Healthgrades has released its annual lists of the U.S. hospitals that top its rankings for the current year.
That’s lists, plural, as the company breaks out its data into the 50 best (the nation’s top 1%), 100 best (top 2%) and 250 best (top 5%) at achieving high-quality outcomes for 32 conditions and procedures.
The top 1% represent hospitals that “consistently exhibit exceptional, comprehensive quality care,” according to the company, while the top 2% exhibit “clinical excellence year over year” and the top 5% are showing overall clinical excellence in 2020.
Healthgrades says it arrives at its results after analyzing the performance of close to 4,500 hospitals treating patients for such conditions as heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, respiratory failure, sepsis and stroke.
“Overall, patients treated in hospitals named as America’s Best Hospitals have, on average, a 26.6% lower risk of dying than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive this award,” the company states. “If all hospitals, as a group, performed similarly to America’s Best Hospitals, 161,930 lives could potentially have been saved.”
See below for the top 100. Or click here for more on Healthgrades’ methodology and here to view all three lists.
Healthgrades’ best 100 hospitals for 2020
ALABAMA
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ALASKA
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ARIZONA
- Chandler Regional Medical Center
- Mayo Clinic Hospital
- St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
- St. Joseph’s Westgate Medical Center
ARKANSAS
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CALIFORNIA
- Cedars - Sinai Medical Center
- Eden Medical Center
- Hoag Hospital Newport Beach
- Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente Richmond Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente San Rafael Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center
- Memorial Medical Center
- Mills-Peninsula Medical Center
- Mills Health Center
- Northridge Hospital Medical Center
- Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
- Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
- Providence Tarzana Medical Center
- Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
- Scripps Green Hospital
- Stanford Hospital and Clinics
- Sutter Roseville Medical Center
- UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
COLORADO
- Good Samaritan Medical Center
- Lutheran Medical Center
- Porter Adventist Hospital
- Poudre Valley Hospital
- University of Colorado Hospital - Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion
CONNECTICUT
- Middlesex Hospital
DELAWARE
- Christiana Care Health System - Christiana Hospital
- Wilmington Hospital
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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FLORIDA
- Delray Medical Center
- Flagler Hospital
- Mayo Clinic
GEORGIA
- Emory University Hospital
- Emory University Hospital Midtown
- Piedmont Fayette Hospital
HAWAII
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IDAHO
- St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center
- St. Luke’s Meridian Medical Center
ILLINOIS
- Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
- Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
- Alexian Brothers Medical Center
- Carle Foundation Hospital
- Palos Community Hospital
- Presence Resurrection Medical Center
INDIANA
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IOWA
- St. Luke’s Hospital
KANSAS
- Stormont - Vail Healthcare
- University of Kansas Hospital
KENTUCKY
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LOUISIANA
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MAINE
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MARYLAND
- Frederick Memorial Hospital
- MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center
- University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center
MASSACHUSETTS
- Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
- Newton - Wellesley Hospital
MICHIGAN
- Beaumont Hospital - Troy Campus
- Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
- Providence-Providence Park Hospital, Southfield Campus
- Spectrum Health Medical Center - Butterworth Hospital
- Spectrum Health - Blodgett Hospital
- St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor
MINNESOTA
- Abbott Northwestern Hospital
- AllinaHealth - Mercy Hospital
- AllinaHealth - Unity Hospital
- Mayo Clinic Hospital - Saint Mary’s Campus
- Mayo Clinic Methodist Hospital
- Regions Hospital
- St. Cloud Hospital
MISSISSIPPI
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MISSOURI
Mercy Hospital St. Louis
MONTANA
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NEBRASKA
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NEVADA
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
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NEW JERSEY
- Morristown Medical Center
- Overlook Medical Center
NEW MEXICO
- Presbyterian Hospital
- Presbyterian Rust Medical Center
NEW YORK
- Lenox Hill Hospital
- NYU Winthrop Hospital
- Rochester General Hospital
- Stony Brook University Hospital
- Stony Brook Southampton Hospital
- Vassar Brothers Medical Center
NORTH CAROLINA
- Duke Regional Hospital
- Mission Hospital - Asheville
- Vidant Medical Center
NORTH DAKOTA
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OHIO
- Atrium Medical Center
- Bethesda North Hospital
- Christ Hospital
- Mercy Health - Fairfield Hospital
- Mercy Health-West Hospital
- Miami Valley Hospital
- ProMedica Toledo Hospital
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
OKLAHOMA
[None]
OREGON
- Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center
- Providence Portland Medical Center
- Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
PENNSYLVANIA
- Chester County Hospital
- Lancaster General Hospital
- Lankenau Medical Center
- Reading Hospital
- St. Luke’s Hospital - Bethlehem Campus
- St. Luke’s Hospital - Allentown Campus
RHODE ISLAND
- Miriam Hospital
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Bon Secours St. Francis Health System - St. Francis - Downtown
- Bon Secours St. Francis Health System - St. Francis - Eastside
SOUTH DAKOTA
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TENNESSEE
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TEXAS
- Houston Methodist Hospital
UTAH
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VERMONT
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VIRGINIA
- Inova Fairfax Hospital
- Sentara Leigh Hospital
WASHINGTON
- EvergreenHealth Medical Center - Kirkland
- Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center
- Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus
- Swedish Medical Center - Ballard Campus
- Valley Medical Center
WEST VIRGINIA
[None]
WISCONSIN
- Froedtert Health - Froedtert Hospital
WYOMING
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Dave P. has worked in journalism, marketing and public relations for more than 30 years, frequently concentrating on hospitals, healthcare technology and Catholic communications. He has also specialized in fundraising communications, ghostwriting for CEOs of local, national and global charities, nonprofits and foundations.