Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Arkansas with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate
68 Arkansas hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | 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 | 15.0% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T50 | Howard Memorial Hospital | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 5, 97th percentile | — | — | — | 109 min, 83rd percentile | — | 25 | Compare Howard Memorial Hospital |
| T50 | St Bernards Medical Center | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 14.4%, 2nd percentile | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 3.16, 0th percentile | 211 min, 14th percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 440 | Compare St Bernards Medical Center |
| T50 | Mercy Hospital Waldron | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | — | — | — | 9.6%, 77th percentile | — | 73 min, 99th percentile | — | 24 | Compare Mercy Hospital Waldron |
| T50 | Unity Health - Newport | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 103 min, 88th percentile | — | 35 | Compare Unity Health - Newport |
| T55 | Johnson Regional Medical Center | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 143 min, 54th percentile | 1.12, 6th percentile | 90 | Compare Johnson Regional Medical Center |
| T55 | Arkansas Heart Hospital, LLC | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 1.01, 33rd percentile | 238 min, 7th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 110 | Compare Arkansas Heart Hospital, LLC |
| T55 | Arkansas Methodist Medical Center | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 165 min, 39th percentile | 1.12, 6th percentile | 129 | Compare Arkansas Methodist Medical Center |
| 58 | Baptist Health Medical Center- Conway | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 1.05, 26th percentile | 145 min, 52nd percentile | 1.08, 12th percentile | 111 | Compare Baptist Health Medical Center- Conway |
| 59 | Baxter Health | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | 184 min, 27th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 268 | Compare Baxter Health |
| T60 | National Park Medical Center | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 13.8%, 5th percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 153 min, 47th percentile | 1.18, 2nd percentile | 161 | Compare National Park Medical Center |
| T60 | Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 186 min, 26th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 225 | Compare Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock |
| 62 | Izard Regional Hospital LLC | 16.0%, 7th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 129 min, 66th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Izard Regional Hospital LLC |
| T63 | Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock | 16.1%, 6th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 140 min, 56th percentile | 1.09, 10th percentile | 807 | Compare Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock |
| T63 | Conway Regional Medical Center, Inc | 16.1%, 6th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 1.18, 12th percentile | 178 min, 31st percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 150 | Compare Conway Regional Medical Center, Inc |
| 65 | Piggott Community Hospital | 16.2%, 5th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 12.7%, 19th percentile | — | 118 min, 76th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Piggott Community Hospital |
| 66 | VA Central AR. Veterans Healthcare System Lr | 16.8%, 1st percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | — | — | 471 | Compare VA Central AR. Veterans Healthcare System Lr |
| 67 | White County Medical Center | 16.9%, 1st percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 182 min, 28th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 571 | Compare White County Medical Center |
| 68 | Baptist Health Medical Center-Drew County | 18.1%, 0th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 122 min, 72nd percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 60 | Compare Baptist Health Medical Center-Drew County |
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).