Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Alaska with the lowest COPD death rate
10 Alaska hospitals ranked by COPD death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital, Bartlett Regional Hospital, Alaska Native Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | COPD death ratelower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 8.6% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital | 7.1%, 87th percentile | — | — | — | — | 16.3%, 4th percentile | — | — | — | 10 | Compare Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital |
| 2 | Bartlett Regional Hospital | 7.2%, 85th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 5, 97th percentile | — | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 1.13, 16th percentile | 169 min, 36th percentile | 0.81, 98th percentile | 57 | Compare Bartlett Regional Hospital |
| T3 | Alaska Native Medical Center | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 1.67, 1st percentile | 122 min, 72nd percentile | 0.88, 92nd percentile | 167 | Compare Alaska Native Medical Center |
| T3 | Alaska Regional Hospital | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 135 min, 61st percentile | 0.88, 92nd percentile | 250 | Compare Alaska Regional Hospital |
| 5 | Norton Sound Regional Hospital | 8.9%, 38th percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | — | — | 21 | Compare Norton Sound Regional Hospital |
| 6 | Central Peninsula General Hospital | 9.0%, 36th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 1.09, 20th percentile | 146 min, 52nd percentile | 0.83, 97th percentile | 49 | Compare Central Peninsula General Hospital |
| 7 | Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium | 9.2%, 31st percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | — | — | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | — | — | — | 25 | Compare Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium |
| 8 | Providence Alaska Medical Center | 10.1%, 14th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 13.7%, 97th percentile | 1.23, 9th percentile | 181 min, 29th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 401 | Compare Providence Alaska Medical Center |
| 9 | Fairbanks Memorial Hospital | 12.0%, 2nd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 15.7%, 2nd percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 172 min, 34th percentile | 0.79, 99th percentile | 162 | Compare Fairbanks Memorial Hospital |
| 10 | Mat-Su Regional Medical Center | 12.9%, 1st percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 15.3%, 3rd percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 1.00, 35th percentile | 134 min, 62nd percentile | 0.82, 98th percentile | 74 | Compare Mat-Su Regional Medical Center |
About these rankings
Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
- Overall star rating
- CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
- Patient survey star rating
- HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Hospital-wide readmission rate
- Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Time in emergency department
- Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
- Medicare spending per patient
- Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
- Total beds
- Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).