SD · Critical Access Hospitals
Avera Dells Area Hospital - Cah
Avera Dells Area Hospital - Cah in Dell Rapids, SD. CMS-certified hospital reporting Medicare claims under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.
- Not rated
- CMS overall rating
- 1 of 61
- CMS hospitals in SD
- Critical Access Hospitals
- Facility type
- Not indexed
- Price transparency MRF
909 N IOWA AVE, Dell Rapids, SD 57022
Hospital Quality Scorecard
One composite verdict from 1 of 4 CMS Hospital Compare datasets, each benchmarked against every hospital nationally. Missing datasets are excluded, not counted against the score.
- CMS Star Rating N/A
- N/A
- Mortality Outcomes N/A
- N/A
- Patient Safety N/A
- N/A
- Readmission Rates B+
- 0 better / 0 worse
Not rated by CMS
No CMS mortality measures reported for this facility
No CMS patient-safety measures reported for this facility
CMS readmission measures vs. the national rate (2 measures reported)
Source: CMS Hospital Compare (star rating + mortality/safety/readmission outcome measures). Benchmarks are national p10-p90 percentiles across every hospital with a reported value for each measure, computed 2026-05-15. Not a clinical recommendation.
CMS hospital plate
Facility 431331 · SD unrated
STAR-UNRATED · RANK-UNK · SOLO-SHEET · MRF-PENDING · NP-OWN · TYPE-CAH · ER-ON · QUAL-PAR
- STAR-UNRATED No CMS star
- RANK-UNK Rank unknown
- SOLO-SHEET No peer gap
- MRF-PENDING MRF not indexed
- NP-OWN Voluntary non-profit - Pri…
- TYPE-CAH Critical Access Hospitals
- ER-ON ER reported
- QUAL-PAR 2 same-as-avg
Instrument codes from this facility’s CMS Hospital Compare sheet: star band, peer rank, photo-finish gap, MRF disclosure, ownership, type, ER line, and quality-measure posture. Not a placement score.
CMS reporting cohort
CMS has not published an overall star rating for Avera Dells Area Hospital - Cah. Within SD, it is 1 of 61 CMS-reporting hospitals -- 42 of them are voluntary non-profit - private facilities like this one, and 40 are critical access hospitals.
- 61
- CMS-reporting hospitals in SD
- 42
- Voluntary non-profit - Private facilities in SD
- 40
- Critical Access Hospitals facilities in SD
No overall CMS star rating means the facility is typically new to reporting, specialty-focused, or below the case-volume reporting threshold. Cohort counts are drawn from the same CMS Care Compare hospital dataset.
Avera Dells Area Hospital - Cah tracks near national average on CMS measure cells
Most published measure cells sit at national average (2 same-as-avg · 0 above · 0 below). This is a PAR sheet, not a star-rating substitute.
Cell counts are CMS Hospital Compare measure-group tallies (above / same / below national average), not a composite grade or clinical verdict.
Price transparency data not indexed yet
Under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (effective Jan 2021), hospitals must publish machine-readable files with standard charges including cash/self-pay rates. PlainProcedure has not indexed an MRF for this facility yet; see hospital price transparency or the transparency notes.
Contact
(605) 428-5431
909 N IOWA AVE, Dell Rapids, SD 57022
What to do with this hospital profile
Avera Dells Area Hospital - Cah tracks near national average on CMS measure cells. Compare SD facilities and Medicare procedure costs next.
- Statewide average Medicare allowed amounts, provider counts, and hospital totals for SD. SD profile
- Browse all 61 CMS-reporting hospitals in SD. Hospitals list
- How federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule disclosures map to PlainProcedure when no MRF is indexed yet. Transparency guide
- How CMS star ratings, quality measure bands, and peer ranks are sourced and compared. Methodology
CMS quality stars and Medicare averages describe reporting cohorts, not clinical advice or a price quote for your visit.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Nationwide hospitals with similar CMS profiles
Care Compare-derived peer sets for Avera Dells Area Hospital - Cah, all outside SD so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the same-state hospital list stays local).
Similar Critical Access Hospitals peers
Nearest same facility-type hospitals outside SD.
Similar mortality/safety/readmission shape
Nearest hospitals outside SD by CMS above/same/below cell totals (0/2/0 here · QUAL-PAR). Distinct from star-rating and facility-type peers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Avera Dells Area Hospital - Cah have a published CMS overall star rating?
CMS has not published an overall star rating for Avera Dells Area Hospital - Cah. It is 1 of 61 CMS-reporting hospitals in SD, including 40 other critical access hospitals facilities.
What type of hospital is Avera Dells Area Hospital - Cah?
Avera Dells Area Hospital - Cah is a critical access hospitals, voluntary non-profit - private ownership, located in Dell Rapids, SD.
Does Avera Dells Area Hospital - Cah publish machine-readable price data?
Avera Dells Area Hospital - Cah does not currently have indexed machine-readable price-transparency data on this site; estimated commercial and cash prices above are derived from procedure-level CMS/RAND benchmarks, not this facility's own file.