Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Hawaii with the lowest heart attack death rate
7 Hawaii hospitals ranked by heart attack death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Straub Clinic And Hospital, Hilo Benioff Medical Center, Pali Momi Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher 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 | 11.9% | 3.3 | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Straub Clinic And Hospital | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 13.8%, 96th percentile | 1.17, 12th percentile | 122 min, 72nd percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 159 | Compare Straub Clinic And Hospital |
| 2 | Hilo Benioff Medical Center | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 14.1%, 91st percentile | 1.41, 4th percentile | 148 min, 50th percentile | 0.89, 90th percentile | 142 | Compare Hilo Benioff Medical Center |
| 3 | Pali Momi Medical Center | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 0.79, 94th percentile | 156 min, 45th percentile | 0.92, 83rd percentile | 116 | Compare Pali Momi Medical Center |
| 4 | Kuakini Medical Center | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 14.1%, 91st percentile | 1.14, 15th percentile | 149 min, 50th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 212 | Compare Kuakini Medical Center |
| 5 | Adventist Health Castle | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.2%, 46th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.81, 92nd percentile | 156 min, 45th percentile | 0.91, 86th percentile | 160 | Compare Adventist Health Castle |
| 6 | The Queens Medical Center | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 9.4%, 81st percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 1.34, 5th percentile | 191 min, 24th percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 585 | Compare The Queens Medical Center |
| 7 | Maui Memorial Medical Center | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.8%, 18th percentile | 14.1%, 91st percentile | 1.17, 12th percentile | 140 min, 56th percentile | 0.86, 94th percentile | 213 | Compare Maui Memorial 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.
- Overall star rating
- CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
- Patient survey star rating
- HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
- 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).