The Best Hospitals 2018-19 Honor Roll

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Just 20 hospitals out of nearly 5,000 evaluated for the 2018-19 U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings and ratings made the Honor Roll.

Hospitals were awarded Honor Roll points if they ranked in one or more of the 16 specialties that U.S. News evaluates — more points for higher rankings — and if they were rated “high performing” in one or more of the nine procedures and conditions. The 20 hospitals with the highest point totals define the Honor Roll. Here are the hospitals, working up from No. 20.

20. Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Where: Boston
Honor Roll points: 177
Last year’s Honor Roll rank: Not ranked

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19. Duke University Hospital

Where: Durham, North Carolina
Honor Roll points: 178
Last year’s Honor Roll rank: 17th

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18. Mount Sinai Hospital

Where: New York
Honor Roll points: 192
Last year’s Honor Roll rank: 18th

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17. Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Where: Nashville, Tennessee
Honor Roll points: 198
Last year’s Honor Roll rank: Not ranked

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15 (tie). UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside

Where: Pittsburgh
Honor Roll points: 208
Last year’s Honor Roll rank: 14th

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15 (tie). NYU Langone Hospitals

Where: New York
Honor Roll points: 208
Last year’s Honor Roll rank: 19th

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14. Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian

Where: Philadelphia
Honor Roll points: 225
Last year’s Honor Roll rank: 10th

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13. Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Where: Chicago
Honor Roll points: 228
Last year’s Honor Roll rank: 13th

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11 (tie). Mayo Clinic Phoenix

Where: Phoenix
Honor Roll points: 241
Last year’s Honor Roll rank: 20th

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11 (tie). Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Where: St. Louis
Honor Roll points: 241
Last year’s Honor Roll rank: 12th

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10. New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Where: New York
Honor Roll points: 242
Last year’s Honor Roll rank: 8th

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9. Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital

Where: Stanford, California
Honor Roll points: 250
Last year’s Honor Roll rank: 9th

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8. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Where: Los Angeles
Honor Roll points: 252
Last year’s Honor Roll rank: 11th

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7. UCLA Medical Center

Where: Los Angeles
Honor Roll points: 267
Last year’s Honor Roll rank: 7th

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6. UCSF Medical Center

Where: San Francisco
Honor Roll points: 296
Last year’s Honor Roll rank: 5th

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5. University of Michigan Hospitals-Michigan Medicine

Where: Ann Arbor
Honor Roll points: 324
Last year’s Honor Roll rank: 6th

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4. Massachusetts General Hospital

Where: Boston
Honor Roll points: 354
Last year’s Honor Roll rank: 4th

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3. Johns Hopkins Hospital

Where: Baltimore
Honor Roll points: 355
Last year’s Honor Roll rank: 3rd

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2. Cleveland Clinic

Where: Cleveland
Honor Roll points: 385
Last year’s Honor Roll rank: 2nd

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1. Mayo Clinic

Where: Rochester, Minnesota
Honor Roll points: 414
Last year’s Honor Roll rank: 1st

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The Best Hospitals 2018-19 Honor Roll originally appeared on usnews.com

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