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Best hospitals in North Dakota

1 of the 15 North Dakota 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 47 North Dakota hospitalsBest hospitals by stateNorth Dakota ranks 4th of 52 statesCompare the top 3 side by side

1five-star hospitals
5four-star hospitals
15hospitals rated by CMS and open to the public, of 47 in the state
71%of patients would recommend the typical hospital US typical 71%
2 h 24 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

The top 6

1Chi Mercy HealthValley City · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Would recommend71%Typical ER visit1 h 40 minListed per $1 of cost$2.172Jamestown Regional Medical CenterJamestown · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit1 h 49 minListed per $1 of cost$2.023West River Regional Medical CenterHettinger · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend74%Typical ER visit2 h 2 minListed per $1 of cost$1.194Sanford Medical Center FargoFargo · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend72%Typical ER visit3 h 1 minListed per $1 of cost$3.335Chi St Alexius HealthBismarck · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend69%Typical ER visit2 h 56 minListed per $1 of cost$2.976Sanford Medical Center BismarckBismarck · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend65%Typical ER visit3 h 0 minListed per $1 of cost$3.30
How North Dakota's 15 rated hospitals score
15 stars
54 stars
53 stars
32 stars
11 star

Every rated hospital in North Dakota

In ranking order. Click a column to sort.

#HospitalCityCMS ratingPatient ratingWould recommendTypical ER visitListed per $1 of cost
1Chi Mercy HealthValley City★★★★★–71%1 h 40 min$2.17
2Jamestown Regional Medical CenterJamestown★★★★★★★★★★80%1 h 49 min$2.02
3West River Regional Medical CenterHettinger★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 2 min$1.19
4Sanford Medical Center FargoFargo★★★★★★★★★★72%3 h 1 min$3.33
5Chi St Alexius HealthBismarck★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 56 min$2.97
6Sanford Medical Center BismarckBismarck★★★★★★★★★★65%3 h 0 min$3.30
7Essentia HealthFargo★★★★★★★★★★75%1 h 48 min$3.03
8Trinity HospitalsMinot★★★★★★★★★★63%4 h 7 min$3.22
9Altru HospitalGrand Forks★★★★★★★★★★58%2 h 57 min$3.75
10Chi St Alexius Health WillistonWilliston★★★★★★★★★★49%2 h 36 min$2.44
11P H S Indian Hosp at Belcourt-Quentin N BurdickBelcourt★★★★★––––
12Chi St Alexius Health DickinsonDickinson★★★★★★★★★★55%2 h 54 min$2.28
13Chi St Alexius Health Devils LakeDevils Lake★★★★★–72%2 h 13 min$2.57
14Heart of America Medical CenterRugby★★★★★––1 h 44 min$1.73
15Smp Health St AloisiusHarvey★★★★★–76%1 h 16 min$1.31
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.