Critical Access hospitals in South Dakota

Critical Access hospitals › South Dakota

South Dakota has 39 Critical Access hospitals. 39 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 1 hr 50 min.

A Critical Access Hospital is a Medicare designation for a small rural hospital. To qualify, a hospital keeps no more than 25 inpatient beds, sits a set distance from the next nearest hospital, keeps an average inpatient stay of 96 hours or less, and provides emergency care 24 hours a day. The designation exists to keep emergency care within reach in places too small to support a full general hospital, and it changes how Medicare pays them.

Hospital	City	ER wait	CMS rating
Douglas County Memorial Hospital-CAH	Armour	1 hr 58 min	—
Bowdle Hospital - Critical Access Hospital	Bowdle	1 hr 42 min	—
Marshall County Healthcare Center - CAH	Britton	1 hr 45 min	—
Community Memorial Hospital	Burke	2 hr 8 min	—
Sanford Canton-Inwood Medical Center - CAH	Canton	2 hr 4 min	—
Sanford Mid-Dakota Hospital - CAH	Chamberlain	1 hr 20 min	—
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center	Clear Lake	1 hr 33 min	—
Custer Regional Hospital - Critical Access Hosp	Custer	2 hr 12 min	—
Avera Desmet Memorial Hospital - CAH	De Smet	2 hr	—
Lead - Deadwood Regional Hospital - CAH	Deadwood	1 hr 30 min	—
Avera Dells Area Health Center - CAH	Dell Rapids	1 hr 46 min	—
Eagle Butte Indian Health Service Hospital	Eagle Butte	1 hr 57 min	—
Eureka Community Health Services - CAH	Eureka	1 hr 57 min	—
Faulkton Area Medical Center	Faulkton	2 hr 2 min	—
Avera Flandreau Medical Center Hospital - CAH	Flandreau	1 hr 48 min	—
Freeman Medical Center - CAH	Freeman	2 hr 3 min	—
Avera Missouri River Health Center	Gettysburg	1 hr 52 min	—
Avera Gregory Healthcare Center	Gregory	2 hr 19 min	—
Fall River Hospital - Critical Access Hospital	Hot Springs	1 hr 38 min	—
Huron Regional Medical Center	Huron	1 hr 40 min	2/5
Madison Community Hospital - Critical Access Hosp	Madison	1 hr 41 min	—
Bennett County Hospital and Nursing Home - CAH	Martin	1 hr 20 min	—
Milbank Area Hospital/Avera Health - CAH	Milbank	2 hr 6 min	—
Avera Hand County Memorial Hospital and Clinic	Miller	1 hr 51 min	—
Avera Queen of Peace	Mitchell	1 hr 44 min	4/5
Mobridge Regional Hospital - Critical Access Hosp	Mobridge	1 hr 20 min	—
Avera St Benedict Health Center - CAH	Parkston	1 hr 49 min	5/5
Hans P Peterson Memorial Hospital - CAH	Philip	1 hr 28 min	—
Platte Health Center - Critical Access Hospital	Platte	2 hr 8 min	—
Community Memorial Hospital - Critical Access Hosp	Redfield	1 hr 42 min	4/5
Coteau Des Prairies Health Care System	Sisseton	44 min	4/5
Sturgis Regional Hospital	Sturgis	2 hr 12 min	—
St Michael's Hospital - CAH	Tyndall	1 hr 52 min	—
Sanford Vermillion Hospital	Vermillion	1 hr 46 min	—
Pioneer Memorial Hospital - CAH	Viborg	2 hr 1 min	—
Wagner Community Mem Hosp - Critical Access Hosp	Wagner	1 hr 54 min	—
Sanford Hospital Webster - CAH	Webster	1 hr 50 min	—
Avera Weskota Memorial Medical Center - CAH	Wessington Springs	2 hr 6 min	—
Winner Regional Healthcare Center - CAH	Winner	1 hr 49 min	—

Designation from the CMS Hospital General Information dataset. Data published July 2026. See all hospitals in South Dakota, or Critical Access hospitals in other states. How this data works.