The full list recognizes America’s 250 best hospitals, which represent the top 5 percent of hospitals in the nation. Healthgrades used 2019-21 Medicare data to evaluate the performance of nearly 4,500 U.S. hospitals in the treatment of 31 of the most common conditions and procedures, including heart attack, pneumonia and sepsis. For more information on the methodology, click here.
Ten hospitals that have been named among Healthgrades’ best for at least 15 consecutive years:
Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix): 21 consecutive years
Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital: 21
Amita Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village (Ill.): 20
MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center (Baltimore): 19
UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital (Cedar Rapids, Iowa): 19
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield (Mich.) Campus: 18
Beaumont Hospital, Troy (Mich.): 18
Bethesda North Hospital (Cincinnati): 17
Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame, Calif.): 16
Houston Methodist Hospital: 15
