Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Arizona with the lowest CABG surgery death rate
20 Arizona hospitals ranked by CABG surgery death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Banner - University Medical Center Tucson Campus, Northwest Medical Center, Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
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| National average | 2.4% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| T1 | Banner - University Medical Center Tucson Campus | 1.7%, 89th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 14.0%, 69th percentile | 9.9%, 16th percentile | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Banner - University Medical Center Tucson Campus |
| T1 | Northwest Medical Center | 1.7%, 89th percentile | 13.6%, 7th percentile | 13.9%, 8th percentile | 17.0%, 24th percentile | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | 14.3%, 16th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Northwest Medical Center |
| 3 | Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 8.2%, 93rd percentile | 12.4%, 88th percentile | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix |
| T4 | Mayo Clinic Hospital | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 8.3%, 100th percentile | 7.7%, 96th percentile | 11.2%, 96th percentile | 6.2%, 97th percentile | 10.9%, 64th percentile | 14.1%, 91st percentile | Compare Mayo Clinic Hospital |
| T4 | Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 14.1%, 3rd percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 17.1%, 23rd percentile | 8.5%, 49th percentile | 10.2%, 77th percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | Compare Banner Thunderbird Medical Center |
| T4 | St Josephs Hospital And Medical Center | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 10.6%, 87th percentile | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 13.4%, 77th percentile | 7.5%, 78th percentile | 11.0%, 62nd percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare St Josephs Hospital And Medical Center |
| T4 | Havasu Regional Medical Center | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 10.7%, 85th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 13.8%, 72nd percentile | 12.2%, 2nd percentile | 14.2%, 16th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Havasu Regional Medical Center |
| T4 | HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 10.7%, 85th percentile | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 13.4%, 77th percentile | 8.4%, 52nd percentile | 10.7%, 68th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center |
| T9 | Chandler Regional Medical Center | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 13.8%, 5th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 15.9%, 39th percentile | 8.4%, 52nd percentile | 9.8%, 84th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Chandler Regional Medical Center |
| T9 | Tucson Medical Center | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 13.3%, 12th percentile | 18.0%, 14th percentile | 10.6%, 9th percentile | 12.9%, 30th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Tucson Medical Center |
| T11 | Flagstaff Medical Center | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 7.2%, 98th percentile | 17.5%, 18th percentile | 8.8%, 41st percentile | 10.0%, 81st percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Flagstaff Medical Center |
| T11 | Banner Boswell Medical Center | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 19.5%, 6th percentile | 9.7%, 20th percentile | 10.2%, 77th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare Banner Boswell Medical Center |
| T11 | Banner Heart Hospital | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 15.8%, 40th percentile | — | — | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Banner Heart Hospital |
| 14 | Abrazo Arrowhead Hospital | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 14.3%, 64th percentile | 9.2%, 31st percentile | 14.4%, 15th percentile | 14.2%, 89th percentile | Compare Abrazo Arrowhead Hospital |
| T15 | HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 13.4%, 77th percentile | 9.9%, 16th percentile | 9.9%, 82nd percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center |
| T15 | Banner Desert Medical Center | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 10.8%, 54th percentile | 18.6%, 10th percentile | 8.8%, 41st percentile | 12.1%, 42nd percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare Banner Desert Medical Center |
| T15 | St. Mary's Hospital | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 14.0%, 8th percentile | 15.3%, 48th percentile | 7.8%, 69th percentile | 10.6%, 69th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare St. Mary's Hospital |
| 18 | Banner Estrella Medical Center | 3.2%, 14th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 16.8%, 26th percentile | 7.0%, 88th percentile | 11.0%, 62nd percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | Compare Banner Estrella Medical Center |
| 19 | Yuma Regional Medical Center | 4.0%, 4th percentile | 13.4%, 9th percentile | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 17.2%, 21st percentile | 11.8%, 3rd percentile | 16.0%, 8th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Yuma Regional Medical Center |
| 20 | Yavapai Regional Medical Center | 4.6%, 2nd percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 16.5%, 30th percentile | 10.8%, 8th percentile | 9.3%, 90th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Yavapai 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.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
- 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.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke 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.