SD · Acute Care Hospitals
Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen
Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen in Aberdeen, SD. CMS-certified hospital reporting Medicare claims under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.
- 4/5★
- CMS overall rating
- #847 of 2,866
- Peer rank by rating
- Acute Care Hospitals
- Facility type
- Not indexed
- Price transparency MRF
2905 3RD AVE SE, Aberdeen, SD 57402
Hospital Quality Scorecard
One composite verdict from 4 of 4 CMS Hospital Compare datasets, each benchmarked against every hospital nationally. Missing datasets are excluded, not counted against the score.
- CMS Star Rating B+
- 4 / 5
- Mortality Outcomes B+
- 0 better / 0 worse
- Patient Safety C-
- 0 better / 0 worse
- Readmission Rates B+
- 0 better / 0 worse
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating
CMS mortality measures vs. the national rate (3 measures reported)
CMS patient-safety measures vs. the national rate (2 measures reported)
CMS readmission measures vs. the national rate (8 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 Compare placement
According to CMS Hospital Compare, Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen ranks #847 of 2,866 rated hospitals by overall star rating (4/5).
- #847
- of 2,866 rated hospitals
- 4/5
- overall star rating
- SD
- state
Placement is among hospitals with a published overall_rating > 0, ordered by rating descending.
CMS hospital plate
Facility 430097 · SD 4/5★
STAR-4 · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · MRF-PENDING · NP-OWN · TYPE-ACUTE · ER-ON · QUAL-PAR
- STAR-4 4/5 stars
- MID-PACK #847/2866
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0★ peer
- MRF-PENDING MRF not indexed
- NP-OWN Voluntary non-profit - Pri…
- TYPE-ACUTE Acute Care Hospitals
- ER-ON ER reported
- QUAL-PAR 13 same-as-avg
Nearest rated peer outside SD: Abbott Northwestern Hospital, MN (±0★)
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.
Star-rating neighbourhood around Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest rated peers outside SD, not a full Hospital Compare board reprint.
Where this rating sits nationally
CMS overall star rating across 2,866 rated US hospitals
4 Top 37% higher than 63% of 2,866 CMS-rated hospitals
Each bar is a 1-wide band; taller bars hold more CMS-rated hospitals. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source CMS Hospital Compare, overall_rating · 2026-05-15
Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen tracks near national average on CMS measure cells
Most published measure cells sit at national average (13 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) 626-4200
2905 3RD AVE SE, Aberdeen, SD 57402
What to do with this hospital profile
Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen 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 hospitals reporting Medicare data 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 Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen, all outside SD so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the same-state hospital list stays local).
Similar CMS star rating
Nearest rated hospitals outside SD (4/5 here).
Similar Acute Care 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 (0/13/0 here · QUAL-PAR). Distinct from star-rating and facility-type peers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen rank among CMS-rated hospitals?
Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen beats 63% of the 2,866 US hospitals with a published CMS overall star rating, at 4/5 stars.
What type of hospital is Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen?
Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen is an acute care hospitals, voluntary non-profit - private ownership, located in Aberdeen, SD.
Does Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen publish machine-readable price data?
Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen 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.