The Leapfrog Group honored 149 hospitals with its annual Top Hospital Award in 2021. Of those, 72 are teaching hospitals, 46 are general hospitals, 23 are rural hospitals and eight are children's hospitals.
The Leapfrog Group used data from its annual hospital survey to identify the top hospitals. Selection is based on excellence across several quality standards and areas of patient care, including surgery outcomes, medication safety and infection rates. Read more about the methodology here.
Below are the 149 hospitals that received the Top Hospital Award this year.
California
Adventist Health Reedley
Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento)
Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center
Stanford Health Care
UC San Diego Medical Center (Hillcrest)
UC San Diego Health La Jolla-Jacobs Medical Center and Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center (Los Angeles)
Colorado
Avista Adventist Hospital (Louisville)
St. Francis Medical Center (Colorado Springs)
Swedish Medical Center (Englewood)
Connecticut
Hartford Hospital
Florida
AdventHealth Orlando
AdventHealth Tampa
AdventHealth Wesley Chapel
AdventHealth Winter Park
Orange Park Medical Center
Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital
Orlando Health-Orlando Regional Medical Center
Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital (Longwood)
Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies
Illinois
Amita Health Resurrection Medical Center Chicago
University of Chicago Medical Center
Indiana
The Women's Hospital (Newburgh)
Louisiana
Ochsner Lafayette General Surgical Hospital
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport-St. Mary Medical Center
Tulane Lakeside Hospital (Metairie)
Massachusetts
Berkshire Medical Center (Pittsfield)
Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston)
Marlborough Hospital
South Shore Hospital (Weymouth)
Michigan
Mercy Health Saint Mary's (Grand Rapids)
St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea
St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor
Missouri
Mercy Hospital South (St. Louis)
Mercy Hospital St. Louis
Nevada
Henderson Hospital
New Jersey
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center (Paramus)
Deborah Heart and Lung Center (Browns Mills)
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Hackensack University Medical Center
Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill
Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital
Jefferson Stratford Hospital
Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Neptune City)
Monmouth Medical Center (Long Branch)
Morristown Medical Center
Overlook Medical Center (Summit)
St. Luke's Warren Campus (Phillipsburg)
Virtua Voorhees Hospital
New Mexico
Heart Hospital of New Mexico (Albuquerque)
New York
NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island (Mineola)
NYU Langone (New York City)
North Carolina
Rex Hospital (Raleigh)
Ohio
Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital
Pennsylvania
Jefferson Bucks Hospital (Langhorne)
Lancaster General Hospital
St. Luke's Easton Hospital
St. Luke's Hospital-Allentown Campus
St. Luke's University Hospital-Bethlehem Campus
Temple University Hospital (Philadelphia)
Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital
Rhode Island
The Miriam Hospital (Providence)
South Carolina
Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge (Columbia)
Tennessee
Vanderbilt University Hospital (Nashville)
Texas
Medical City Denton
UT Health North Campus Tyler
Utah
St. Mark's Hospital (Millcreek)
Virginia
Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center (Portsmouth)
Carilion New River Valley Medical Center (Christiansburg)
Virginia Hospital Center (Arlington)
Washington
St. Clare Hospital (Lakewood)
Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle)
California
Marshall Medical Center (Placerville)
Colorado
Castle Rock Adventist Hospital
Florida
AdventHealth Altamonte Springs
AdventHealth Carrollwood (Tampa)
AdventHealth Dade City
AdventHealth Daytona Beach
AdventHealth DeLand
AdventHealth Zephyrhills
Baptist Medical Center Nassau (Fernandina Beach)
Flagler Hospital (St. Augustine)
Jupiter Medical Center
Lakewood Ranch Medical Center
Lehigh Regional Medical Center (Lehigh Acres)
Orlando Health South Lake Hospital (Clermont)
Georgia
AdventHealth Murray (Chatsworth)
Piedmont Macon North Hospital
Illinois
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital (DeKalb)
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital (Palos Heights)
Louisiana
The Spine Hospital of Louisiana at The NeuroMedical Center (Baton Rouge)
Massachusetts
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton
Cooley Dickinson Hospital (Northampton)
Emerson Hospital (Concord)
Saint Anne's Hospital (Fall River)
Good Samaritan Medical Center (Brockton)
Missouri
Mercy Hospital Jefferson (Festus)
Mercy Hospital Joplin
New Jersey
Chilton Medical Center (Pompton Plains)
Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical Center (Westwood)
New York
White Plains Hospital
North Carolina
AdventHealth Hendersonville
Wake Forest Baptist Health-Davie Medical Center (Bermuda Run)
WakeMed Cary Hospital
Ohio
Licking Memorial Hospital (Newark)
Pennsylvania
Butler Memorial Hospital
Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital (Orwigsburg)
Paoli Hospital
South Carolina
Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital (Charleston)
Roper St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital
Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital (Summerville)
Texas
North Central Baptist Hospital (San Antonio)
Resolute Health Hospital (New Braunfels)
Virginia
Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital (Newport News)
Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital (Fairfax)
Inova Loudoun Hospital (Leesburg)
Colorado
Mercy Hospital (Durango)
Florida
AdventHealth Wauchula
Georgia
Fairview Park Hospital (Dublin)
Louisiana
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital (Raceland)
Maine
Bridgton Hospital
Houlton Regional Hospital
LincolnHealth (Damariscotta)
Northern Light Blue Hill Hospital
Pen Bay Medical Center (Rockport)
Rumford Hospital
Michigan
MyMichigan Medical Center Gladwin
ProMedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital (Adrian)
Spectrum Health Kelsey Hospital (Lakeview)
Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital
Nebraska
Great Plains Health (North Platte)
New York
Gouverneur Hospital
North Carolina
Wilkes Medical Center (North Wilkesboro)
Watauga Medical Center (Boone)
Ohio
Adena Regional Medical Center (Chillicothe)
Fisher-Titus Medical Center (Norwalk)
Oklahoma
Hillcrest Hospital Cushing
Mercy Hospital Ada
Tennessee
LeConte Medical Center (Sevierville)
California
Children's Hospital of Orange County (Orange)
Loma Linda (Calif.) University Children's Hospital
Florida
AdventHealth for Children (Orlando)
Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital (Hollywood)
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital (St. Petersburg)
Wolfson Children's Hospital (Jacksonville)
Nemours Children's Hospital (Orlando)
Tennessee
Children's Hospital at Erlanger (Chattanooga)