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Hospitals in South Dakota with the lowest heart failure death rate

16 South Dakota hospitals ranked by heart failure death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: VA Black Hills Healthcare System, Monument Health Rapid City Hospital, Monument Health Spearfish Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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16 hospitals ranked in South Dakota by heart failure death rate; 45 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalHeart failure death ratelower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal bedsCompare
National average11.1%3.311.9%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1VA Black Hills Healthcare SystemFort Meade, SD · Veterans Affairs9.7%, 75th percentile5, 94th percentile5, 97th percentile—14.2%, 89th percentile0.96, 51st percentile——420Compare VA Black Hills Healthcare System
2Monument Health Rapid City HospitalRapid City, SD · Acute care9.8%, 73rd percentile3, 43rd percentile3, 39th percentile12.8%, 19th percentile14.5%, 79th percentile1.15, 14th percentile172 min, 34th percentile1.00, 44th percentile417Compare Monument Health Rapid City Hospital
3Monument Health Spearfish HospitalSpearfish, SD · Acute care10.0%, 70th percentile4, 73rd percentile3, 39th percentile—14.2%, 89th percentile0.95, 55th percentile144 min, 53rd percentile0.92, 83rd percentile44Compare Monument Health Spearfish Hospital
4Avera Heart Hospital Of South DakotaSioux Falls, SD · Acute care10.6%, 58th percentile5, 94th percentile4, 76th percentile10.9%, 80th percentile13.8%, 96th percentile0.93, 63rd percentile110 min, 82nd percentile1.02, 33rd percentile53Compare Avera Heart Hospital Of South Dakota
5Avera St LukesAberdeen, SD · Acute care11.0%, 50th percentile4, 73rd percentile4, 76th percentile11.7%, 54th percentile15.2%, 34th percentile1.06, 25th percentile126 min, 69th percentile1.02, 33rd percentile109Compare Avera St Lukes
6Sanford USDMedical CenterSioux Falls, SD · Acute care11.2%, 46th percentile5, 94th percentile3, 39th percentile10.9%, 80th percentile14.5%, 79th percentile0.64, 100th percentile207 min, 16th percentile1.07, 14th percentile545Compare Sanford USDMedical Center
T7Brookings Health SystemBrookings, SD · Acute care11.5%, 39th percentile4, 73rd percentile4, 76th percentile—13.7%, 97th percentile0.98, 41st percentile97 min, 92nd percentile0.91, 86th percentile49Compare Brookings Health System
T7Sanford Medical Center AberdeenAberdeen, SD · Acute care11.5%, 39th percentile4, 73rd percentile4, 76th percentile—14.6%, 74th percentile0.95, 55th percentile120 min, 74th percentile0.91, 86th percentile48Compare Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen
9Madison Regional Health SystemMadison, SD · Critical access11.7%, 35th percentile———14.8%, 61st percentile—101 min, 89th percentile—25Compare Madison Regional Health System
10Community Memorial HospitalRedfield, SD · Critical access11.9%, 32nd percentile4, 73rd percentile——15.0%, 46th percentile—102 min, 89th percentile—25Compare Community Memorial Hospital
11Avera Queen Of PeaceMitchell, SD · Critical access12.1%, 28th percentile4, 73rd percentile4, 76th percentile—14.4%, 83rd percentile—104 min, 87th percentile—25Compare Avera Queen Of Peace
12Sioux Falls VA Medical CenterSioux Falls, SD · Veterans Affairs12.3%, 25th percentile5, 94th percentile5, 97th percentile—13.6%, 97th percentile1.00, 35th percentile——270Compare Sioux Falls VA Medical Center
13Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health CenterSioux Falls, SD · Acute care12.4%, 23rd percentile4, 73rd percentile4, 76th percentile12.2%, 35th percentile14.4%, 83rd percentile1.03, 29th percentile112 min, 81st percentile1.02, 33rd percentile505Compare Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center
T14Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, IncWatertown, SD · Acute care14.8%, 4th percentile3, 43rd percentile4, 76th percentile13.5%, 8th percentile15.4%, 23rd percentile1.31, 6th percentile117 min, 77th percentile0.98, 55th percentile81Compare Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Inc
T14Avera St Mary's HospitalPierre, SD · Acute care14.8%, 4th percentile2, 17th percentile4, 76th percentile—14.3%, 86th percentile1.07, 23rd percentile127 min, 68th percentile0.93, 80th percentile60Compare Avera St Mary's Hospital
16Avera Sacred Heart HospitalYankton, SD · Acute care16.0%, 1st percentile3, 43rd percentile4, 76th percentile—15.4%, 23rd percentile0.87, 81st percentile117 min, 77th percentile0.94, 76th percentile144Compare Avera Sacred Heart 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.

Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure 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.
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).