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Best hospitals in Idaho

4 of the 21 Idaho hospitals rated by CMS hold the top rating of five stars, and 5 more hold four. They are listed here in order of CMS's overall quality rating and what patients say, next to how long the ER takes and how much each hospital marks up its prices.

Also:All 48 Idaho hospitalsBest hospitals by stateIdaho ranks 7th of 52 statesCompare the top 3 side by side

4five-star hospitals
5four-star hospitals
21hospitals rated by CMS and open to the public, of 48 in the state
77%of patients would recommend the typical hospital US typical 71%
2 h 18 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

The top 9

1St Luke's Elmore Medical CenterMountain Home · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend77%Typical ER visit1 h 52 minListed per $1 of cost$2.412St Luke's Nampa Medical CenterNampa · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend81%Typical ER visit2 h 38 minListed per $1 of cost$3.323St Luke's Regional Medical CenterBoise · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit2 h 48 minListed per $1 of cost$2.884West Valley Medical CenterCaldwell · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend74%Typical ER visit2 h 11 minListed per $1 of cost$7.615St Luke's Wood River Medical CenterKetchum · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend81%Typical ER visit2 h 20 minListed per $1 of cost$1.866Idaho Falls Community Hospital, LLCIdaho Falls · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend79%Typical ER visit2 h 17 minListed per $1 of cost$2.357Kootenai HealthCoeur D'alene · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend72%Typical ER visit2 h 58 minListed per $1 of cost$3.158St Lukes Magic Valley Medical CenterTwin Falls · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend63%Typical ER visit3 h 6 minListed per $1 of cost$3.189Portneuf Medical CenterPocatello · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend59%Typical ER visit3 h 32 minListed per $1 of cost$7.02
How Idaho's 21 rated hospitals score
45 stars
54 stars
93 stars
32 stars
01 star

Every rated hospital in Idaho

In ranking order. Click a column to sort.

#HospitalCityCMS ratingPatient ratingWould recommendTypical ER visitListed per $1 of cost
1St Luke's Elmore Medical CenterMountain Home★★★★★★★★★★77%1 h 52 min$2.41
2St Luke's Nampa Medical CenterNampa★★★★★★★★★★81%2 h 38 min$3.32
3St Luke's Regional Medical CenterBoise★★★★★★★★★★80%2 h 48 min$2.88
4West Valley Medical CenterCaldwell★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 11 min$7.61
5St Luke's Wood River Medical CenterKetchum★★★★★★★★★★81%2 h 20 min$1.86
6Idaho Falls Community Hospital, LLCIdaho Falls★★★★★★★★★★79%2 h 17 min$2.35
7Kootenai HealthCoeur D'alene★★★★★★★★★★72%2 h 58 min$3.15
8St Lukes Magic Valley Medical CenterTwin Falls★★★★★★★★★★63%3 h 6 min$3.18
9Portneuf Medical CenterPocatello★★★★★★★★★★59%3 h 32 min$7.02
10Gritman Medical CenterMoscow★★★★★★★★★★72%2 h 2 min$1.85
11Mountain View HospitalIdaho Falls★★★★★★★★★★80%1 h 54 min$2.91
12Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - NampaNampa★★★★★★★★★★79%2 h 10 min$4.10
13Cassia Regional HospitalBurley★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 0 min$2.74
14Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical CenterBoise★★★★★★★★★★77%2 h 34 min$3.44
15Eastern Idaho Regional Medical CenterIdaho Falls★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 13 min$8.20
16Franklin County Medical CenterPreston★★★★★–81%3 h 8 min$1.75
17Shoshone Medical CenterKellogg★★★★★–81%1 h 59 min$1.97
18Steele Memorial Medical CenterSalmon★★★★★–78%–$1.68
19Bonner General HospitalSandpoint★★★★★★★★★★73%2 h 41 min$2.01
20Clearwater Valley Hospital & ClinicsOrofino★★★★★★★★★★63%2 h 24 min$1.53
21St Joseph Regional Medical CenterLewiston★★★★★★★★★★59%2 h 9 min$4.06
How the order is set. Hospitals are sorted by CMS's overall hospital quality star rating (1 to 5 stars), which combines death rates, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. Ties are broken by the patient survey star rating, then by the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital. Hospitals CMS has not rated, often small, new or specialty hospitals, are not listed; neither are Veterans Affairs and military hospitals, which most patients cannot choose. Prices and ER times are shown for comparison and do not change the order. A star rating is a summary: for a specific operation, look at that hospital's page and ask your doctor.

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Source: CMS Care Compare (overall star ratings and patient survey) and hospital cost reports.