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Acute Care Hospital

Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center

Sioux Falls, South Dakota · Minnehaha County · Emergency services listed

Summary

Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center is an acute care hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Medicare data lists emergency services. CMS overall star rating: 4 of 5 stars. Its official website lists 34 services, specialties and programs. Medicare lists 1,337 affiliated clinicians. Source: CMS Hospital General Information, data updated 2026-07-22.

What is an acute care hospital?

A general hospital for short-term care: emergencies, surgery, illness and injury. Most patients stay a few days. More about hospital types

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Exterior of Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center
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Profile from official sources

Built from official Medicare (CMS) data and the hospital’s own website (checked 2026-10-30). Every service links to the page that lists it. Services change: call the hospital to confirm before you go.

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At a glance

YesEmergency services
4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars · Medicare rating
YesBirthing-friendly (CMS)
1,337Doctors and clinicians
34Services listed

Quick answers

Does Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center have an emergency room?
Yes. Medicare (CMS) data lists emergency services at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center. In a medical emergency, call 911.
Where is Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center?
1325 S Cliff Ave Post Office Box 5045, Sioux Falls, SD 57117, in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
What is the phone number of Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center?
(605) 322-8000, as listed by Medicare (CMS).
What is the Medicare star rating of Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center?
4 out of 5 stars in the CMS overall hospital quality rating (CMS data updated 2026-07-22).

Specialties and care areas[4]

Programs and centers[4][6]

  • Children's Hospital
  • Women's Center
  • Local Birthing Services
  • Lactation & Breastfeeding Support
  • Maternal Fetal Medicine
  • Level IIIB NICU

Emergency care (hospital website)[4][5]

Emergency roomYes

Visiting and practical information

Interpreters and languagesLanguage translation is listed as available at Avera McKennan Emergency, at the same campus address[5]

Doctors and clinicians (1,337)

1,337 doctors and other clinicians list Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center as a hospital where they work, in Medicare's official clinician data (updated 2026-10-02). It is not a complete staff list.

Main specialties

Doctors with a page on this site (1,337)

And 1,313 more: the button below opens the full list.

Other emergency rooms nearby

Hospitals that list emergency services, by straight-line distance (not driving distance).

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Nursing homes, hospice, home health and dialysis nearby

Medicare-certified providers within 25 miles, by straight-line distance. Hospice and home health care is given at home: their address is the office.

Nursing homes

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Hospice providers

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Home health agencies

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Dialysis facilities

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Outpatient surgery centers nearby

Medicare-certified ambulatory surgery centers within 25 miles, by straight-line distance.

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Community care nearby

Health centers, clinics, urgent care and pharmacies closest to this hospital, by straight-line distance, from official HRSA, Medicare and NPI Registry data. In a medical emergency, call 911.

Community health centers

Clinics and urgent care

Pharmacies

About the Medicare star rating

CMS (the federal Medicare agency) gives many hospitals an overall rating from 1 to 5 stars, based on measures of mortality, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. It is one piece of information: ask your doctor what matters for your care. See the full Medicare profile →

Medicare quality data

What Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center reported to Medicare (CMS), the federal agency that publishes these results for hospitals nationwide. These are averages for many patients, not a prediction for any one person: ask your doctor what matters for your care. In a medical emergency, call 911.

What patients said (patient survey)

What this means: Patients who stayed overnight answered a national survey (HCAHPS) about their stay. More stars mean patients reported a better experience than at other hospitals. The percentages show how often patients gave the best answer, next to the national average.

Summary star rating (all survey topics) 4 of 5 stars
Overall rating of the hospital4 of 5 stars
Would recommend the hospital5 of 5 stars
Nurses communicated well4 of 5 stars
Doctors communicated well3 of 5 stars
Staff explained medicines3 of 5 stars
Information about recovery at home4 of 5 stars
Room and bathroom kept clean3 of 5 stars
Quiet at night4 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 1074%National average: 72%
Would definitely recommend the hospital76%National average: 71%
Nurses “always” communicated well78%National average: 80%
Doctors “always” communicated well79%National average: 80%
Staff “always” explained medicines before giving them62%National average: 62%
Were given information about recovery at home90%National average: 86%
Room and bathroom “always” clean64%National average: 74%
Area around the room “always” quiet at night61%National average: 60%
Completed surveys711Response rate: 28%

Source: Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital — CMS, released July 22, 2026; patients discharged October 2024 to September 2025.

Infections caught in the hospital

What this means: CMS compares the number of infections patients caught in this hospital with the number expected for a hospital like it. The number shown is that ratio: below 1 means fewer infections than expected, above 1 means more. “Better” or “worse” is shown only when the difference is clear in the data.

Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)0.777No different from the national benchmark
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)0.226Better than the national benchmark
Surgical site infections after colon surgery0.374Better than the national benchmark
Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy0.525No different from the national benchmark
MRSA bloodstream infections0.658No different from the national benchmark
Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections0.318Better than the national benchmark

Source: Healthcare Associated Infections - Hospital — CMS, released July 22, 2026; data from October 2024 to September 2025.

Complications and deaths

What this means: Death rates are the share of patients who died within 30 days of going into the hospital for that condition, adjusted for how sick they were. PSI-90 combines several serious complications (a lower number is better). “No different from the national rate” is the most common result and means the hospital is in line with hospitals nationwide.

Deaths within 30 days: heart attack patients12.2%
Deaths within 30 days: heart failure patients12.4%
Deaths within 30 days: pneumonia patients14.8%
Deaths within 30 days: COPD patients8.1%
Deaths within 30 days: stroke patients10.9%
Deaths within 30 days: coronary bypass surgery (CABG)Not reported to Medicare
Serious complications (patient safety indicator PSI-90)1.03No different from the national rate
Complications after hip or knee replacement4.9%

Source: Complications and Deaths - Hospital — CMS, released September 10, 2026; data from July 2022 to June 2025.

Return visits to the hospital (readmissions)

What this means: The share of patients who had to be admitted to a hospital again within 30 days after going home, adjusted for how sick they were. A lower percentage is better.

Returned to any hospital within 30 days (all patients)Not reported to Medicare
Readmitted within 30 days: heart attackToo few cases to report
Readmitted within 30 days: heart failure21.2%
Readmitted within 30 days: pneumonia17.5%
Readmitted within 30 days: COPD21.1%
Readmitted within 30 days: coronary bypass surgeryNot reported to Medicare
Readmitted within 30 days: hip or knee replacement6.2%

Source: Unplanned Hospital Visits - Hospital — CMS, released September 10, 2026; data from July 2023 to June 2025.

Emergency room times and sepsis care

What this means: ER time is the middle (median) time from arriving at the emergency room to leaving it; busier ERs usually have longer times, so the ER volume is shown too. Leaving before being seen: a lower percentage is better. Sepsis is a life-threatening reaction to an infection; a higher percentage means more patients got every recommended early step.

Emergency room volume (patients per year)High (40,000–59,999)
Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency room before leaving (OP-18b)112 minutesNational average: 162 minutes
Patients who left the emergency room before being seen (OP-22)0%National average: 2%
Sepsis patients who got all the recommended early care (SEP-1)63%National average: 65%

Source: Timely and Effective Care - Hospital — CMS, released July 22, 2026; data from January 2024 to December 2024.

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ER wait times and Medicare ratings nearby

How this hospital compares with others in the area, ranked only by official Medicare (CMS) numbers.

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Prices

We have not been able to read a price file for Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center yet. Every US hospital must publish its standard charges online (federal price transparency rule): look for “price transparency” or “standard charges” on the hospital’s website, or call the hospital and ask for an estimate. In a medical emergency, call 911.

Hospital information

Hospital typeAcute Care Hospital
Address1325 S Cliff Ave Post Office Box 5045, Sioux Falls, SD 57117
CountyMinnehaha County
StateSouth Dakota
Phone(605) 322‑8000
Emergency servicesYes
OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private
Medicare overall rating4 of 5 stars
Birthing-friendly designationYes (meets CMS criteria)
CMS Certification Number430016
Name in Medicare recordsAVERA MCKENNAN HOSPITAL & UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTER
Profile levelMedicare data + hospital website
Official websitelocations.avera.org
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Sources

  1. Hospital General Information — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), data updated 2026-07-22, retrieved 2026-10-29
  2. Medicare Care Compare — official Medicare profile of this hospital
  3. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder — map position used for distances

From the hospital’s website

Numbers match the citations above. Checked 2026-10-30.

  1. Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center - Sioux Falls, SD — locations.avera.org
  2. Avera McKennan Emergency — Sioux Falls, SD — locations.avera.org
  3. Avera Women's Center — Sioux Falls, SD — locations.avera.org