Minnesota Healthcare Facility Now Recognized Among Nation’s Top 20 Hospitals

One of the most important decisions we make in our lives is choosing the best health care provider for our needs.

Experts agree that choosing a healthcare provider is important because the relationship we have with them significantly impacts health decisions and overall well-being. A good provider can offer preventive care, manage chronic conditions, and provide guidance and support, leading to better health outcomes and a more positive healthcare experience.

Minnesotans are fortunate because, overall, Minnesota is considered a good state for healthcare. It consistently ranks high in national studies and reports, often being recognized as the best state in the nation for healthcare. These rankings are based on factors like cost, access, and health outcomes.

Unfortunately, not all hospitals within the state are equal when it comes to quality of care, but in contrast, one Minnesota hospital just ranked among the very best in the entire country.

Ranking The Top 20 Hospitals in the United States

U.S. News & World Report says its mission with its annual Best Hospitals rankings has been to help guide patients, in consultation with their doctors, to the right hospital when they need care. It's something they've proudly done for the past 30 years.

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They note that because each patient's needs are different, U.S. News offers rankings and ratings in more than three dozen different healthcare services, including cancer care, orthopedics, and heart bypass surgery.

In each state and region, hospitals with a wide breadth of excellence are recognized as Best Regional Hospitals, and the best of them are also named to the national Honor Roll.

The 2025-2026 Best Hospitals Honor Roll

The new hospital rankings report has just been released, and U.S. News notes that only 20 hospitals out of nearly 4,500 evaluated for the 2025-2026 U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings and ratings made the Honor Roll, which represents the top hospitals nationally for excellence in multiple areas of care.

Hospitals were awarded Honor Roll points if they ranked in one or more of the 15 specialties that U.S. News evaluates, with more points for higher rankings, and if they were rated "High Performing" in one or more of the 22 procedures and conditions.

After all the data was evaluated, one Minnesota hospital was named to the honor roll, officially making it one of the Top 20 hospitals in the U.S.

Mayo Clinic-Rochester Earns Its Place On The Best Hospitals Honor Roll

Congratulations to Mayo Clinic-Rochester for being named to the 2025-2026 Best Hospitals Honor Roll, with an overall patient experience score of 4 stars out of 5.

U.S. says the facility earned a spot on the honor roll by being nationally ranked in 13 adult and 10 pediatric specialties and by being rated high performing in 2 adult specialties and 22 procedures and conditions.

"It is a general medical and surgical facility. It is a teaching hospital. The evaluation of Mayo Clinic-Rochester also includes data from Mayo Clinic Hospital-Methodist Campus, Mayo Eugenio Litta Children's Hospital, and Mayo Clinic Hospital-Saint Mary's Campus."

Below are the 20 medical centers, listed in alphabetical order, that were named the best of the Best Hospitals:

• AdventHealth Orlando
• Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
• Cleveland Clinic
• Hackensack University Medical Center at Hackensack Meridian Health,
• Hackensack, New Jersey
• Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia
• Houston Methodist Hospital
• Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
• Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
• Mayo Clinic-Arizona, Phoenix
• Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Minnesota
• Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City
• New York-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, California
• UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
• UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco
• University of Michigan Health-Ann Arbor

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