Healthgrades Names America’s Best Hospitals for 2025

• Healthgrades has released its annual list of the top 250 hospitals in the United States.
• In compiling their rankings, Healthgrades evaluated clinical performances at 4,500 hospitals.
• The researchers graded the hospitals by looking at more than 30 common procedures and conditions.

Choosing a doctor and a hospital is one of the most important health decisions a person can make.

However, these decisions can be difficult if they are done in an information vacuum.

This is where Healthgrades, an information website dedicated to empowering meaningful connections between patients, doctors, and hospitals, can help.

On January 28, Healthgrades, a top platform for finding a doctor, announced its 2025 America’s Best Hospital Awards. The list highlights the country’s 1%, 2%, and 5% top hospitals with the following awards:

• America’s 50 Best Hospitals
• America’s 100 Best Hospitals
• America’s 250 Best Hospitals

In determining the rankings, Healthgrades, a leader in healthcare transparency, evaluated clinical performances at 4,500 hospitals across more than 30 common procedures and conditions.

Healthgrades officials wrote in a statement their “clinically validated methodology focuses solely on what matters most — patient outcomes — empowering consumers to choose doctors who practice at high quality hospitals.”

“While there are several factors to consider when looking for a doctor, hospital quality is one that can have a critical impact on a patient’s overall quality of care,” Brad Bowman, MD, chief medical officer and head of data science at Healthgrades, said in the statement.

“That’s why Healthgrades remains committed to helping patients find top-performing hospitals in their area. We want all patients to feel as confident and equipped as possible when it comes to choosing a doctor and hospital.”

Healthgrades officials noted “the persistent performance gap between the nation’s highest and lowest performers underscores the importance of ensuring that consumers have access to objective measures of hospital quality.”

According to Healthgrades’ annual analysis, if all hospitals performed similarly to America’s 250 Best Hospitals, 174,081 lives could be saved.

Healthgrades officials also noted that a “lack of access to the highest quality care poses a major challenge to informed healthcare decision making for half of the U.S. population.”

They point to recent research from Healthgrades that revealed that nearly half (47%) of Americans live more than 25 miles from one of the 250 best hospitals. In fact, 15 states lack a hospital that performs in the top 5%, creating a significant challenge for 37 million Americans in their pursuit of quality healthcare.

Experts in the medical field say rankings for hospitals and other health professionals can play a critical role in helping consumers find the best quality care.

Nancy Foster, the vice president of Quality & Safety Policy at the American Hospital Association, noted that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website has a Care Compare component that shows how a hospital compares to national and state averages on key measures of quality.

Foster added that the American Hospital Association has endorsed a set of principles for quality report cards and rating systems that call for them to have a clearly stated purpose with measures selected to fit this purpose.

“When making healthcare decisions, patients can and should use all available tools at their disposal such as talking with friends and family and consulting with doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers who know their specific healthcare needs,” she told Healthline.

Healthgrades’ top 50 hospitals were from 20 different states.

California was the home of 11 of the medical facilities while Pennsylvania had seven and Florida had five.

Here is the list of all 50 hospitals.

Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Berkeley

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

Northridge Hospital Medical Center, Northridge

Memorial Medical Center, Modesto

Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, Burlingame

Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Mission Hills

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles

Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego, San Diego

Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Encinitas

Stanford Health Care, Stanford

Sutter Roseville Medical Center, Roseville

Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk

Advent Health Orlando, Orlando

Cape Coral Hospital, Cape Coral

Downtown Baker Hospital, Naples

Lee Memorial Hospital, Fort Myers

Mayo Clinic in Florida, Jacksonville

Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Atlanta

Emory University Hospital, Atlanta

Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge

University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington

Ascension Providence Hospital – Southfield Campus, Detroit

Beaumont Hospital Troy, Detroit

Mayo Clinic Health System Mankaro, Mankato

Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Mary’s Campus, Rochester

Morristown Medical Center, Morristown

Overlook Medical Center, Summit

Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City

Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook

Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie

Mission Hospital, Asheville

Mercy Health – Fairfield Hospital, Fairfield

Mercy Health – West Hospital, Cincinnati

Summa Health System – Akron Campus, Akron

The Jewish Hospital – Mercy Health, Cincinnati

Chester County Hospital, West Chester

Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster

Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey

Reading Hospital, Reading

Riddle Memorial Hospital, Philadelphia

St. Luke’s Hospital – Bethlehem Campus, Bethlehem

Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston

Inova Loudoun Hospital, Leesburg

Evergreenhealth Medical Center – Kirkland, Kirkland

Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee