Hospital rankings
Hospitals in South Dakota with the highest appropriate sepsis care
16 South Dakota hospitals ranked by appropriate sepsis care in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Avera Queen Of Peace, Avera St Mary's Hospital, Brookings Health System. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Appropriate sepsis carehigher is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | 65.0% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Avera Queen Of Peace | 90.0%, 97th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | — | 104 min, 87th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Avera Queen Of Peace |
| 2 | Avera St Mary's Hospital | 81.0%, 87th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 14.8%, 4th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 127 min, 68th percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 60 | Compare Avera St Mary's Hospital |
| T3 | Brookings Health System | 79.0%, 83rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 13.7%, 97th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 97 min, 92nd percentile | 0.91, 86th percentile | 49 | Compare Brookings Health System |
| T3 | Avera Sacred Heart Hospital | 79.0%, 83rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 16.0%, 1st percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 117 min, 77th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 144 | Compare Avera Sacred Heart Hospital |
| 5 | Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Inc | 78.0%, 81st percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 13.5%, 8th percentile | 14.8%, 4th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 1.31, 6th percentile | 117 min, 77th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 81 | Compare Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Inc |
| 6 | Monument Health Sturgis Hospital | 76.0%, 77th percentile | — | — | — | — | 14.6%, 74th percentile | — | 132 min, 63rd percentile | — | 25 | Compare Monument Health Sturgis Hospital |
| 7 | Avera St Lukes | 75.0%, 74th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 1.06, 25th percentile | 126 min, 69th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 109 | Compare Avera St Lukes |
| T8 | Monument Health Rapid City Hospital | 65.0%, 49th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 1.15, 14th percentile | 172 min, 34th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 417 | Compare Monument Health Rapid City Hospital |
| T8 | Monument Health Custer Hospital | 65.0%, 49th percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.7%, 13th percentile | — | 132 min, 63rd percentile | — | 12 | Compare Monument Health Custer Hospital |
| 10 | Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center | 63.0%, 44th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 112 min, 81st percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 505 | Compare Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center |
| 11 | Huron Regional Medical Center | 60.0%, 37th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | 100 min, 90th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Huron Regional Medical Center |
| 12 | Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen | 59.0%, 35th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 120 min, 74th percentile | 0.91, 86th percentile | 48 | Compare Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen |
| 13 | Monument Health Spearfish Hospital | 58.0%, 33rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 14.2%, 89th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 144 min, 53rd percentile | 0.92, 83rd percentile | 44 | Compare Monument Health Spearfish Hospital |
| 14 | Sanford USDMedical Center | 42.0%, 10th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 11.2%, 46th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 0.64, 100th percentile | 207 min, 16th percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 545 | Compare Sanford USDMedical Center |
| 15 | Faulkton Area Medical Center | 33.0%, 4th percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | 122 min, 72nd percentile | — | 12 | Compare Faulkton Area Medical Center |
| 16 | Pine Ridge IHS Hospital | 8.0%, 0th percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | — | — | 0.73, 99th percentile | 45 | Compare Pine Ridge IHS 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.
- Appropriate sepsis care
- Percentage of patients who received appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock.
- 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).