CMS certification 030088
Banner Baywood Medical Center
6644 East Baywood Avenue, Mesa, AZ 85206
Banner Baywood Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. 57% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 22 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 2. Emergency patients spend a median of 4 h 19 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).
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What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 695 completed surveys, 24% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
Emergency department
How long emergency patients spent here and how some time-critical care went, from CMS's timely and effective care measures, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. CMS classes this emergency department's patient volume as high; busier departments tend to have longer times, so the national median for departments of the same volume is shown too. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
| Measure | This hospital | AZ | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 336 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 22 min | 4 h 19 min | 2 h 56 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 14 visits sampled | 5 h 5 min | 4 h 33 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 54,609 patients | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 43 patients | 86% | 70% | 69% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 153 patients | 52% | 59% | 65% |
How Banner Baywood Medical Center compares with nearby hospitals
The closest hospitals of the same kind that CMS rates or surveys - the same city first, then the same county and ZIP area. Every figure is CMS's: the overall star rating, the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital, the median time emergency patients spent before leaving, and how many death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS found better or worse than the national rate.
| Hospital | CMS stars | Would recommend | ER median time | Vs the nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Baywood Medical CenterThis hospital | 2/5 | 57% | 4 h 19 min | 1 better 2 worse |
| Arizona Spine and Joint HospitalSame city | Not rated | 81% | — | 1 worse |
| Banner Heart HospitalSame city | 2/5 | 71% | — | 2 better 1 worse |
| Honorhealth Four Peaks Medical CenterSame city | 2/5 | 60% | 3 h | 1 better 1 worse |
| Banner Desert Medical CenterSame city | 2/5 | 58% | 4 h 29 min | 2 better 2 worse |
| Dignity Health Arizona General HospitalSame city | 5/5 | 81% | 1 h 32 min | 1 better |
Hospitals differ in size and in how sick their patients are. CMS adjusts its outcome measures for that, but a star or a percentage is a starting point for questions, not a verdict. All hospitals in Mesa.
Deaths
How many patients died within 30 days of admission, adjusted by CMS for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| All patients, hospital-wide 3,847 cases | Too few cases | 3.8% | 3.9% |
| Heart failure 290 cases | Too few cases | 12.1% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 874 cases | Too few cases | 19.7% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 582 cases | Too few cases | 12.2% | 11.9% |
| COPD 151 cases | Too few cases | 9.2% | 8.6% |
2 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Complications
How often patients had serious complications, most of them after surgery, adjusted for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2024.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious complications, combined measure | No different | 0.87 likely 0.52 – 1.22 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 57 cases | Too few cases | 4.1% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 74 cases | No different | 195.77 per 1,000 likely 143.71 per 1,000 – 247.83 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 5,555 cases | No different | 0.3 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.94 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 6,014 cases | No different | 0.22 per 1,000 likely 0.01 per 1,000 – 0.43 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 6,128 cases | No different | 0.3 per 1,000 likely 0.1 per 1,000 – 0.49 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 1,195 cases | No different | 1.89 per 1,000 likely 0.33 per 1,000 – 3.45 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 170 cases | No different | 1.58 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.26 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 187 cases | No different | 9.2 per 1,000 likely 0.4 per 1,000 – 18 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 1,257 cases | No different | 2.7 per 1,000 likely 0.66 per 1,000 – 4.74 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 166 cases | No different | 5.38 per 1,000 likely 1.33 per 1,000 – 9.42 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 301 cases | No different | 1.59 per 1,000 likely 0.13 per 1,000 – 3.04 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 1,232 cases | No different | 1.25 per 1,000 likely 0.29 per 1,000 – 2.2 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
Infections caught in the hospital
Standardized infection ratio: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one. Lower is better. Data from Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) | No different | 1.18 likely 0.37 – 2.84 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | No different | 0.45 likely 0.08 – 1.5 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 0 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.24 likely 0.01 – 1.17 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | No different | 0.86 likely 0.61 – 1.19 | 1 |
1 more measure had too few cases here to report.
Readmissions and return visits
How often patients had to come back to a hospital after going home. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2023 – Jun 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Readmitted after heart failure 524 cases | Too few cases | 22.2% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 1,378 cases | Too few cases | 15.7% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 342 cases | Too few cases | 19.5% | 20% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 57 cases | Too few cases | 6% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 309 cases | Too few cases | 22.2 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 865 cases | Too few cases | 1.3 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 307 cases | No different | 14.6 per 1,000 likely 11 per 1,000 – 19.5 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 40 cases | No different | 10.7 per 100 likely 7.3 per 100 – 15.6 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 40 cases | No different | 4.9 per 100 likely 3.1 per 100 – 7.8 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 661 cases | Worse | 1.3 likely 1 – 1.6 | — |
4 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
128 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry. The same address can take in offices and clinics in the building, and a listing does not prove admitting privileges or current employment.
| Specialty | Clinicians |
|---|---|
| Internal Medicine | 31 |
| Hospitalist | 15 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 14 |
| Emergency Medicine | 9 |
| Physician Assistant | 9 |
| Pharmacist | 8 |
| Pharmacotherapy | 8 |
| Infectious Disease | 4 |
| Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist | 4 |
| Physical Therapist | 3 |
| Ambulatory Care | 2 |
| Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | 2 |
First 12 alphabetically
How to read this page
- Everything here is published by CMS on Care Compare. We arrange it and explain it; the star ratings and the better / worse verdicts are CMS's, not ours.
- “No different” is the most common result on most measures at most hospitals. CMS only calls a result better or worse when the difference from the national rate is statistically clear.
- Death, complication and readmission rates are adjusted by CMS for how sick patients were, so hospitals that treat sicker patients can be compared fairly.
- Infection results are ratios: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one, below 1.0 is fewer.
- These are hospital-wide results. They do not rate an individual doctor, nurse or department, and they are not medical advice.
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Common questions about Banner Baywood Medical Center
Is Banner Baywood Medical Center a good hospital?
Banner Baywood Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 22 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 2. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Banner Baywood Medical Center?
57% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 695 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Banner Baywood Medical Center emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 4 h 19 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 22 min. 2% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.