Best Hospital in Florida, U.S. News Ranks Top

Top Hospitals in Florida and the Nation Recognized in New Rankings

AdventHealth Orlando has been named the top hospital in Florida and among the top 20 hospitals in the United States, according to the latest 2025-2026 Best Hospitals ranking released by U.S. News and World Report. This annual report evaluates more than 4,440 hospitals across the country based on their performance in 30 medical and surgical services. The rankings also highlight the 504 Best Regional Hospitals across 49 states and 95 metro areas, with hospitals earning high performance ratings in eight surgery and specialty areas making the cut.

The rankings emphasize the importance of local healthcare facilities in providing high-quality care close to home. Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News, stated that these rankings help individuals and families make informed decisions about their healthcare options in consultation with their medical providers.

Florida’s Leading Hospitals

In addition to AdventHealth Orlando securing the number one spot, several other hospitals in Florida have been recognized as top regional facilities:

• No. 2 - Mayo Clinic-Florida, Jacksonville
• No. 3 - UF Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville
• No. 4 - Tampa General Hospital, Tampa
• No. 5 - Orlando Health - Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando
• No. 6 - Cleveland Clinic Weston, Weston
• No. 7 - Baptist Health Baptist Hospital, Miami
• No. 8 - Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville
• No. 9 - Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota
• No. 10 - Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach
• No. 11 - HCA Florida North Florida Hospital, Gainesville
• No. 12 - Lee Memorial Hospital, Fort Myers
• No. 12 - University of Miami Hospital and Clinics - UHealth Tower, Miami
• No. 14 - AdventHealth Daytona Beach, Daytona Beach
• No. 14 - Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater
• No. 16 - AdventHealth Tampa, Tampa
• No. 16 - NCH Baker Hospital, Naples
• No. 18 - Gulf Coast Medical Center, Fort Myers
• No. 18 - Memorial Hospital West, Pembroke Pines
• No. 18 - St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tampa
• No. 21 - Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside Hospital, Jacksonville
• No. 21 - Cleveland Clinic Martin Health, Stuart
• No. 21 - Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, Tallahassee
• No. 24 - Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center, Melbourne
• No. 25 - Brandon Regional Hospital, Brandon
• No. 25 - HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital, Brooksville
• No. 25 - HCA Florida Ocala Hospital, Ocala
• No. 28 - AdventHealth Waterman, Tavares
• No. 28 - Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital, Vero Beach
• No. 28 - HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, Miami
• No. 31 - AdventHealth Fish Memorial, Orange City
• No. 31 - Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola Hospital, Pensacola
• No. 31 - Baptist Hospital, Pensacola
• No. 31 - Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood
• No. 35 - AdventHealth Ocala, Ocala
• No. 35 - AdventHealth Zephyrhills, Zephyrhills
• No. 37 - AdventHealth Palm Coast, Palm Coast
• No. 37 - Baptist Health South Miami Hospital, South Miami
• No. 37 - HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, Aventura

National Honor Roll Hospitals

In addition to the regional rankings, U.S. News also recognized 20 hospitals across 13 states on its Honor Roll, which highlights the best of the best. These include:

• AdventHealth, Orlando, Florida
• 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
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell
• Northwestern Medicine-Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
• NYU Langone Hospitals, New York
• 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

Methodology and Updates

U.S. News evaluated over 4,400 hospitals using objective measures such as risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications, and nursing care quality. The Best Hospitals Specialty rankings and Procedures & Conditions ratings methodology use data from over 800 million patient records. This year, U.S. News added two new ratings—Heart Arrhythmia and Pacemaker Implantation—to the existing Procedures & Conditions ratings, bringing the total to 22.