Hospital rankings
Hospitals in North Dakota with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate
36 North Dakota hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: CHI St Alexius Health Dickinson, Sanford Medical Center Bismarck, Altru Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 15.0% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | ||
| 1 | CHI St Alexius Health Dickinson | 13.6%, 97th percentile | — | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 13.9%, 70th percentile | — | — | — | Compare CHI St Alexius Health Dickinson |
| T2 | Sanford Medical Center Bismarck | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 12.7%, 85th percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 9.3%, 90th percentile | Compare Sanford Medical Center Bismarck |
| T2 | Altru Hospital | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 16.3%, 33rd percentile | 7.0%, 88th percentile | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 11.1%, 60th percentile | Compare Altru Hospital |
| 4 | CHI Mercy Health | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | — | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | — | — | Compare CHI Mercy Health |
| 5 | Unity Medical Center | 14.5%, 79th percentile | — | — | 19.0%, 8th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Unity Medical Center |
| T6 | Sanford Medical Center Fargo | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 8.5%, 91st percentile | 10.2%, 98th percentile | 8.7%, 43rd percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 12.1%, 42nd percentile | Compare Sanford Medical Center Fargo |
| T6 | Trinity Hospitals | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 18.3%, 12th percentile | 10.6%, 9th percentile | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 11.0%, 62nd percentile | Compare Trinity Hospitals |
| T8 | CHI St Alexius Health | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 13.0%, 82nd percentile | 9.5%, 24th percentile | 3.8%, 5th percentile | 10.1%, 79th percentile | Compare CHI St Alexius Health |
| T8 | Jamestown Regional Medical Center | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | 14.5%, 5th percentile | 15.7%, 42nd percentile | — | — | — | Compare Jamestown Regional Medical Center |
| T8 | Sanford Mayville | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Sanford Mayville |
| T11 | Fargo VA Medical Center | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 11.5%, 94th percentile | 7.1%, 87th percentile | — | — | Compare Fargo VA Medical Center |
| T11 | Essentia Health | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 10.4%, 90th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | 2.7%, 28th percentile | 11.5%, 53rd percentile | Compare Essentia Health |
| T11 | Linton Hospital - CAH | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Linton Hospital - CAH |
| T11 | St Luke's Hospital | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare St Luke's Hospital |
| T11 | Towner County Medical Center | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | — | 18.5%, 11th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Towner County Medical Center |
| T16 | CHI St Alexius Health Devils Lake | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 16.5%, 30th percentile | — | — | — | Compare CHI St Alexius Health Devils Lake |
| T16 | Carrington Health Center | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | — | 17.8%, 15th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Carrington Health Center |
| T16 | Cooperstown Medical Center | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Cooperstown Medical Center |
| T16 | South Central Health | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | — | 15.4%, 46th percentile | — | — | — | Compare South Central Health |
| T20 | CHI Oakes Hospital | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | — | 14.0%, 69th percentile | — | — | — | Compare CHI Oakes Hospital |
| T20 | McKenzie County Healthcare Systems Inc | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | — | — | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | — | — | Compare McKenzie County Healthcare Systems Inc |
| T20 | Pembina County Memorial Hospital | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | — | 15.9%, 39th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Pembina County Memorial Hospital |
| T20 | Presentation Medical Center | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Presentation Medical Center |
| T20 | Southwest Healthcare Services | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Southwest Healthcare Services |
| T25 | Northwood Deaconess Health Center | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Northwood Deaconess Health Center |
| T25 | Sanford Hillsboro | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Sanford Hillsboro |
| T27 | Cavalier County Memorial Hospital Association | 15.2%, 34th percentile | — | — | 15.3%, 48th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Cavalier County Memorial Hospital Association |
| T27 | Sakakawea Medical Center - CAH | 15.2%, 34th percentile | — | — | 15.8%, 40th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Sakakawea Medical Center - CAH |
| T29 | West River Regional Medical Center | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 19.2%, 7th percentile | 9.0%, 36th percentile | — | — | Compare West River Regional Medical Center |
| T29 | P H S Indian Hospital At Belcourt-Quentin N Burdick | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | — | 17.1%, 23rd percentile | 7.7%, 72nd percentile | — | — | Compare P H S Indian Hospital At Belcourt-Quentin N Burdick |
| T31 | First Care Health Center | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | — | — | 19.4%, 6th percentile | — | — | — | Compare First Care Health Center |
| T31 | Tioga Medical Center | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | — | 14.6%, 5th percentile | — | — | — | — | Compare Tioga Medical Center |
| 33 | Heart Of America Medical Center | 15.5%, 19th percentile | — | — | 17.7%, 16th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Heart Of America Medical Center |
| T34 | CHI St Alexius Health Williston | 15.6%, 16th percentile | — | 15.1%, 3rd percentile | 16.6%, 29th percentile | — | — | — | Compare CHI St Alexius Health Williston |
| T34 | St Andrew's Hospital | 15.6%, 16th percentile | — | — | 17.9%, 15th percentile | — | — | — | Compare St Andrew's Hospital |
| 36 | SMP Health St Aloisius | 15.8%, 11th percentile | — | 12.9%, 17th percentile | — | — | — | — | Compare SMP Health St Aloisius |
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.
- 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.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia 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.