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Census division

Mountain

CMS cut 45 of the 219 hospitals in the Mountain with a payment decision for fiscal year 2026: 20.5%, against 24.9% nationally.

Mountain · FY2026Compared with the nation

1Hospitals cut

45

Of 219 with a payment decision

2Share cut

20.5%

−4.3 pts vs the nation (24.9%)

3Rank

7th of 9

Share cut, highest first, among the divisions

4Median score

−0.1125

Nation: −0.0453

5Scored on all 6

124

Of 219 scored (57%; nation 66%)

6Scored without data

6

Hospitals CMS gave its worst score on a measure

7Estimated dollars

$13.6M estimate
from 43 of its 45 cut hospitals4.5% of the nation’s $306M, this site’s estimate

Likely range $10.7–15.6M

8Per traditional Medicare stay

$35

The nation: $47

21% cut

Average Lowest score: −1.4728 Highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s line 45 of 718 here Average Lowest score: −1.4728 Highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s line 718 cut nationally · 45 here
Every hospital in the nation with a payment decision, lowest score to highest, each as tall as its score (above the rule, worse than average); the solid hairlines are the Mountain’s, red where CMS cut.

On the map

Each dot is a hospital in CMS’s file: red, cut; ringed, not cut; gray, no decision. Pick one to open its page.

Figure 1. The Mountain: 45 cut of 219 with a payment decision.
  • Cut
  • Not cut
  • Not subject (Maryland) or no score

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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PlaceWith a decisionHospitals cut
Arizona6112
Colorado497
Idaho152
Montana104
Nevada194
New Mexico2611
Utah311
Wyoming84

Its scores against the nation’s

The columns are this place’s hospitals; the outline is every hospital in the nation. Both are shares of their own hospitals, so a small place and the nation compare.

Figure 2. 20.5% of hospitals here scored past CMS’s line, against 24.9% nationally; the middle score here is −0.1125, and nationally −0.0453.
0%5%10%15% −1.6 to −1.4: 1% here, 1% nationally−1.4 to −1.2: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.2 to −1.0: 2% here, 2% nationally−1.0 to −0.8: 4% here, 4% nationally−0.8 to −0.6: 10% here, 7% nationally−0.6 to −0.4: 11% here, 10% nationally−0.4 to −0.2: 12% here, 12% nationally−0.2 to 0.0: 16% here, 14% nationally0.0 to 0.2: 12% here, 12% nationally0.2 to 0.4: 11% here, 12% nationally0.4 to 0.6: 7% here, 8% nationally0.6 to 0.8: 5% here, 6% nationally0.8 to 1.0: 1% here, 4% nationally1.0 to 1.2: 3% here, 3% nationally1.2 to 1.4: 1% here, 1% nationally1.4 to 1.6: 1% here, 1% nationally1.6 to 1.8: 0% here, 0% nationally1.8 to 2.0: 0% here, 0% nationally2.0 to 2.2: 2% here, 0% nationally2.2 to 2.4: 1% here, 1% nationally CMS’s line −1.00.01.02.0 0%5%10%15% −1.6 to −1.4: 1% here, 1% nationally−1.4 to −1.2: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.2 to −1.0: 2% here, 2% nationally−1.0 to −0.8: 4% here, 4% nationally−0.8 to −0.6: 10% here, 7% nationally−0.6 to −0.4: 11% here, 10% nationally−0.4 to −0.2: 12% here, 12% nationally−0.2 to 0.0: 16% here, 14% nationally0.0 to 0.2: 12% here, 12% nationally0.2 to 0.4: 11% here, 12% nationally0.4 to 0.6: 7% here, 8% nationally0.6 to 0.8: 5% here, 6% nationally0.8 to 1.0: 1% here, 4% nationally1.0 to 1.2: 3% here, 3% nationally1.2 to 1.4: 1% here, 1% nationally1.4 to 1.6: 1% here, 1% nationally1.6 to 1.8: 0% here, 0% nationally1.8 to 2.0: 0% here, 0% nationally2.0 to 2.2: 2% here, 0% nationally2.2 to 2.4: 1% here, 1% nationally CMS’s line −1.5−1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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Score fromtoHereNation
−1.6−1.4340
−1.4−1.2017
−1.2−1.0451
−1.0−0.89126
−0.8−0.622204
−0.6−0.424290
−0.4−0.226357
−0.20.036407
0.00.226343
0.20.424333
0.40.615237
0.60.811173
0.81.02116
1.01.2791
1.21.4230
1.41.6221
1.61.8010
1.82.003
2.02.2413
2.22.4224

Measure by measure

For each measure, the share of this place’s hospitals with a value worse than the national median. Half would be ordinary; a stem to the right of the line is a measure where more hospitals here did worse.

Figure 3. Worst against the nation on CDI (53% of its hospitals above the national median); best on MRSA (38%).

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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MeasureHospitals with a valueHalf
PSI 9020951%
CLABSI14543%
CAUTI16139%
SSI16948%
CDI20353%
MRSA13238%

The Mountain across the line

The nation’s hospitals within 0.05 of CMS’s line that this site estimates, the Mountain’s in full ink: scores a hair apart, money all or nothing.

Figure 4. 7 of the nation’s 141 hospitals within 0.05 of CMS’s line that this site estimates are the Mountain’s: 3 cut, about $1.3M by this site’s estimate, and 4 not cut, where a cut would have been about $2.8M.
CMS’s line 82 not cut $52.8M at stake82 not cut$52.8M at stake 59 cut $29.8M cut59 cut$29.8M cut 0.340.360.380.400.42 Total HAC Score CMS’s line 82 not cut $52.8M at stake82 not cut$52.8M at stake 59 cut $29.8M cut59 cut$29.8M cut Banner-University Medical Center South Campus, Tucson, AZ: score 0.3505; a cut would have been $217KUniversity of Colorado Hospital Authority, Aurora, CO: score 0.3637; a cut would have been $2.2MDenver Health & Hospital Authority, Denver, CO: score 0.3659; a cut would have been $385KPhoenix Indian Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ: score 0.3662; a cut would have been $29KSummit Healthcare Regional Medical Center, Show Low, AZ: score 0.3808; cut $271KGood Samaritan Medical Center LLC, Lafayette, CO: score 0.3822; cut $154KBanner Desert Medical Center, Mesa, AZ: score 0.409; cut $859K 0.340.360.380.400.42 Total HAC Score

3 more within 0.05 have no estimate, and Maryland’s 2 are exempt.

Estimate · Source: this site’s arithmetic on CMS’s FY2026 IPPS final rule files (the impact file, the rate tables and the value-based factors), its FY2026 HRRP supplemental file and HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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Side of the lineHospitalsEstimated cut, taken or not (whole dollars)
Under the line: not cut82$52,846,861
Over the line: cut59$29,847,503

The Mountain, year by year

Every hospital in the Mountain with a payment decision in any year, one sliver each, one row per fiscal year; red where CMS cut it. At the right of each row: the share of the Mountain’s hospitals cut that year, then the nation’s.

Figure 5. The Mountain’s share cut was above the nation’s in 3 of the 11 years CMS cut anyone; 196 of its 264 hospitals have been cut at least once.
201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 No hospital scored or cut 31.5% · 21.9%28.8% · 23.4%22.2% · 24.0%23.0% · 23.6%25.9% · 25.0%23.9% · 25.0%22.5% · 24.9%23.7% · 25.0%23.2% · 24.9%17.6% · 24.8%20.5% · 24.9% Ever cut: 196 Never cut: 68 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 No hospital scored or cut 31.5% · 21.9%28.8% · 23.4%22.2% · 24.0%23.0% · 23.6%25.9% · 25.0%23.9% · 25.0%22.5% · 24.9%23.7% · 25.0%23.2% · 24.9%17.6% · 24.8%20.5% · 24.9% Ever cut: 196 Never cut: 68

Source: CMS, HACRP hospital files for fiscal years 2015 to 2026 (Provider Data Catalog, its archives and, for the oldest years, the Internet Archive’s copies), and CMS’s cut lists for FY2015 and FY2016.

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Fiscal yearHospitals with a decisionCutShare cutNation
FY20152327331.5%21.9%
FY20162266528.8%23.4%
FY20172255022.2%24.0%
FY20182265223.0%23.6%
FY20192285925.9%25.0%
FY20202265423.9%25.0%
FY20212315222.5%24.9%
FY20222285423.7%25.0%
FY202300
FY20242245223.2%24.9%
FY20252223917.6%24.8%
FY20262194520.5%24.9%

Its states

Hospitals CMS cut, of those with a payment decision, and the middle score, by place.

PlaceWith a decisionHospitals cutShare cutMedian scoreEst. cut ($, modeled)
Arizona61120.0560$5.0M
Colorado497−0.1239$2.1M
Idaho152−0.0963$321K
Montana1040.0472$1.1M
Nevada194−0.1906$1.5Mfrom 3 of its 4 cut hospitals
New Mexico26110.0516$3.1Mfrom 10 of its 11 cut hospitals
Utah311−0.4237$27K
Wyoming840.3395$508K

Every hospital in the Mountain

The sortable table of this place’s hospitals needs JavaScript; the CSV file holds every hospital’s values.

Download all hospitals’ data (CSV) · Data dictionary · CMS’s dataset page

Download all hospitals’ data (CSV) · Data dictionary · CMS’s dataset page

Back to the national picture

A penalty reflects how CMS’s formula scored relative performance; it is not a verdict on the quality of care.

Cite this page

Paid & Penalized. Mountain: hospital-acquired conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/division/mountain/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.