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Hospitals in South Dakota with the lowest CABG surgery death rate
3 South Dakota hospitals ranked by CABG surgery death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Sanford USDMedical Center, Monument Health Rapid City Hospital, Avera Heart Hospital Of South Dakota. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 2.4% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | Sanford USDMedical Center | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 11.2%, 46th percentile | 13.2%, 80th percentile | 9.8%, 18th percentile | 10.6%, 69th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare Sanford USDMedical Center |
| 2 | Monument Health Rapid City Hospital | 2.8%, 24th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 12.3%, 89th percentile | 11.8%, 3rd percentile | 13.4%, 24th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare Monument Health Rapid City Hospital |
| 3 | Avera Heart Hospital Of South Dakota | 3.2%, 14th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | — | — | — | 13.8%, 96th percentile | Compare Avera Heart Hospital Of South Dakota |
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.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery 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.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD 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.