Hospital rankings
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.
| # | Hospital | COPD death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 8.6% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | VA Black Hills Healthcare System | 7.5%, 78th percentile | — | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 12.1%, 91st percentile | — | — | 14.2%, 89th percentile | Compare VA Black Hills Healthcare System |
| 2 | Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center | 8.1%, 61st percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 14.8%, 56th percentile | — | 10.9%, 64th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center |
| 3 | Avera St Lukes | 8.2%, 58th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 15.3%, 48th percentile | — | 12.0%, 44th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Avera St Lukes |
| 4 | Sioux Falls VA Medical Center | 8.3%, 54th percentile | — | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 13.0%, 82nd percentile | — | — | 13.6%, 97th percentile | Compare Sioux Falls VA Medical Center |
| 5 | Pine Ridge IHS Hospital | 8.4%, 52nd percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Pine Ridge IHS Hospital |
| 6 | Avera Queen Of Peace | 9.1%, 34th percentile | — | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 12.9%, 83rd percentile | — | 12.4%, 37th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Avera Queen Of Peace |
| 7 | Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen | 9.3%, 28th percentile | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 15.3%, 48th percentile | — | — | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen |
| 8 | Huron Regional Medical Center | 9.5%, 24th percentile | — | — | 20.8%, 3rd percentile | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Huron Regional Medical Center |
| 9 | Community Memorial Hospital | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | — | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 17.6%, 17th percentile | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Community Memorial Hospital |
| 10 | Sanford USDMedical Center | 9.8%, 18th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 11.2%, 46th percentile | 13.2%, 80th percentile | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 10.6%, 69th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare Sanford USDMedical Center |
| 11 | Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Inc | 10.0%, 15th percentile | 13.5%, 8th percentile | 14.8%, 4th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Inc |
| 12 | Monument Health Rapid City Hospital | 11.8%, 3rd percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 12.3%, 89th percentile | 2.8%, 24th percentile | 13.4%, 24th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare Monument Health Rapid City Hospital |
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.
- 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.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery 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.