America's Most Socially Responsible Hospitals, 2024

Key Takeaways

HONOR ROLL: Out of more than 2,700 acute care hospitals, 154 achieved “A”s on equity, value, and outcomes, earning a place on the Lown Index Honor Roll.
REPEAT WINNERS: Fifty-five hospitals have received “A” grades on social responsibility on the Lown Index for five years in a row.
U.S. NEWS HOSPITALS: While most of the 2023-24 U.S. News Honor Roll hospitals performed well on outcomes and value, only two received “A” grades in equity.
FOR-PROFIT PERFORMANCE: For-profit hospitals make up 18% of acute care hospitals but 36% of “D” grades, twice as many as might be expected. Six of the for-profit “D” grades are hospitals owned by private equity.

Honor Roll: Acute care hospitals

These acute care hospitals received “A” grades in equity, value, and outcomes, earning honor roll status and designation as the most socially responsible hospitals in the United States. Out of more than 2,700 acute care hospitals, just 154 achieved Honor Roll status.

Rank	Hospital	State	City
1	Duke Regional Hospital	NC	DURHAM
2	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Pflugerville	TX	PFLUGERVILLE
3	UCHealth Greeley Hospital	CO	GREELEY
4	Adventist Health Ukiah Valley	CA	UKIAH
5	UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center	NM	RIO RANCHO
6	Suburban Community Hospital	PA	NORRISTOWN
7	Cedar City Hospital	UT	CEDAR CITY
8	Methodist Medical Center	TN	OAK RIDGE
9	St. Luke’s Hospital – Upper Bucks Campus	PA	QUAKERTOWN
10	Sonoma Valley Health Care District	CA	SONOMA
11	Providence Newburg Medical Center	OR	NEWBERG
12	Fort Loudoun Medical Center	TN	LENOIR CITY
13	Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Ontario	OR	ONTARIO
14	LDS Hospital	UT	SALT LAKE CITY
15	St. Luke’s Hospital – Easton Campus	PA	EASTON
16	CommonSpirit – St. Anthony Summit Hospital	CO	FRISCO
17	Park City Hospital	UT	PARK CITY
18	St. Luke’s Hospital – Miners Campus	PA	COALDALE
19	Stillwater Medical Center	OK	STILLWATER
20	Southern California Hospital at Hollywood	CA	HOLLYWOOD
21	Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital	UT	OGDEN
22	UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital	CO	FORT COLLINS
23	CommonSpirit – St. Anthony North Hospital	CO	WESTMINSTER
24	Logan Regional Hospital	UT	LOGAN
25	Latrobe Hospital	PA	LATROBE
26	Lee Memorial Hospital	FL	FORT MYERS
27	Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital	SC	CHARLESTON
28	TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center	TN	NASHVILLE
29	Olmsted Medical Center	MN	ROCHESTER
30	Bellevue Medical Center	NE	BELLEVUE
31	HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital – Breese	IL	BREESE
32	Frick Hospital	PA	MOUNT PLEASANT
33	UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies	CO	LOVELAND
34	St. Luke’s University Hospital – Bethlehem Campus	PA	BETHLEHEM
35	St. Joseph Health Regional Hospital	TX	BRYAN
36	Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas	TX	AUSTIN
37	Logan Health Medical Center	MT	KALISPELL
38	Layton Hospital	UT	LAYTON
39	Saint Francis Hospital Muskogee	OK	MUSKOGEE
40	Providence Portland Medical Center	OR	PORTLAND
41	UH Elyria Medical Center	OH	ELYRIA
42	Saint Francis Hospital	DE	WILMINGTON
43	Mercy Medical Center	MD	BALTIMORE
44	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Marble Falls	TX	MARBLE FALLS
45	Temple University Hospital – Main Campus	PA	PHILADELPHIA
46	Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center	TN	KNOXVILLE
47	Mayo Clinic Health System – Albert Lea and Austin	MN	ALBERT LEA
48	Adventist Health Tulare	CA	TULARE
49	Boone Hospital Center	MO	COLUMBIA
50	Intermountain Medical Center	UT	MURRAY
51	Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital	CA	GRASS VALLEY
52	Methodist Midlothian Medical Center	TX	MIDLOTHIAN
53	MetroHealth Medical Center	OH	CLEVELAND
54	Pen Bay Medical Center	ME	ROCKPORT
55	Saint Francis Hospital South	OK	TULSA
56	Grayling Hospital	MI	GRAYLING
57	Monroe Hospital	IN	BLOOMINGTON
58	Prisma Health Baptist Hospital	SC	COLUMBIA
59	MultiCare Covington Medical Center	WA	COVINGTON
60	St. Vincent Regional Hospital	MT	BILLINGS
61	Cadillac Hospital	MI	CADILLAC
62	CHI Health Immanuel	NE	OMAHA
63	Hunterdon Medical Center	NJ	FLEMINGTON
64	Baystate Wing Hospital	MA	PALMER
65	Utah Valley Hospital	UT	PROVO
66	Nebraska Medical Center	NE	OMAHA
67	Methodist Southlake Medical Center	TX	SOUTHLAKE
68	St. Claire Regional Medical Center	KY	MOREHEAD
69	Sharon Hospital	CT	SHARON
70	Nashoba Valley Medical Center	MA	AYER
71	Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital	CA	SANTA ROSA
72	St. Luke’s Hospital – Monroe Campus	PA	STROUDSBURG
73	Alta Bates Summit Medical Center \| Summit Campus	CA	OAKLAND
74	East Liverpool City Hospital	OH	EAST LIVERPOOL
75	Griffin Hospital	CT	DERBY
76	Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center	NM	SANTA FE
77	Riverside University Health System Medical Center	CA	MORENO VALLEY
78	Roxborough Memorial Hospital	PA	PHILADELPHIA
79	Peconic Bay Medical Center	NY	RIVERHEAD
80	St. Mary’s Regional Hospital	CO	GRAND JUNCTION
81	WakeMed Raleigh Campus	NC	RALEIGH
82	TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center	TN	SMYRNA
83	MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital	MD	BALTIMORE
84	Sentara Albemarle Medical Center	NC	ELIZABETH CITY
85	South Pointe Hospital	OH	WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS
86	Mountain View Hospital – Payson	UT	PAYSON
87	SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital – St. Louis	MO	RICHMOND HEIGHTS
88	Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center	OR	OREGON CITY
89	St. Luke’s Hospital – Warren Campus	NJ	PHILLIPSBURG
90	Providence Holy Family Hospital	WA	SPOKANE
91	Adventist Health Columbia Gorge	OR	THE DALLES
92	HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center	TX	HOUSTON
93	Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital	MA	BROCKTON
94	Franklin Memorial Hospital	ME	FARMINGTON
95	UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital	IA	CEDAR RAPIDS
96	The University of Kansas Hospital – Bell Hospital Tower	KS	KANSAS CITY
97	Arizona General Hospital Mesa	AZ	MESA
98	MultiCare Deaconess Hospital	WA	SPOKANE
99	Wahiawa General Hospital	HI	WAHIAWA
100	UF Health Jacksonville	FL	JACKSONVILLE
101	Salem Health Salem Hospital	OR	SALEM
102	UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central	CO	COLORADO SPRINGS
103	The Hospital of Central Connecticut	CT	NEW BRITAIN
104	Unity Health – White County Medical Center	AR	SEARCY
105	MedStar Washington Hospital Center	DC	WASHINGTON
106	Saint Barbara Cottage Hospital	CA	SANTA BARBARA
107	Banner Goldfield Medical Center	AZ	APACHE JUNCTION
108	Summa Health System – Akron Campus	OH	AKRON
109	Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare	TX	EL PASO
110	Progress West Hospital	MO	O FALLON
111	Hoke Hospital	NC	RAEFORD
112	Reid Hospital and Health Care Services	IN	RICHMOND
113	Atrium Health Cabarrus	NC	CONCORD
114	MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center	IA	MASON CITY
115	Trinity Health Grand Rapids Hospital	MI	GRAND RAPIDS
116	Cox Medical Center Branson	MO	BRANSON
117	New York-Presbyterian Queens	NY	FLUSHING
118	Centinela Hospital Medical Center	CA	INGLEWOOD
119	Bayhealth Hospital Sussex Campus	DE	MILFORD
120	Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center	VA	FREDERICKSBURG
121	Deaconess Henderson Hospital	KY	HENDERSON
122	Kettering Health Dayton	OH	DAYTON
123	Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia	PA	PHILADELPHIA
124	Waterbury Hospital	CT	WATERBURY
125	Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital	SC	SPARTANBURG
126	Atrium Health University City	NC	CHARLOTTE
127	Eden Medical Center	CA	CASTRO VALLEY
128	St. Clare Hospital	WA	LAKEWOOD
129	Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center	WA	SPOKANE
130	Concord Hospital	NH	CONCORD
131	JFK University Medical Center	NJ	EDISON
132	CHI Health St. Elizabeth	NE	LINCOLN
133	Milford Regional Medical Center Inc	MA	MILFORD
134	St. David’s South Austin Medical Center	TX	AUSTIN
135	Community Memorial Hospital	CA	VENTURA
136	North Suburban Medical Center	CO	THORNTON
137	Cumberland Medical Center	TN	CROSSVILLE
138	TriStar Summit Medical Center	TN	HERMITAGE
139	Sentara RMH Medical Center	VA	HARRISONBURG
140	Prisma Health Hillcrest Hospital	SC	SIMPSONVILLE
141	Palomar Medical Center Poway	CA	POWAY
142	Lehigh Valley Hospital – Schuylkill S. Jackson Street	PA	POTTSVILLE
143	Atrium Health Cleveland	NC	SHELBY
144	Franciscan Health Crawfordsville	IN	CRAWFORDSVILLE
145	Saint Joseph Health System Plymouth Medical Center	IN	PLYMOUTH
146	CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – San Marcos	TX	SAN MARCOS
147	Ascension Saint Alexius	IL	HOFFMAN ESTATES
148	The Mount Sinai Hospital	NY	NEW YORK
149	Ogden Regional Medical Center	UT	OGDEN
150	Los Angeles Community Hospital	CA	LOS ANGELES
151	West Anaheim Medical Center	CA	ANAHEIM
152	Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital	TN	TULLAHOMA
153	Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center	TX	HOUSTON
154	Swedish Hospital	IL	CHICAGO

Honor Roll: Critical Access Hospitals

These critical access hospitals received “A” grades in equity, value, and outcomes, earning honor roll status and designation as the most socially responsible hospitals in the United States. Out of more than 800 critical access hospitals, just 40 achieved Honor Roll status.

Rank	Hospital	State	City
1	Sidney Health Center	MT	SIDNEY
2	St. Luke’s Elmore Medical Center	ID	MOUNTAIN HOME
3	Whitman Hospital & Medical Clinics	WA	COLFAX
4	Sanford Luverne Medical Center	MN	LUVERNE
5	St. Charles Madras	OR	MADRAS
6	Marshall Medical Center	TN	LEWISBURG
7	Sanford Canton – Inwood Medical Center	SD	CANTON
8	UCHealth Pikes Peak Regional Hospital	CO	WOODLAND PARK
9	Wayne County Hospital	IA	CORYDON
10	United Hospital District	MN	BLUE EARTH
11	Mercy Hospital Kingfisher	OK	KINGFISHER
12	Skyline Hospital	WA	WHITE SALMON
13	Pike County Memorial Hospital	MO	LOUISIANA
14	CentraCare – Melrose Hospital	MN	MELROSE
15	Avera St. Anthony’s Hospital	NE	O’ NEILL
16	Western Wisconsin Health	WI	BALDWIN
17	Edgerton Hospital & Health Services	WI	EDGERTON
18	MercyOne Elkader Medical Center	IA	ELKADER
19	Providence Mount Carmel Hospital	WA	COLVILLE
20	Chatham Hospital	NC	SILER CITY
21	Providence St. Joseph’s Hospital	WA	CHEWELAH
22	Dallam Hartley Counties Hospital	TX	DALHART
23	St Luke Community Hospital	MT	RONAN
24	Platte County Memorial Hospital	WY	WHEATLAND
25	OSF Holy Family Medical Center	IL	MONMOUTH
26	Grand River Hospital District	CO	RIFLE
27	Central Valley Medical Center	UT	NEPHI
28	CentraCare – Long Prairie Hospital	MN	LONG PRAIRIE
29	IU Health White Memorial Hospital	IN	MONTICELLO
30	Hansen Family Hospital	IA	IOWA FALLS
31	Astera Health	MN	WADENA
32	Pawnee Valley Community Hospital	KS	LARNED
33	Providence St. Joseph Medical Center	MT	POLSON
34	Pagosa Springs Medical Center	CO	PAGOSA SPRINGS
35	Osceola Regional Health Center	IA	SIBLEY
36	Sanpete Valley Hospital	UT	MOUNT PLEASANT
37	IU Health Jay Hospital	IN	PORTLAND
38	Penn Highlands Elk	PA	SAINT MARYS
39	Holy Cross Hospital	NM	TAOS
40	CHI St. Alexius Health Williston Medical Center	ND	WILLISTON

HOSPITAL SYSTEMS: Most Socially Responsible

These are the Top Ten hospital systems for socially responsibility in the U.S. Social responsibility is a composite of 50+ equity, value, and outcomes measures. The State(s) column indicates the state or states in which the system operates hospitals.

Rank	Hospital System	State(s)
1	Nebraska Medicine	NE
2	UCHealth (Colorado)	CO, WY
3	St. Lukes University Health Network	PA, NJ
4	Lee Health	FL
5	MedStar Health	MD, DC
6	Covenant Health	TN
7	UNM Health	NM
8	Temple Health	PA
9	UC Health (Cincinnati)	OH
10	Wakemed Health and Hospitals	NC

U.S. News Hospitals

How did 2023-24 US News Honor Roll hospitals perform on the Lown Hospitals Index? While most of the US News hospitals received “A” grades in outcomes and value, only two (Mount Sinai Hospital and Johns Hopkins Hospital) received “A” grades in equity. Hospitals are listed alphabetically.

Name	City	State	Equity	Outcomes	Value
Barnes-Jewish Hospital	SAINT LOUIS	MO	B	A	A
Brigham and Women’s Hospital	BOSTON	MA	C	A	A
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	LOS ANGELES	CA	D	A	B
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus	CLEVELAND	OH	C	A	A
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania	PHILADELPHIA	PA	C	A	A
Houston Methodist Hospital	HOUSTON	TX	D	B	A
The Johns Hopkins Hospital	BALTIMORE	MD	A	A	C
Massachusetts General Hospital	BOSTON	MA	C	A	A
Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus	ROCHESTER	MN	B	A	A
The Mount Sinai Hospital	NEW YORK	NY	A	A	A
New York-Presbyterian Hospital	NEW YORK	NY	C	A	B
North Shore University Hospital	MANHASSET	NY	C	A	B
Northwestern Memorial Hospital	CHICAGO	IL	D	A	A
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center	LOS ANGELES	CA	C	A	A
RUSH University Medical Center	CHICAGO	IL	B	A	A
Stanford Hospital	STANFORD	CA	C	A	A
Tisch Hospital	NEW YORK	NY	C	A	A
UC San Diego Medical Center	SAN DIEGO	CA	B	A	A
UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	B	A	A
University of Michigan Medical Center	ANN ARBOR	MI	C	A	A
UT Southwestern – William P .Clements Jr. University Hospital	DALLAS	TX	C	A	A
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	NASHVILLE	TN	C	A	A

TOP HOSPITAL IN each state

These are the most socially responsible acute care hospitals in each state, along with their overall ranking.

State	Hospital	City	Rank, social responsibility
AK	Providence Alaska Medical Center	ANCHORAGE	700
AL	UAB Hospital	BIRMINGHAM	553
AR	Unity Health – White County Medical Center	SEARCY	104
AZ	Arizona General Hospital Mesa	MESA	97
CA	Adventist Health Ukiah Valley	UKIAH	4
CO	UCHealth Greeley Hospital	GREELEY	3
CT	Sharon Hospital	SHARON	69
DC	MedStar Washington Hospital Center	WASHINGTON	105
DE	Saint Francis Hospital	WILMINGTON	42
FL	Lee Memorial Hospital	FORT MYERS	26
GA	Emory University Hospital Midtown	ATLANTA	216
HI	Wahiawa General Hospital	WAHIAWA	99
IA	UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital	CEDAR RAPIDS	95
ID	Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Nampa	NAMPA	157
IL	HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital – Breese	BREESE	31
IN	Monroe Hospital	BLOOMINGTON	57
KS	The University of Kansas Hospital – Bell Hospital Tower	KANSAS CITY	96
KY	St. Claire Regional Medical Center	MOREHEAD	68
LA	Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans	NEW ORLEANS	254
MA	Baystate Wing Hospital	PALMER	64
MD	Mercy Medical Center	BALTIMORE	43
ME	Pen Bay Medical Center	ROCKPORT	54
MI	Grayling Hospital	GRAYLING	56
MN	Olmsted Medical Center	ROCHESTER	29
MO	Boone Hospital Center	COLUMBIA	49
MS	Magnolia Regional Health Center	CORINTH	279
MT	Logan Health Medical Center	KALISPELL	37
NC	Duke Regional Hospital	DURHAM	1
ND	CHI St. Alexius Health Bismarck Medical Center	BISMARCK	835
NE	Bellevue Medical Center	BELLEVUE	30
NH	Concord Hospital	CONCORD	130
NJ	Hunterdon Medical Center	FLEMINGTON	63
NM	UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center	RIO RANCHO	5
NV	North Vista Hospital	NORTH LAS VEGAS	595
NY	Peconic Bay Medical Center	RIVERHEAD	79
OH	UH Elyria Medical Center	ELYRIA	41
OK	Stillwater Medical Center	STILLWATER	19
OR	Providence Newburg Medical Center	NEWBERG	11
PA	Suburban Community Hospital	NORRISTOWN	6
RI	Landmark Medical Center	WOONSOCKET	213
SC	Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital	CHARLESTON	27
SD	Avera St. Mary’s Hospital	PIERRE	180
TN	Methodist Medical Center	OAK RIDGE	8
TX	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Pflugerville	PFLUGERVILLE	2
UT	Cedar City Hospital	CEDAR CITY	7
VA	Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center	FREDERICKSBURG	120
VT	Brattleboro Memorial Hospital	BRATTLEBORO	584
WA	MultiCare Covington Medical Center	COVINGTON	59
WI	Ascension All Saints Hospital	RACINE	203
WV	United Hospital Center	BRIDGEPORT	505
WY	Campbell County Memorial Hospital	GILLETTE	200

PRivate Equity Hospital systems

The following systems are currently or recently owned by private equity firms*. Only one received an “A” in social responsibility.

System Name	Private equity firm affiliation	Social Responsibility grade	Equity grade	Outcomes grade	Value grade
Ardent Health Services	Equity Group Investments	B	B	B	C
Lifepoint Health	Apollo Global Management	C	B	C	C
Pipeline Health	Stanton Road Capital, Davidson Kempner, Deerfield Management	C	A	C	D
Prospect Medical Holdings	Formerly Leonard Green	A	A	A	B
Quorum Health	GoldenTree Asset Management, Davidson Kempner	C	A	D	C
ScionHealth	Apollo Global Management	B	A	C	C
Steward Health Care System	Formerly Cerberus	B	A	C	C

* Private equity firm affiliation source is The Private Equity Stakeholder Project.

methodology

The Lown Hospitals Index measures hospital social responsibility as a composite of more than 50 metrics across health equity, value of care, and patient outcomes. Hospitals with “A” grades on each of the three major categories achieve honor roll designation. The Lown Index uses publicly available data from traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage claims; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services datasets on patient safety, patient experience, and hospital costs; Internal Revenue Service Form 990; and other sources. New to this year’s release is the separation of Critical Access Hospitals into their own ranking and an increase to the overall weight of equity metrics. See our full methodology page for more information.

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