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🏥 SCI Rehab Centers in South Dakota

4 inpatient rehabilitation facilities in South Dakota report treating spinal cord injury. The filters below are pre-set to South Dakota — change any of them to widen or narrow the search.

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Read this before you read the scores. These ratings come from CMS quality data that is facility-wide — no public measure breaks results out by spinal cord injury specifically — so a score reflects general rehab quality plus the complications most relevant to SCI (pressure injuries and catheter UTIs are weighted heavily). A facility marked "Not enough data to rate" is not a bad facility — it simply doesn't report the core measures. And three of the most renowned SCI hospitals in the country — Craig Hospital, Shepherd Center, and University of Michigan — are exempt from this CMS program, so they can't carry a CMS score; we pin curated profiles for them at the top of the results instead. Use this as one input, not a verdict. Not medical advice; not a CMS endorsement.

📊 Scores blend CMS quality measures — function, return to community, and safety — with SCI patient volume, plus bonuses for SCI Model Systems and CARF Spinal Cord accreditation. See the full methodology →

⭐ SCI Model Systems — the recognized national leaders

Federally designated (NIDILRR) centers of excellence for spinal cord injury care and research. Where one is in the CMS data, it carries a SCI Model System badge below — and you can browse the full directory of all 18 designated centers. Three of the most renowned — listed below — are exempt from the CMS program, so they can't carry a CMS score; we pin curated profiles for them at the top of the results so they're not invisible. Their absence from CMS data is not a quality signal:

  • Craig Hospital — Englewood, CO
  • Shepherd Center — Atlanta, GA
  • University of Michigan — Ann Arbor, MI
4 facilities in South Dakota

SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER

SIOUX FALLS, SD · Non-profit
46
★★★☆☆
of 100
Moderate SCI volume
~27 SCI patients/yrFull profile →

AVERA MCKENNAN REHABILITATION UNIT

SIOUX FALLS, SD · Non-profit
44
★★☆☆☆
of 100
High SCI volume
~54 SCI patients/yrFull profile →

Showing 2 of 4 facilities in South Dakota that report treating SCI. Use the filters above to see them all.

Source: CMS Care Compare — Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Quality Reporting Program (public domain). Data snapshot: —. Scores are computed by SCI.help across three domains — functional recovery (30%), return to community & readmissions (35%), and safety/complications (35%) — using risk-adjusted measures where CMS provides them; the overall then blends that CMS composite (75%) with the facility's SCI patient volume (25%, scored as a national percentile), plus a +15 bonus for federally designated SCI Model Systems and +10 for CARF Spinal Cord accreditation. Coordinates are approximate (city-level). Curated Model System profiles are compiled from public sources and carry no CMS score. This is an aid for comparison and advocacy, not medical advice or a government endorsement.

Nearest high-volume SCI centers outside South Dakota

South Dakota has no high-volume spinal cord injury rehab program, so these are the closest specialized centers. Many people travel out of state for inpatient SCI rehab — ask your case manager what your insurance will cover.

IMMANUEL REHABILITATION INSTITUTE

OMAHA, NE · Non-profit
53
★★★☆☆
of 100
High SCI volume✓ CARF Spinal Cord
~50 SCI patients/yrFull profile →
47
★★★☆☆
of 100
High SCI volume✓ CARF Spinal Cord
~70 SCI patients/yrFull profile →
37
★★☆☆☆
of 100
High SCI volume✓ CARF Spinal Cord
~135 SCI patients/yrFull profile →
56
★★★★☆
of 100
High SCI volume
~52 SCI patients/yrFull profile →

ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL

MINNEAPOLIS, MN · Non-profit
53
★★★☆☆
of 100
High SCI volume
~100 SCI patients/yrFull profile →

FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES

MINNEAPOLIS, MN · Non-profit
54
★★★☆☆
of 100
⭐ SCI Model SystemModerate SCI volume
~35 SCI patients/yrFull profile →

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