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Banner del E. Webb Medical Center

14502 West Meeker Boulevard, Sun City West, AZ 85375

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services Birthing-friendly

Banner del E. Webb Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 59% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 23 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 2 and worse on 2. Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 50 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).

Every figure on this page is published by CMS; we arrange and explain it, and score nothing ourselves.

CMS overall rating 3/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 59% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 2/5 865 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 2 worse 2 better of 23 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 865 completed surveys, 24% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
59%
AZ 68% · US 71% · 2 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
59%
AZ 68% · US 72% · 2 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
70%
AZ 77% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
70%
AZ 76% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
47%
AZ 60% · US 62% · 1 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
84%
AZ 84% · US 86% · 3 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
61%
AZ 70% · US 74% · 2 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
43%
AZ 56% · US 60% · 2 of 5 stars

This hospital Arizona average US average

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 · 367 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 22 min 3 h 50 min 2 h 56 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 22 visits sampled 4 h 49 min 4 h 33 min 4 h 17 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 59,489 patients 1% 2% 2%
Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 77 patients 66% 70% 69%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 122 patients 63% 59% 65%

How Banner del E. Webb 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 del E. Webb Medical CenterThis hospital3/559%3 h 50 min2 better 2 worse
Wickenburg Community HospitalSame county · WickenburgNot rated81%2 h 36 minNo different
Abrazo West CampusSame county · Goodyear2/549%2 h 53 min2 better 1 worse
Banner Boswell Medical CenterSame county · Sun City3/562%3 h 44 min3 better 5 worse
Dignity Health - Arizona General HospitalSame county · LaveenNot rated73%1 h 44 min1 better
City of Hope Cancer Center PhoenixSame county · Goodyear4/586%—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.

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 5,440 cases Too few cases 3.7% 3.9%
Heart attack 294 cases Too few cases 11.1% 11.9%
Heart failure 692 cases Too few cases 9.1% 11.1%
Pneumonia 1,119 cases Too few cases 15.5% 15.2%
Stroke 550 cases Too few cases 11.5% 11.9%
COPD 209 cases Too few cases 9.3% 8.6%

1 more measure 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.

12 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 0.75 likely 0.41 – 1.08 1
After hip or knee replacement 77 cases Too few cases 4.9% 4.1%
Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 106 cases No different 157.74 per 1,000 likely 105.03 per 1,000 – 210.45 per 1,000 173.3 per 1,000
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 7,568 cases No different 0.12 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.71 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 8,800 cases No different 0.27 per 1,000 likely 0.08 per 1,000 – 0.46 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 9,032 cases No different 0.37 per 1,000 likely 0.19 per 1,000 – 0.56 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 1,601 cases No different 2.73 per 1,000 likely 1.23 per 1,000 – 4.22 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 340 cases No different 1.53 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.18 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 348 cases No different 6.39 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 14.8 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 1,736 cases No different 2.68 per 1,000 likely 0.75 per 1,000 – 4.6 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 311 cases No different 4.49 per 1,000 likely 0.47 per 1,000 – 8.51 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 401 cases No different 1.88 per 1,000 likely 0.43 per 1,000 – 3.32 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 1,807 cases No different 1.33 per 1,000 likely 0.43 per 1,000 – 2.24 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.

1 worse than the nation 1 better than the nation 4 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) No different 1.19 likely 0.38 – 2.86 1
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) No different 0.22 likely 0.01 – 1.09 1
Surgical site infections after colon surgery No different 0.61 likely 0.1 – 2 1
Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy No different 0.85 likely 0.04 – 4.21 1
MRSA bloodstream infections Worse 2.66 likely 1.3 – 4.87 1
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0.52 likely 0.35 – 0.76 1

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.

2 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after a heart attack 419 cases Too few cases 13.5% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 1,181 cases Too few cases 20.2% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 1,748 cases Too few cases 18.3% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 399 cases Too few cases 19.8% 20%
Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 88 cases Too few cases 6.4% 5.8%
Days back in hospital after a heart attack 269 cases Too few cases 15.7 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after heart failure 775 cases Too few cases -19.8 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 1,165 cases Too few cases 30.1 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 834 cases No different 12.8 per 1,000 likely 9.8 per 1,000 – 16.5 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 819 cases No different 1.1 likely 0.9 – 1.4 —

4 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

159 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 3 residents and trainees. 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
Hospitalist 48
Physician Assistant 26
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered 18
Pharmacist 9
Emergency Medicine 8
Critical Care Medicine 7
Registered Nurse 7
Family 4
Medical 4
Anesthesiology 3
Acute Care 2
Family Medicine 2

First 12 alphabetically

Money from drug and device companies

Drug and device makers have to report what they pay teaching hospitals to CMS's Open Payments program. At many teaching hospitals most of it is research funding, or royalties for inventions the hospital licensed to a company. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.

2025 total $26,571 general $26,571 · research $0
All years, 2019–2025 $126,194 51 reported payments
  • 2019 $49,430
  • 2020 $537
  • 2021 $5,090
  • 2022 $8,135
  • 2023 $19,370
  • 2024 $17,061
  • 2025 $26,571

General payments Research payments

What the 2025 general payments were for

Type of payment Amount Payments
Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan $26,571 10

Largest paying companies, 2025

Company Amount Payments
Stryker Corporation $24,291 9
Medtronic, Inc. $2,279 1

Amounts are as the paying companies reported them to CMS; Open Payments data retrieved 13 Sep 2026. Full record on CMS Open Payments.

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.

CMS Care Compare data retrieved 4 Oct 2026, refreshed weekly. Where this data comes from and how we handle it · Report an error

Common questions about Banner del E. Webb Medical Center

Is Banner del E. Webb Medical Center a good hospital?

Banner del E. Webb Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 23 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 2 and worse on 2. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Banner del E. Webb Medical Center?

59% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 865 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Banner del E. Webb Medical Center emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 50 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. 1% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Does Banner del E. Webb Medical Center receive money from drug and device companies?

Drug and device makers reported $26,571 in payments to Banner del E. Webb Medical Center for 2025, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.