Highest-Rated Hospitals in Iowa
28 hospitals with a 4- or 5-star CMS overall rating. This is the CMS star rating exactly as published — not our judgement of hospital quality.
CASS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL · ATLANTIC★★★★★5/5CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS · COUNCIL BLUFFS★★★★★5/5CLARKE COUNTY HOSPITAL · OSCEOLA★★★★★5/5GUNDERSEN PALMER LUTHERAN HOSPITAL AND CLINICS · WEST UNION★★★★★5/5IOWA CITY VA MEDICAL CENTER · IOWA CITY★★★★★5/5VAN DIEST MEDICAL CENTER · WEBSTER CITY★★★★★5/5WAVERLY HEALTH CENTER · WAVERLY★★★★★5/5CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY · MISSOURI VALLEY★★★★★4/5CLARINDA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER · CLARINDA★★★★★4/5COMPASS MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE · MARENGO★★★★★4/5JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER · ANAMOSA★★★★★4/5MAHASKA HEALTH PARTNERSHIP · OSKALOOSA★★★★★4/5MARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER · AMES★★★★★4/5MERCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR RAPIDS · CEDAR RAPIDS★★★★★4/5MERCYONE CLINTON MEDICAL CENTER · CLINTON★★★★★4/5MERCYONE NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER · NEWTON★★★★★4/5MERCYONE WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTER · WATERLOO★★★★★4/5PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER · PELLA★★★★★4/5REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OF HOWARD COUNTY · CRESCO★★★★★4/5REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER · MANCHESTER★★★★★4/5SOUTHEAST IOWA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER · WEST BURLINGTON★★★★★4/5SPENCER MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL · SPENCER★★★★★4/5ST LUKES HOSPITAL · CEDAR RAPIDS★★★★★4/5TRINITY MUSCATINE · MUSCATINE★★★★★4/5UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE MEDICAL CENTER DOWN · IOWA CITY★★★★★4/5VA CENTRAL IOWA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM · DES MOINES★★★★★4/5VIRGINIA GAY HOSPITAL · VINTON★★★★★4/5WINNMED · DECORAH★★★★★4/5
Source: CMS Care Compare, CMS Care Compare, 2026 Q3. The overall star rating summarizes up to 46 measures; it is not a substitute for talking to your doctor.