Healthgrades named the recipients of its 2021 Specialty Excellence Awards Oct. 20, which include the top hospitals for critical care.
The 214 hospitals in this ranking demonstrated excellent clinical outcomes in treating pulmonary embolism, respiratory system failure, sepsis and diabetic emergencies. For a description of Healthgrades' methodology, click here.
Below are Healthgrades' best hospitals for critical care, by state.
Arizona
Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix
Banner Baywood Medical Center (Mesa)
Banner Boswell Medical Center (Sun City)
Banner Estrella Medical Center (Phoenix)
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center (Glendale)
Chandler Regional Medical Center
Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix)
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center
California
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland)
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Campus (Berkeley)
Cedars - Sinai Medical Center (West Hollywood)
Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood)
Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley)
Enloe Medical Center (Chico)
Hoag Hospital Newport Beach
Kaiser Permanente San Rafael Medical Center
Kaweah Delta Medical Center (Visalia)
Memorial Medical Center (Modesto)
Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame)
Northridge Hospital Medical Center
Oroville Hospital
Palomar Medical Center Escondido
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills)
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank)
Queen Of The Valley Medical Center (Napa)
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles)
Saint Francis Memorial Hospital (San Francisco)
Saint Joseph Hospital (Orange)
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego
Sherman Oaks Hospital
St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard)
St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton)
St. Mary's Medical Center (San Francisco)
Stanford Health Care
Sutter Medical Center-Ose Adams Medical Pavilion (Sacramento)
Sutter Roseville Medical Center
UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento)
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
UCSD Medical Center-Hillcrest (San Diego)
Colorado
North Colorado Medical Center (Greeley)
Parker Adventist Hospital
Penrose-St. Francis Health Services (Colorado Springs)
Poudre Valley Hospital (Fort Collins)
Rose Medical Center (Denver)
Saint Joseph Hospital (Denver)
Sky Ridge Medical Center (Lone Tree)
St. Anthony North Health Campus (Westminster)
Swedish Medical Center (Englewood)
The Medical Center of Aurora
UCHealth Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion-Anschutz Medical Campus (Aurora)
Connecticut
Hartford Hospital
Middlesex Hospital (Middletown)
Yale New Haven Hospital
Florida
Adventhealth Orlando
Aventura Hospital & Medical Center
Cape Coral Hospital
Gulf Coast Medical Center (Fort Myers)
Lee Memorial Hospital (Fort Myers)
Mount Sinai Medical Center (Miami Beach)
NCH Baker Hospital (Downtown Naples)
Orange Park Medical Center
Georgia
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital (Atlanta)
Piedmont Fayette Hospital (Fayetteville)
Piedmont Newnan Hospital
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital (Marietta)
Illinois
Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center (Oak Lawn)
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital (Downers Grove)
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center (Chicago)
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Park Ridge)
Amita Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village
Carle Foundation Hospital (Urbana)
Good Samaritan Regional Health Center (Mount Vernon)
Northwest Community Hospital (Arlington Heights)
OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center (Bloomington)
Palos Community Hospital (Palos Heights)
Indiana
Deaconess Hospital (Evansville)
Iowa
Genesis Medical Center-East Rusholme Street (Davenport)
Great River Medical Center (West Burlington)
Iowa Methodist Medical Center (Des Moines)
St. Luke's Hospital (Cedar Rapids)
UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital (Waterloo)
UnityPoint Health-Trinity Regional Medical Center (Fort Dodge)
Kansas
Ascension Via Christi Hospital St. Francis (Wichita)
Providence Medical Center (Kansas City)
Stormont Vail Hospital (Topeka)
University Of Kansas Hospital (Kansas City)
Wesley Medical Center (Wichita)
Kentucky
Lourdes Hospital (Paducah)
Saint Joseph Hospital (Lexington)
Maryland
Atlantic General Hospital (Berlin)
Calverthealth Medical Center (Prince Frederick)
Frederick Health
Holy Cross Hospital (Silver Spring)
Howard County General Hospital (Columbia)
Peninsula Regional Medical Center (Salisbury)
UM Charles Regional Medical Center (La Plata)
University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center (Towson)
Massachusetts
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center (Burlington)
Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford
Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Umass Memorial Medical Center (Worcester)
Michigan
Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
Beaumont Hospital, Troy
Lakeland Medical Center (Saint Joseph)
Spectrum Health Hospitals Butterworth Hospital (Grand Rapids)
St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor (Ypsilanti)
St. Mary Mercy Livonia Hospital
Minnesota
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Minneapolis)
AllinaHealth-United Hospital (Saint Paul)
Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea
Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato
Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Mary's Campus (Rochester)
Mercy Hospital (Coon Rapids)
Regions Hospital (Saint Paul)
St. Francis Regional Medical Center (Shakopee)
Missouri
Boone Hospital Center (Columbia)
Centerpoint Medical Center (Independence)
Mercy Hospital St. Louis
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital-St. Charles
Montana
Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital
St. Vincent Healthcare (Billings)
Nebraska
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy (Omaha)
CHI Health Good Samaritan (Kearney)
CHI Health Immanuel (Omaha)
CHI Health Lakeside (Omaha)
Nevada
MountainView Hospital (Las Vegas)
Renown Regional Medical Center (Reno)
New Jersey
Morristown Medical Center
Overlook Medical Center (Summit)
Raritan Bay Medical Center-Perth Amboy
Valley Hospital (Ridgewood)
New Mexico
Presbyterian Hospital (Albuquerque)
New York
Garnet Health Medical Center (Middletown)
NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens (Flushing)
NYU Langone Health Tisch Hospital (New York City)
NYU Winthrop Hospital (Mineola)
Rochester General Hospital
Saint Peter's Hospital (Albany)
St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital (Newburgh)
Stony Brook University Hospital
Vassar Brothers Medical Center (Poughkeepsie)
North Carolina
AdventHealth Hendersonville
Atrium Health Lincoln (Lincolnton)
Mission Hospital-Asheville
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Pardee Hospital (Hendersonville)
Vidant Medical Center (Greenville)
Ohio
Adena Regional Medical Center (Chillicothe)
Bethesda North Hospital (Cincinnati)
East Liverpool City Hospital
Marion General Hospital
Mercy Health-Clermont Hospital (Batavia)
Mercy Health-Fairfield Hospital
Mercy Health-St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital
Mercy Health-St. Rita's Medical Center (Lima)
Mercy Health-St. Vincent Medical Center (Toledo)
Mercy Health-West Hospital (Cincinnati)
Miami Valley Hospital (Dayton)
OhioHealth Grant Medical Center (Columbus)
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Riverside Methodist Hospital (Columbus)
Southwest General Health Center (Middleburg Heights)
Summa Health System-Akron Campus
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health (Cincinnati)
Oregon
Providence Portland Medical Center
Pennsylvania
Allegheny Valley Hospital (Natrona Heights)
Chambersburg Hospital
Chester County Hospital (West Chester)
Geisinger Community Medical Center (Scranton)
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Lancaster General Hospital
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (Philadelphia)
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia)
Reading Hospital (West Reading)
Riddle Memorial Hospital (Media)
St. Luke's Hospital-Bethlehem Campus
UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg
WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital
WellSpan York Hospital
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Hospital (Providence)
The Miriam Hospital (Providence)
South Carolina
Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital (Charleston)
Grand Strand Medical Center (Myrtle Beach)
St. Francis Downtown (Greenville)
Tennessee
University of Tennessee Medical Center (Knoxville)
Texas
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center-Fort Worth
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Temple
Doctors Hospital At Renaissance (Edinburg)
Hendrick Medical Center (Abilene)
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital (Baytown)
Utah
University of Utah Hospitals And Clinics (Salt Lake City)
Vermont
University of Vermont Medical Center (Burlington)
Virginia
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center (Mechanicsville)
Chippenham Hospital (Richmond)
Henrico Doctors' Hospital (Richmond)
Inova Alexandria Hospital
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital (Alexandria)
Sentara Leigh Hospital (Norfolk)
Sentara Princess Anne Hospital (Virginia Beach)
Washington
EvergreenHealth Medical Center-Kirkland
Harborview Medical Center (Seattle)
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center (Vancouver)
St. Clare Hospital (Lakewood)
West Virginia
Cabell Huntington Hospital
Wisconsin
Ascension Columbia Saint Mary's Hospital Milwaukee
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Ozaukee (Mequon)
Froedtert Hospital and Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital
Unitypoint Health-Meriter (Madison)