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Hospitals in Arkansas with the lowest CABG surgery death rate
11 Arkansas hospitals ranked by CABG surgery death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Washington Regional Medical Center, CHI-St Vincent Infirmary, Baxter Health. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | CABG surgery death ratelower 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 | 2.4% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Washington Regional Medical Center | 2.2%, 55th 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 |
| 2 | CHI-St Vincent Infirmary | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 173 min, 34th percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 615 | Compare CHI-St Vincent Infirmary |
| 3 | Baxter Health | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | 184 min, 27th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 268 | Compare Baxter Health |
| 4 | Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock | 2.7%, 28th 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 |
| 5 | Arkansas Heart Hospital, LLC | 2.8%, 24th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 1.01, 33rd percentile | 238 min, 7th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 110 | Compare Arkansas Heart Hospital, LLC |
| T6 | Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas | 3.1%, 16th 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 |
| T6 | Baptist Health - Fort Smith | 3.1%, 16th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 1.30, 6th percentile | 124 min, 71st percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 492 | Compare Baptist Health - Fort Smith |
| 8 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith | 3.3%, 12th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 11.2%, 46th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.69, 99th percentile | 228 min, 9th percentile | 1.07, 14th percentile | 360 | Compare Mercy Hospital Fort Smith |
| 9 | National Park Medical Center | 3.8%, 5th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 13.8%, 5th percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 153 min, 47th percentile | 1.18, 2nd percentile | 161 | Compare National Park Medical Center |
| 10 | St Bernards Medical Center | 4.0%, 4th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 14.4%, 2nd percentile | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 3.16, 0th percentile | 211 min, 14th percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 440 | Compare St Bernards Medical Center |
| 11 | Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Inc. | 6.4%, 0th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 1.18, 12th percentile | 128 min, 67th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 228 | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Inc. |
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.
- 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).