MoBAP, St. Luke's Top Missouri's Best Hospitals

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According to FOX 2 News, the U.S. News and World Report’s annual “Best Hospitals” rankings reports puts Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Mercy Hospital at #1 and #2 in the St. Louis area and the state of Missouri.

Mercy Hospital St. Louis ranked #2 in the St. Louis area and #2 in the state of Missouri, while Missouri Baptist Medical Center ranked #2 in St. Louis and 4th in the state. St. Luke's also ranked 4th in St. Louis and 8th in Missouri, while Barnes-Jewish West ranked #5 in the St. Louis area and #12 in Missouri.

The main Barnes-Jewish Hospital ranked 15th in the country and Mercy has made the “Best Hospitals” list 24 years in a row, the report states.

(View the U.S. News and World Report ranking here.)

According to U.S. News and World Report, this is the 24th year for the rankings which evaluate nearly 5,000 medical centers across the country. The report also breaks down the rankings by medical specialty, state and city.