On July 16, U.S. News & World Report announced the 2024-2025 "Best Hospitals" rankings, which assessed nearly 5,000 hospitals in 35 medical and surgical services.
The latest edition of the rankings, now in its 35th year, highlights 466 "Best Regional Hospitals," ranked in states and major metropolitan areas nationwide.
This year, U.S. News began including Medicare Advantage data in the rankings. Hospitals in 11 adult specialties were examined on their risk-adjusted mortality rates in patients insured by Medicare Advantage plans.
The media company made other changes this year as well, such as excluding patients transferred to a hospital from outside the emergency department from its risk-adjusted outcomes for all specialties.
Additionally, U.S. News, for the first time, recognized 98 "Best Regional Hospitals for Equitable Access" as part of its latest rankings. These include the 53 hospitals that were recognized in June as part of the initial list for their work to improve care in historically underserved communities.
The following 20 hospitals made the 2024-2025 Best Hospitals Honor Roll, meaning they earned the most points out of the possible total of 543 across 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions. Hospitals that earned at least 280 points are recognized.
Each hospital on the Best Hospitals Honor Roll ranked No. 1 or tied for No. 1 in their state. They are:
Arizona
Mayo Clinic-Arizona (Phoenix)
California
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles)
Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital (Palo Alto)
UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles)
UC San Diego Health-La Jolla and Hillcrest Hospitals
UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco)
Illinois
Northwestern Medicine-Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago)
Rush University Medical Center (Chicago)
Maryland
Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore)
Massachusetts
Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston)
Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
Minnesota
Mayo Clinic-Rochester
New York
Mount Sinai Hospital (New York City)
New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell (New York City)
North Shore University Hospital at Northwell Health (Manhasset)
NYU Langone Hospitals (New York City)
North Carolina
Duke University Hospital (Durham)
Ohio
Cleveland Clinic
Pennsylvania
Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian (Philadelphia)
Texas
Houston Methodist Hospital
View the full list of top-ranked hospitals in each state and major metropolitan area here. More information about the methodology is available here.