Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Minnesota with the highest patients' overall rating
70 Minnesota hospitals ranked by patients' overall rating in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Patients' overall ratinghigher 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 | 88 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T44 | Fairview Lakes Health Services | 88, 48th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 186 min, 26th percentile | 0.90, 88th percentile | 61 | Compare Fairview Lakes Health Services |
| T44 | CentraCare Health - Monticello | 88, 48th percentile | — | 4, 76th percentile | — | — | 14.5%, 79th percentile | — | 132 min, 63rd percentile | — | 39 | Compare CentraCare Health - Monticello |
| T44 | Meeker Memorial Hospital | 88, 48th percentile | — | 3, 39th percentile | — | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | 122 min, 72nd percentile | — | 25 | Compare Meeker Memorial Hospital |
| T54 | M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital | 87, 37th 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 |
| T54 | M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital | 87, 37th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 13.8%, 96th percentile | 0.80, 93rd percentile | 190 min, 24th percentile | 0.86, 94th percentile | 150 | Compare M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital |
| T54 | M Health Fairview University Of MN Medical Center | 87, 37th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 174 min, 33rd percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 1,700 | Compare M Health Fairview University Of MN Medical Center |
| T54 | St Gabriels Hospital | 87, 37th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | 141 min, 55th percentile | — | 49 | Compare St Gabriels Hospital |
| T54 | Allina United Hospital | 87, 37th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.8%, 5th percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 182 min, 28th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 603 | Compare Allina United Hospital |
| T54 | St Francis Regional Medical Center | 87, 37th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 151 min, 48th percentile | 0.87, 93rd percentile | 93 | Compare St Francis Regional Medical Center |
| T54 | Winona Health Services | 87, 37th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 15.2%, 3rd percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 142 min, 55th percentile | 0.86, 94th percentile | 57 | Compare Winona Health Services |
| T54 | Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center | 87, 37th percentile | — | 4, 76th percentile | — | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | — | 126 min, 69th percentile | — | 49 | Compare Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center |
| T62 | Essentia Health Virginia | 86, 27th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 131 min, 64th percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 83 | Compare Essentia Health Virginia |
| T62 | M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital | 86, 27th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 0.82, 90th percentile | 158 min, 43rd percentile | 0.90, 88th percentile | 86 | Compare M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital |
| T62 | Mercy Hospital | 86, 27th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.0%, 96th percentile | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 178 min, 31st percentile | 0.90, 88th percentile | 573 | Compare Mercy Hospital |
| T62 | St Lukes Hospital | 86, 27th 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 |
| T62 | North Memorial Health Hospital | 86, 27th 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 |
| T67 | M Health Fairview St John's Hospital | 85, 19th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 13.3%, 99th percentile | 0.90, 73rd percentile | 188 min, 25th percentile | 0.92, 83rd percentile | 184 | Compare M Health Fairview St John's Hospital |
| T67 | Centracare- Rice Memorial Hospital | 85, 19th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 146 min, 52nd percentile | 0.85, 95th percentile | 136 | Compare Centracare- Rice Memorial Hospital |
| 69 | Hennepin County Medical Center | 84, 13th 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 |
| 70 | Essentia Health Duluth | 83, 8th percentile | — | 3, 39th percentile | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | — | 0.96, 66th percentile | 165 | Compare Essentia Health Duluth |
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.
- Patients' overall rating
- HCAHPS overall hospital rating, linear mean score (0-100).
- 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).