Key takeaways:

• Twenty hospitals were named to this year’s U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals honor roll.
• This edition also features four new regional specialty rankings, including cancer.

U.S. News & World Report released its 2026-2027 Best Hospitals rankings Tuesday.

This year’s edition features 505 hospitals across 49 states and Washington, D.C. “that have demonstrated superior patient outcomes for a variety of common procedures and conditions,” according to a press release.

Twenty hospitals were named to this year’s U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals honor roll. Image: Adobe Stock

“U.S. News’ performance-driven metrics ensure American families can confidently find and choose high-quality care, often right in their own communities,” Ben Harder, U.S. News’ chief of health analysis and managing editor, said in the release.

Harder added that this edition also includes four new regional specialty rankings, including cancer; rehabilitation; cardiology, heart and vascular surgery; and orthopedics.

Best hospitals by metro areas

Listed in no particular order, the hospitals ranked or tied for first in major metropolitan areas with five or more best hospitals include:

• Emory University Hospital in Atlanta;
• Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore;
• Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston;
• Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte;
• Northwestern Medicine-Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Rush University Medical Center in Chicago;
• Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland;
• UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas-Fort Worth;
• University of Michigan Health-Ann Arbor in Detroit;
• Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston;
• University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City;
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles;
• Cleveland Clinic Weston in Miami-Fort Lauderdale;
• M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis-St. Paul;
• Mount Sinai Hospital, NYU Langone Hospitals and New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell in New York;
• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia;
• Mayo Clinic-Arizona in Phoenix;
• UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside in Pittsburgh;
• OHSU Hospital in Portland;
• Duke University Hospital in Raleigh-Durham;
• VCU Medical Center in Richmond;
• UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento;
• UC San Diego Health-La Jolla, Hillcrest and East Campus Medical Centers in San Diego;
• UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco;
• Virgina Mason Medical Center in Seattle;
• Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis;
• Tampa General Hospital in Tampa-St. Petersburg;
• Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Virgina Beach-Norfolk-Newport News; and
• MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C.

Best hospitals by honor roll

Twenty hospitals were named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll, which in alphabetical order include:

• Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center;
• Cleveland Clinic;
• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania;
• Houston Methodist Hospital;
• Johns Hopkins Hospital;
• Massachusetts General Hospital;
• Mayo Clinic;
• Mayo Clinic-Arizona;
• Mayo Clinic-Florida;
• Mount Sinai Hospital;
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell;
• Northwestern Medicine-Northwestern Memorial Hospital;
• NYU Langone Hospitals;
• Rush University Medical Center;
• Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital;
• UC San Diego Health-La Jolla, Hillcrest and East Campus Medical Centers;
• UCLA Ronald Reagon Medical Center;
• UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center; and
• University of Michigan Health-Ann Arbor.

Best hospitals by specialties

The hospitals ranked first across specialties are:

• NYU Langone Hospitals for cardiology, heart and vascular surgery;
• Mayo Clinic for diabetes and endocrinology;
• Mayo Clinic for gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery;
• UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center for geriatrics;
• NYU Langone Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery;
• Johns Hopkins Hospital for gynecology and obstetrics;
• Bascom Palmer Eye Institute-University of Miami Hospital and Clinics for ophthalmology;
• The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for cancer;
• Hospital for Special Surgery for orthopedics;
• Massachusetts General Hospital for psychiatry;
• UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center for pulmonology and lung surgery;
• Shirley Ryan AbilityLab for rehabilitation;
• John Hopkins Hospital for rheumatology; and
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for urology.

Reactions from hospitals

A Mayo Clinic representative told Healio that its recognition “reflects the dedication, expertise and collaboration of our staff and care teams. It also reflects their shared commitment to quality, compassion and putting patients at the center of everything we do. We are grateful to our staff, whose work helps Mayo Clinic deliver exceptional care and advance the future of healthcare.”

Glenn I. Fishman, MD, director of the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology at NYU Langone Health, said their ranking as the leading hospital in cardiovascular health “reflects years of investment in multidisciplinary cardiovascular care, where clinical excellence, innovation and research work together to improve patient outcomes.”

“Sustaining a ranking like this requires not only expertise across every aspect of heart and vascular care, but the ability to deliver that care at scale while continuing to raise the bar,” he told Healio.

For more information:

Glenn I. Fishman, MD, can be reached at primarycare@healio.com.