Friday, April 17, 2026

Iowa Hospitals Rated Five-Star in CMS Patient Surveys

Patient surveys done periodically by the CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) aim to measure user satisfaction with recent stays at hospitals that treat Medicare and Medicaid enrollees. The CMS survey solicits input from recent patients about their inpatient stays, then amalgamates that information into a unified patient satisfaction rating on a 1 to 5-star scale, with the scale's best score being 5-stars. Based on the most current CMS patient surveys, eight Iowa hospitals earned a five-star rating from patients. Listed alphabetically, here are the hospitals in Iowa that rated as five-stars for patient experience according to CMS surveys (as of April 13, 2026):