Hospital rankings
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.
| # | Hospital | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
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| National average | 15.2% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | VA Black Hills Healthcare System | 12.1%, 91st percentile | — | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 7.5%, 78th percentile | — | — | 14.2%, 89th percentile | Compare VA Black Hills Healthcare System |
| 2 | Monument Health Rapid City Hospital | 12.3%, 89th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 11.8%, 3rd percentile | 2.8%, 24th percentile | 13.4%, 24th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare Monument Health Rapid City Hospital |
| T3 | Faulkton Area Medical Center | 12.7%, 85th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Faulkton Area Medical Center |
| T3 | Monument Health Custer Hospital | 12.7%, 85th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Monument Health Custer Hospital |
| 5 | Avera Queen Of Peace | 12.9%, 83rd percentile | — | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 9.1%, 34th percentile | — | 12.4%, 37th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Avera Queen Of Peace |
| 6 | Sioux Falls VA Medical Center | 13.0%, 82nd percentile | — | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | — | — | 13.6%, 97th percentile | Compare Sioux Falls VA Medical Center |
| 7 | Sanford USDMedical Center | 13.2%, 80th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 11.2%, 46th percentile | 9.8%, 18th percentile | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 10.6%, 69th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare Sanford USDMedical Center |
| 8 | Avera Gregory Hospital | 13.7%, 73rd percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare Avera Gregory Hospital |
| 9 | Madison Regional Health System | 14.1%, 67th percentile | — | 11.7%, 35th percentile | — | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Madison Regional Health System |
| 10 | Fall River Hospital - CAH | 14.5%, 61st percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Fall River Hospital - CAH |
| 11 | Milbank Area Hospital/Avera Health | 14.7%, 58th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Milbank Area Hospital/Avera Health |
| T12 | Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center | 14.8%, 56th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | — | 10.9%, 64th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center |
| T12 | Brookings Health System | 14.8%, 56th percentile | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | — | — | — | 13.7%, 97th percentile | Compare Brookings Health System |
| 14 | Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Inc | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 13.5%, 8th percentile | 14.8%, 4th percentile | 10.0%, 15th percentile | — | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Inc |
| 15 | Monument Health Spearfish Hospital | 15.0%, 52nd percentile | — | 10.0%, 70th percentile | — | — | — | 14.2%, 89th percentile | Compare Monument Health Spearfish Hospital |
| T16 | Avera St Lukes | 15.3%, 48th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 8.2%, 58th percentile | — | 12.0%, 44th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Avera St Lukes |
| T16 | Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen | 15.3%, 48th percentile | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 9.3%, 28th percentile | — | — | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen |
| 18 | Monument Health Sturgis Hospital | 15.4%, 46th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Monument Health Sturgis Hospital |
| 19 | Coteau Des Prairies Health Care System | 15.6%, 43rd percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Coteau Des Prairies Health Care System |
| 20 | Platte Health Center | 16.1%, 36th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Platte Health Center |
| T21 | Mobridge Regional Hospital - CAH | 16.2%, 35th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Mobridge Regional Hospital - CAH |
| T21 | Sanford Canton-Inwood Medical Center - CAH | 16.2%, 35th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Sanford Canton-Inwood Medical Center - CAH |
| 23 | Avera Missouri River Health Center | 16.5%, 30th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Avera Missouri River Health Center |
| 24 | Hans P Peterson Memorial Hospital - CAH | 16.6%, 29th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Hans P Peterson Memorial Hospital - CAH |
| 25 | Avera St Benedict Health Center - CAH | 16.8%, 26th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.2%, 89th percentile | Compare Avera St Benedict Health Center - CAH |
| 26 | Avera Sacred Heart Hospital | 17.4%, 19th percentile | — | 16.0%, 1st percentile | — | — | 7.8%, 99th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Avera Sacred Heart Hospital |
| 27 | Community Memorial Hospital | 17.6%, 17th percentile | — | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Community Memorial Hospital |
| 28 | Avera Flandreau Hospital - CAH | 17.7%, 16th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Avera Flandreau Hospital - CAH |
| 29 | Avera Hand County Memorial Hospital And Clinic | 18.4%, 11th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Avera Hand County Memorial Hospital And Clinic |
| T30 | Sanford Hospital Webster - CAH | 18.5%, 11th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Sanford Hospital Webster - CAH |
| T30 | Winner Regional Healthcare Center - CAH | 18.5%, 11th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare Winner Regional Healthcare Center - CAH |
| 32 | Avera St Mary's Hospital | 19.7%, 5th percentile | — | 14.8%, 4th percentile | — | — | 12.2%, 40th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare Avera St Mary's Hospital |
| 33 | Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center | 20.3%, 4th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center |
| 34 | Huron Regional Medical Center | 20.8%, 3rd percentile | — | — | 9.5%, 24th percentile | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Huron Regional Medical Center |
| 35 | Sanford Vermillion Medical Center | 21.5%, 2nd percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Sanford Vermillion Medical Center |
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.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD 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.