Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Alaska with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate
17 Alaska hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Providence Alaska Medical Center, Bartlett Regional Hospital, Yukon Kuskokwim Delta Regional Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | 15.0% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Providence Alaska Medical Center | 13.7%, 97th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 1.23, 9th percentile | 181 min, 29th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 401 | Compare Providence Alaska Medical Center |
| 2 | Bartlett Regional Hospital | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 5, 97th percentile | — | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 1.13, 16th percentile | 169 min, 36th percentile | 0.81, 98th percentile | 57 | Compare Bartlett Regional Hospital |
| 3 | Yukon Kuskokwim Delta Regional Hospital | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 10.6%, 58th percentile | — | — | 0.66, 100th percentile | 50 | Compare Yukon Kuskokwim Delta Regional Hospital |
| T4 | Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | — | — | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | — | — | — | 25 | Compare Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium |
| T4 | Petersburg Medical Center | 14.6%, 74th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 126 min, 69th percentile | — | 12 | Compare Petersburg Medical Center |
| T6 | PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 10.2%, 66th percentile | — | 130 min, 65th percentile | — | 25 | Compare PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center |
| T6 | Fairbanks Memorial Hospital | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 15.7%, 2nd percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 172 min, 34th percentile | 0.79, 99th percentile | 162 | Compare Fairbanks Memorial Hospital |
| T6 | SEARHC Wrangell Medical Center & LTC | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | Compare SEARHC Wrangell Medical Center & LTC |
| 9 | Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 109 min, 83rd percentile | — | 25 | Compare Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center |
| 10 | Bristol Bay Dba Kanakanak Hospital | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 98 min, 91st percentile | — | 15 | Compare Bristol Bay Dba Kanakanak Hospital |
| T11 | Mat-Su Regional Medical Center | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 15.3%, 3rd percentile | 1.00, 35th percentile | 134 min, 62nd percentile | 0.82, 98th percentile | 74 | Compare Mat-Su Regional Medical Center |
| T11 | Alaska Native Medical Center | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 1.67, 1st percentile | 122 min, 72nd percentile | 0.88, 92nd percentile | 167 | Compare Alaska Native Medical Center |
| T11 | South Peninsula Hospital | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | 4, 76th percentile | — | — | — | 137 min, 59th percentile | — | 22 | Compare South Peninsula Hospital |
| 14 | Norton Sound Regional Hospital | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | Compare Norton Sound Regional Hospital |
| T15 | Central Peninsula General Hospital | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 1.09, 20th percentile | 146 min, 52nd percentile | 0.83, 97th percentile | 49 | Compare Central Peninsula General Hospital |
| T15 | Alaska Regional Hospital | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 135 min, 61st percentile | 0.88, 92nd percentile | 250 | Compare Alaska Regional Hospital |
| 17 | Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital | 16.3%, 4th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | Compare Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital |
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).