Hospital rankings
Hospitals in North Dakota with the lowest catheter-associated urinary tract infections
6 North Dakota hospitals ranked by catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: CHI St Alexius Health, Sanford Medical Center Fargo, Trinity Hospitals. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 1 | CHI St Alexius Health | 0.00, 88th percentile | 1.17, 12th percentile | 0.60, 39th percentile | 0.87, 39th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.61, 17th percentile | Compare CHI St Alexius Health |
| 2 | Sanford Medical Center Fargo | 0.10, 74th percentile | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 0.27, 69th percentile | 0.80, 44th percentile | — | 0.34, 72nd percentile | 0.33, 43rd percentile | Compare Sanford Medical Center Fargo |
| 3 | Trinity Hospitals | 0.34, 56th percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 0.83, 24th percentile | 0.61, 57th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.55, 21st percentile | Compare Trinity Hospitals |
| 4 | Altru Hospital | 0.45, 45th percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | 0.28, 67th percentile | 1.26, 21st percentile | — | 0.31, 74th percentile | 0.28, 49th percentile | Compare Altru Hospital |
| 5 | Sanford Medical Center Bismarck | 0.71, 24th percentile | 1.06, 25th percentile | 0.51, 48th percentile | 0.77, 46th percentile | — | 0.37, 69th percentile | 0.37, 37th percentile | Compare Sanford Medical Center Bismarck |
| 6 | Essentia Health | 0.86, 16th percentile | 0.77, 95th percentile | 0.30, 66th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | — | 0.37, 69th percentile | 0.16, 68th percentile | Compare Essentia Health |
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.
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).