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 | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 15.0% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | ||
| 1 | Providence Alaska Medical Center | 13.7%, 97th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 14.7%, 58th percentile | 10.1%, 14th percentile | 2.9%, 22nd percentile | 10.2%, 77th percentile | Compare Providence Alaska Medical Center |
| 2 | Bartlett Regional Hospital | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | — | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 12.2%, 90th percentile | 7.2%, 85th percentile | — | — | Compare Bartlett Regional Hospital |
| 3 | Yukon Kuskokwim Delta Regional Hospital | 14.5%, 79th percentile | — | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 13.8%, 72nd percentile | — | — | — | Compare Yukon Kuskokwim Delta Regional Hospital |
| T4 | Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium | 14.6%, 74th percentile | — | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 13.9%, 70th percentile | 9.2%, 31st percentile | — | — | Compare Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium |
| T4 | Petersburg Medical Center | 14.6%, 74th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Petersburg Medical Center |
| T6 | PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 12.9%, 83rd percentile | — | — | — | Compare PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center |
| T6 | Fairbanks Memorial Hospital | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 15.7%, 2nd percentile | 18.7%, 10th percentile | 12.0%, 2nd percentile | — | 9.1%, 92nd percentile | Compare Fairbanks Memorial Hospital |
| T6 | SEARHC Wrangell Medical Center & LTC | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare SEARHC Wrangell Medical Center & LTC |
| 9 | Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center | 14.8%, 61st percentile | — | — | 14.8%, 56th percentile | — | — | — | Compare Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center |
| 10 | Bristol Bay Dba Kanakanak Hospital | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Bristol Bay Dba Kanakanak Hospital |
| T11 | Mat-Su Regional Medical Center | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 15.3%, 3rd percentile | 16.1%, 36th percentile | 12.9%, 1st percentile | — | 13.5%, 23rd percentile | Compare Mat-Su Regional Medical Center |
| T11 | Alaska Native Medical Center | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 13.4%, 77th percentile | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | — | 11.5%, 53rd percentile | Compare Alaska Native Medical Center |
| T11 | South Peninsula Hospital | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | — | 18.0%, 14th percentile | — | — | — | Compare South Peninsula Hospital |
| 14 | Norton Sound Regional Hospital | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | — | 15.4%, 46th percentile | 8.9%, 38th percentile | — | — | Compare Norton Sound Regional Hospital |
| T15 | Central Peninsula General Hospital | 15.8%, 11th percentile | — | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 15.1%, 51st percentile | 9.0%, 36th percentile | — | 11.9%, 45th percentile | Compare Central Peninsula General Hospital |
| T15 | Alaska Regional Hospital | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 17.1%, 23rd percentile | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 15.4%, 10th percentile | Compare Alaska Regional Hospital |
| 17 | Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital | 16.3%, 4th percentile | — | — | 15.1%, 51st percentile | 7.1%, 87th percentile | — | — | 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.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke patients.