Best Hospitals 2026–2027
According to U.S. News & World Report, only 16% of evaluated hospitals received a Best Hospitals designation. Here is a summary of the top-ranked hospitals across the country.
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Overview
Overall, only 16% of the evaluated hospitals received a Best Hospitals designation. A total of 505 hospitals across 49 U.S. states earned a Best Regional Hospital designation, and 73 hospitals were recognized as Best Regional Hospitals for Community Access.
U.S. News recognized 20 hospitals as part of its "Honor Roll." According to U.S. News, hospitals on the Honor Roll are those "that have excellent results in treating patients in the full range of adult care – both performance in the Best Hospitals Specialty rankings and the Best Hospitals Procedures & Conditions."
Honor Roll Hospitals
The following 20 hospitals are listed in alphabetical order:
Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, MA)
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH)
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD)
Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA)
Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)
Mayo Clinic-Arizona (Phoenix, AZ)
Mayo Clinic-Florida (Jacksonville, FL)
Mount Sinai Hospital (New York, NY)
New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell (New York, NY)
Northwestern Medicine-Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago, IL)
NYU Langone Hospitals (New York, NY)
Rush University Medical Center (Chicago, IL)
Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital (Palo Alto, CA)
UC San Diego Health-La Jolla, Hillcrest, and East Campus Medical Centers (San Diego, CA)
UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center (Los Angeles, CA)
UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco, CA)
University of Michigan Health-Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI)
Top Hospitals by Specialty
Cancer
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX)
Cardiology, heart and vascular surgery
NYU Langone Hospitals (New York, NY)
Diabetes and endocrinology
Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)
Gastroenterology and GI surgery
Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)
Geriatrics
UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco, CA)
Neurology and neurosurgery
NYU Langone Hospitals (New York, NY)
Obstetrics and gynecology
John Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD)
Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute-University of Miami Hospital and Clinics (Miami, FL)
Orthopedics
Hospital for Special Surgery (New York, NY)
Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA)
Pulmonology and lung surgery
UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco, CA)
Rehabilitation
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (Chicago, IL)
Rheumatology
John Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD)
Urology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, NY)
"For nearly four decades, U.S. News has helped families and their medical providers navigate complex healthcare decisions. Because most patients choose providers close to home, this year's debut of regional specialty rankings ... gives them an easy new way to evaluate their local options in consultation with their medical providers."
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