Hospitals in North Dakota: ratings, owners and penalties for 47 hospitals

Name: Hospitals in North Dakota
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North Dakota has 47 hospitals in the CMS hospital files, 45 of them with emergency services. The average overall rating is 3.2 of 5 and 1 is rated one star. In fiscal year 2026, 1 of them faced a 1% Medicare payment reduction under the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, and 6 had an excess readmission ratio above 1.0 on at least one condition tracked by the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.

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Hospitals: 47
Average overall rating: 3.2 of 5
One star hospitals: 1
Five star hospitals: 2
With emergency services: 45
HAC payment reductions, fiscal year 2026: 1 of 7 in the program
With excess readmissions: 6

Hospitals by penalties and rating

Hospitals with a HAC payment reduction first, then by most conditions with excess readmissions, then by lowest star rating. Each row links to the page and its Medicare Care Compare record.

Hospital	City	Type	Stars	Emergency	HAC payment cut	Excess readmission conditions	Source
CHI St Alexius Health	Bismarck	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
Essentia Health	Fargo	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
P H S Indian Hosp at Belcourt-Quentin N Burdick	Belcourt	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Trinity Hospitals	Minot	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck	Bismarck	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Sanford Medical Center Fargo	Fargo	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
SMP Health St Aloisius	Harvey	Critical Access Hospitals	1	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
CHI St Alexius Health Devils Lake	Devils Lake	Critical Access Hospitals	2	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
CHI St Alexius Health Dickinson	Dickinson	Critical Access Hospitals	2	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Heart of America Medical Center	Rugby	Critical Access Hospitals	2	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Altru Hospital	Grand Forks	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	0	medicare.gov
CHI St Alexius Health Williston	Williston	Critical Access Hospitals	3	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Jamestown Regional Medical Center	Jamestown	Critical Access Hospitals	4	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
West River Regional Medical Center	Hettinger	Critical Access Hospitals	4	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
CHI Mercy Health	Valley City	Critical Access Hospitals	5	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Fargo VA Medical Center	Fargo	Acute Care, Veterans Administration	5	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Ashley Medical Center	Ashley	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
CHI Oakes Hospital	Oakes	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
CHI St Alexius Health Turtle Lake	Turtle Lake	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Carrington Health Center	Carrington	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Cavalier County Memorial Hospital Association	Langdon	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Cooperstown Medical Center	Cooperstown	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
First Care Health Center	Park River	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Garrison Memorial Hospital	Garrison	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Jacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center	Elgin	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Linton Hospital, Cah	Linton	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Lisbon Area Health Services	Lisbon	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
McKenzie County Healthcare Systems Inc	Watford City	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Mountrail County Medical Center Inc	Stanley	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Nelson County Health System	McVille	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
North Dakota State Hospital	Jamestown	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Northwood Deaconess Health Center	Northwood	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Pembina County Memorial Hospital	Cavalier	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Prairie St John's	Fargo	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Presentation Medical Center	Rolla	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Sakakawea Medical Center, Cah	Hazen	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Sanford Hillsboro	Hillsboro	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Sanford Mayville	Mayville	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
South Central Health	Wishek	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Southwest Healthcare Services	Bowman	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
St Andrew's Hospital	Bottineau	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
St Luke's Hospital	Crosby	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Standing Rock Service Unit	Fort Yates,	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Tioga Medical Center	Tioga	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Towner County Medical Center	Cando	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Trinity Kenmare Community Hospital	Kenmare	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Unity Medical Center	Grafton	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov

Star ratings

Overall rating	Hospitals
5 of 5	2
4 of 5	5
3 of 5	5
2 of 5	3
1 of 5	1
Not rated	31

Owners and managers with the most hospitals in North Dakota

Organization	Hospitals	Average stars	HAC payment cuts	With excess readmissions
Commonspirit Health	9	3.5	1	1
Trinity Health	3	3	0	1
Sanford	2	4	0	1
Sanford	2	4	0	1
Essentia Health	1	3	0	1
Psychiatric Solutions Hospitals LLC	1	Not listed	0	0
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.	1	Not listed	0	0
Uhs of Delaware Inc	1	Not listed	0	0
Universal Health Services Inc	1	Not listed	0	0

Updated November 7, 2026. Read from CMS Provider Data Catalog and data.cms.gov, hospitals. Open data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (US government work). Ratings and program results are as CMS lists them on the date shown and CMS refreshes them on its own schedule. The CMS files are joined on the CMS Certification Number. CMS gives each owner organization an ID, and an owner page groups hospitals on that ID. Names of individual owners and managers are not shown. This page uses CMS data and is not endorsed or certified by CMS. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.