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Hospitals in Iowa with the lowest heart attack death rate

24 Iowa hospitals ranked by heart attack death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Trinity Regional Medical Center, St Lukes Hospital, MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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24 hospitals ranked in Iowa by heart attack death rate; 94 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Heart attack death ratelower is better	Heart failure death ratelower is better	Pneumonia death ratelower is better	COPD death ratelower is better	CABG surgery death ratelower is better	Stroke death ratelower is better	Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data	Compare
	National average	11.9%	11.1%	15.2%	8.6%	2.4%	11.9%	15.0%
1	Trinity Regional Medical CenterFort Dodge, IA · Acute care	10.3%, 92nd percentile	12.7%, 19th percentile	18.1%, 13th percentile	11.1%, 5th percentile	—	9.7%, 85th percentile	15.2%, 34th percentile	Compare Trinity Regional Medical Center
2	St Lukes HospitalCedar Rapids, IA · Acute care	10.5%, 89th percentile	10.2%, 66th percentile	13.8%, 72nd percentile	9.3%, 28th percentile	2.2%, 55th percentile	10.2%, 77th percentile	15.1%, 40th percentile	Compare St Lukes Hospital
3	MercyOne Des Moines Medical CenterDes Moines, IA · Acute care	10.6%, 87th percentile	13.2%, 13th percentile	16.5%, 30th percentile	8.7%, 43rd percentile	3.0%, 19th percentile	13.7%, 21st percentile	13.6%, 97th percentile	Compare MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center
4	Methodist Jennie EdmundsonCouncil Bluffs, IA · Acute care	11.0%, 77th percentile	11.9%, 32nd percentile	15.0%, 52nd percentile	8.1%, 61st percentile	—	10.2%, 77th percentile	15.8%, 11th percentile	Compare Methodist Jennie Edmundson
5	Iowa City VA Medical CenterIowa City, IA · Veterans Affairs	11.1%, 74th percentile	8.6%, 90th percentile	12.3%, 89th percentile	8.1%, 61st percentile	—	—	13.8%, 96th percentile	Compare Iowa City VA Medical Center
6	VA Central Iowa Healthcare SystemDes Moines, IA · Veterans Affairs	11.3%, 68th percentile	13.0%, 15th percentile	12.0%, 91st percentile	10.1%, 14th percentile	—	—	14.8%, 61st percentile	Compare VA Central Iowa Healthcare System
7	MercyOne Waterloo Medical CenterWaterloo, IA · Acute care	11.5%, 62nd percentile	8.5%, 91st percentile	19.4%, 6th percentile	9.4%, 26th percentile	—	10.2%, 77th percentile	13.9%, 94th percentile	Compare MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
8	Finley HospitalDubuque, IA · Acute care	11.7%, 54th percentile	12.8%, 18th percentile	17.3%, 20th percentile	11.0%, 6th percentile	—	12.7%, 33rd percentile	16.0%, 7th percentile	Compare Finley Hospital
T9	Mary Greeley Medical CenterAmes, IA · Acute care	11.9%, 46th percentile	12.6%, 20th percentile	16.0%, 38th percentile	7.2%, 85th percentile	—	11.5%, 53rd percentile	15.2%, 34th percentile	Compare Mary Greeley Medical Center
T9	Trinity - BettendorfBettendorf, IA · Acute care	11.9%, 46th percentile	10.9%, 52nd percentile	14.2%, 66th percentile	8.6%, 46th percentile	—	10.9%, 64th percentile	15.2%, 34th percentile	Compare Trinity - Bettendorf
11	Ottumwa Regional Health CenterOttumwa, IA · Acute care	12.1%, 38th percentile	16.8%, 1st percentile	15.9%, 39th percentile	—	—	12.1%, 42nd percentile	14.6%, 74th percentile	Compare Ottumwa Regional Health Center
12	MercyOne Clinton Medical CenterClinton, IA · Acute care	12.2%, 35th percentile	11.4%, 41st percentile	15.5%, 45th percentile	11.4%, 4th percentile	—	13.1%, 27th percentile	14.5%, 79th percentile	Compare MercyOne Clinton Medical Center
T13	University Of Iowa Health Care Medical Center DownIowa City, IA · Acute care	12.4%, 29th percentile	12.2%, 27th percentile	12.7%, 85th percentile	9.1%, 34th percentile	—	9.0%, 93rd percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	Compare University Of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down
T13	Genesis Medical Center-DavenportDavenport, IA · Acute care	12.4%, 29th percentile	13.3%, 12th percentile	15.6%, 43rd percentile	7.8%, 69th percentile	2.0%, 69th percentile	12.3%, 39th percentile	15.7%, 13th percentile	Compare Genesis Medical Center-Davenport
T13	St Lukes Regional Medical CenterSioux City, IA · Acute care	12.4%, 29th percentile	12.9%, 17th percentile	17.1%, 23rd percentile	13.0%, 1st percentile	—	10.1%, 79th percentile	15.6%, 16th percentile	Compare St Lukes Regional Medical Center
16	Allen HospitalWaterloo, IA · Acute care	12.5%, 26th percentile	15.8%, 2nd percentile	18.7%, 10th percentile	10.8%, 8th percentile	2.4%, 44th percentile	12.4%, 37th percentile	15.6%, 16th percentile	Compare Allen Hospital
17	CHI Health Mercy Council BluffsCouncil Bluffs, IA · Acute care	12.6%, 23rd percentile	11.6%, 37th percentile	12.3%, 89th percentile	—	—	10.9%, 64th percentile	15.1%, 40th percentile	Compare CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
18	MercyOne North Iowa Medical CenterMason City, IA · Acute care	12.7%, 21st percentile	15.6%, 2nd percentile	15.8%, 40th percentile	11.0%, 6th percentile	3.7%, 6th percentile	13.1%, 27th percentile	14.3%, 86th percentile	Compare MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center
19	Southeast Iowa Regional Medical CenterWest Burlington, IA · Acute care	12.8%, 19th percentile	14.5%, 5th percentile	16.9%, 25th percentile	7.5%, 78th percentile	—	8.0%, 98th percentile	13.4%, 98th percentile	Compare Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center
20	MercyOne Siouxland Medical CenterSioux City, IA · Acute care	13.1%, 13th percentile	11.2%, 46th percentile	12.2%, 90th percentile	7.4%, 80th percentile	3.3%, 12th percentile	11.5%, 53rd percentile	15.1%, 40th percentile	Compare MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center
21	MercyOne Dubuque Medical CenterDubuque, IA · Acute care	13.2%, 11th percentile	11.0%, 50th percentile	14.9%, 54th percentile	10.3%, 11th percentile	—	12.1%, 42nd percentile	15.6%, 16th percentile	Compare MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center
22	Mercy Medical Center - Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids, IA · Acute care	13.3%, 10th percentile	10.2%, 66th percentile	14.5%, 61st percentile	8.8%, 41st percentile	3.7%, 6th percentile	11.7%, 49th percentile	15.1%, 40th percentile	Compare Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids
23	University Of Iowa Hospital & ClinicsIowa City, IA · Acute care	13.7%, 6th percentile	12.2%, 27th percentile	17.3%, 20th percentile	12.9%, 1st percentile	2.2%, 55th percentile	10.7%, 68th percentile	13.5%, 98th percentile	Compare University Of Iowa Hospital & Clinics
24	UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist MediDes Moines, IA · Acute care	14.7%, 1st percentile	13.9%, 8th percentile	16.5%, 30th percentile	10.8%, 8th percentile	1.5%, 96th percentile	8.7%, 95th percentile	13.5%, 98th percentile	Compare UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi

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 attack death rate: 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate: 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Pneumonia death rate: 30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
COPD death rate: 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
CABG surgery death rate: 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
Stroke death rate: 30-day death rate for stroke 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.