Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Arkansas with the lowest heart attack death rate
25 Arkansas hospitals ranked by heart attack death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: VA Central AR. Veterans Healthcare System Lr, Washington Regional Medical Center, Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Inc.. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | 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 | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
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| National average | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | VA Central AR. Veterans Healthcare System Lr | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 13.4%, 77th percentile | 7.8%, 69th percentile | — | — | 16.8%, 1st percentile | Compare VA Central AR. Veterans Healthcare System Lr |
| 2 | Washington Regional Medical Center | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 16.4%, 31st percentile | 10.2%, 12th percentile | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 12.5%, 36th percentile | 13.3%, 99th percentile | Compare Washington Regional Medical Center |
| T3 | Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Inc. | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 14.5%, 61st percentile | 8.7%, 43rd percentile | 6.4%, 0th percentile | 9.9%, 82nd percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Inc. |
| T3 | Conway Regional Medical Center, Inc | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 17.4%, 19th percentile | 8.5%, 49th percentile | — | 11.9%, 45th percentile | 16.1%, 6th percentile | Compare Conway Regional Medical Center, Inc |
| T5 | CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 10.6%, 9th percentile | — | 13.2%, 26th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs |
| T5 | Baxter Health | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 18.1%, 13th percentile | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 16.4%, 6th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Baxter Health |
| T7 | Arkansas Heart Hospital, LLC | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 13.3%, 79th percentile | 7.1%, 87th percentile | 2.8%, 24th percentile | — | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Arkansas Heart Hospital, LLC |
| T7 | Arkansas Heart Hospital-Encore | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 14.0%, 8th percentile | 16.3%, 33rd percentile | 7.8%, 69th percentile | — | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Arkansas Heart Hospital-Encore |
| T9 | Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 15.0%, 52nd percentile | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 3.1%, 16th percentile | 11.1%, 60th percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | Compare Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas |
| T9 | CHI-St Vincent Infirmary | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 17.0%, 24th percentile | 8.9%, 38th percentile | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 12.9%, 30th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare CHI-St Vincent Infirmary |
| T9 | University Of Arkansas Medical Sciences | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 12.6%, 86th percentile | 9.3%, 28th percentile | — | 13.0%, 28th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare University Of Arkansas Medical Sciences |
| 12 | Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 16.8%, 26th percentile | 10.4%, 11th percentile | 2.7%, 28th percentile | 14.0%, 18th percentile | 16.1%, 6th percentile | Compare Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock |
| 13 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 11.2%, 46th percentile | 17.2%, 21st percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | 3.3%, 12th percentile | 10.5%, 71st percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Mercy Hospital Fort Smith |
| T14 | Saline Memorial Hospital | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 16.9%, 25th percentile | 12.7%, 1st percentile | — | 18.1%, 3rd percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Saline Memorial Hospital |
| T14 | Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 18.9%, 9th percentile | 7.5%, 78th percentile | — | 14.2%, 16th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock |
| T14 | Jefferson Regional Medical Center | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 17.2%, 21st percentile | 10.9%, 7th percentile | — | 37.9%, 0th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Jefferson Regional Medical Center |
| T17 | St Marys Regional Medical Center | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 13.4%, 77th percentile | 9.0%, 36th percentile | — | 13.1%, 27th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare St Marys Regional Medical Center |
| T17 | Baptist Health Medical Center- Conway | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 15.1%, 51st percentile | 11.1%, 5th percentile | — | 13.2%, 26th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Baptist Health Medical Center- Conway |
| 19 | Northwest Medical Center-Springdale | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 13.6%, 10th percentile | 18.3%, 12th percentile | 9.7%, 20th percentile | — | 16.2%, 7th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Northwest Medical Center-Springdale |
| 20 | Baptist Health - Fort Smith | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 12.2%, 90th percentile | 9.1%, 34th percentile | 3.1%, 16th percentile | 16.6%, 6th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Baptist Health - Fort Smith |
| 21 | White River Medical Center | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 16.6%, 29th percentile | 10.4%, 11th percentile | — | 14.6%, 13th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare White River Medical Center |
| 22 | White County Medical Center | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 16.6%, 29th percentile | 9.0%, 36th percentile | — | 14.4%, 15th percentile | 16.9%, 1st percentile | Compare White County Medical Center |
| 23 | South Arkansas Regional Hospital LLC | 13.7%, 6th percentile | 16.7%, 1st percentile | 20.0%, 4th percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | — | 20.6%, 2nd percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare South Arkansas Regional Hospital LLC |
| 24 | National Park Medical Center | 13.8%, 5th percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 18.4%, 11th percentile | 11.0%, 6th percentile | 3.8%, 5th percentile | 19.4%, 2nd percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare National Park Medical Center |
| 25 | St Bernards Medical Center | 14.4%, 2nd percentile | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 18.5%, 11th percentile | 12.8%, 1st percentile | 4.0%, 4th percentile | 13.7%, 21st percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare St Bernards 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.
- 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.
- 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.