Hospital rankings
Top-rated hospitals in Arizona
55 Arizona hospitals ranked by overall star rating in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | 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 | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T37 | Western Arizona Regional Medical Center | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 9.9%, 72nd percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.83, 89th percentile | 127 min, 68th percentile | 0.90, 88th percentile | 139 | Compare Western Arizona Regional Medical Center |
| T37 | Abrazo Central Campus | 2, 17th percentile | 1, 1st percentile | — | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 154 min, 46th percentile | 1.08, 12th percentile | 206 | Compare Abrazo Central Campus |
| T37 | Northwest Medical Center | 2, 17th percentile | 1, 1st percentile | 13.6%, 7th percentile | 13.9%, 8th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.76, 96th percentile | 224 min, 10th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 300 | Compare Northwest Medical Center |
| T37 | Abrazo West Campus | 2, 17th percentile | 1, 1st percentile | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.86, 83rd percentile | 173 min, 34th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 200 | Compare Abrazo West Campus |
| 55 | Valleywise Health Medical Center | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 1.20, 10th percentile | 197 min, 20th percentile | 1.12, 6th percentile | 758 | Compare Valleywise Health 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.
- 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.
- 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).