Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Hawaii with the lowest serious complications
11 Hawaii hospitals ranked by serious complications in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Pali Momi Medical Center, Adventist Health Castle, Kona Community Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 1 | Pali Momi Medical Center | 0.79, 94th percentile | 0.92, 19th percentile | 0.92, 14th percentile | 1.31, 20th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.17, 67th percentile | Compare Pali Momi Medical Center |
| 2 | Adventist Health Castle | 0.81, 92nd percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.49, 40th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Adventist Health Castle |
| 3 | Kona Community Hospital | 0.91, 70th percentile | 0.55, 45th percentile | 0.54, 37th percentile | 1.57, 13th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.51, 23rd percentile | Compare Kona Community Hospital |
| 4 | North Hawaii Community Hospital, Inc | 0.96, 51st percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 1.09, 5th percentile | Compare North Hawaii Community Hospital, Inc |
| 5 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital | 1.00, 35th percentile | 0.30, 66th percentile | 0.50, 40th percentile | 1.22, 24th percentile | — | 0.34, 72nd percentile | 0.25, 54th percentile | Compare Kaiser Foundation Hospital |
| 6 | Wilcox Memorial Hospital | 1.04, 28th percentile | 0.85, 23rd percentile | — | — | — | 0.91, 26th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Wilcox Memorial Hospital |
| 7 | Kuakini Medical Center | 1.14, 15th percentile | 1.53, 5th percentile | 1.19, 8th percentile | — | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.31, 46th percentile | Compare Kuakini Medical Center |
| T8 | Straub Clinic And Hospital | 1.17, 12th percentile | 0.63, 36th percentile | 0.42, 48th percentile | 1.50, 14th percentile | — | 0.36, 70th percentile | 0.49, 25th percentile | Compare Straub Clinic And Hospital |
| T8 | Maui Memorial Medical Center | 1.17, 12th percentile | 1.57, 5th percentile | 0.29, 61st percentile | 1.18, 25th percentile | — | 0.30, 74th percentile | 0.24, 55th percentile | Compare Maui Memorial Medical Center |
| 10 | The Queens Medical Center | 1.34, 5th percentile | 0.45, 53rd percentile | 0.75, 22nd percentile | 1.14, 26th percentile | — | 0.34, 72nd percentile | 0.43, 30th percentile | Compare The Queens Medical Center |
| 11 | Hilo Benioff Medical Center | 1.41, 4th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.40, 50th percentile | 0.51, 63rd percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.45, 29th percentile | Compare Hilo Benioff 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.
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).