1305 W 18th St Post Office Box 5039, Sioux Falls, SD, 57117 · (605) 333-1000
Beds
450
FY 2025
Star rating
5 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$1.44B
FY 2025
Net income
$180.6M
Patient care margin -12.1%
Discharges
26,380
Occupancy 74.2%
Clinicians
1,150
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.44B | $1.61B | -12.1% | $180.6M | 26,380 | $32.3M | 28.8% | 25.4% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate after heart bypass surgery | 2.6% | US median 2.3% |
| Death rate for COPD patients | 9.8% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 10.9% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 11.2% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.2% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 13.2% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $1.46B | $1.47B | -0.5% | $128.0M | 25,930 | $31.9M | 28.4% | 23.9% |
| 2023 | $1.36B | $1.36B | 0.0% | $155.2M | 24,681 | $34.9M | 29.3% | 24.3% |
| 2022 | $1.21B | $1.26B | -3.8% | $108.7M | 24,133 | $35.8M | 30.6% | 23.7% |
| 2021 | $1.21B | $1.20B | 1.0% | $196.5M | 26,473 | $35.5M | 31.8% | 23.1% |
| 2020 | $1.04B | $1.07B | -2.9% | $193.8M | 21,656 | $32.1M | 33.8% | 22.6% |
| 10.6% |
| US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 10.3% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.4% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 13.5% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 20.5% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.4% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.1% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 3.4% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.64 | US median 0.96 · better |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.35 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.26 | US median 0.48 · better |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.60 | US median 0.72 |
| Surgical site infections after hysterectomy (ratio to expected) | 0.82 | US median 0.81 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.55 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.52 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 73% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 76% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 55% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 73% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 65% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 74% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 4% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 207 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 15% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 42% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 88% | US median 79% |
| 135 |
| $60,381.43 |
| $11,545.10 |
| $12,400.10 |
| DRG 267 ENDOVASCULAR CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 133 | $154,423.80 | $35,617.57 | $40,566.75 |
| DRG 274 PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 121 | $89,264.40 | $23,298.60 | $24,748.54 |
| DRG 378 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 116 | $41,468.84 | $6,616.41 | $7,294.77 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 112 | $53,256.58 | $9,395.63 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 108 | $178,958.77 | $35,416.29 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 106 | $58,600.27 | $8,586.93 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 065 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 99 | $54,216.42 | $6,761.18 | $7,474.08 |
| DRG 322 PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITHOUT MCC | 98 | $97,588.19 | $12,398.06 | $12,904.99 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 91 | $30,578.32 | $5,542.03 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 91 | $60,831.32 | $11,848.75 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 88 | $81,428.23 | $14,693.74 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 85 | $30,912.11 | $5,292.19 | $5,662.18 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 920 | 912 | $2,150.22 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 761 | 718 | $1,180.75 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 646 | 349 | $1,487.95 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 385 | 353 | $8,450.26 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 366 | 358 | $1,990.07 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 364 | 345 | $10,450.93 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 301 | 248 | $1,396.59 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 294 | 250 | $1,403.22 | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 226 | 222 | $4,208.49 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 226 | 199 | $2,552.68 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 224 | 212 | $2,078.65 | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 219 | 206 | $2,334.53 | $2,405.01 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Sanford Usd Medical Center is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Sioux Falls, SD with 450 beds, part of Sanford Health and a 5-star overall rating.
Sanford Usd Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD has 450 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 545 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 26,380 inpatients that year, with 74.2% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Sanford Usd Medical Center reported net patient revenue of $1.44B and operating expenses of $1.61B, a margin on patient care of -12.1%. After other income and expenses its net income was $180.6M (9.9% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Sanford Usd Medical Center is part of Sanford Health, a health system with 44 hospitals based in Sioux Falls, SD. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Sanford Usd Medical Center has an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey. 4 death rate measures are better and 0 worse than the national rate.
Yes, Sanford Usd Medical Center provides emergency services.
1,150 Medicare clinicians list Sanford Usd Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice, Physician Assistant.
In 2024, Sanford Usd Medical Center had 5,684 Medicare inpatient stays in 158 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 290 stays; Medicare paid $14,296.51 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $89K in payments to Sanford Usd Medical Center as a teaching hospital ($69K general and $21K for research) from 8 companies.