35 FL Hospitals Named Best In State: U.S. News

FLORIDA — Several hospitals in Florida are considered among the best in the nation, according to a new ranking.

The 2021-22 Best Hospitals rankings, released Tuesday by U.S. News and World Report, rates the best overall hospitals as well as others that consistently deliver the best care.

To compile the rankings, U.S. News compared more than 4,750 medical centers nationwide in 15 specialties and 17 procedures and conditions including cardiology, neurology, geriatrics, orthopedics and more.

U.S. News also added seven new procedures or conditions to the rankings this year, including heart attack, stroke, pneumonia, diabetes, kidney failure, hip fracture and back surgery.

The goal of the rankings is to help patients choose a hospital based on the specific type of care they need.

The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville was named the top hospital in Florida. It was ranked No. 16 in the nation for neurology and neurosurgery and also ranked nationally for its high-quality care in six other adult specialties.

Tampa General Hospital was ranked No. 21 in the nation for ear, nose and throat, No. 23 for orthopedics, No. 28 for diabetes and endocrinology and No. 36 for rehabilitation.

The following Florida hospitals were ranked the best in state:

No. 1 in Florida — Mayo Clinic-Jacksonville
No. 2 — UF Health Shands Hospital
No. 3 — AdventHealth Orlando
No. 4 — Tampa General Hospital
No. 5 — Cleveland Clinic Weston
No. 6 — Sarasota Memorial Hospital
No. 6 — Morton Plant Hospital
No. 8 — Orlando Regional Medical Center
No. 9 — Lee Memorial Hospital
No. 9 — Baptist Hospital of Miami
No. 9 — University of Miami Hospital and Clinics–UHealth Tower
No. 12 — NCH Baker Hospital
No. 12 — Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville
No. 12 — Mount Sinai Medical Center
No. 12 — St. Joseph's Hospital-Tampa
No. 16 — Gulf Coast Medical Center
No. 16 — AdventHealth Daytona Beach
No. 16 — UF Health Jacksonville
No. 16 — Memorial Hospital West
No. 16 — Doctors Hospital-Coral Gables
No. 16 — Memorial Regional Hospital
No. 22 — Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola
No. 22 — South Miami Hospital
No. 22 — Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center
No. 25 — Cleveland Clinic Martin Heath
No. 25 — Ascension St. Vincent's Hospital Riverside
No. 25 — Boca Raton Regional Hospital
No. 25 — Holy Cross Health-Fort Lauderdale
No. 25 — St. Anthony's Hospital
No. 25 — AdventHealth Tampa
No. 31 — Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare
No. 31 —Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital
No. 31 —AdventHealth Waterman
No. 34 —Broward Health Medical Center
No. 34 —Jackson Health System-Miami

Data used to determine this year’s best hospitals came from a period predating the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning rankings were not affected by the pandemic’s effect on hospitals.

The methodology for the rankings is based largely on objective measures such as risk-adjusted survival and discharge-to-home rates, volume and quality of nursing, among other care-related indicators.

Learn more about the Best Hospitals methodology.

Of the hospitals analyzed by U.S. News, 531 were recognized as Best Regional Hospitals, based on their strong performance in multiple areas of care. It broke down Florida into these areas:

• Cape Coral
• Central Florida
• Deltona-Daytona Beach
• Florida Panhandle
• Jacksonville
• Lakeland
• Miami-Fort Lauderdale
• Northern Florida
• Orlando
• Palm Bay-Melbourne
• Sarasota-Bradenton
• Southern Florida
• Tampa-St. Petersburg

In addition to state, regional and specialty rankings, U.S. News also announced the 20 hospitals that made it to this year’s Honor Roll, which recognizes the top hospitals nationwide that deliver exceptional treatment across multiple areas of care.

For the sixth consecutive year, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. claimed the No. 1 spot on the Best Hospitals Honor Roll, while Cleveland Clinic ranked No. 2, followed by UCLA Medical Center at No. 3.

In the specialty rankings, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ranked No. 1 in cancer, the Cleveland Clinic is No. 1 in cardiology and heart surgery, and Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City is No. 1 in orthopedics.

See this year’s full Best Hospitals ranking.