Hospital rankings
Hospitals in North Dakota with the lowest pneumonia death rate
26 North Dakota hospitals ranked by pneumonia death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Sanford Medical Center Fargo, Fargo VA Medical Center, Sanford Medical Center Bismarck. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
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| National average | 15.2% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | Sanford Medical Center Fargo | 10.2%, 98th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 8.5%, 91st percentile | 8.7%, 43rd percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 12.1%, 42nd percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Sanford Medical Center Fargo |
| 2 | Fargo VA Medical Center | 11.5%, 94th percentile | — | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 7.1%, 87th percentile | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Fargo VA Medical Center |
| 3 | Sanford Medical Center Bismarck | 12.7%, 85th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 9.3%, 90th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | Compare Sanford Medical Center Bismarck |
| 4 | CHI St Alexius Health | 13.0%, 82nd percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 9.5%, 24th percentile | 3.8%, 5th percentile | 10.1%, 79th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare CHI St Alexius Health |
| 5 | CHI St Alexius Health Dickinson | 13.9%, 70th percentile | — | 11.8%, 34th percentile | — | — | — | 13.6%, 97th percentile | Compare CHI St Alexius Health Dickinson |
| 6 | CHI Oakes Hospital | 14.0%, 69th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare CHI Oakes Hospital |
| T7 | CHI Mercy Health | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | — | — | — | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare CHI Mercy Health |
| T7 | Essentia Health | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 10.4%, 90th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | 2.7%, 28th percentile | 11.5%, 53rd percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Essentia Health |
| 9 | Cavalier County Memorial Hospital Association | 15.3%, 48th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Cavalier County Memorial Hospital Association |
| 10 | South Central Health | 15.4%, 46th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare South Central Health |
| 11 | Jamestown Regional Medical Center | 15.7%, 42nd percentile | — | 14.5%, 5th percentile | — | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Jamestown Regional Medical Center |
| 12 | Sakakawea Medical Center - CAH | 15.8%, 40th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Sakakawea Medical Center - CAH |
| 13 | Pembina County Memorial Hospital | 15.9%, 39th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Pembina County Memorial Hospital |
| 14 | Altru Hospital | 16.3%, 33rd percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 7.0%, 88th percentile | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 11.1%, 60th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | Compare Altru Hospital |
| 15 | Garrison Memorial Hospital | 16.4%, 31st percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Garrison Memorial Hospital |
| 16 | CHI St Alexius Health Devils Lake | 16.5%, 30th percentile | — | 10.0%, 70th percentile | — | — | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare CHI St Alexius Health Devils Lake |
| 17 | CHI St Alexius Health Williston | 16.6%, 29th percentile | — | 15.1%, 3rd percentile | — | — | — | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare CHI St Alexius Health Williston |
| 18 | P H S Indian Hospital At Belcourt-Quentin N Burdick | 17.1%, 23rd percentile | — | — | 7.7%, 72nd percentile | — | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare P H S Indian Hospital At Belcourt-Quentin N Burdick |
| 19 | Heart Of America Medical Center | 17.7%, 16th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Heart Of America Medical Center |
| 20 | Carrington Health Center | 17.8%, 15th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Carrington Health Center |
| 21 | St Andrew's Hospital | 17.9%, 15th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare St Andrew's Hospital |
| 22 | Trinity Hospitals | 18.3%, 12th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 10.6%, 9th percentile | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 11.0%, 62nd percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Trinity Hospitals |
| 23 | Towner County Medical Center | 18.5%, 11th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Towner County Medical Center |
| 24 | Unity Medical Center | 19.0%, 8th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare Unity Medical Center |
| 25 | West River Regional Medical Center | 19.2%, 7th percentile | — | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 9.0%, 36th percentile | — | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare West River Regional Medical Center |
| 26 | First Care Health Center | 19.4%, 6th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare First Care Health Center |
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.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke 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.