Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Hawaii with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate
12 Hawaii hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Straub Clinic And Hospital, Pali Momi Medical Center, Kuakini Medical Center. 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 | 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 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 15.0% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | ||
| 1 | Straub Clinic And Hospital | 13.8%, 96th percentile | 10.2%, 93rd percentile | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 15.6%, 43rd percentile | 7.7%, 72nd percentile | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 8.5%, 96th percentile | Compare Straub Clinic And Hospital |
| 2 | Pali Momi Medical Center | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 14.8%, 56th percentile | 8.9%, 38th percentile | — | 9.6%, 86th percentile | Compare Pali Momi Medical Center |
| T3 | Kuakini Medical Center | 14.1%, 91st percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 13.0%, 82nd percentile | — | — | 9.4%, 89th percentile | Compare Kuakini Medical Center |
| T3 | Hilo Benioff Medical Center | 14.1%, 91st percentile | 10.8%, 83rd percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 18.5%, 11th percentile | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | — | 10.2%, 77th percentile | Compare Hilo Benioff Medical Center |
| T3 | Maui Memorial Medical Center | 14.1%, 91st percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 12.8%, 18th percentile | 19.2%, 7th percentile | 10.8%, 8th percentile | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 15.9%, 8th percentile | Compare Maui Memorial Medical Center |
| 6 | The Queens Medical Center | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 9.4%, 81st percentile | 15.3%, 48th percentile | 8.2%, 58th percentile | 1.6%, 93rd percentile | 10.5%, 71st percentile | Compare The Queens Medical Center |
| T7 | North Hawaii Community Hospital, Inc | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 12.6%, 86th percentile | — | — | 13.4%, 24th percentile | Compare North Hawaii Community Hospital, Inc |
| T7 | Wilcox Memorial Hospital | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | — | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 13.3%, 79th percentile | — | — | 11.2%, 58th percentile | Compare Wilcox Memorial Hospital |
| T9 | Kona Community Hospital | 14.6%, 74th percentile | — | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 16.7%, 27th percentile | — | — | 10.2%, 77th percentile | Compare Kona Community Hospital |
| T9 | Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital | 14.6%, 74th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital |
| 11 | Adventist Health Castle | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 11.2%, 46th percentile | 13.7%, 73rd percentile | 11.0%, 6th percentile | — | 8.6%, 96th percentile | Compare Adventist Health Castle |
| 12 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 13.1%, 81st percentile | — | — | 10.3%, 75th percentile | Compare Kaiser Foundation Hospital |
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.
- 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.