Of the 100 hospitals that appeared on Becker's Hospital Review's 2014 "Great Hospitals in America" list, 20 are located in the West.
As designated by the U.S. Census Bureau, the West is defined as Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
Note: These hospitals appeared on the "100 Great Hospitals in America" list published in April 2014. The list is published annually in the spring. Click each hospital to read its individual profile.
2. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles).
3. Children's Hospital Colorado (Aurora).
4. Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
5. Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center (Portland, Ore.).
6. Oregon Health & Science University (Portland).
7. Providence Portland (Ore.) Medical Center.
8. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles).
9. Scottsdale (Ariz.) Healthcare Shea Medical Center.
10. Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (Calif.).
11. St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center (Phoenix).
12. Stanford Hospital & Clinics (Palo Alto, Calif.).
13. Sutter Davis (Calif.) Hospital.
14. UC San Diego Medical Center.
15. UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco).
16. University Hospital (Salt Lake City).
17. The University of Arizona Medical Center (Tucson).
18. University of Colorado Hospital (Aurora).
19. University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle).
20. Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle).