The best US hospitals in 2022-2023

Minnesota-based Mayo Clinic took top honors as the best hospital in the United States, according to a new 2022-2023 ranking by U.S. News & World Report. 

The ranking, now in its 33rd year, evaluates hospitals in more than 30 medical and surgical services. The top 20 hospitals in the country are highlighted in an “Honor Roll” list for delivering exceptional treatment across many areas of care.

Mayo Clinic has topped the list for seven years in a row, followed by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at No. 2 and NYU Langone Hospitals at No. 3 on the list.

“For patients considering their options for where to get care, the Best Hospitals rankings are designed to help them and their medical professionals identify hospitals that excel in the kind of care they may need,” Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News, said in a statement. “The new cancer ratings provide patients facing surgery for prostate cancer or gynecological cancer with previously unavailable information to assist them in making a critical health care decision.” 

Here is the 2022-2023 best hospital honor roll:

1. Mayo Clinic

2. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

3. NYU Langone Hospitals

4. Cleveland Clinic

5. (Tie) Johns Hopkins Hospital

5. (Tie) UCLA Medical Center

7. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell

8. Massachusetts General Hospital

9. Northwestern Memorial Hospital

10. Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital

11. Barnes-Jewish Hospital

12. UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center

13. Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian

14. Brigham and Women's Hospital

15. Houston Methodist Hospital

16. Mount Sinai Hospital

17. University of Michigan Health-Ann Arbor

18. Mayo Clinic-Phoenix

19. Vanderbilt University Medical Center

20. Rush University Medical Center
 

When broken out among specialties, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center was ranked No. 1 in Cancer; the Cleveland Clinic was ranked No. 1 in Cardiology & Heart Surgery; and NYU Langone Hospitals was No. 1 in Neurology & Neurosurgery.

To rank U.S. hospitals, U.S. News factors objective measures, including survival rates, patient experience, level of nursing care and how successfully each hospital helps patients get back home. Hospitals are weighted on a variety of measures from data provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, American Hospital Association, professional organizations and medical specialists. 

 

Amy Baxter

Amy joined TriMed Media as a Senior Writer for HealthExec after covering home care for three years. When not writing about all things healthcare, she fulfills her lifelong dream of becoming a pirate by sailing in regattas and enjoying rum. Fun fact: she sailed 333 miles across Lake Michigan in the Chicago Yacht Club "Race to Mackinac."

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