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Hospitals in Iowa with the lowest stroke death rate

31 Iowa hospitals ranked by stroke death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center, UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi, University Of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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31 hospitals ranked in Iowa by stroke death rate; 87 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalStroke 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 average11.9%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Southeast Iowa Regional Medical CenterWest Burlington, IA · Acute care8.0%4212.8%14.5%13.4%1.53132 min0.93173Compare
2UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist MediDes Moines, IA · Acute care8.7%3314.7%13.9%13.5%1.01182 min0.97674Compare
3University Of Iowa Health Care Medical Center DownIowa City, IA · Acute care9.0%4312.4%12.2%15.0%0.98149 min0.99234Compare
4Trinity Regional Medical CenterFort Dodge, IA · Acute care9.7%2310.3%12.7%15.2%1.45167 min0.93174Compare
5Grinnell Regional Medical CenterGrinnell, IA · Acute care9.9%24—13.9%14.9%1.07112 min0.8949Compare
6St Lukes Regional Medical CenterSioux City, IA · Acute care10.1%2312.4%12.9%15.6%1.10174 min0.95201Compare
T7MercyOne Waterloo Medical CenterWaterloo, IA · Acute care10.2%4311.5%8.5%13.9%0.98223 min0.89423Compare
T7St Lukes HospitalCedar Rapids, IA · Acute care10.2%4410.5%10.2%15.1%1.23166 min0.95532Compare
T7Methodist Jennie EdmundsonCouncil Bluffs, IA · Acute care10.2%3411.0%11.9%15.8%1.12150 min0.95236Compare
10University Of Iowa Hospital & ClinicsIowa City, IA · Acute care10.7%2313.7%12.2%13.5%1.25210 min1.051,103Compare
T11CHI Health Mercy Council BluffsCouncil Bluffs, IA · Acute care10.9%5212.6%11.6%15.1%0.85171 min0.97194Compare
T11Trinity - BettendorfBettendorf, IA · Acute care10.9%3311.9%10.9%15.2%0.81205 min0.95150Compare
T11UnityPoint Health - MarshalltownMarshalltown, IA · Acute care10.9%33—15.5%15.2%0.92162 min0.8449Compare
14Trinity MuscatineMuscatine, IA · Acute care11.1%42—11.4%13.9%0.97136 min0.9380Compare
T15Mary Greeley Medical CenterAmes, IA · Acute care11.5%4411.9%12.6%15.2%0.76146 min0.95220Compare
T15MercyOne Siouxland Medical CenterSioux City, IA · Acute care11.5%2213.1%11.2%15.1%1.44199 min0.98—Compare
17Mahaska Health PartnershipOskaloosa, IA · Critical access11.6%44—10.0%14.4%—141 min—25Compare
T18Mercy Medical Center - Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids, IA · Acute care11.7%4413.3%10.2%15.1%1.24148 min0.95347Compare
T18WinnmedDecorah, IA · Critical access11.7%45—17.5%14.5%—114 min—25Compare
T20Greater Regional Medical CenterCreston, IA · Critical access12.1%34——14.5%—101 min—25Compare
T20MercyOne Dubuque Medical CenterDubuque, IA · Acute care12.1%3413.2%11.0%15.6%1.31204 min0.93524Compare
T20Ottumwa Regional Health CenterOttumwa, IA · Acute care12.1%2112.1%16.8%14.6%0.91166 min1.00235Compare
23Genesis Medical Center-DavenportDavenport, IA · Acute care12.3%2212.4%13.3%15.7%1.43174 min0.96502Compare
24Allen HospitalWaterloo, IA · Acute care12.4%3312.5%15.8%15.6%1.10163 min0.93234Compare
25Lakes Regional HealthcareSpirit Lake, IA · Acute care12.5%25—17.0%14.4%1.12125 min0.8849Compare
26MercyOne Newton Medical CenterNewton, IA · Acute care12.6%4——12.3%13.4%—155 min0.9968Compare
27Finley HospitalDubuque, IA · Acute care12.7%3411.7%12.8%16.0%1.13114 min0.90158Compare
28Spencer Municipal HospitalSpencer, IA · Acute care13.0%44—12.5%14.4%1.13128 min0.9093Compare
T29MercyOne Clinton Medical CenterClinton, IA · Acute care13.1%4412.2%11.4%14.5%0.96123 min0.86147Compare
T29MercyOne North Iowa Medical CenterMason City, IA · Acute care13.1%2312.7%15.6%14.3%1.00193 min0.96350Compare
31MercyOne Des Moines Medical CenterDes Moines, IA · Acute care13.7%1210.6%13.2%13.6%0.96244 min1.01649Compare

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.

Stroke death rate
30-day death rate for stroke 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).