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Hospitals in North Dakota with the lowest heart failure death rate

15 North Dakota hospitals ranked by heart failure death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Sanford Medical Center Fargo, Fargo VA Medical Center, CHI St Alexius Health. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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15 hospitals ranked in North Dakota by heart failure death rate; 32 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalHeart failure death ratelower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack 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 average11.1%3.311.9%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Sanford Medical Center FargoFargo, ND · Acute care8.5%4311.3%14.6%1.07181 min1.04591Compare
2Fargo VA Medical CenterFargo, ND · Veterans Affairs9.2%55—14.8%0.77——228Compare
3CHI St Alexius HealthBismarck, ND · Acute care9.3%4311.2%14.7%1.17176 min0.94287Compare
4Sanford Medical Center BismarckBismarck, ND · Acute care9.5%4210.2%13.9%1.06180 min0.88233Compare
5CHI St Alexius Health Devils LakeDevils Lake, ND · Critical access10.0%2——14.9%—133 min—25Compare
T6Essentia HealthFargo, ND · Acute care10.2%3310.4%14.8%0.77108 min1.02142Compare
T6Trinity HospitalsMinot, ND · Acute care10.2%3210.2%14.6%1.03247 min0.93312Compare
8CHI Mercy HealthValley City, ND · Critical access10.9%5——14.4%—100 min—25Compare
9CHI St Alexius Health DickinsonDickinson, ND · Critical access11.8%23—13.6%—174 min—25Compare
T10West River Regional Medical CenterHettinger, ND · Critical access12.3%44—15.3%—122 min—25Compare
T10Altru HospitalGrand Forks, ND · Acute care12.3%3213.0%13.9%0.91177 min1.02267Compare
12SMP Health St AloisiusHarvey, ND · Critical access12.9%1——15.8%—76 min—25Compare
13Jamestown Regional Medical CenterJamestown, ND · Critical access14.5%44—14.7%—109 min—25Compare
14Tioga Medical CenterTioga, ND · Critical access14.6%———15.4%—82 min—25Compare
15CHI St Alexius Health WillistonWilliston, ND · Critical access15.1%32—15.6%—156 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.

Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
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.
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).