Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Arkansas with the lowest stroke death rate
25 Arkansas hospitals ranked by stroke death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Inc., Mercy Hospital Fort Smith, Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Stroke 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 | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
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| National average | 11.9% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Inc. | 9.9%, 82nd percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 14.5%, 61st percentile | 8.7%, 43rd percentile | 6.4%, 0th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Inc. |
| 2 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith | 10.5%, 71st percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 11.2%, 46th percentile | 17.2%, 21st percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | 3.3%, 12th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Mercy Hospital Fort Smith |
| 3 | Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas | 11.1%, 60th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 15.0%, 52nd percentile | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 3.1%, 16th percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | Compare Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas |
| 4 | Conway Regional Medical Center, Inc | 11.9%, 45th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 17.4%, 19th percentile | 8.5%, 49th percentile | — | 16.1%, 6th percentile | Compare Conway Regional Medical Center, Inc |
| 5 | Washington Regional Medical Center | 12.5%, 36th percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 16.4%, 31st percentile | 10.2%, 12th percentile | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 13.3%, 99th percentile | Compare Washington Regional Medical Center |
| 6 | CHI-St Vincent Infirmary | 12.9%, 30th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 17.0%, 24th percentile | 8.9%, 38th percentile | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare CHI-St Vincent Infirmary |
| 7 | University Of Arkansas Medical Sciences | 13.0%, 28th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 12.6%, 86th percentile | 9.3%, 28th percentile | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare University Of Arkansas Medical Sciences |
| 8 | St Marys Regional Medical Center | 13.1%, 27th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 13.4%, 77th percentile | 9.0%, 36th percentile | — | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare St Marys Regional Medical Center |
| T9 | CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs | 13.2%, 26th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 10.6%, 9th percentile | — | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs |
| T9 | Baptist Health Medical Center- Conway | 13.2%, 26th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 15.1%, 51st percentile | 11.1%, 5th percentile | — | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Baptist Health Medical Center- Conway |
| 11 | St Bernards Medical Center | 13.7%, 21st percentile | 14.4%, 2nd percentile | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 18.5%, 11th percentile | 12.8%, 1st percentile | 4.0%, 4th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare St Bernards Medical Center |
| 12 | Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock | 14.0%, 18th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 16.8%, 26th percentile | 10.4%, 11th percentile | 2.7%, 28th percentile | 16.1%, 6th percentile | Compare Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock |
| 13 | Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock | 14.2%, 16th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 18.9%, 9th percentile | 7.5%, 78th percentile | — | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock |
| 14 | White County Medical Center | 14.4%, 15th percentile | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 16.6%, 29th percentile | 9.0%, 36th percentile | — | 16.9%, 1st percentile | Compare White County Medical Center |
| 15 | White River Medical Center | 14.6%, 13th percentile | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 16.6%, 29th percentile | 10.4%, 11th percentile | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare White River Medical Center |
| 16 | Arkansas Methodist Medical Center | 16.1%, 7th percentile | — | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 13.9%, 70th percentile | 9.9%, 16th percentile | — | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Arkansas Methodist Medical Center |
| 17 | Northwest Medical Center-Springdale | 16.2%, 7th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 13.6%, 10th percentile | 18.3%, 12th percentile | 9.7%, 20th percentile | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Northwest Medical Center-Springdale |
| 18 | Baxter Health | 16.4%, 6th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 18.1%, 13th percentile | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Baxter Health |
| 19 | Baptist Health - Fort Smith | 16.6%, 6th percentile | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 12.2%, 90th percentile | 9.1%, 34th percentile | 3.1%, 16th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Baptist Health - Fort Smith |
| 20 | Saline Memorial Hospital | 18.1%, 3rd percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 16.9%, 25th percentile | 12.7%, 1st percentile | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Saline Memorial Hospital |
| 21 | St Vincent Medical Center/North | 18.6%, 3rd percentile | — | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 11.4%, 95th percentile | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare St Vincent Medical Center/North |
| 22 | North Arkansas Regional Medical Center | 18.7%, 3rd percentile | — | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 23.8%, 0th percentile | 11.7%, 3rd percentile | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare North Arkansas Regional Medical Center |
| 23 | National Park Medical Center | 19.4%, 2nd percentile | 13.8%, 5th percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 18.4%, 11th percentile | 11.0%, 6th percentile | 3.8%, 5th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare National Park Medical Center |
| 24 | South Arkansas Regional Hospital LLC | 20.6%, 2nd percentile | 13.7%, 6th percentile | 16.7%, 1st percentile | 20.0%, 4th percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare South Arkansas Regional Hospital LLC |
| 25 | Jefferson Regional Medical Center | 37.9%, 0th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 17.2%, 21st percentile | 10.9%, 7th percentile | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Jefferson Regional 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.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke 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.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery 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.