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HospitalBanner Thunderbird Medical Center Estimated FY2026 net: −$367K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 030089

1Hospital

Banner Thunderbird Medical Center

2Location

Glendale, AZ (Arizona’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 85306

Maricopa County

3Type

Minor teaching · 561 beds · Government · Urban

4Care Compare stars

4 of 5 stars

Overall rating, CMS Care Compare data of July 22, 2026
Open on Care Compare (opens in a new tab)

5Total HAC Score

0.0991

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $613K, likely $499⁠–⁠666K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.0991 for Banner Thunderbird Medical Center and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $613K estimate 1% of about $61.3M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year plus the teaching payments Medicare makes on its Medicare Advantage patients’ stays. Its score was 0.2808 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $499–666K

Its score was at or below CMS’s line, so this program did not cut its Medicare payments for the year. The score compares hospitals with each other; it is not a grade of the quality of care.

CMS cut scores of 0.3799 and above.

Each year CMS cuts the hospitals with the highest quarter of scores, those above the 75th percentile, so the line moves with other hospitals’ scores.

lowest −1.4728 highest 2.3133 1% cut Middle hospital: −0.0453 Middle hospital−0.0453 CMS’s line: 0.3799 and up CMS’s line0.3799 and up This hospital: 0.0991 This hospital 0.0991 lowest −1.4728 highest 2.3133 1% cut Middle hospital: −0.0453 Middle hospital−0.0453 CMS’s line: 0.3799 and up CMS’s line0.3799 and up This hospital: 0.0991 This hospital 0.0991

Higher than 59% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 3 of 11 years

  1. 15No
  2. 16Cut
  3. 17Cut
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21No
  8. 22Cut
  9. 23—
  10. 24No
  11. 25No
  12. 26No

Where the score came from

CMS scored this hospital on all 6 measures. On every measure a lower value is better. Each row puts the hospital among every hospital with a value: the gray columns are those hospitals, the tall tick is the national median, and the hatched ends score the same as CMS’s floor or cap.

Bringing PSI 90 down to the national median (0.9623) would lower the score the most: by 0.3087, to −0.2096. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 2; PSI 90 added the most to its score.
  • This hospital
  • National median
  • Scores the same as CMS’s floor or cap
  1. PSI 90 (what it counts)

    Safety problems such as serious bedsores, falls that break a bone and blood clots after surgery, found by CMS in traditional Medicare claims. A value of 1 matches the national composite value.

    added the most

    Patient safety and adverse events composite

    Worse than 91% of the other 2,808 hospitals

    estimate

    This site recomputes this measure’s z‑score from CMS’s published value. The recompute can differ from CMS’s z‑score by up to 0.0021. How this site estimates

    CMS value1.2276

    Z-score1.6695

    Part of score+0.2783

  2. CLABSI (what it counts)

    Bloodstream infections tied to a central line, a tube often placed in a large vein in the neck, chest or groin. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Central line–associated bloodstream infections

    Better than 64% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.419

    Z-score−0.4345

    Part of score−0.0724

  3. CAUTI (what it counts)

    Urinary tract infections that start from a urinary catheter, a tube that drains the bladder. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Catheter-associated urinary tract infections

    Better than 66% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.334

    Z-score−0.5135

    Part of score−0.0856

  4. SSI (what it counts)

    Deep infections at the site of colon surgery or an abdominal hysterectomy, within a month of the operation, pooled into one measure. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Surgical site infections after colon surgery or abdominal hysterectomy

    Better than 53% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.749

    Z-score−0.1734

    Part of score−0.0289

  5. CDI (what it counts)

    C. diff infections, which cause diarrhea and inflammation of the colon, found by a lab test and starting in the hospital. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections

    Worse than 73% of the other 2,766 hospitals

    estimate

    This site recomputes this measure’s z‑score from CMS’s published value. The recompute can differ from CMS’s z‑score by up to 0.0071. How this site estimates

    CMS value0.508

    Z-score0.5048

    Part of score+0.0841

  6. MRSA (what it counts)

    Bloodstream infections with MRSA, a germ that resists several antibiotics, found by a lab test and starting in the hospital. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    MRSA bloodstream infections

    Better than 65% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.478

    Z-score−0.4583

    Part of score−0.0764

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

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MeasureCMS valueNational medianZ-scorePart of the scoreAmong hospitals
PSI 901.22760.96231.6695+0.2783Worse than 91% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.4190.559−0.4345−0.0724Better than 64% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.3340.489−0.5135−0.0856Better than 66% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.7490.795−0.1734−0.0289Better than 53% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.5080.3460.5048+0.0841Worse than 73% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.4780.641−0.4583−0.0764Better than 65% of the other 2,067 hospitals

How the parts add up

CMS adds the z‑scores and divides by the number of measures scored, so each measure counts the same. Each bar below is one z‑score divided by 6; a bar right of zero raised the score and one left of zero lowered it.

(1.6695PSI 90−0.4345CLABSI−0.5135CAUTI−0.1734SSI+0.5048CDI−0.4583MRSA)÷6measures=0.0991Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.2808 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.0991, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 1.6695 divided by 6 = +0.2783PSI 90+0.2783 CLABSI: z‑score −0.4345 divided by 6 = −0.0724CLABSI−0.0724 CAUTI: z‑score −0.5135 divided by 6 = −0.0856CAUTI−0.0856 SSI: z‑score −0.1734 divided by 6 = −0.0289SSI−0.0289 CDI: z‑score 0.5048 divided by 6 = +0.0841CDI+0.0841 MRSA: z‑score −0.4583 divided by 6 = −0.0764MRSA−0.0764 Total HAC Score: 0.0991Score0.0991 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 1.6695 divided by 6 = +0.2783PSI 90+0.2783 CLABSI: z‑score −0.4345 divided by 6 = −0.0724CLABSI−0.0724 CAUTI: z‑score −0.5135 divided by 6 = −0.0856CAUTI−0.0856 SSI: z‑score −0.1734 divided by 6 = −0.0289SSI−0.0289 CDI: z‑score 0.5048 divided by 6 = +0.0841CDI+0.0841 MRSA: z‑score −0.4583 divided by 6 = −0.0764MRSA−0.0764 Total HAC Score: 0.0991Score0.0991 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.4

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

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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreRunning total
PSI 901.6695+0.27830.2783
CLABSI−0.4345−0.07240.2059
CAUTI−0.5135−0.08560.1203
SSI−0.1734−0.02890.0914
CDI0.5048+0.08410.1755
MRSA−0.4583−0.07640.0991
Total HAC Score0.0991
CMS’s line0.37920.3799

The money is a cliff

This program’s cut doesn’t grow with the score. Over CMS’s line, CMS cuts 1% of what traditional Medicare pays a hospital for inpatient stays that year, and of the teaching payments Medicare makes on its Medicare Advantage stays; at or under the line, this program cuts nothing.

The chart draws what the cut would be for this hospital at any Total HAC Score, from this site’s estimate of its payments, with its own score marked.

Figure 3. The cut is a cliff, not a slope: this hospital’s score, 0.2808 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.2808 higher, the cut would have been about $613K by this site’s estimate, the same as at CMS’s highest score, 2.3133.
CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $613K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $613K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.0991 This hospital 0.0991 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $613K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $613Kat any score from 0.3799 −1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.0991 This hospital 0.0991

Under the axis, every Total HAC Score CMS published: 306 of the 2,929 scored within 0.1 of CMS’s line, on one side or the other.

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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ScoreTotal HAC ScoreEstimated HAC cut (whole dollars)
Any score up to 0.37920.3792$0
Any score from 0.37990.3799−$612,898
This hospital0.0991$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$612,898

The money, line by line

This site estimates what traditional Medicare pays the hospital for a year of inpatient stays, and the teaching payments Medicare makes on its Medicare Advantage patients’ stays, from CMS’s FY2026 payment files, then applies Medicare’s three hospital quality programs: the readmissions and value-based adjustments to the base payment, and the HAC cut last, as the law sets.

The readmissions and value-based programs adjust only the base payment: the DRG rates times the hospital’s cases, and a Medicare-dependent hospital’s add-on. The HAC cut comes last and takes 1% of everything left, teaching, low-income-patient, outlier, capital and uncompensated care payments included.

($61,640,378payment+$16,092teaching, MA stays−$50,073readmissions−$316,610value-based)×1%the cut=$612,898at stake

$612,898at stake÷3,406traditional Medicare stays=$180per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $613K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$50K and −$317K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays, and for teaching on Medicare Advantage stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $50,073,369
Teaching (indirect medical education) $76,612
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $16,092
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $2,989,380
Outliers: unusually costly stays $814,694
Capital: buildings and equipment $4,307,973
Uncompensated care $3,378,350
Total, before the three programs $61,656,470
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9990 − 1) −$50,073
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9937 − 1) −$316,610
After these two $61,289,787
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $612,898 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$401K to −$317K −$366,683

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, a sole community hospital rate difference, and a low-volume adjustment.

Whole dollars, so every line adds up; the estimate is not that precise. Each likely range spans the middle 80% of the misses this site’s estimate made for similar hospitals (or for a wider group, where there were too few) when it was checked against their FY2024 cost reports: one year’s check, not a promise of how often a hospital’s actual figure lands inside.

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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LineAmount (whole dollars)
DRG payments at the federal rates (the base)$50,073,369
Teaching (indirect medical education)$76,612
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$16,092
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$2,989,380
Outliers: unusually costly stays$814,694
Capital: buildings and equipment$4,307,973
Uncompensated care$3,378,350
Total, before the three programs$61,656,470
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9990 − 1))−$50,073
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9937 − 1))−$316,610
After these two$61,289,787
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $612,898)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$401K to −$317K)−$366,683

What if a measure were different?

Change a measure’s value to see how this site recomputes the Total HAC Score, the payment reduction decision and, by its estimate, the money, starting from CMS’s values. The money doesn’t slide with the score: it drops off a cliff at CMS’s line.

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CMS reportsHypothetical
Total HAC Score0.0991same
Payment reduction decisionNosame
Payment cut0%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$0same

CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799

The faint ticks are CMS’s line in earlier years under the same formula, from about 0.300 (FY2022) to about 0.375 (FY2024). The line moves every year, so a hospital can cross it without changing anything.

CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.0991 and a payment reduction decision of No.

A what-if shows the formula’s arithmetic, not what a hospital could realistically change or how. CMS’s real result also depends on other hospitals.

How much cushion?

Staying at or under CMS’s line keeps about $613K out of this program’s cut, this site estimates: a score a hair over would cost all of it.

From CMS’s values, one measure at a time, with every other measure held at CMS’s value.

MeasureHighest value that keeps No
PSI 90any value: every PSI 90 value past the cap (1.3482) scores the same
CLABSIup to 1.143
CAUTIup to 1.031
SSIup to 1.730
CDIup to 0.942
MRSAup to 1.282

Each measure weighs 1 ÷ 6 of the score.

Measure values

SIR 1.0 = as many infections as predicted · Lower is better

On each track the tick is the national median; shaded values score the same as the floor or cap, as this site fits them to CMS’s values.

CMS 1.2276 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.419 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.334 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.749 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.508 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.478 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. PSI 90 added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.0991 among its measured results: +0.2783.
  • PSI 90 +0.2783
  • CLABSI −0.0724
  • CAUTI −0.0856
  • SSI −0.0289
  • CDI +0.0841
  • MRSA −0.0764

A measure adds its z‑score divided by 6, the number of measures scored. Bars right of the center line raise the score. Hatched: assigned by CMS.

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

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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreHypothetical
PSI 901.6695+0.2783same
CLABSI−0.4345−0.0724same
CAUTI−0.5135−0.0856same
SSI−0.1734−0.0289same
CDI0.5048+0.0841same
MRSA−0.4583−0.0764same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/030089/

Among hospitals with a Yes or No payment decision, CMS cut those with a published Total HAC Score of 0.3799 or higher and none at 0.3792 or lower. Maryland’s hospitals are scored but not subject to the reduction.

Held fixed: every other hospital’s results, CMS’s line, and each measure’s mean, spread, floor and cap as this site fits them to CMS’s published values.

Year by year

Where this hospital’s score fell among every hospital’s, each year CMS published one. A score near the top is among the highest; the shaded band is where CMS cut. Places compare across years even where CMS changed how it builds the score.

Its longest run: cut 2 years in a row.

Figure 6. CMS cut this hospital in 3 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 5.3000, higher than 47% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 7.5000, higher than 83% of scores; cutFY2017: score 6.7700, higher than 79% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.1784, higher than 65% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.171, higher than 64% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.1728, higher than 65% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.2912, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.3104, higher than 75% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.1155, higher than 61% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.1563, higher than 63% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.0991, higher than 59% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 5.3000, higher than 47% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 7.5000, higher than 83% of scores; cutFY2017: score 6.7700, higher than 79% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.1784, higher than 65% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.171, higher than 64% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.1728, higher than 65% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.2912, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.3104, higher than 75% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.1155, higher than 61% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.1563, higher than 63% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.0991, higher than 59% of scores; not cut 151617181920212223242526

● Red: a year CMS cut it ○ Hollow: a year it didn’t

This site recomputes · 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 yearTotal HAC ScoreHigher than this share of scoresPayment reduction
FY20155.300047.5%not cut
FY20167.500083.9%cut
FY20176.770079.1%cut
FY20180.178465.1%not cut
FY20190.17164.9%not cut
FY20200.172865.5%not cut
FY20210.291272.7%not cut
FY20220.310475.4%cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.115561.0%not cut
FY20250.156363.0%not cut
FY20260.099159.0%not cut

Its infections, year by year

This hospital’s infection rate against prediction for each calendar year Care Compare published one, on each measure with at least two years of results (black), over the nation’s middle hospital (gray). Below the dashed line at one, fewer infections than predicted. Each year is measured against the same fixed baseline, not against other hospitals, so unlike the score they can all improve at once.

Figure 7. 4 of its 6 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 1.01 → 0.26 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.015CLABSI, 2018: 0.748CLABSI, 2019: 0.855CLABSI, 2021: 1.325CLABSI, 2022: 1.080CLABSI, 2023: 0.581CLABSI, 2024: 0.257 CAUTI 0.11 → 0.24 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.108CAUTI, 2018: 0.283CAUTI, 2019: 1.076CAUTI, 2021: 0.590CAUTI, 2022: 0.495CAUTI, 2023: 0.428CAUTI, 2024: 0.241 SSI, colon 1.87 → 0.78 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.870SSI, colon, 2018: 1.486SSI, colon, 2019: 1.794SSI, colon, 2021: 0.459SSI, colon, 2022: 0.731SSI, colon, 2023: 0.762SSI, colon, 2024: 0.781 SSI, hysterectomy 0.93 → 0.84 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.926SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.775SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 2.091SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.601SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.321SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 0.596SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 0.845 MRSA 0.57 → 0.37 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.569MRSA, 2018: 0.941MRSA, 2019: 0.251MRSA, 2021: 0.698MRSA, 2022: 0.647MRSA, 2023: 0.600MRSA, 2024: 0.366 C. diff 0.43 → 0.48 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.428C. diff, 2018: 0.286C. diff, 2019: 0.537C. diff, 2021: 0.512C. diff, 2022: 0.623C. diff, 2023: 0.537C. diff, 2024: 0.480 CLABSI 1.01 → 0.26 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.015CLABSI, 2018: 0.748CLABSI, 2019: 0.855CLABSI, 2021: 1.325CLABSI, 2022: 1.080CLABSI, 2023: 0.581CLABSI, 2024: 0.257 CAUTI 0.11 → 0.24 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.108CAUTI, 2018: 0.283CAUTI, 2019: 1.076CAUTI, 2021: 0.590CAUTI, 2022: 0.495CAUTI, 2023: 0.428CAUTI, 2024: 0.241 SSI, colon 1.87 → 0.78 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.870SSI, colon, 2018: 1.486SSI, colon, 2019: 1.794SSI, colon, 2021: 0.459SSI, colon, 2022: 0.731SSI, colon, 2023: 0.762SSI, colon, 2024: 0.781 SSI, hysterectomy 0.93 → 0.84 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.926SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.775SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 2.091SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.601SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.321SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 0.596SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 0.845 MRSA 0.57 → 0.37 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.569MRSA, 2018: 0.941MRSA, 2019: 0.251MRSA, 2021: 0.698MRSA, 2022: 0.647MRSA, 2023: 0.600MRSA, 2024: 0.366 C. diff 0.43 → 0.48 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.428C. diff, 2018: 0.286C. diff, 2019: 0.537C. diff, 2021: 0.512C. diff, 2022: 0.623C. diff, 2023: 0.537C. diff, 2024: 0.480

Source: CMS Care Compare, healthcare-associated infections by hospital, calendar years 2017 to 2024 (Provider Data Catalog archives; the oldest year through the Internet Archive’s copy).

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Calendar yearCLABSICAUTISSI, colonSSI, hysterectomyMRSAC. diff
20171.0150.1081.8700.9260.5690.428
20180.7480.2831.4860.7750.9410.286
20190.8551.0761.7942.0910.2510.537
20211.3250.5900.4591.6010.6980.512
20221.0800.4950.7310.3210.6470.623
20230.5810.4280.7620.5960.6000.537
20240.2570.2410.7810.8450.3660.480

Among hospitals like it

Each row is a group this hospital belongs to, drawn from every hospital in it with a payment decision. Red columns are hospitals past CMS’s line, the ones CMS cut; the short tick is the group’s middle score.

In Arizona, its score is higher than 53% of the other 60 scored there.

In Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ area, its score is higher than 50% of the other 36 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in 5 of the 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 19% (Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ area) to 35% (Government).
All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals 2,886 hospitals25% cut West region: CMS cut 157 of 593 (26%); middle score −0.0302West region 593 hospitals26% cut Arizona: CMS cut 12 of 61 (20%); middle score 0.0560Arizona 61 hospitals20% cut Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ area: CMS cut 7 of 37 (19%); middle score 0.0991Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ area37 hospitals19% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching 873 hospitals21% cut 500 beds and up: CMS cut 105 of 365 (29%); middle score 0.1323500 beds and up 365 hospitals29% cut Government: CMS cut 140 of 401 (35%); middle score 0.1602Government 401 hospitals35% cut Urban: CMS cut 510 of 2,241 (23%); middle score −0.0574Urban 2,241 hospitals23% cut CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1012 This hospital: 0.0991 This hospital 0.0991 All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals2,886 hospitals25% cut West region: CMS cut 157 of 593 (26%); middle score −0.0302West region593 hospitals26% cut Arizona: CMS cut 12 of 61 (20%); middle score 0.0560Arizona61 hospitals20% cut Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ area: CMS cut 7 of 37 (19%); middle score 0.0991Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ area37 hospitals19% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching873 hospitals21% cut 500 beds and up: CMS cut 105 of 365 (29%); middle score 0.1323500 beds and up365 hospitals29% cut Government: CMS cut 140 of 401 (35%); middle score 0.1602Government401 hospitals35% cut Urban: CMS cut 510 of 2,241 (23%); middle score −0.0574Urban2,241 hospitals23% cut CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1.5−1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0 This hospital: 0.0991 This hospital 0.0991

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

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GroupWith a decisionHospitals cutShare cutMiddle scoreHospital higher than
All hospitals2,88671825%−0.045359%
West region59315726%−0.030259%
Arizona611220%0.056053%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ area37719%0.099150%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056761%
500 beds and up36510529%0.132346%
Government40114035%0.160247%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057460%
This hospital0.0991
CMS’s line0.37920.3799

The nearest hospitals

The 8 closest hospitals with a Total HAC Score, in a straight line. The squares are each hospital’s measures in order: filled, above the national median; open, at or below it; hatched, assigned by CMS; blank, not scored.

Figure 9. CMS cut 1 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 3 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. Abrazo Scottsdale Campus, Phoenix: score −0.5216, not cut, 11 miles87. Banner Estrella Medical Center, Phoenix: score 0.2939, not cut, 10 miles76. Abrazo Central Campus, Phoenix: score −0.6584, not cut, 7 miles65. The Core Institute Specialty Hosp, Phoenix: score −1.0835, not cut, 7 miles54. Honor Health John C. Lincoln Medical Center, Phoenix: score 0.3289, not cut, 7 miles43. HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center, Phoenix: score 0.2475, not cut, 5 miles32. Banner Boswell Medical Center, Sun City: score 0.6573, cut, 5 miles21. Abrazo Arrowhead Hospital, Glendale: score −0.7282, not cut, 3 miles1This hospital: Banner Thunderbird Medical Center

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Abrazo Arrowhead Hospital, Glendale, AZ3−0.7282not cut
Banner Boswell Medical Center, Sun City, AZ50.6573cut
HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ50.2475not cut
Honor Health John C. Lincoln Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ70.3289not cut
The Core Institute Specialty Hosp, Phoenix, AZ7−1.0835not cut
Abrazo Central Campus, Phoenix, AZ7−0.6584not cut
Banner Estrella Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ100.2939not cut
Abrazo Scottsdale Campus, Phoenix, AZ11−0.5216not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Abrazo Arrowhead HospitalGlendale, AZ3−0.7282No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
2Banner Boswell Medical CenterSun City, AZ50.65731% cut$739KAbove the national median on 4 of 6 measures
3HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical CenterPhoenix, AZ50.2475No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
4Honor Health John C. Lincoln Medical CenterPhoenix, AZ70.3289No cut$0Above the national median on 6 of 6 measures
5The Core Institute Specialty HospPhoenix, AZ7−1.0835No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 2 measures
6Abrazo Central CampusPhoenix, AZ7−0.6584No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
7Banner Estrella Medical CenterPhoenix, AZ100.2939No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
8Abrazo Scottsdale CampusPhoenix, AZ11−0.5216No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Banner Thunderbird Medical Center, Glendale, AZ: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/030089/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.