On Oct. 24, Healthgrades named 68 hospitals as the top 5% of all U.S. hospitals for surgical care outcomes.
The Surgical Care Excellence Award was given to medical centers with the best clinical outcomes across 15 common in-hospital surgeries, including cardiac, vascular, joint replacement and spine procedures.
Using Medicare Provider Analysis and Review data between 2020 and 2022, Healthgrades evaluated hospitals with a volume-weighted average for mortality- and complication-based surgeries.
Here are the 68 hospitals in the top 5% for surgical care:
California
Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage)
Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose)
Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center
Los Robles Regional Medical Center (Thousand Oaks)
Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton)
Regional Medical Center of San Jose
Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla)
West Hills Hospital & Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Sutter Medical Center-Ose Adams Medical Pavilion (Sacramento)
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Colorado
Swedish Medical Center (Englewood)
Connecticut
Danbury Hospital
Florida
Adventhealth Orlando
Downtown Baker Hospital (Naples)
HCA Florida Aventura Hospital
HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital (Hudson)
HCA Florida Brandon Hospital
HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital (Port Charlotte)
HCA Florida North Florida Hospital (Gainesville)
HCA Florida Ocala Hospital
HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital
HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital
HCA Florida South Shore Hospital (Sun City Center)
HCA Florida Trinity Hospital
HCA Florida Westside Hospital (Plantation)
HCA Florida Woodmont Hospital (Tamarac)
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Georgia
Doctors Hospital (Augusta)
Adventhealth Redmond (Rome)
Hawaii
Kuakini Medical Center (Honolulu)
Kansas
Menorah Medical Center (Overland Park)
Maryland
MedStar St. Mary's Hospital (Leonardtown)
The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore)
Michigan
Holland Hospital
Minnesota
Mercy Hospital (Coon Rapids)
Missouri
Centerpoint Medical Center (Independence)
North Carolina
Mission Hospital (Asheville)
New Hampshire
Portsmouth Regional Hospital
New Jersey
Community Medical Center (Toms River)
Nevada
MountainView Hospital (Las Vegas)
Pennsylvania
Doylestown Hospital
Einstein Medical Center Montgomery (East Norriton)
South Carolina
Trident Medical Center (Charleston)
Tennessee
Tristar Centennial Medical Center (Nashville)
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Tristar Skyline Medical Center (Nashville)
Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center (Smyrna)
Tristar Summit Medical Center (Hermitage)
Texas
Corpus Christi Medical Center-Bay Area
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake (Webster)
HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood
Las Palmas Medical Center (El Paso )
Medical City McKinney
Medical City Plano
Methodist Hospital (San Antonio)
Paris Regional Medical Center
St. David's Medical Center (Austin)
St. David's South Austin Medical Center
Valley Regional Medical Center (Brownsville)
Medical City Fort Worth
Methodist Hospital Stone Oak (San Antonio)
Virginia
Augusta Health (Fishersville)
Chippenham Hospital (Richmond)
Henrico Doctors' Hospital (Richmond)
Reston Hospital Center
West Virginia
Cabell Huntington (W.Va.) Hospital