Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Minnesota with the highest appropriate sepsis care
60 Minnesota hospitals ranked by appropriate sepsis care in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Appropriate sepsis carehigher 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 | 65.0% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T49 | Centracare - Redwood | 41.0%, 9th percentile | — | — | — | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | 128 min, 67th percentile | — | 31 | Compare Centracare - Redwood |
| 52 | Hennepin County Medical Center | 39.0%, 7th 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 |
| T53 | Maple Grove Hospital | 37.0%, 6th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.79, 94th percentile | 194 min, 22nd percentile | 0.84, 96th percentile | 90 | Compare Maple Grove Hospital |
| T53 | Abbott Northwestern Hospital | 37.0%, 6th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 8.4%, 92nd percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 183 min, 28th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 996 | Compare Abbott Northwestern Hospital |
| T53 | Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital | 37.0%, 6th 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 |
| 56 | Lakewood Health Center | 36.0%, 5th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | 118 min, 76th percentile | — | 15 | Compare Lakewood Health Center |
| 57 | Centracare - Long Prairie Hospital | 35.0%, 5th percentile | — | — | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | 123 min, 71st percentile | — | 34 | Compare Centracare - Long Prairie Hospital |
| 58 | CentraCare Health System - Melrose Hospital | 31.0%, 3rd percentile | 5, 94th percentile | — | — | 12.2%, 27th percentile | 14.1%, 91st percentile | — | 141 min, 55th percentile | — | 28 | Compare CentraCare Health System - Melrose Hospital |
| 59 | St Gabriels Hospital | 30.0%, 3rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | 141 min, 55th percentile | — | 49 | Compare St Gabriels Hospital |
| 60 | North Memorial Health Hospital | 27.0%, 2nd 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.
- Appropriate sepsis care
- Percentage of patients who received appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock.
- 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).