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Below are U.S. News’ top-rated hospitals in each state for 2020-2021. However, these lists come with the caveat that the data collection period predated the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. News says it will be updating its methods for next year’s list to examine how the pandemic impacted hospitals’ ability to provide high-quality care.
U.S. News did not provide numerical rankings for hospitals in every state. For states that received numerical hospital rankings, we provided the hospitals in the first through third spots. For states without numerical rankings or states that only had a No. 1 hospital or Nos. 1 and 2 hospitals listed, we shared the ranked hospitals alongside the hospitals in the state that received national rankings for the most conditions, procedures and specialties.
Alabama
1. University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital
2. Huntsville Hospital
3. St. Vincent’s Birmingham Hospital
Alaska
Alaska Native Medical Center
Providence Alaska Medical Center
Arizona
1. Mayo Clinic-Phoenix
2. Banner Boswell Medical Center
3. Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix
Arkansas
1. UAMS Medical Center
2 (tie). Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock
2 (tie). Washington Regional Medical Center
California
1. UCLA Medical Center
2. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
3. UCSF Medical Center
Colorado
1. UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital
2. Porter Adventist Hospital
3. Penrose-St. Francis Health Services-Colorado Springs
Connecticut
1. Yale New Haven Hospital
2. Hartford Hospital
3. St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Delaware
1. Christiana Care Hospitals
2. Beebe Healthcare-Lewes
Bayhealth Kent General Hospital
Florida
1 (tie). Mayo Clinic-Jacksonville
1 (tie). UF Health Shands Hospital
3. AdventHealth Orlando
Georgia
1. Emory University Hospital
2. Emory St. Joseph’s Hospital
3. Piedmont Atlanta Hospital
Hawaii
1. Queen’s Medical Center
Adventist Health Castle
Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center
Kuakini Medical Center
Straub Medical Center
Idaho
1. St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center
2. Kootenai Health-Coeur D’Alene
3. St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
Illinois
1. Northwestern Memorial Hospital
2. Rush University Medical Center
3. University of Chicago Medical Center
Indiana
1. Indiana University Health Medical Center
2 (tie). Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
2 (tie). Community Hospital East
2 (tie). Deaconness Hospital
2 (tie). Elkhart General Hospital
2 (tie). Memorial Hospital of South Bend
Iowa
1. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
2. MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center
3. UnityPoint Health-Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Kansas
1. University of Kansas Hospital
2. Stormont Vail Hospital
3. Advent Health Shawnee Mission
Kentucky
1. University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital
2 (tie). Baptist Health Louisville
2 (tie). St. Elizabeth Healthcare Edgewood-Covington Hospitals
Louisiana
1. Ochsner Medical Center
2. Willis-Knighton Medical Center
3. Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Maine
1. Maine Medical Center
2. Eastern Maine Medical Center
MaineGeneral Medical Center
Mercy Hospital of Portland
Maryland
1. Johns Hopkins Hospital
2. University of Maryland Medical Center
3. University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center
Massachusetts
1. Massachusetts General Hospital
2. Brigham and Women’s Hospital
3. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Michigan
1. University of Michigan Hospitals-Michigan Medicine
2. Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak
3. Beaumont Hospital-Grosse Pointe
Minnesota
1. Mayo Clinic
2. Abbott Northwestern Hospital
3. St. Cloud Hospital
Mississippi
1. Mississippi Baptist Medical Center
2. North Mississippi Medical Center-Tupelo
3 (tie). Memorial Hospital at Gulfport
3 (tie). St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital
3 (tie). University of Mississippi Medical Center
Missouri
1. Barnes-Jewish Hospital
2. St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
3. Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Montana
1. St. Patrick Hospital
2. Kalispell Regional Healthcare
Billings Clinic
St. Vincent Healthcare-Billings
Nebraska
1. Nebraska Medicine-Nebraska Medical Center
2. Bryan Medical Center
3. Nebraska Methodist Hospital
Nevada
1 (tie). Carson Tahoe Health-Carson City
1 (tie). Renown South Meadows Medical Center
3. Renown Regional Medical Center
New Hampshire
1. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
2. Concord Hospital
3. Catholic Medical Center
New Jersey
1. Morristown Medical Center
2. Hackensack University Medical Center
3 (tie). Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
3 (tie). Saint Barnabas Medical Center
3 (tie). Valley Hospital
New Mexico
1. Presbyterian Hospital
2. Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center
Memorial Medical Center-Las Cruces
University of New Mexico Hospitals
New York
1. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell
2. NYU Langone Hospitals
3. Mount Sinai Hospital
North Carolina
1. Duke University Hospital
2. University of North Carolina Hospitals
3. Carolinas Medical Center
North Dakota
1. Sanford Medical Center Fargo
2. CHI St. Alexius Health-Bismarck
3. Sanford Medical Center Bismarck
Ohio
1. Cleveland Clinic
2. Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
3. University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Oklahoma
1 (tie). Integris Baptist Medical Center
1 (tie). St. Francis Hospital-Tulsa
3 (tie). OU Medical Center
3 (tie). SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital-Oklahoma City
Oregon
1. OHSU Hospital
2. Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
3 (tie). Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center
3 (tie). Salem Hospital
Pennsylvania
1. Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian
2. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside
3. Jefferson Health-Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals
Rhode Island
1. Miriam Hospital
Kent County Memorial Hospital
Rhode Island Hospital
South County Hospital
South Carolina
1. MUSC Health-University Medical Center
2 (tie). Bon Secours St. Francis Health System-Greenville
2 (tie). Spartanburg Medical Center
South Dakota
1. Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center
2. Sanford USD Medical Center
Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota
Tennessee
1. Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2. CHI Memorial Hospital
3 (tie). Ascension St. Thomas Hospital-West
3 (tie). Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
3 (tie). University of Tennessee Medical Center
Texas
1. Houston Methodist Hospital
2. UT Southwestern Medical Center
3. Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Utah
1. University of Utah Hospital
2. Dixie Regional Medical Center
3. Intermountain Medical Center
Vermont
1. University of Vermont Medical Center
Rutland Regional Medical Center
Virginia
1. University of Virginia Medical Center
2. VCU Medical Center
3 (tie). Centra Lynchburg General Hospital
3 (tie). Inova Fairfax Hospital
Washington
1. University of Washington Medical Center
2. Virginia Mason Medical Center
3. Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children’s Hospital
Washington, D.C.
Children’s National Hospital
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Medstar Washington Hospital Center
West Virginia
1. West Virginia University Hospitals
2. Charleston Area Medical Center
3. St. Mary’s Medical Center-Huntington
Wisconsin
1. University of Wisconsin Hospitals
2. Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
3. Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin
Wyoming
U.S. News has 33 hospitals on its list of Wyoming hospitals, but none received a numerical ranking or a national ranking for a specialty, condition or procedure.