Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Arizona with the lowest serious complications
58 Arizona hospitals ranked by serious complications in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Serious complicationslower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 51 | HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center | 1.26, 8th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 194 min, 22nd percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 204 | Compare HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center |
| 52 | St Josephs Hospital And Medical Center | 1.27, 7th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.6%, 87th percentile | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 175 min, 32nd percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 586 | Compare St Josephs Hospital And Medical Center |
| 53 | VA S. Arizona Healthcare System | 1.29, 7th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 6.8%, 99th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | — | 381 | Compare VA S. Arizona Healthcare System |
| T54 | Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix | 1.30, 6th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 8.2%, 93rd percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 266 min, 3rd percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 766 | Compare Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix |
| T54 | Tucson Medical Center | 1.30, 6th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 13.3%, 12th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 202 min, 18th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 596 | Compare Tucson Medical Center |
| 56 | Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center | 1.37, 4th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 8.5%, 91st percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | 183 min, 28th percentile | 0.92, 83rd percentile | 101 | Compare Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center |
| 57 | Yavapai Regional Medical Center | 1.40, 4th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 180 min, 29th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 228 | Compare Yavapai Regional Medical Center |
| 58 | Banner Boswell Medical Center | 1.41, 4th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 224 min, 10th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 434 | Compare Banner Boswell 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.
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- 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.
- 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).