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Hospitals in Arizona with the lowest time in emergency department

61 Arizona hospitals ranked by time in emergency department in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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61 hospitals ranked in Arizona by time in emergency department; 47 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalTime in emergency departmentlower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average162 min3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.001.00
T50Banner Gateway Medical CenterGilbert, AZ · Acute care224 min33—10.5%15.3%0.970.99177Compare
T50Northwest Medical CenterTucson, AZ · Acute care224 min2113.6%13.9%14.7%0.761.01300Compare
53Banner Del E. Webb Medical CenterSun City West, AZ · Acute care230 min3211.1%9.1%15.1%0.750.96394Compare
54Havasu Regional Medical CenterLake Havasu City, AZ · Acute care233 min3210.7%13.0%15.5%0.780.95152Compare
55Banner Thunderbird Medical CenterGlendale, AZ · Acute care234 min4214.1%10.5%14.0%1.221.05561Compare
56Banner Estrella Medical CenterPhoenix, AZ · Acute care236 min3311.8%8.9%13.9%1.240.97317Compare
57Banner Baywood Medical CenterMesa, AZ · Acute care259 min22—12.1%13.9%0.871.01359Compare
58Banner-University Medical Center South CampusTucson, AZ · Acute care260 min4211.1%8.7%14.5%1.030.94245Compare
59Banner - University Medical Center PhoenixPhoenix, AZ · Acute care266 min3210.9%8.2%14.9%1.301.00766Compare
60Banner Desert Medical CenterMesa, AZ · Acute care269 min2212.4%10.8%15.1%1.231.04595Compare
61Banner - University Medical Center Tucson CampusTucson, AZ · Acute care311 min3211.8%10.1%14.6%1.091.00625Compare

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.

Time in emergency department
Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
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).
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).