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CMS certification 430098

Pine Ridge Ihs Hospital

East Highway 18, Pine Ridge, SD 57770

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services Birthing-friendly

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Pine Ridge Ihs Hospital. 53% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 5 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on none.

Every figure on this page is published by CMS; we arrange and explain it, and score nothing ourselves.

CMS overall rating Not rated There are too few measures or measure groups reported to calculate a star rating or measure group score.
Would definitely recommend 53% US average 71%
Patient survey rating Not rated 30 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 0 worse 1 better of 5 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 30 completed surveys, 4% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Very few patients were eligible for the CAHPS survey. The scores shown reflect fewer than 50 completed surveys. Use these scores with caution, as the number of surveys may be too low to reliably assess facility performance.
Would definitely recommend the hospital
53%
SD 77% · US 71%
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
51%
SD 77% · US 72%
Nurses always communicated well
60%
SD 83% · US 80%
Doctors always communicated well
65%
SD 85% · US 80%
Staff always explained new medicines
60%
SD 68% · US 62%
Given information about recovering at home
64%
SD 88% · US 86%
Room was always clean
66%
SD 77% · US 74%
Always quiet at night
65%
SD 70% · US 60%

This hospital South Dakota average US average

Emergency department

How long emergency patients spent here and how some time-critical care went, from CMS's timely and effective care measures, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Measure This hospital SD US
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 12 patients 8% 67% 65%

How Pine Ridge Ihs Hospital compares with nearby hospitals

The closest hospitals of the same kind that CMS rates or surveys - the same city first, then the same county and ZIP area. Every figure is CMS's: the overall star rating, the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital, the median time emergency patients spent before leaving, and how many death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS found better or worse than the national rate.

Hospital CMS stars Would recommend ER median time Vs the nation
Pine Ridge Ihs HospitalThis hospitalNot rated53%—1 better
Monument Health Spearfish HospitalSame ZIP area · Spearfish4/578%2 h 24 min1 worse
Monument Health Sturgis HospitalSame ZIP area · SturgisNot rated78%2 h 12 min1 better
Fall River Hospital - CahSame ZIP area · Hot SpringsNot rated69%1 h 38 minNo different
VA Black Hills Healthcare SystemSame ZIP area · Fort Meade5/579%—No different
Monument Health Lead-Deadwood HospitalSame ZIP area · DeadwoodNot rated62%1 h 30 minNo different

Hospitals differ in size and in how sick their patients are. CMS adjusts its outcome measures for that, but a star or a percentage is a starting point for questions, not a verdict.

Deaths

How many patients died within 30 days of admission, adjusted by CMS for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2025.

Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
All patients, hospital-wide 56 cases Too few cases 3.6% 3.9%
COPD 36 cases Too few cases 8.4% 8.6%

5 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Complications

How often patients had serious complications, most of them after surgery, adjusted for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2024.

3 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 175 cases No different 0.59 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.9 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 319 cases No different 0.21 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.45 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 326 cases No different 0.27 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.49 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000

10 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Readmissions and return visits

How often patients had to come back to a hospital after going home. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2023 – Jun 2025.

Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after COPD 30 cases Too few cases 20.5% 20%
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 29 cases Too few cases -10.4 days per 100 —

12 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Not reported for this hospital

CMS had too few cases here to publish results for infections caught in the hospital. That is common at small, rural and specialty hospitals, and says nothing either way about quality.

How to read this page

  • Everything here is published by CMS on Care Compare. We arrange it and explain it; the star ratings and the better / worse verdicts are CMS's, not ours.
  • “No different” is the most common result on most measures at most hospitals. CMS only calls a result better or worse when the difference from the national rate is statistically clear.
  • Death, complication and readmission rates are adjusted by CMS for how sick patients were, so hospitals that treat sicker patients can be compared fairly.
  • Infection results are ratios: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one, below 1.0 is fewer.
  • These are hospital-wide results. They do not rate an individual doctor, nurse or department, and they are not medical advice.

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Common questions about Pine Ridge Ihs Hospital

Is Pine Ridge Ihs Hospital a good hospital?

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Pine Ridge Ihs Hospital. Of the 5 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on none. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Pine Ridge Ihs Hospital?

53% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 30 completed HCAHPS surveys.

Does Pine Ridge Ihs Hospital have an emergency room?

Yes. CMS lists emergency services at Pine Ridge Ihs Hospital.