Critical Access hospitals in Arizona
Critical Access hospitals › Arizona
Arizona has 17 Critical Access hospitals. 16 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 14 min.
A Critical Access Hospital is a Medicare designation for a small rural hospital. To qualify, a hospital keeps no more than 25 inpatient beds, sits a set distance from the next nearest hospital, keeps an average inpatient stay of 96 hours or less, and provides emergency care 24 hours a day. The designation exists to keep emergency care within reach in places too small to support a full general hospital, and it changes how Medicare pays them.
| Hospital | City | ER wait | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benson Hospital | Benson | 2 hr 35 min | — |
| Copper Queen Community Hospital | Bisbee | 2 hr | — |
| Sage Memorial Hospital | Ganado | not reported | — |
| Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center | Globe | 1 hr 58 min | 2/5 |
| Carondelet Holy Cross Hospital | Nogales | 2 hr 24 min | — |
| Page Hospital | Page | 1 hr 18 min | — |
| La Paz Regional Hospital | Parker | not reported | 2/5 |
| Parker Indian Health Center | Parker | not reported | — |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | 2 hr 22 min | 4/5 |
| San Carlos Apache Healthcare Corporation | Peridot | not reported | — |
| Hopi Health Care Center | Polacca | not reported | — |
| Huhu Kam Memorial Hospital | Sacaton | 2 hr 9 min | — |
| Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center | Safford | 2 hr 26 min | — |
| White Mountain Regional Medical Center | Springerville | 2 hr 14 min | — |
| Wickenburg Community Hospital | Wickenburg | 2 hr 36 min | — |
| Northern Cochise Community Hospital | Willcox | not reported | — |
| Little Colorado Medical Center | Winslow | 2 hr 12 min | — |
Designation from the CMS Hospital General Information dataset. Data published July 2026. See all hospitals in Arizona, or Critical Access hospitals in other states. How this data works.