Hospital rankings
Hospitals in South Dakota with the lowest C. diff infections
11 South Dakota hospitals ranked by C. diff infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Brookings Health System, Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen, Avera St Mary's Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | C. diff infectionslower is better | 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 | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| T1 | Brookings Health System | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Brookings Health System |
| T1 | Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen |
| T1 | Avera St Mary's Hospital | 0.00, 90th percentile | 1.07, 23rd percentile | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Avera St Mary's Hospital |
| 4 | Avera Heart Hospital Of South Dakota | 0.24, 57th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Avera Heart Hospital Of South Dakota |
| 5 | Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center | 0.32, 44th percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 0.78, 27th percentile | 0.23, 65th percentile | 0.37, 72nd percentile | 0.53, 70th percentile | 0.66, 45th percentile | Compare Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center |
| 6 | Sanford USDMedical Center | 0.35, 40th percentile | 0.64, 100th percentile | 0.26, 69th percentile | 0.52, 38th percentile | 0.60, 58th percentile | 0.82, 50th percentile | 0.55, 55th percentile | Compare Sanford USDMedical Center |
| 7 | Monument Health Rapid City Hospital | 0.48, 26th percentile | 1.15, 14th percentile | 0.30, 66th percentile | 0.61, 31st percentile | 0.57, 59th percentile | — | 0.71, 40th percentile | Compare Monument Health Rapid City Hospital |
| 8 | Avera Sacred Heart Hospital | 0.67, 14th percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | — | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Avera Sacred Heart Hospital |
| 9 | Monument Health Sturgis Hospital | 0.73, 11th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Monument Health Sturgis Hospital |
| 10 | Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Inc | 0.79, 10th percentile | 1.31, 6th percentile | — | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | — | Compare Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Inc |
| 11 | Avera St Lukes | 1.10, 4th percentile | 1.06, 25th percentile | — | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | — | Compare Avera St Lukes |
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.
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (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).
- 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).