Here's Who Topped This Year's 'Best Hospitals' List

This year's Best Hospitals rankings, released by U.S. News & World Report, saw familiar names topping the list. Mayo Clinic facilities in Arizona, Florida, and Minnesota continued their presence on the prestigious Honor Roll, while UC San Diego Health returned after a previous absence. The ranking system underwent some modifications this year, with a greater emphasis on risk-adjusted patient outcome measures such as survival and complication rates.

Additionally, U.S. News introduced regional specialty rankings for cancer, cardiology, heart and vascular surgery, orthopedics, and rehabilitation.

U.S. News aims to assist families and medical providers in making informed healthcare decisions by providing a convenient way to assess local options. Nearly 4,500 hospitals across 14 adult specialties and 23 procedures and conditions were evaluated for this year's rankings, with only 16% earning the Best Hospitals designation. This select group excelled in factors like risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications, and patient experience.

The Honor Roll consisted of 20 hospitals that accumulated the highest points out of a potential total of 566. To qualify for the 2026-2027 list, hospitals needed to earn 307 points or more. The top-performing Honor Roll hospitals for this year's rankings are as follows: Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Cleveland Clinic, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Houston Methodist Hospital, Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mayo Clinic-Arizona in Phoenix, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell in New York City, Northwestern Medicine-Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, NYU Langone Hospitals in New York City, Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Stanford Health Care in Stanford, California, UC San Diego Health in La Jolla, Hillcrest, and East Campus Medical Centers, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles, and UCSF Health in San Francisco.