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Hospitals in Arizona with the lowest medicare spending per patient

61 Arizona hospitals ranked by medicare spending per patient 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 medicare spending per patient; 47 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalMedicare spending per patientlower 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 betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterTotal beds
National average1.003.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min
T51Chandler Regional Medical CenterChandler, AZ · Acute care1.044313.8%11.4%15.2%1.07142 min429Compare
T51Banner Desert Medical CenterMesa, AZ · Acute care1.042212.4%10.8%15.1%1.23269 min595Compare
T51Tucson Medical CenterTucson, AZ · Acute care1.042213.1%13.3%14.6%1.30202 min596Compare
T51Yuma Regional Medical CenterYuma, AZ · Acute care1.042313.4%12.3%14.8%0.91192 min369Compare
T55Banner Thunderbird Medical CenterGlendale, AZ · Acute care1.054214.1%10.5%14.0%1.22234 min561Compare
T55Flagstaff Medical CenterFlagstaff, AZ · Acute care1.054311.6%7.2%15.0%1.00214 min264Compare
57St Joseph's HospitalTucson, AZ · Acute care1.073210.9%11.3%14.7%0.87165 min486Compare
58Abrazo Central CampusPhoenix, AZ · Acute care1.0821—10.5%15.4%0.95154 min206Compare
T59City Of Hope Cancer Center PhoenixGoodyear, AZ · Acute care1.0944——15.3%0.96—38Compare
T59HonorHealth Tempe Medical CenterPhoenix, AZ · Acute care1.09—2——15.0%0.94150 min219Compare
61Valleywise Health Medical CenterPhoenix, AZ · Acute care1.1213—9.5%15.3%1.20197 min758Compare

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.

Medicare spending per patient
Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
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.
Total beds
Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).