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Best hospitals in South Dakota

3 of the 16 South Dakota hospitals rated by CMS hold the top rating of five stars, and 8 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 61 South Dakota hospitalsBest hospitals by stateSouth Dakota ranks 2nd of 52 statesCompare the top 3 side by side

3five-star hospitals
8four-star hospitals
16hospitals rated by CMS and open to the public, of 61 in the state
74%of patients would recommend the typical hospital US typical 71%
1 h 54 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

The top 10

1Avera Heart Hospital of South DakotaSioux Falls · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend88%Typical ER visit1 h 50 minListed per $1 of cost$6.332Sanford Usd Medical CenterSioux Falls · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend74%Typical ER visit3 h 27 minListed per $1 of cost$4.463Avera St Benedict Health Center - CahParkston · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Would recommend89%Typical ER visit1 h 49 minListed per $1 of cost$2.764Brookings Health SystemBrookings · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit1 h 37 minListed per $1 of cost$3.175Sanford Medical Center AberdeenAberdeen · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend77%Typical ER visit2 h 0 minListed per $1 of cost$2.916Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health CenterSioux Falls · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend76%Typical ER visit1 h 52 minListed per $1 of cost$4.487Avera St LukesAberdeen · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend74%Typical ER visit2 h 6 minListed per $1 of cost$4.218Avera Queen of PeaceMitchell · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend66%Typical ER visit1 h 44 minListed per $1 of cost$4.579Monument Health Spearfish HospitalSpearfish · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend78%Typical ER visit2 h 24 minListed per $1 of cost$3.5710Community Memorial HospitalRedfield · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Would recommend83%Typical ER visit1 h 42 minListed per $1 of cost$1.47
How South Dakota's 16 rated hospitals score
35 stars
84 stars
33 stars
22 stars
01 star

Every rated hospital in South Dakota

In ranking order. Click a column to sort.

#HospitalCityCMS ratingPatient ratingWould recommendTypical ER visitListed per $1 of cost
1Avera Heart Hospital of South DakotaSioux Falls★★★★★★★★★★88%1 h 50 min$6.33
2Sanford Usd Medical CenterSioux Falls★★★★★★★★★★74%3 h 27 min$4.46
3Avera St Benedict Health Center - CahParkston★★★★★–89%1 h 49 min$2.76
4Brookings Health SystemBrookings★★★★★★★★★★80%1 h 37 min$3.17
5Sanford Medical Center AberdeenAberdeen★★★★★★★★★★77%2 h 0 min$2.91
6Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health CenterSioux Falls★★★★★★★★★★76%1 h 52 min$4.48
7Avera St LukesAberdeen★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 6 min$4.21
8Avera Queen of PeaceMitchell★★★★★★★★★★66%1 h 44 min$4.57
9Monument Health Spearfish HospitalSpearfish★★★★★★★★★★78%2 h 24 min$3.57
10Community Memorial HospitalRedfield★★★★★–83%1 h 42 min$1.47
11Coteau Des Prairies Health Care SystemSisseton★★★★★–50%44 min$1.90
12Avera Sacred Heart HospitalYankton★★★★★★★★★★69%1 h 57 min$3.82
13Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, IncWatertown★★★★★★★★★★63%1 h 57 min$2.87
14Monument Health Rapid City HospitalRapid City★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 52 min$3.98
15Avera St Mary's HospitalPierre★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 7 min$4.26
16Huron Regional Medical CenterHuron★★★★★★★★★★59%1 h 40 min$2.91
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.