U.S. News & World Report recognized 73 hospitals as Best Regional Hospitals for Community Access as part of its 2026-27 Best Hospitals rankings released Aug. 4.
The designation highlights Best Regional Hospitals with a demonstrated track record of providing high-quality care to patient populations that include underserved and vulnerable groups in their local communities, according to an Aug. 4 news release.
Below is the full list, organized alphabetically by state.
Alabama
University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital
Arizona
Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix
Banner-University Medical Center Tucson
California
Dominican Hospital (Santa Cruz)
Kaiser Permanente Fontana and Ontario Medical Centers
Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center
Loma Linda University Medical Center
MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley)
Scripps Mercy Hospital (San Diego)
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
St. Agnes Medical Center (Fresno)
Sutter Medical Center-Sacramento
UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento)
UC Irvine Medical Center (Orange)
Connecticut
Yale New Haven Hospital
District of Columbia
George Washington University Hospital
Florida
HCA Florida Kendall Hospital (Miami)
UF Health Jacksonville
Illinois
Advocate Christ Medical Center (Oak Lawn)
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center (Chicago)
Advocate Trinity Hospital (Chicago)
Ascension Alexian Brothers Hospital (Elk Grove Village)
University of Chicago Medical Center
Indiana
Indiana University Health Medical Center (Indianapolis)
Iowa
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center (Iowa City)
Kentucky
University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital (Lexington)
Maine
Eastern Maine Medical Center (Bangor)
Massachusetts
Boston Medical Center
Southcoast Hospitals-Fall River, New Bedford & Wareham (Fall River)
UMass Memorial Medical Center (Worcester)
Michigan
Bronson Methodist Hospital (Kalamazoo)
Corewell Health Dearborn Hospital
Henry Ford Hospital (Detroit)
Minnesota
M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center (Minneapolis)
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital (St. Louis Park)
Missouri
Barnes-Jewish Hospital (St. Louis)
Christian Hospital (St. Louis)
Nebraska
Nebraska Medicine-Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha)
New Hampshire
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (Lebanon)
New Jersey
Cooper University Health Care (Camden)
New York
Albany Medical Center
Long Island Jewish Medical Center at Northwell Health (New Hyde Park)
Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn)
Montefiore Einstein (Bronx)
Mount Sinai Hospital (New York City)
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell (New York City)
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital (Flushing)
Stony Brook University Hospital
North Carolina
ECU Health Medical Center (Greenville)
UNC Hospitals (Chapel Hill)
WakeMed Raleigh Campus
North Dakota
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck
Ohio
Kettering Health Main Campus (Kettering)
MetroHealth Medical Center (Cleveland)
OhioHealth Grant Medical Center (Columbus)
Oklahoma
SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital-Oklahoma City
St. Francis Hospital-Tulsa
Oregon
Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center (Medford)
Pennsylvania
AHN Forbes Hospital (Monroeville)
Temple University Hospital (Philadelphia)
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (Pittsburgh)
South Carolina
Grand Strand Regional Medical Center (Myrtle Beach)
Lexington Medical Center (West Columbia)
Prisma Health Richland Hospital (Columbia)
Tennessee
Covenant Health Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center (Knoxville)
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Texas
Medical City Arlington
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital (Sugar Land)
Parkland Health-Dallas
South Texas Health System-Edinburg
St. David’s North Austin Medical Center
Virginia
Inova Alexandria Hospital
Sentara CarePlex Hospital (Hampton)
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