Avera St Marys Hospital
Avera St Marys Hospital is a Medicare-certified dialysis center in Pierre, South Dakota, independently operated. CMS gives it a 5-star rating — CMS places this facility among the top ~10% nationally for measured quality of patient care.
★★★★★ 5 / 5 CMS Quality of Patient Care rating · what this means
Location & contact
801 East Sioux
Pierre, SD 57501 · Hughes County
(605) 224-3410 (click to call)
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Services & details
In-center hemodialysis
| Dialysis stations | 6 |
|---|---|
| Ownership | Independent (Non-profit) |
| Medicare-certified since | 1980-10-10 |
| CMS Certification Number | 432305 |
CMS quality measures
| Measure | Result | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Patient survival | As Expected | CMS category comparing observed vs expected patient survival |
| Mortality rate | 15.2 deaths per 100 patient-years | Lower is better |
| Hospitalization rate | 73.4 admissions per 100 patient-years (As Expected) | Lower is better |
| Hospital readmission | 20.7% (As Expected) | 30-day unplanned readmissions; lower is better |
| Blood transfusion rate | 12.8 per 100 patient-years (As Expected) | Lower is better |
Measures are risk-adjusted by CMS so facilities treating sicker patients aren't penalized. A single measure never tells the whole story — read how CMS calculates these.
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