Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Arkansas with the lowest surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
7 Arkansas hospitals ranked by surgical site infections (hysterectomy) in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas, University Of Arkansas Medical Sciences, White County Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower 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 | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas | 0.00, 89th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | 0.74, 97th percentile | 165 min, 39th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 275 | Compare Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas |
| 2 | University Of Arkansas Medical Sciences | 0.45, 73rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 285 min, 2nd percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 450 | Compare University Of Arkansas Medical Sciences |
| 3 | White County Medical Center | 0.80, 52nd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 16.9%, 1st percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 182 min, 28th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 571 | Compare White County Medical Center |
| 4 | Northwest Medical Center-Springdale | 1.01, 39th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 13.6%, 10th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 126 min, 69th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 414 | Compare Northwest Medical Center-Springdale |
| 5 | Washington Regional Medical Center | 1.78, 18th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 13.3%, 99th percentile | 0.72, 98th percentile | 222 min, 11th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 425 | Compare Washington Regional Medical Center |
| 6 | Conway Regional Medical Center, Inc | 1.81, 18th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 16.1%, 6th percentile | 1.18, 12th percentile | 178 min, 31st percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 150 | Compare Conway Regional Medical Center, Inc |
| 7 | Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock | 3.34, 3rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 16.1%, 6th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 140 min, 56th percentile | 1.09, 10th percentile | 807 | Compare Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock |
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.
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- 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).