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Best hospitals in Arizona

5 of the 52 Arizona hospitals rated by CMS hold the top rating of five stars, and 10 more hold four. They are listed here in order of CMS's overall quality rating and what patients say, next to how long the ER takes and how much each hospital marks up its prices.

Also:All 109 Arizona hospitalsBest hospitals by stateArizona ranks 50th of 52 statesCompare the top 3 side by side

5five-star hospitals
10four-star hospitals
52hospitals rated by CMS and open to the public, of 109 in the state
68%of patients would recommend the typical hospital US typical 71%
3 h 10 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

The top 10

1Mayo Clinic HospitalPhoenix · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend93%Typical ER visit3 h 22 minListed per $1 of cost$3.422Dignity Health Arizona General HospitalMesa · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend81%Typical ER visit1 h 32 minListed per $1 of cost$7.733Honorhealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Med CtrScottsdale · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend84%Typical ER visit2 h 49 minListed per $1 of cost$6.994Mercy Gilbert Medical CenterGilbert · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend77%Typical ER visit3 h 35 minListed per $1 of cost$7.325Banner Goldfield Medical CenterApache Junction · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend71%Typical ER visit2 h 26 minListed per $1 of cost$5.896City of Hope Cancer Center PhoenixGoodyear · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend86%Listed per $1 of cost$4.677Honorhealth Sonoran Crossing Medical CenterPhoenix · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend84%Typical ER visit3 h 20 minListed per $1 of cost$6.188St Josephs Hospital and Medical CenterPhoenix · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend75%Typical ER visit2 h 55 minListed per $1 of cost$5.809Chandler Regional Medical CenterChandler · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend72%Typical ER visit2 h 22 minListed per $1 of cost$7.9610Banner Payson Medical CenterPayson · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend69%Typical ER visit2 h 22 minListed per $1 of cost$2.01
How Arizona's 52 rated hospitals score
55 stars
104 stars
183 stars
182 stars
11 star

Every rated hospital in Arizona

In ranking order. Click a column to sort.

#HospitalCityCMS ratingPatient ratingWould recommendTypical ER visitListed per $1 of cost
1Mayo Clinic HospitalPhoenix★★★★★★★★★★93%3 h 22 min$3.42
2Dignity Health Arizona General HospitalMesa★★★★★★★★★★81%1 h 32 min$7.73
3Honorhealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Med CtrScottsdale★★★★★★★★★★84%2 h 49 min$6.99
4Mercy Gilbert Medical CenterGilbert★★★★★★★★★★77%3 h 35 min$7.32
5Banner Goldfield Medical CenterApache Junction★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 26 min$5.89
6City of Hope Cancer Center PhoenixGoodyear★★★★★★★★★★86%–$4.67
7Honorhealth Sonoran Crossing Medical CenterPhoenix★★★★★★★★★★84%3 h 20 min$6.18
8St Josephs Hospital and Medical CenterPhoenix★★★★★★★★★★75%2 h 55 min$5.80
9Chandler Regional Medical CenterChandler★★★★★★★★★★72%2 h 22 min$7.96
10Banner Payson Medical CenterPayson★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 22 min$2.01
11Flagstaff Medical CenterFlagstaff★★★★★★★★★★68%3 h 34 min$3.81
12Verde Valley Medical CenterCottonwood★★★★★★★★★★63%2 h 45 min$4.88
13Summit Healthcare Regional Medical CenterShow Low★★★★★★★★★★59%3 h 3 min$5.61
14Banner Thunderbird Medical CenterGlendale★★★★★★★★★★57%3 h 54 min$5.04
15Banner-University Medical Center South CampusTucson★★★★★★★★★★56%4 h 20 min$4.03
16Honorhealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical CenterScottsdale★★★★★★★★★★77%3 h 11 min$7.47
17Banner Ocotillo Medical CenterChandler★★★★★★★★★★74%3 h 0 min$4.60
18Banner Gateway Medical CenterGilbert★★★★★★★★★★73%3 h 44 min$4.48
19Honorhealth Scottsdale Shea Medical CenterScottsdale★★★★★★★★★★72%3 h 0 min$6.68
20Honorhealth Deer Valley Medical CenterPhoenix★★★★★★★★★★72%3 h 14 min$7.59
21Honor Health John C. Lincoln Medical CenterPhoenix★★★★★★★★★★72%3 h 10 min$7.75
22Banner Ironwood Medical CenterQueen Creek★★★★★★★★★★71%3 h 41 min$5.14
23Banner Estrella Medical CenterPhoenix★★★★★★★★★★68%3 h 56 min$5.41
24Kingman Regional Medical CenterKingman★★★★★★★★★★54%3 h 29 min$7.68
25Northwest Medical Center SahuaritaSahuarita★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 3 min$10.80
26Banner - University Medical Center Tucson CampusTucson★★★★★★★★★★68%5 h 11 min$3.83
27Banner - University Medical Center PhoenixPhoenix★★★★★★★★★★68%4 h 26 min$4.46
28Oro Valley HospitalOro Valley★★★★★★★★★★65%2 h 18 min$10.30
29Banner Boswell Medical CenterSun City★★★★★★★★★★62%3 h 44 min$5.29
30Banner Del E. Webb Medical CenterSun City West★★★★★★★★★★59%3 h 50 min$5.12
31Abrazo Scottsdale CampusPhoenix★★★★★★★★★★54%2 h 34 min$12.49
32Havasu Regional Medical CenterLake Havasu City★★★★★★★★★★52%3 h 53 min$9.63
33St Joseph's HospitalTucson★★★★★★★★★★50%2 h 45 min$13.79
34Banner Heart HospitalMesa★★★★★★★★★★71%–$6.43
35Valley View Medical CenterFort Mohave★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 32 min$12.17
36La Paz Regional HospitalParker★★★★★★★★★★68%–$3.91
37Yavapai Regional Medical CenterPrescott★★★★★★★★★★65%3 h 0 min$4.74
38Cobre Valley Regional Medical CenterGlobe★★★★★★★★★★64%1 h 58 min$2.78
39Yuma Regional Medical CenterYuma★★★★★★★★★★63%3 h 12 min$5.12
40Tucson Medical CenterTucson★★★★★★★★★★70%3 h 22 min$3.52
41Honorhealth Four Peaks Medical CenterMesa★★★★★★★★★★60%3 h 0 min$3.29
42Banner Desert Medical CenterMesa★★★★★★★★★★58%4 h 29 min$5.19
43Banner Baywood Medical CenterMesa★★★★★★★★★★57%4 h 19 min$5.22
44Banner Casa Grande Medical CenterCasa Grande★★★★★★★★★★57%2 h 54 min$5.49
45Abrazo Arrowhead HospitalGlendale★★★★★★★★★★56%2 h 12 min$13.96
46Canyon Vista Medical CenterSierra Vista★★★★★★★★★★56%3 h 21 min$8.35
47Western Arizona Regional Medical CenterBullhead City★★★★★★★★★★56%2 h 7 min$18.13
48St. Mary's HospitalTucson★★★★★★★★★★53%2 h 56 min$11.90
49Abrazo Central CampusPhoenix★★★★★★★★★★54%2 h 34 min$13.64
50Abrazo West CampusGoodyear★★★★★★★★★★49%2 h 53 min$17.04
51Northwest Medical CenterTucson★★★★★★★★★★48%3 h 44 min$9.77
52Valleywise Health Medical CenterPhoenix★★★★★★★★★★72%3 h 17 min$3.87
How the order is set. Hospitals are sorted by CMS's overall hospital quality star rating (1 to 5 stars), which combines death rates, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. Ties are broken by the patient survey star rating, then by the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital. Hospitals CMS has not rated, often small, new or specialty hospitals, are not listed; neither are Veterans Affairs and military hospitals, which most patients cannot choose. Prices and ER times are shown for comparison and do not change the order. A star rating is a summary: for a specific operation, look at that hospital's page and ask your doctor.

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Source: CMS Care Compare (overall star ratings and patient survey) and hospital cost reports.