27 Best Hospitals In Pennsylvania: U.S. News and World Report's New Rankings

U.S. News and World Report on Tuesday released its list of the best hospitals across the country. The top-ranking hospital in Pennsylvania was Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian, in Philadelphia, which came in ninth nationwide.

The rankings looked at how each hospital performs across different specialties, procedures and conditions. To compile the rankings, U.S. News and World Report used several different objective measurements such as patient survival, number of patients and staffing numbers. The publication also used survey data from qualified physicians, who were asked to name the top five hospitals in their specialty.

View U.S. News and World Report's methodology here.

Twenty-seven hospitals in Pennsylvania were ranked by U.S. News and World Report. Here is the list:

1. Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia

2. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, Pittsburgh

3. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia

4. Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown

5. Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster

6. Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey

7. Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington

8. Reading Hospital and Medical Center, West Reading

9. West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh

10. Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood

11. PinnacleHealth Hospitals, Harrisburgh

12. Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr

13. Chester County Hospital, West Chester

14. UPMC Hamot, Erie

15. St. Luke's University Hospital, Bethlehem

16. TIE: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville and Paoli Hospital, Paoli

18. TIE Riddle Hospital, Media and UPMC St. Margaret, Pittsburgh

20. TIE: Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg, Bethlethem, St. Clair Hospital, Pittsburgh and UPMC Passavant, Pittsburgh

23. TIE: Excela Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg, Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne and St. Vincent Hospital, Erie

27. Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown

Click here to see the full rankings.