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Hospitals in South Dakota with the lowest pneumonia death rate

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

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35 hospitals ranked in South Dakota by pneumonia death rate; 26 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPneumonia 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 average15.2%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1VA Black Hills Healthcare SystemFort Meade, SD · Veterans Affairs12.1%55—9.7%14.2%0.96——420Compare
2Monument Health Rapid City HospitalRapid City, SD · Acute care12.3%3312.8%9.8%14.5%1.15172 min1.00417Compare
T3Faulkton Area Medical CenterFaulkton, SD · Critical access12.7%————15.0%—122 min—12Compare
T3Monument Health Custer HospitalCuster, SD · Critical access12.7%————15.7%—132 min—12Compare
5Avera Queen Of PeaceMitchell, SD · Critical access12.9%44—12.1%14.4%—104 min—25Compare
6Sioux Falls VA Medical CenterSioux Falls, SD · Veterans Affairs13.0%55—12.3%13.6%1.00——270Compare
7Sanford USDMedical CenterSioux Falls, SD · Acute care13.2%5310.9%11.2%14.5%0.64207 min1.07545Compare
8Avera Gregory HospitalGregory, SD · Critical access13.7%————14.3%—139 min—25Compare
9Madison Regional Health SystemMadison, SD · Critical access14.1%———11.7%14.8%—101 min—25Compare
10Fall River Hospital - CAHHot Springs, SD · Critical access14.5%————14.8%—98 min—25Compare
11Milbank Area Hospital/Avera HealthMilbank, SD · Critical access14.7%————14.8%—126 min—25Compare
T12Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health CenterSioux Falls, SD · Acute care14.8%4412.2%12.4%14.4%1.03112 min1.02505Compare
T12Brookings Health SystemBrookings, SD · Acute care14.8%44—11.5%13.7%0.9897 min0.9149Compare
14Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, IncWatertown, SD · Acute care14.9%3413.5%14.8%15.4%1.31117 min0.9881Compare
15Monument Health Spearfish HospitalSpearfish, SD · Acute care15.0%43—10.0%14.2%0.95144 min0.9244Compare
T16Avera St LukesAberdeen, SD · Acute care15.3%4411.7%11.0%15.2%1.06126 min1.02109Compare
T16Sanford Medical Center AberdeenAberdeen, SD · Acute care15.3%44—11.5%14.6%0.95120 min0.9148Compare
18Monument Health Sturgis HospitalSturgis, SD · Critical access15.4%————14.6%—132 min—25Compare
19Coteau Des Prairies Health Care SystemSisseton, SD · Critical access15.6%4———14.7%—44 min—25Compare
20Platte Health CenterPlatte, SD · Critical access16.1%————14.8%—128 min—17Compare
T21Mobridge Regional Hospital - CAHMobridge, SD · Critical access16.2%————14.9%—80 min—25Compare
T21Sanford Canton-Inwood Medical Center - CAHCanton, SD · Critical access16.2%——————124 min—11Compare
23Avera Missouri River Health CenterGettysburg, SD · Critical access16.5%————14.9%—112 min—7Compare
24Hans P Peterson Memorial Hospital - CAHPhilip, SD · Critical access16.6%————15.6%—88 min—18Compare
25Avera St Benedict Health Center - CAHParkston, SD · Critical access16.8%5———14.2%—109 min—25Compare
26Avera Sacred Heart HospitalYankton, SD · Acute care17.4%34—16.0%15.4%0.87117 min0.94144Compare
27Community Memorial HospitalRedfield, SD · Critical access17.6%4——11.9%15.0%—102 min—25Compare
28Avera Flandreau Hospital - CAHFlandreau, SD · Critical access17.7%————15.2%—108 min—18Compare
29Avera Hand County Memorial Hospital And ClinicMiller, SD · Critical access18.4%————14.9%—111 min—11Compare
T30Sanford Hospital Webster - CAHWebster, SD · Critical access18.5%————14.7%—110 min—25Compare
T30Winner Regional Healthcare Center - CAHWinner, SD · Critical access18.5%————15.1%—109 min—25Compare
32Avera St Mary's HospitalPierre, SD · Acute care19.7%24—14.8%14.3%1.07127 min0.9360Compare
33Sanford Chamberlain Medical CenterChamberlain, SD · Critical access20.3%————15.6%—80 min—25Compare
34Huron Regional Medical CenterHuron, SD · Critical access20.8%23——14.8%—100 min—25Compare
35Sanford Vermillion Medical CenterVermillion, SD · Critical access21.5%————15.0%—106 min—25Compare

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.

Pneumonia death rate
30-day death rate for pneumonia 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).