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Top-rated hospitals in Iowa

62 Iowa hospitals ranked by overall star rating 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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62 hospitals ranked in Iowa by overall star rating; 56 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalOverall 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 average3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T45University Of Iowa Hospital & ClinicsIowa City, IA · Acute care2313.7%12.2%13.5%1.25210 min1.051,103Compare
T45Trinity Regional Medical CenterFort Dodge, IA · Acute care2310.3%12.7%15.2%1.45167 min0.93174Compare
T45MercyOne North Iowa Medical CenterMason City, IA · Acute care2312.7%15.6%14.3%1.00193 min0.96350Compare
T45Genesis Medical Center-DavenportDavenport, IA · Acute care2212.4%13.3%15.7%1.43174 min0.96502Compare
T45MercyOne Siouxland Medical CenterSioux City, IA · Acute care2213.1%11.2%15.1%1.44199 min0.98—Compare
T45Ottumwa Regional Health CenterOttumwa, IA · Acute care2112.1%16.8%14.6%0.91166 min1.00235Compare
T45Avera Holy Family HospitalEstherville, IA · Critical access2——14.3%15.3%—110 min—25Compare
T45Cherokee Regional Medical CenterCherokee, IA · Critical access2——16.1%14.8%—134 min—25Compare
T45Crawford County Memorial HospitalDenison, IA · Critical access2——13.7%15.2%—101 min—25Compare
T45Knoxville Hospital & ClinicsKnoxville, IA · Critical access2———14.6%—138 min—25Compare
T61MercyOne Des Moines Medical CenterDes Moines, IA · Acute care1210.6%13.2%13.6%0.96244 min1.01649Compare
T61Kossuth Regional Health CenterAlgona, IA · Critical access1——13.7%15.4%—99 min—25Compare

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.

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).