The Lown Institute published its 2026 Lown Hospitals Index “Honor Roll” June 23, spotlighting the top hospitals for social responsibility in every state.
To compile the list, the nonpartisan healthcare think tank assessed 2,718 acute care hospitals, 900 critical access hospitals and 331 health systems nationwide across more than 50 metrics related to health equity, value of care and patient outcomes. Lown used publicly available data from CMS and the IRS, among other sources, for its analysis. Learn more about the methodology here.
Overall, 123 acute care hospitals, 37 critical access hospitals and 11 health systems earned a spot on the Lown Index Honor Roll.
The most socially responsible acute care hospital in every state, per Lown:
Alaska
Bartlett Regional Hospital (Juneau)
Alabama
Medical West (Bessemer)
Arkansas
Chambers Memorial Hospital (Danville)
Arizona
Banner Goldfield Medical Center (Apache Junction)
California
Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley)
Colorado
UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital (Fort Collins)
Connecticut
Sharon Hospital (Sharon)
District of Columbia
MedStar Washington Hospital Center (Washington)
Delaware
Saint Francis Hospital (Wilmington)
Florida
Memorial Hospital Pembroke (Pembroke Pines)
Georgia
Emory Hillandale Hospital (Lithonia)
Hawaii
Hilo Medical Center
Iowa
UnityPoint Health-Trinity Regional Medical Center (Fort Dodge)
Idaho
West Valley Medical Center (Caldwell)
Illinois
Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital (Chicago)
Indiana
Parkview DeKalb Hospital (Auburn)
Kansas
The University of Kansas Hospital-Bell Hospital Tower (Kansas City)
Kentucky
UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital (Lexington)
Louisiana
Ochsner Medical Center-Baton Rouge
Massachusetts
Baystate Wing Hospital (Palmer)
Maryland
MedStar Union Memorial Hospital (Baltimore)
Maine
York Hospital
Michigan
Grayling Hospital
Minnesota
Olmsted Medical Center (Rochester)
Missouri
Christian Hospital (Saint Louis)
Mississippi
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto (Southaven)
Montana
Billings Clinic
North Carolina
WakeMed Raleigh Campus
North Dakota
Sanford Medical Center-Bismarck
Nebraska
Bellevue Medical Center
New Hampshire
Cheshire Medical Center (Keene)
New Jersey
Inspira Medical Center Vineland
New Mexico
Presbyterian Espanola Hospital
Nevada
Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center (Reno)
New York
New York-Presbyterian Queens (Flushing)
Ohio
South Pointe Hospital (Warrensville Heights)
Oklahoma
Stillwater Medical Center
Oregon
Adventist Health Portland
Pennsylvania
St. Luke’s Hospital-Easton Campus
Rhode Island
Roger Williams Medical Center (Providence)
South Carolina
Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital (Spartanburg)
South Dakota
Avera St. Mary’s Hospital (Pierre)
Tennessee
Methodist Medical Center (Oak Ridge)
Texas
University Health (San Antonio)
Utah
Mountain West Medical Center (Tooele)
Virginia
LewisGale Hospital Alleghany (Low Moor)
Vermont
Central Vermont Medical Center (Barre)
Washington
St. Clare Hospital (Lakewood)
Wisconsin
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital-St. Joseph Campus (Milwaukee)
West Virginia
CAMC Greenbrier Valley Medical Center (Ronceverte)
Wyoming
Saint John’s Health (Jackson)
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