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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.

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11 hospitals ranked in Arkansas by cabg surgery death rate; 79 more match but have no reported value.

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#	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
	National average	2.4%	11.9%	11.1%	15.2%	8.6%	11.9%	15.0%
1	Washington Regional Medical CenterFayetteville, AR · Acute care	2.2%, 55th percentile	10.8%, 83rd percentile	11.6%, 37th percentile	16.4%, 31st percentile	10.2%, 12th percentile	12.5%, 36th percentile	13.3%, 99th percentile	Compare Washington Regional Medical Center
2	CHI-St Vincent InfirmaryLittle Rock, AR · Acute care	2.3%, 49th percentile	11.7%, 54th percentile	10.0%, 70th percentile	17.0%, 24th percentile	8.9%, 38th percentile	12.9%, 30th percentile	14.7%, 68th percentile	Compare CHI-St Vincent Infirmary
3	Baxter HealthMountain Home, AR · Acute care	2.5%, 38th percentile	11.4%, 65th percentile	12.5%, 22nd percentile	18.1%, 13th percentile	10.9%, 7th percentile	16.4%, 6th percentile	15.7%, 13th percentile	Compare Baxter Health
4	Baptist Health Medical Center-Little RockLittle Rock, AR · Acute care	2.7%, 28th percentile	11.8%, 49th percentile	12.4%, 23rd percentile	16.8%, 26th percentile	10.4%, 11th percentile	14.0%, 18th percentile	16.1%, 6th percentile	Compare Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock
5	Arkansas Heart Hospital, LLCLittle Rock, AR · Acute care	2.8%, 24th percentile	11.5%, 62nd percentile	10.3%, 64th percentile	13.3%, 79th percentile	7.1%, 87th percentile	—	15.5%, 19th percentile	Compare Arkansas Heart Hospital, LLC
T6	Mercy Hospital Northwest ArkansasRogers, AR · Acute care	3.1%, 16th percentile	11.7%, 54th percentile	10.9%, 52nd percentile	15.0%, 52nd percentile	10.9%, 7th percentile	11.1%, 60th percentile	14.0%, 93rd percentile	Compare Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas
T6	Baptist Health - Fort SmithFort Smith, AR · Acute care	3.1%, 16th percentile	13.1%, 13th percentile	9.7%, 75th percentile	12.2%, 90th percentile	9.1%, 34th percentile	16.6%, 6th percentile	15.2%, 34th percentile	Compare Baptist Health - Fort Smith
8	Mercy Hospital Fort SmithFort Smith, AR · Acute care	3.3%, 12th percentile	12.0%, 42nd percentile	11.2%, 46th percentile	17.2%, 21st percentile	8.3%, 54th percentile	10.5%, 71st percentile	14.7%, 68th percentile	Compare Mercy Hospital Fort Smith
9	National Park Medical CenterHot Springs, AR · Acute care	3.8%, 5th percentile	13.8%, 5th percentile	13.1%, 14th percentile	18.4%, 11th percentile	11.0%, 6th percentile	19.4%, 2nd percentile	15.8%, 11th percentile	Compare National Park Medical Center
10	St Bernards Medical CenterJonesboro, AR · Acute care	4.0%, 4th percentile	14.4%, 2nd percentile	12.3%, 25th percentile	18.5%, 11th percentile	12.8%, 1st percentile	13.7%, 21st percentile	15.4%, 23rd percentile	Compare St Bernards Medical Center
11	Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Inc.Jonesboro, AR · Acute care	6.4%, 0th percentile	11.0%, 77th percentile	11.8%, 34th percentile	14.5%, 61st percentile	8.7%, 43rd percentile	9.9%, 82nd percentile	15.3%, 28th percentile	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.
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.