Where to Give Birth in South Dakota (2026): Hospitals Compared with CMS Data
Data as of 2026-08-13 (CMS hospital data); 09/30/2025 (patient-experience survey end date). Hospital quality & Birthing-Friendly data: CMS Care Compare, released 2026-08-13. Patient-experience data (HCAHPS): CMS, survey period 10/01/2024–09/30/2025. This page does not update automatically — see “How we built this page” below for the refresh cadence.
Medical disclaimer. This page compares publicly reported federal data. It is not medical advice and is not a recommendation of any hospital, provider, or birth plan. CMS does not currently publish a hospital-level cesarean-delivery rate or severe-maternal-complication rate, so this page cannot show either — no other source on this page fills that gap. Talk to your OB, midwife, or family doctor about which hospital is right for a specific pregnancy, especially a high-risk one, and ask directly about the hospital’s neonatal/NICU level of care.
South Dakota has 46 hospitals in this comparison that provide labor and delivery care, spread across 44 cities. This page compares those hospitals on CMS’s Birthing-Friendly designation and their overall hospital star rating. Ten hospitals were excluded because CMS’s current data marks them as not providing inpatient labor and delivery care.
46
Hospitals providing labor & delivery
11
Birthing-Friendly designated (23.9%)
15
Have a published CMS star rating (32.6%)
31
Not rated by CMS
10 hospitals on South Dakota’s general acute-care/critical-access hospital list were excluded because CMS’s current data marks them as not providing inpatient labor & delivery care.
Every hospital in South Dakota that provides labor & delivery care
| Hospital | Location | CMS Overall Rating | Birthing-Friendly | Maternal safety bundle adopted | Patient experience (HCAHPS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avera St Benedict Health Center – Cah | Parkston, Hutchinson County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | No | Not reported | Not reported · 89% would definitely recommend |
| Sanford Usd Medical Center | Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 74% would definitely recommend |
| Avera Mckennan Hospital & University Health Center | Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 76% would definitely recommend |
| Avera Queen Of Peace | Mitchell, Davison County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 66% would definitely recommend |
| Avera St Lukes | Aberdeen, Brown County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 74% would definitely recommend |
| Brookings Health System | Brookings, Brookings County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 80% would definitely recommend |
| Community Memorial Hospital | Redfield, Spink County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | No | Not reported | Not reported · 83% would definitely recommend |
| Coteau Des Prairies Health Care System | Sisseton, Roberts County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | No | Not reported | Not reported · 50% would definitely recommend |
| Monument Health Spearfish Hospital | Spearfish, Lawrence County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | No | No | 4/5 stars · 78% would definitely recommend |
| Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen | Aberdeen, Brown County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 77% would definitely recommend |
| Avera Sacred Heart Hospital | Yankton, Yankton County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 69% would definitely recommend |
| Monument Health Rapid City Hospital | Rapid City, Pennington County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 66% would definitely recommend |
| Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Inc | Watertown, Codington County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 63% would definitely recommend |
| Avera St Mary’S Hospital | Pierre, Hughes County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| Huron Regional Medical Center | Huron, Beadle County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | No | No | 3/5 stars · 59% would definitely recommend |
| Avera De Smet Memorial Hospital – Cah | De Smet, Kingsbury County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Avera Dells Area Hospital – Cah | Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 86% would definitely recommend |
| Avera Flandreau Hospital – Cah | Flandreau, Moody County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Avera Gregory Hospital | Gregory, Gregory County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 89% would definitely recommend |
| Avera Hand County Memorial Hospital And Clinic | Miller, Hand County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 94% would definitely recommend |
| Avera Missouri River Health Center | Gettysburg, Potter County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Avera Weskota Memorial Medical Center – Cah | Wessington Springs, Jerauld County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Bennett County Hospital And Nursing Home – Cah | Martin, Bennett County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Bowdle Hospital – Cah | Bowdle, Edmunds County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Community Memorial Hospital | Burke, Gregory County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 100% would definitely recommend |
| Douglas County Memorial Hospital-Cah | Armour, Douglas County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 84% would definitely recommend |
| Eagle Butte Indian Health Service Hospital | Eagle Butte, Dewey County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Eureka Community Health Services – Cah | Eureka, Mc Pherson County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Faulkton Area Medical Center | Faulkton, Faulk County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Freeman Medical Center – Cah | Freeman, Hutchinson County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Hans P Peterson Memorial Hospital – Cah | Philip, Haakon County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 84% would definitely recommend |
| Madison Regional Health System | Madison, Lake County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 65% would definitely recommend |
| Marshall County Healthcare Center – Cah | Britton, Marshall County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 86% would definitely recommend |
| Milbank Area Hospital/Avera Health | Milbank, Grant County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 76% would definitely recommend |
| Mobridge Regional Hospital – Cah | Mobridge, Walworth County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 75% would definitely recommend |
| Monument Health Sturgis Hospital | Sturgis, Meade County | Not rated | No | No | Not reported · 78% would definitely recommend |
| Pine Ridge Ihs Hospital | Pine Ridge, Oglala Lakota County County | Not rated | Yes | Yes | Not reported · 53% would definitely recommend |
| Platte Health Center | Platte, Charles Mix County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 87% would definitely recommend |
| Sanford Canton-Inwood Medical Center – Cah | Canton, Lincoln County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center | Chamberlain, Brule County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center | Clear Lake, Deuel County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Sanford Hospital Webster – Cah | Webster, Day County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Sanford Vermillion Medical Center | Vermillion, Clay County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 76% would definitely recommend |
| St Michael’S Hospital – Cah | Tyndall, Bon Homme County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 71% would definitely recommend |
| Wagner Community Memorial Hospital – Cah | Wagner, Charles Mix County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Winner Regional Healthcare Center – Cah | Winner, Tripp County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
What CMS does not tell you
CMS has not published a hospital-level cesarean-delivery rate or severe-maternal-complication rate in its current data release, and that is true nationwide, not just for South Dakota, so this page cannot show either number for any hospital listed here. A state-level NICU or perinatal level-of-care listing is also left off this page because it could not be verified against a current, authoritative source for South Dakota.
How we built this page
This list was built by filtering CMS Hospital Type to Acute Care Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals, then excluding any hospital whose CMS Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure (SM_7) is marked “Not Applicable (does not provide inpatient labor/delivery care).”
Sources
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information and Maternal Health – Hospital datasets, data.cms.gov. File released 2026-08-13. Maternal-health measurement period: calendar year 2024.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) patient-experience survey, data.cms.gov. Measurement period 10/01/2024–09/30/2025.
