0%4411.9%12.6%15.2%0.76146 min0.95220Compare
T43Community Memorial Hospital Medical CenterSumner, IA · Critical access16.0%————14.7%—132 min—25Compare
T43Monroe County HospitalAlbia, IA · Critical access16.0%————14.6%—123 min—25Compare
T47Waverly Health CenterWaverly, IA · Critical access16.1%55—13.5%14.2%—157 min—25Compare
T47Madison County Health Care SystemWinterset, IA · Critical access16.1%————15.0%—115 min—25Compare
49WinnmedDecorah, IA · Critical access16.2%45—17.5%14.5%—114 min—25Compare
T50Cass County Memorial HospitalAtlantic, IA · Critical access16.5%54—11.1%14.0%—86 min—29Compare

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.

Pneumonia death rate
30-day death rate for pneumonia 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).