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Hospitals in South Dakota with the lowest COPD death rate

12 South Dakota hospitals ranked by COPD death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: VA Black Hills Healthcare System, Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center, Avera St Lukes. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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12 hospitals ranked in South Dakota by copd death rate; 49 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalCOPD death ratelower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average8.6%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1VA Black Hills Healthcare SystemFort Meade, SD · Veterans Affairs7.5%55—9.7%14.2%0.96——420Compare
2Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health CenterSioux Falls, SD · Acute care8.1%4412.2%12.4%14.4%1.03112 min1.02505Compare
3Avera St LukesAberdeen, SD · Acute care8.2%4411.7%11.0%15.2%1.06126 min1.02109Compare
4Sioux Falls VA Medical CenterSioux Falls, SD · Veterans Affairs8.3%55—12.3%13.6%1.00——270Compare
5Pine Ridge IHS HospitalPine Ridge, SD · Acute care8.4%————15.2%——0.7345Compare
6Avera Queen Of PeaceMitchell, SD · Critical access9.1%44—12.1%14.4%—104 min—25Compare
7Sanford Medical Center AberdeenAberdeen, SD · Acute care9.3%44—11.5%14.6%0.95120 min0.9148Compare
8Huron Regional Medical CenterHuron, SD · Critical access9.5%23——14.8%—100 min—25Compare
9Community Memorial HospitalRedfield, SD · Critical access9.6%4——11.9%15.0%—102 min—25Compare
10Sanford USDMedical CenterSioux Falls, SD · Acute care9.8%5310.9%11.2%14.5%0.64207 min1.07545Compare
11Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, IncWatertown, SD · Acute care10.0%3413.5%14.8%15.4%1.31117 min0.9881Compare
12Monument Health Rapid City HospitalRapid City, SD · Acute care11.8%3312.8%9.8%14.5%1.15172 min1.00417Compare

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.

COPD death rate
30-day death rate for COPD patients.
Overall star rating
CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
Patient survey star rating
HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure 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.
Serious complications
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Time in emergency department
Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
Medicare spending per patient
Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
Total beds
Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).