Twenty hospitals were recognized as U.S. News and World Report’s 2026-2027 Best Hospitals Honor Roll.
This year, U.S. News adjusted its methodology to ensure risk-adjusted outcome measures play a larger role in determining ranks and ratings. Previously, ratings were weighted one third on outcomes, one-third on expert opinion and one-third on patient experience. Now, 80% of scores are based on risk-adjusted outcomes and 10% on patient experience, with a heavy focus on CMS HCAHPS nurse communication scores, U.S. News told Becker’s.
This year, U.S. News evaluated nearly 4,500 hospitals across 14 adult specialties and 23 procedures and conditions. Only 16% of evaluated hospitals earned a Best Hospitals designation. A total of 505 hospitals earned recognition as Best Regional Hospital across 49 states, and 73 hospitals were recognized as Best Regional Hospitals for Community Access.
Here are the 20 honor roll hospitals:
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston)
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles)
- Cleveland Clinic
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
- Houston Methodist Hospital
- Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
- Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.)
- Mayo Clinic-Arizona (Phoenix)
- Mayo Clinic-Florida (Jacksonville)
- Mount Sinai Hospital (New York City)
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell (New York City)
- Northwestern Medicine-Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago)
- NYU Langone Hospitals (New York City)
- Rush University Medical Center (Chicago)
- Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital (Palo Alto, Calif.)
- UC San Diego Health-La Jolla, Hillcrest, and East Campus Medical Centers
- UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center (Los Angeles)
- UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco)
- University of Michigan Health-Ann Arbor
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