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Top-rated hospitals in North Dakota

16 North Dakota hospitals ranked by overall star rating in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Fargo VA Medical Center, CHI Mercy Health, Jamestown Regional Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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16 hospitals ranked in North Dakota by overall star rating; 31 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
T1Fargo VA Medical CenterFargo, ND · Veterans Affairs55—9.2%14.8%0.77——228Compare
T1CHI Mercy HealthValley City, ND · Critical access5——10.9%14.4%—100 min—25Compare
T3Jamestown Regional Medical CenterJamestown, ND · Critical access44—14.5%14.7%—109 min—25Compare
T3West River Regional Medical CenterHettinger, ND · Critical access44—12.3%15.3%—122 min—25Compare
T3CHI St Alexius HealthBismarck, ND · Acute care4311.2%9.3%14.7%1.17176 min0.94287Compare
T3Sanford Medical Center BismarckBismarck, ND · Acute care4210.2%9.5%13.9%1.06180 min0.88233Compare
T3Sanford Medical Center FargoFargo, ND · Acute care4311.3%8.5%14.6%1.07181 min1.04591Compare
T8Essentia HealthFargo, ND · Acute care3310.4%10.2%14.8%0.77108 min1.02142Compare
T8Trinity HospitalsMinot, ND · Acute care3210.2%10.2%14.6%1.03247 min0.93312Compare
T8Altru HospitalGrand Forks, ND · Acute care3213.0%12.3%13.9%0.91177 min1.02267Compare
T8CHI St Alexius Health WillistonWilliston, ND · Critical access32—15.1%15.6%—156 min—25Compare
T8P H S Indian Hospital At Belcourt-Quentin N BurdickBelcourt, ND · Acute care3———15.3%——0.7346Compare
T13CHI St Alexius Health DickinsonDickinson, ND · Critical access23—11.8%13.6%—174 min—25Compare
T13CHI St Alexius Health Devils LakeDevils Lake, ND · Critical access2——10.0%14.9%—133 min—25Compare
T13Heart Of America Medical CenterRugby, ND · Critical access2———15.5%—104 min—25Compare
16SMP Health St AloisiusHarvey, ND · Critical access1——12.9%15.8%—76 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).