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Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ

CMS cut 7 of the 37 hospitals in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ with a payment decision for fiscal year 2026: 18.9%, against 24.9% nationally.

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ · FY2026Compared with the nation

1Hospitals cut

Of 37 with a payment decision

2Share cut

18.9%

−6.0 pts vs the nation (24.9%)

3Rank

25th of 59

Share cut, highest first, among metro areas with at least 10 hospitals with a decision

4Median score

0.0991

Nation: −0.0453

5Scored on all 6

Of 37 scored (70%; nation 66%)

6Scored without data

Hospitals CMS gave its worst score on a measure

7Estimated dollars

$3.4M estimate

1.1% of the nation’s $306M, this site’s estimate

Likely range $2.7–3.8M

8Per traditional Medicare stay

$38

The nation: $47

19% cut

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 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ’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. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ: 7 cut of 37 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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Hospital	City	Total HAC Score	Payment reduction
Abrazo Arrowhead Hospital	Glendale	−0.7282	No
Abrazo Central Campus	Phoenix	−0.6584	No
Abrazo Scottsdale Campus	Phoenix	−0.5216	No
Abrazo West Campus	Goodyear	−0.1125	No
Arizona Orthopedic and Surgical Specialty Hospital	Phoenix	−0.0434	No
Arizona Spine and Joint Hospital	Mesa	−0.8110	No
Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix	Phoenix	0.4478	Yes
Banner Baywood Medical Center	Mesa	0.1540	No
Banner Boswell Medical Center	Sun City	0.6573	Yes
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center	Casa Grande	0.4417	Yes
Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center	Sun City West	−0.1281	No
Banner Desert Medical Center	Mesa	0.4090	Yes
Banner Estrella Medical Center	Phoenix	0.2939	No
Banner Gateway Medical Center	Gilbert	0.2048	No
Banner Goldfield Medical Center	Apache Junction	−1.4622	No
Banner Heart Hospital	Mesa	0.7449	Yes
Banner Ironwood Medical Center	Queen Creek	0.1049	No
Banner Ocotillo Medical Center	Chandler	−0.4846	No
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center	Glendale	0.0991	No
Chandler Regional Medical Center	Chandler	−0.1918	No
City of Hope Cancer Center Phoenix	Goodyear	−0.5670	No
Dignity Health - Arizona General Hospital	Laveen	N/A	No
Dignity Health Arizona General Hospital	Mesa	0.4311	Yes
East Valley Er & Hospital	Gilbert	2.1966	Yes
Exceptional Community Hospital - Maricopa	Maricopa	N/A	No
Honor Health John C. Lincoln Medical Center	Phoenix	0.3289	No
HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center	Phoenix	0.2475	No
HonorHealth Four Peaks Medical Center	Mesa	−0.4955	No
HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center	Scottsdale	0.0746	No
HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center	Scottsdale	0.3178	No
HonorHealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Med Ctr	Scottsdale	0.2242	No
HonorHealth Sonoran Crossing Medical Center	Phoenix	−0.4163	No
HonorHealth Tempe Medical Center	Phoenix	−0.5916	No
Mayo Clinic Hospital	Phoenix	−0.0274	No
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center	Gilbert	0.1207	No
Phoenix Indian Medical Center	Phoenix	0.3662	No
St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center	Phoenix	0.1597	No
The Core Institute Specialty Hosp	Phoenix	−1.0835	No
Valleywise Health Medical Center	Phoenix	0.0560	No

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. 18.9% of hospitals here scored past CMS’s line, against 24.9% nationally; the middle score here is 0.0991, and nationally −0.0453.

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

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Score from	to	Here	Nation
−1.6	−1.4	1	40
−1.4	−1.2	0	17
−1.2	−1.0	1	51
−1.0	−0.8	0	126
−0.8	−0.6	3	204
−0.6	−0.4	5	290
−0.4	−0.2	1	357
−0.2	0.0	5	407
0.0	0.2	7	343
0.2	0.4	7	333
0.4	0.6	4	237
0.6	0.8	2	173
0.8	1.0	0	116
1.0	1.2	0	91
1.2	1.4	0	30
1.4	1.6	0	21
1.6	1.8	0	10
1.8	2.0	0	3
2.0	2.2	0	13
2.2	2.4	1	24

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 (68% of its hospitals above the national median); best on CAUTI (26%).

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

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Measure	Hospitals with a value	Half
PSI 90	35	54%
CLABSI	30	53%
CAUTI	31	26%
SSI	29	62%
CDI	34	68%
MRSA	27	48%

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ across the line

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

Figure 4. 2 of the nation’s 141 hospitals within 0.05 of CMS’s line that this site estimates are Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ’s: 1 cut, about $859K by this site’s estimate, and 1 not cut, where a cut would have been about $29K.

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 line	Hospitals	Estimated cut, taken or not (whole dollars)
Under the line: not cut	82	$52,846,861
Over the line: cut	59	$29,847,503

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ, year by year

Every hospital in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ 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 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ’s hospitals cut that year, then the nation’s.

Figure 5. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ’s share cut was above the nation’s in 3 of the 11 years CMS cut anyone; 27 of its 39 hospitals have been cut at least once.

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 year	Hospitals with a decision	Cut	Share cut	Nation
FY2015	31	8	25.8%	21.9%
FY2016	32	7	21.9%	23.4%
FY2017	32	9	28.1%	24.0%
FY2018	31	6	19.4%	23.6%
FY2019	33	9	27.3%	25.0%
FY2020	33	7	21.2%	25.0%
FY2021	33	6	18.2%	24.9%
FY2022	34	7	20.6%	25.0%
FY2023	0	0
FY2024	37	5	13.5%	24.9%
FY2025	38	7	18.4%	24.8%
FY2026	37	7	18.9%	24.9%

Every hospital in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ

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Every hospital in CMS’s file in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ, with its Total HAC Score and payment reduction decision as CMS reports them

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Paid & Penalized. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ: hospital-acquired conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/metro/38060/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.