Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Minnesota with the lowest left ED without being seen
112 Minnesota hospitals ranked by left ED without being seen in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Left ED without being seenlower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure 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 |
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| National average | 2.0% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T91 | St Josephs Area Health Services | 3.0%, 17th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 5, 97th percentile | — | 13.4%, 12th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | 151 min, 48th percentile | — | 50 | Compare St Josephs Area Health Services |
| T91 | Cass Lake Indian Health Services Hospital | 3.0%, 17th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 min, 99th percentile | — | 11 | Compare Cass Lake Indian Health Services Hospital |
| T91 | Riverwood Healthcare Center | 3.0%, 17th percentile | — | 5, 97th percentile | — | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | 96 min, 92nd percentile | — | 31 | Compare Riverwood Healthcare Center |
| T104 | M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.1%, 95th percentile | 7.8%, 95th percentile | 13.1%, 99th percentile | 0.76, 96th percentile | 204 min, 17th percentile | 0.92, 83rd percentile | 390 | Compare M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital |
| T104 | Range Regional Health Services | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 10.7%, 56th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 169 min, 36th percentile | 0.91, 86th percentile | 175 | Compare Range Regional Health Services |
| T104 | Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.0%, 96th percentile | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 193 min, 23rd percentile | 0.91, 86th percentile | 118 | Compare Sanford Bemidji Medical Center |
| T104 | Hennepin County Medical Center | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 1.11, 18th percentile | 235 min, 7th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 894 | Compare Hennepin County Medical Center |
| T104 | Regions Hospital | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 14.1%, 91st percentile | 1.05, 26th percentile | 231 min, 8th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 554 | Compare Regions Hospital |
| T104 | St Lukes Hospital | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.9%, 4th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 227 min, 10th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 267 | Compare St Lukes Hospital |
| T104 | Red Lake Hospital | 4.0%, 9th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | 82 min, 97th percentile | — | 23 | Compare Red Lake Hospital |
| T111 | Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital | 6.0%, 3rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 0.83, 89th percentile | 217 min, 12th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 489 | Compare Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital |
| T111 | North Memorial Health Hospital | 6.0%, 3rd percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 1.18, 12th percentile | 204 min, 17th percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 518 | Compare North Memorial Health Hospital |
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.
- Left ED without being seen
- Percentage of patients who left the emergency department before being seen.
- 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).