North Dakota Hospital Rankings & Safety Report

zReports Research Institute · Updated September 2026

Bythe zReports Healthcare Research Team · zReports Research Institute Data sourcezReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.09 Facilities analyzed47 Government sourcesthe state's licensing authority Last updatedSeptember 2026 MethodologyConsumer Z Score™ · Database v2026.09

North Dakota has 47 active licensed hospitals on the state's public file. zReports analyzed CMS Hospital Compare general information and quality data to produce a records layer grade for every one, the government's own verdicts, mapped through one fixed rule. No facility can pay to change a score, and the grade is free.

Key findings

47active licensed hospitals across 42 North Dakota cities appear on the state's public file.
91.5%hold an A or B records layer grade, while 1 carry a D or F.
83is the statewide average records layer score across all graded hospitals.
Fargohas the most licensed hospitals in the state (4).

Key statistics

StatisticValue
Active licensed hospitals47
Cities covered42
Statewide average records layer score83
Grade A facilities38 (80.9%)
Grade B facilities5 (10.6%)
Grade C facilities3 (6.4%)
Grade D facilities1 (2.1%)
Facilities with a clean record (no deficiencies on file)47 (100%)
Serious (high severity) findings on the record0
Moderate findings on the record0
Critical Access Hospital37
General Acute Care Hospital8
Psychiatric Hospital2

By city

Fargo (4)Bismarck (2)Jamestown (2)Minot (1)Grand Forks (1)Belcourt (1)Tioga (1)Stanley (1)Watford City (1)Garrison (1)Turtle Lake (1)Kenmare (1)Cooperstown (1)Bottineau (1)Mcville (1)Mayville (1)Hazen (1)Lisbon (1)Northwood (1)Bowman (1)Elgin (1)Oakes (1)Rolla (1)Carrington (1)Cavalier (1)Grafton (1)Wishek (1)Ashley (1)Langdon (1)Valley City (1)Crosby (1)Park River (1)Harvey (1)Linton (1)Hillsboro (1)Hettinger (1)Cando (1)Rugby (1)Devils Lake (1)Williston (1)Dickinson (1)Fort Yates, (1)

Statewide top 25

#1 Fargo Va Medical Center Fargo · A

#2 Chi Mercy Health Valley City · A

#3 Chi St Alexius Health Bismarck · A-

#4 Sanford Medical Center Fargo Fargo · A-

#5 Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck · A-

#6 West River Regional Medical Center Hettinger · A-

#7 Jamestown Regional Medical Center Jamestown · A-

#8 Tioga Medical Center Tioga · A-

#9 Mountrail County Medical Center INC Stanley · A-

#10 Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems INC Watford City · A-

#11 Garrison Memorial Hospital Garrison · A-

#12 Chi St Alexius Health Turtle Lake Turtle Lake · A-

#13 Trinity Kenmare Community Hospital Kenmare · A-

#14 Cooperstown Medical Center Cooperstown · A-

#15 St Andrew'S Hospital Bottineau · A-

#16 Nelson County Health System Mcville · A-

#17 Sanford Mayville Mayville · A-

#18 Sakakawea Medical Center - Cah Hazen · A-

#19 Lisbon Area Health Services Lisbon · A-

#20 Northwood Deaconess Health Center Northwood · A-

#21 Southwest Healthcare Services Bowman · A-

#22 Jacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center Elgin · A-

#23 Chi Oakes Hospital Oakes · A-

#24 Presentation Medical Center Rolla · A-

#25 Carrington Health Center Carrington · A-

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Methodology

The free grade on this page contains zero zReports judgment: it maps the state's own published licensing and enforcement verdicts through one fixed rule, applied identically to every hospital in America. Where the record and public reputation diverge, a highly reviewed facility with serious findings on file, the paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ surfaces it through the composite Consumer Z Score™ and our published ten point methodology. Facilities are never contacted and cannot pay to change a score. Read the full methodology →

About hospital licensing in North Dakota

Hospitals in North Dakota are overseen by the state's licensing authority, whose certification, inspection, and quality-reporting data is published on the public record. This page is computed from CMS Hospital Compare general information and quality data, the government’s own filings, not reviews or advertising.

Frequently asked questions

How many hospitals are there in North Dakota?

North Dakota has 47 active licensed hospitals on the state's public file, across 42 cities. Every one has a free records layer grade on zReports.

Which North Dakota city has the most hospitals?

Fargo, with 4 licensed hospitals, followed by Bismarck (2) and Jamestown (2).

How are North Dakota hospital grades calculated?

The free records layer grade contains zero zReports judgment. It maps the government's own published verdicts, CMS Hospital Compare general information and quality data, through one fixed rule, applied identically to every hospital in the country. The paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ adds the composite Consumer Z Score™, which audits the record against public reputation through our published ten point methodology.

Why can a facility with 5-star reviews have a low grade?

Reviews and records are different surfaces. Reviews reflect what visitors chose to write, and can be managed by the business. Inspection and enforcement records are filed by the state, are mandatory, and cannot be edited by the facility. When the two diverge, the record is the surface worth checking. That divergence is exactly what zReports was built to surface.

How often are these rankings updated?

Rankings refresh whenever North Dakota republishes its licensing data; facility pages carry the records-verified date for each provider. This page was generated from the current file as of September 2026.

Can a facility pay to change its score?

No. Facilities are never contacted, never notified, and cannot pay to be listed, delisted, or re-scored. zReports has no business relationship with any facility it grades, independence is the product.

Data Provenance

This report was generated from the zReports Consumer Records Database™, a continuously updated database that normalizes official government licensing, inspection, enforcement, ownership, and safety records across multiple federal and state agencies. Every statistic in this report is traceable to its originating public record. Facilities cannot pay to alter scores, rankings, or findings.

Data source: zReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.09 · Built from: CMS Provider Data Catalog · HHS OIG Exclusions List (LEIE) · Public consumer review signals (audited, never trusted, in the composite Consumer Z Score™) · Proprietary Consumer Z Score™ methodology · Updated: September 2026

Cite this report

APA, zReports Research Institute. (2026). North Dakota Hospital Rankings & Safety Report (v2026.09). zReports.org. https://zreports.org/rankings/hospital/nd

MLA, zReports Research Institute. “North Dakota Hospital Rankings & Safety Report.” zReports.org, v2026.09, September 2026, zreports.org/rankings/hospital/nd.

Plain, North Dakota Hospital Rankings & Safety Report, zReports Research Institute, v2026.09, updated September 2026, zreports.org/rankings/hospital/nd

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