Hospital rankings
Hospitals in North Dakota with the lowest serious complications
7 North Dakota hospitals ranked by serious complications in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Fargo VA Medical Center, Essentia Health, Altru Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| T1 | Fargo VA Medical Center | 0.77, 95th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Fargo VA Medical Center |
| T1 | Essentia Health | 0.77, 95th percentile | 0.30, 66th percentile | 0.86, 16th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | — | 0.37, 69th percentile | 0.16, 68th percentile | Compare Essentia Health |
| 3 | Altru Hospital | 0.91, 70th percentile | 0.28, 67th percentile | 0.45, 45th percentile | 1.26, 21st percentile | — | 0.31, 74th percentile | 0.28, 49th percentile | Compare Altru Hospital |
| 4 | Trinity Hospitals | 1.03, 29th percentile | 0.83, 24th percentile | 0.34, 56th percentile | 0.61, 57th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.55, 21st percentile | Compare Trinity Hospitals |
| 5 | Sanford Medical Center Bismarck | 1.06, 25th percentile | 0.51, 48th percentile | 0.71, 24th percentile | 0.77, 46th percentile | — | 0.37, 69th percentile | 0.37, 37th percentile | Compare Sanford Medical Center Bismarck |
| 6 | Sanford Medical Center Fargo | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 0.27, 69th percentile | 0.10, 74th percentile | 0.80, 44th percentile | — | 0.34, 72nd percentile | 0.33, 43rd percentile | Compare Sanford Medical Center Fargo |
| 7 | CHI St Alexius Health | 1.17, 12th percentile | 0.60, 39th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.87, 39th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.61, 17th percentile | Compare CHI St Alexius 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.
- 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).
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) 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).