List of America's best hospitals announced by U.S. News
U.S. News & World Report's annual Best Hospitals rankings was released today, including a featured honor roll of the top 20 hospitals in the country. The annual list is aimed at helping patients find the top ranked hospitals when they need care.
The U.S. News 2025-2026 Best Hospitals Honor Roll top 20 centers include:
• AdventHealth Orlando
• Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
• Cleveland Clinic
• Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey
• Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia
• Houston Methodist Hospital
• Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
• Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
• Mayo Clinic-Arizona, Phoenix
• Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Minnesota
• Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell, New York City
• Northwestern Medicine-Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
• NYU Langone Hospitals, New York City
• Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
• Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto, California
• UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
• UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco
• University of Michigan Health-Ann Arbor
Find the U.S. News break down each hospital's rankings and the reasons why the hospital was named to the list here.
Hospitals are awarded Honor Roll points if they rank in one or more of the 15 specialties that U.S. News evaluates, and in one or more of the 22 procedures or conditions for patient outcomes. Ratings are also based on each hospital's quality, experience and adequate staffing. The list is further broken down by each state and region. hospitals with a wide breadth of excellence are recognized as Best Regional Hospitals, and the best of these are named to the national Honor Roll.
For patients looking for specific specialities or treatments, U.S. News rates hospitals in 22 benchmark procedures and conditions, including knee replacement, coronary bypass surgery and gynecological cancer surgery.
Find additional information on the top 504 best regional, state and major metro area hospitals.
Dave Fornell has covered healthcare for more than 17 years, with a focus in cardiology and radiology. Fornell is a 5-time winner of a Jesse H. Neal Award, the most prestigious editorial honors in the field of specialized journalism. The wins included best technical content, best use of social media and best COVID-19 coverage. Fornell was also a three-time Neal finalist for best range of work by a single author. He produces more than 100 editorial videos each year, most of them interviews with key opinion leaders in medicine. He also writes technical articles, covers key trends, conducts video hospital site visits, and is very involved with social media. E-mail: [email protected]