Hospital rankings
Hospitals in South Dakota with the lowest stroke death rate
8 South Dakota hospitals ranked by stroke death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Sanford USDMedical Center, Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Stroke death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 11.9% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | Avera Sacred Heart Hospital | 7.8%, 99th percentile | — | 16.0%, 1st percentile | 17.4%, 19th percentile | — | — | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Avera Sacred Heart Hospital |
| 2 | Sanford USDMedical Center | 10.6%, 69th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 11.2%, 46th percentile | 13.2%, 80th percentile | 9.8%, 18th percentile | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare Sanford USDMedical Center |
| 3 | Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center | 10.9%, 64th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 14.8%, 56th percentile | 8.1%, 61st percentile | — | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center |
| 4 | Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Inc | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 13.5%, 8th percentile | 14.8%, 4th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 10.0%, 15th percentile | — | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Inc |
| 5 | Avera St Lukes | 12.0%, 44th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 15.3%, 48th percentile | 8.2%, 58th percentile | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Avera St Lukes |
| 6 | Avera St Mary's Hospital | 12.2%, 40th percentile | — | 14.8%, 4th percentile | 19.7%, 5th percentile | — | — | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare Avera St Mary's Hospital |
| 7 | Avera Queen Of Peace | 12.4%, 37th percentile | — | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 12.9%, 83rd percentile | 9.1%, 34th percentile | — | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Avera Queen Of Peace |
| 8 | Monument Health Rapid City Hospital | 13.4%, 24th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 12.3%, 89th percentile | 11.8%, 3rd percentile | 2.8%, 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.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke 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.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery 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.