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Hospitals in Hawaii with the highest value-based purchasing score

11 Hawaii hospitals ranked by value-based purchasing score in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Adventist Health Castle, North Hawaii Community Hospital, Inc. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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11 hospitals ranked in Hawaii by value-based purchasing score; 12 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalValue-based purchasing scorehigher is betterNet Medicare quality adjustmenthigher is betterReadmissions penaltyhigher is betterHospital-acquired condition scorelower is betterValue-based purchasing adjustmenthigher is betterCompare
National average31−0.48%−0.34%0.00+0.13%
1Kaiser Foundation HospitalHonolulu, HI · Acute care54, 96th percentile+0.64%, 88th percentile−0.11%, 60th percentile+0.61, 16th percentile+1.75%, 96th percentileCompare Kaiser Foundation Hospital
2Adventist Health CastleKailua, HI · Acute care52, 95th percentile+1.55%, 97th percentile−0.04%, 71st percentile−0.85, 93rd percentile+1.59%, 95th percentileCompare Adventist Health Castle
3North Hawaii Community Hospital, IncKamuela, HI · Acute care48, 91st percentile+0.29%, 81st percentile0.00%, 89th percentile+1.76, 1st percentile+1.29%, 91st percentileCompare North Hawaii Community Hospital, Inc
4Hilo Benioff Medical CenterHilo, HI · Acute care43, 86th percentile+0.76%, 90th percentile−0.24%, 44th percentile+0.08, 42nd percentile+1.00%, 86th percentileCompare Hilo Benioff Medical Center
5Wilcox Memorial HospitalLihue, HI · Acute care41, 81st percentile−0.98%, 31st percentile−0.77%, 13th percentile+0.45, 22nd percentile+0.79%, 81st percentileCompare Wilcox Memorial Hospital
6Pali Momi Medical CenterAiea, HI · Acute care38, 75th percentile+0.31%, 82nd percentile−0.30%, 39th percentile−0.26, 65th percentile+0.61%, 75th percentileCompare Pali Momi Medical Center
7Kona Community HospitalKealakekua, HI · Acute care37, 74th percentile−0.53%, 46th percentile−0.10%, 61st percentile+0.46, 21st percentile+0.57%, 74th percentileCompare Kona Community Hospital
8Kuakini Medical CenterHonolulu, HI · Acute care36, 72nd percentile+0.41%, 84th percentile−0.07%, 66th percentile−0.12, 56th percentile+0.48%, 72nd percentileCompare Kuakini Medical Center
9Maui Memorial Medical CenterWailuku, HI · Acute care36, 71st percentile−0.58%, 43rd percentile−0.05%, 69th percentile+1.17, 3rd percentile+0.47%, 71st percentileCompare Maui Memorial Medical Center
10Straub Clinic And HospitalHonolulu, HI · Acute care33, 65th percentile−0.83%, 35th percentile−0.13%, 56th percentile+0.57, 17th percentile+0.30%, 65th percentileCompare Straub Clinic And Hospital
11The Queens Medical CenterHonolulu, HI · Acute care32, 59th percentile−1.05%, 26th percentile−0.23%, 45th percentile+0.87, 9th percentile+0.18%, 58th percentileCompare The Queens 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.

Value-based purchasing score
Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Total Performance Score (0-100), from outcomes, safety, patient experience and efficiency. It sets a Medicare bonus or penalty..
Net Medicare quality adjustment
Approximate combined change to the hospital's Medicare inpatient payments from the three pay-for-performance programs, added together: the readmissions penalty, the value-based purchasing bonus or penalty, and the 1% cut for hospital-acquired conditions. Inpatient prospective payment system hospitals only; Maryland hospitals are exempt..
Readmissions penalty
Change to Medicare payments under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, which cuts payments (by up to 3%) to hospitals with more readmissions than expected. 0% means no penalty..
Hospital-acquired condition score
Total score in the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, from patient safety events and infections (weighted z-scores; 0 is about average, higher is worse). Medicare cuts payments 1% for the worst-scoring quarter of hospitals..
Value-based purchasing adjustment
Change to Medicare payments under Hospital Value-Based Purchasing: a bonus (positive) or penalty (negative, up to 2%) based on the Total Performance Score..