South Dakota hospitals
South Dakota hospitals: racial-equity scorecards
58 Medicare-certified hospitals serve South Dakota, represented by the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations. This page aggregates CMS Hospital Compare measures — overall star rating, mortality / safety / readmission / patient-experience measure-group performance — for each of those facilities.
Avera Health and Sanford Health operate the dominant inpatient share statewide, both anchored in Sioux Falls. South Dakota adopted Medicaid expansion in July 2023.
The state's recognized safety-net hospital systems — the facilities that carry a disproportionate share of Medicaid and uninsured admissions — include: Avera McKennan Hospital (Sioux Falls), and Sanford USD Medical Center (Sioux Falls). Each has its own detail page below.
Two editorial notes on scope. First, CMS does not publish a racial-disparity scorecard per-hospital at national scale; what we surface below is the facility's overall CMS rating paired with any race-stratified metric we could find in a primary source (AHRQ Disparities Atlas, a state discharge scorecard, or a published study). Second, we do not rank hospitals as 'worst for Black patients' without a primary-source citation — the legal standard for that claim requires it.
Safety-net systems in South Dakota
- Avera McKennan Hospital (Sioux Falls)
- Sanford USD Medical Center (Sioux Falls)
All 58 hospitals in South Dakota
Avera Dells Area Hospital - Cah
Dell Rapids · Avera Health
Avera De Smet Memorial Hospital - Cah
De Smet · Avera Health
Avera Flandreau Hospital - Cah
Flandreau · Avera Health
Avera Gregory Hospital
Gregory · Avera Health
Avera Hand County Memorial Hospital And Clinic
Miller · Avera Health
Avera Missouri River Health Center
Gettysburg · Avera Health
Avera Queen Of Peace
Mitchell · Avera Health
Avera St Benedict Health Center - Cah
Parkston · Avera Health
Avera Weskota Memorial Medical Center - Cah
Wessington Springs · Avera Health
Bennett County Hospital And Nursing Home - Cah
Martin
Black Hills Surgical Hospital Llc
Rapid City
Bowdle Hospital - Cah
Bowdle
Community Memorial Hospital
Burke
Community Memorial Hospital
Redfield
Coteau Des Prairies Health Care System
Sisseton
Douglas County Memorial Hospital-Cah
Armour
Dunes Surgical Hospital
Dakota Dunes
Eagle Butte Indian Health Service Hospital
Eagle Butte
Eureka Community Health Services - Cah
Eureka
Fall River Hospital - Cah
Hot Springs
Faulkton Area Medical Center
Faulkton
Freeman Medical Center - Cah
Freeman
Hans P Peterson Memorial Hospital - Cah
Philip
Huron Regional Medical Center
Huron
Landmann-Jungman Memorial Hospital - Cah
Scotland
Lifescape
Sioux Falls
Madison Regional Health System
Madison
Marshall County Healthcare Center - Cah
Britton
Milbank Area Hospital/Avera Health
Milbank · Avera Health
Mobridge Regional Hospital - Cah
Mobridge
Monument Health Custer Hospital
Custer
Monument Health Lead-Deadwood Hospital
Deadwood
Monument Health Spearfish Hospital
Spearfish
Monument Health Sturgis Hospital
Sturgis
Phs Indian Hospital At Rosebud
Rosebud
Pine Ridge Ihs Hospital
Pine Ridge
Pioneer Memorial Hospital - Cah
Viborg
Platte Health Center
Platte
Same Day Surgery Center Llc
Rapid City
Sanford Canton-Inwood Medical Center - Cah
Canton · Sanford Health
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center
Chamberlain · Sanford Health
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center
Clear Lake · Sanford Health
Sanford Hospital Webster - Cah
Webster · Sanford Health
Sanford Vermillion Medical Center
Vermillion · Sanford Health
Sioux Falls Specialty Hospital
Sioux Falls
St Michael'S Hospital - Cah
Tyndall
Wagner Community Memorial Hospital - Cah
Wagner
Winner Regional Healthcare Center - Cah
Winner
Avera Heart Hospital Of South Dakota
Sioux Falls · Avera Health
Avera St Lukes
Aberdeen · Avera Health
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital
Yankton · Avera Health
Brookings Health System
Brookings
Monument Health Rapid City Hospital
Rapid City
Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Inc
Watertown
Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen
Aberdeen · Sanford Health
Sanford Usd Medical Center
Sioux Falls · Sanford Health
Avera Mckennan Hospital & University Health Center
Sioux Falls · Avera Health
Avera St Mary'S Hospital
Pierre · Avera Health
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Data sources
- CMS Hospital Compare — Hospital General Information (data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/xubh-q36u).
- South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations — state hospital trade body (https://sdaho.org/).
- South Dakota Department of Health — Office of Health Care Facilities Licensure and Certification — state hospital licensing + oversight (https://doh.sd.gov/providers/licensure/).
- AHRQ National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr).
- CDC Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System state releases (cdc.gov/pmss).
- The Leapfrog Group hospital safety grades (leapfroggroup.org).
Data refreshed: