America's Most Socially Responsible Hospitals, 2025

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Key Takeaways

HONOR ROLL: Hospitals and systems earn a spot on the Lown Hospitals Index Honor Roll by achieving “A” grades across Equity, Value, and Outcomes measures. Out of 2,718 acute care hospitals, 123 made the Honor Roll. Out of 900 critical access hospitals, 37 made the Honor Roll. Out of 331 hospital systems, 11 made the Honor Roll.
STATE STAND-OUTS: Pennsylvania (12) has the greatest number of Honor Roll hospitals, followed by Texas (11), California (9), and New Jersey (9).
U.S. NEWS HOSPITALS: Only 2 U.S. News Honor Roll hospitals earned spots on the Lown Index Honor Roll: The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD, and The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, NY.
FIVE-TIMERS: The number one hospital this year, Methodist Medical Center, has appeared on the Honor Roll five times. Joining them as five-time winners are Baystate Wing Hospital in MA, Covenant Health Fort Loudoun in TN, and Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in TN.

Honor Roll: Acute care

Out of 2,718 acute care hospitals, 123 achieved “A”s on equity, value, and outcomes, earning a place on the 2026 Lown Index Honor Roll. The number one hospital this year, Methodist Medical Center, has been on the Honor Roll five times. Joining them as five-time winners are Baystate Wing Hospital in MA, Covenant Health Fort Loudoun in TN, and Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in TN.

Rank	Hospital	City	State	Years on Honor Roll
1	Methodist Medical Center	Oak Ridge	TN	5
2	Stillwater Medical Center	Stillwater	OK	3
3	University Health	San Antonio	TX	1
4	Saint Francis Hospital Muskogee	Muskogee	OK	3
5	Adventist Health Portland	Portland	OR	3
6	Christian Hospital	Saint Louis	MO	2
7	LewisGale Hospital Alleghany	Low Moor	VA	1
8	St. Luke’s Hospital – Easton Campus	Easton	PA	3
9	Frick Hospital	Mount Pleasant	PA	4
10	Sentara RMH Medical Center	Harrisonburg	VA	3
11	York Hospital	York	ME	2
12	UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital	Fort Collins	CO	3
13	Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital	Chicago	IL	1
14	Memorial Hospital Pembroke	Pembroke Pines	FL	1
15	Bellevue Medical Center	Bellevue	NE	3
16	St. Luke’s Hospital – Upper Bucks Campus	Quakertown	PA	3
17	Sharon Hospital	Sharon	CT	3
18	UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies	Loveland	CO	4
19	Temple University Hospital – Main Campus	Philadelphia	PA	3
20	St. Luke’s Hospital – Miners Campus	Coaldale	PA	3
21	Baystate Wing Hospital	Palmer	MA	5
22	Parkview DeKalb Hospital	Auburn	IN	1
23	Olmsted Medical Center	Rochester	MN	3
24	Covenant Health Fort Loudoun	Lenoir City	TN	5
25	Presbyterian Espanola Hospital	Espanola	NM	1
26	St. Luke’s University Hospital – Bethlehem Campus	Bethlehem	PA	4
27	Progress West Hospital	Ofallon	MO	4
28	Riverside University Health System Medical Center	Moreno Valley	CA	4
29	New York-Presbyterian Queens	Flushing	NY	3
30	St. Elizabeth Community Hospital	Red Bluff	CA	2
31	Inspira Medical Center Vineland	Vineland	NJ	2
32	Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas	Austin	TX	3
33	The University of Kansas Hospital – Bell Hospital Tower	Kansas City	KS	2
34	MedStar Union Memorial Hospital	Baltimore	MD	1
35	WakeMed Raleigh Campus	Raleigh	NC	3
36	CPMC Mission Bernal Campus & Orthopedic Institute	San Francisco	CA	3
37	Sentara Albemarle Medical Center	Elizabeth City	NC	3
38	Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center	Knoxville	TN	5
39	Saint Francis Hospital South	Tulsa	OK	3
40	CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – San Marcos	San Marcos	TX	3
41	John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital Of Cook County	Chicago	IL	1
42	Alta Bates Summit Medical Center \| Summit Campus	Oakland	CA	4
43	St. Mary’s General Hospital	Passaic	NJ	4
44	Lee Memorial Hospital	Fort Myers	FL	4
45	Stafford Hospital	Stafford	VA	1
46	Saint Francis Hospital	Wilmington	DE	3
47	Grand View Hospital	Sellersville	PA	2
48	South Pointe Hospital	Warrensville Heights	OH	3
49	Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center	Santa Fe	NM	4
50	St. Luke’s Hospital – Warren Campus	Phillipsburg	NJ	3
51	UF Health Jacksonville	Jacksonville	FL	2
52	UCHealth Grandview Hospital	Colorado Springs	CO	1
53	Sherman Oaks Hospital	Sherman Oaks	CA	1
54	St. Clare Hospital	Lakewood	WA	3
55	Mount Sinai Morningside-West	New York	NY	2
56	Nebraska Medical Center	Omaha	NE	3
57	Saint Clare’s Denville Hospital	Denville	NJ	1
58	Roxborough Memorial Hospital	Philadelphia	PA	3
59	Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center	Lancaster	PA	1
60	TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center	Smyrna	TN	4
61	Methodist Dallas Medical Center	Dallas	TX	1
62	Salem Hospital	Salem	MA	1
63	Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital	Charlottesville	VA	1
64	UT Health Henderson	Henderson	TX	1
65	Ascension Seton Southwest	Austin	TX	2
66	Billings Clinic	Billings	MT	1
67	Mary Washington Hospital	Fredericksburg	VA	1
68	Mather Hospital	Port Jefferson	NY	2
69	The Johns Hopkins Hospital	Baltimore	MD	1
70	Baylor University Medical Center	Dallas	TX	2
71	Sonoma Valley Hospital	Sonoma	CA	3
72	Peconic Bay Medical Center	Riverhead	NY	3
73	Banner Goldfield Medical Center	Apache Junction	AZ	3
74	Sanford Bemidji Medical Center	Bemidji	MN	1
75	Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital	Spartanburg	SC	3
76	Franciscan Health Lafayette East	Lafayette	IN	2
77	Hackettstown Medical Center	Hackettstown	NJ	1
78	MedStar Washington Hospital Center	Washington	DC	4
79	Emory Hillandale Hospital	Lithonia	GA	1
80	Adventist Health Sonora	Sonora	CA	2
81	Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital	South Boston	VA	2
82	CommonSpirit – St. Anthony North Hospital	Westminster	CO	3
83	Grayling Hospital	Grayling	MI	2
84	Pen Bay Medical Center	Rockport	ME	3
85	OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center	Ottawa	IL	1
86	Saint Francis Hospital	Tulsa	OK	2
87	Cumberland Medical Center	Crossville	TN	4
88	Parkridge Medical Center	Chattanooga	TN	2
89	Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital – Milton	Milton	MA	2
90	St. Vincent Regional Hospital	Billings	MT	3
91	New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital	Cortlandt Manor	NY	2
92	Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital – St. Joseph Campus	Milwaukee	WI	1
93	HCA HealthONE Aurora	Aurora	CO	1
94	Ascension St. Francis Hospital	Milwaukee	WI	1
95	Boone Hospital Center	Columbia	MO	3
96	St. Luke’s Hospital – Carbon Campus	Lehighton	PA	1
97	RWJ University Hospital Rahway	Rahway	NJ	1
98	St. Mary-Corwin Hospital	Pueblo	CO	2
99	Prisma Health Hillcrest Hospital	Simpsonville	SC	3
100	Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital	Newport News	VA	1
101	JFK University Medical Center	Edison	NJ	3
102	Sanford Medical Center – Bismarck	Bismarck	ND	1
103	CHI Health St. Elizabeth	Lincoln	NE	2
104	Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin	Austin	TX	1
105	Platte Valley Hospital	Brighton	CO	1
106	The George Washington University Hospital	Washington	DC	1
107	Summa Health System – Akron Campus	Akron	OH	4
108	East Liverpool City Hospital	East Liverpool	OH	4
109	Chambers Memorial Hospital	Danville	AR	1
110	HCA Florida Osceola Hospital	Kissimmee	FL	3
111	Swedish Edmonds Campus	Edmonds	WA	1
112	Waterbury Hospital	Waterbury	CT	3
113	Newton Medical Center	Newton	NJ	1
114	The Mount Sinai Hospital	New York	NY	3
115	Atrium Health University City	Charlotte	NC	4
116	Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center	Spokane	WA	2
117	UMass Memorial Health – Health Alliance – Clinton Hospital	Leominster	MA	2
118	HCA Houston Healthcare West	Houston	TX	2
119	Wellstar Cobb Medical Center	Austell	GA	1
120	Lawrence + Memorial Hospital	New London	CT	2
121	Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia	Philadelphia	PA	2
122	Atlanticare Regional Medical Center, Atlantic City Campus	Atlantic City	NJ	1
123	Lawrence General Hospital	Lawrence	MA	4

Honor Roll: Critical Access

A hospital may be designated as a Critical Access Hospital if it is located in a rural area a certain distance away from other hospitals, has no more than 25 inpatient beds, and fulfills other criteria as outlined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (see more).

Out of 900 critical access hospitals, 37 achieved “A”s on equity, value, and outcomes, earning a place on the 2026 Lown Index Honor Roll. Providence St. Joseph Medical Center leads the group with four appearances on the Honor Roll. Seven other hospitals have appeared three times.

Rank	Hospital	City	State	Years on Honor Roll
1	Platte County Memorial Hospital	Wheatland	WY	3
2	Baylor Scott & White Hospital Brenham	Brenham	TX	1
3	Western Wisconsin Health	Baldwin	WI	3
4	Socorro General Hospital	Socorro	NM	1
5	Van Buren County Hospital	Keosauqua	IA	1
6	Providence St. Joseph Medical Center	Polson	MT	4
7	Community Hospital Of Anaconda	Anaconda	MT	1
8	ThedaCare Medical Center – New London	New London	WI	1
9	St. Charles Madras	Madras	OR	3
10	Chatham Hospital	Siler City	NC	2
11	Avera St. Anthony’s Hospital	O’ Neill	NE	3
12	Mayo Clinic Health System – Lake City	Lake City	MN	1
13	OSF Saint Paul Medical Center	Mendota	IL	1
14	CentraCare – Long Prairie Hospital	Long Prairie	MN	2
15	Marshall Medical Center	Lewisburg	TN	3
16	Garfield Memorial Hospital	Panguitch	UT	1
17	United General Medical Center	Sedro Woolley	WA	1
18	Nor-Lea Hospital	Lovington	NM	2
19	John C. Fremont Healthcare District	Mariposa	CA	2
20	The Memorial Hospital	Craig	CO	1
21	Windom Area Health	Windom	MN	1
22	Van Diest Medical Center	Webster City	IA	1
23	MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital	Damariscotta	ME	1
24	Aultman Orrville Hospital	Orrville	OH	2
25	Central Montana Medical Center	Lewistown	MT	1
26	Wayne County Hospital	Corydon	IA	2
27	IU Health Frankfort Hospital	Frankfort	IN	1
28	Davis County Hospital	Bloomfield	IA	1
29	Cogdell Memorial Hospital	Snyder	TX	1
30	IU Health Paoli Hospital	Paoli	IN	2
31	Ridgecrest Regional Hospital	Ridgecrest	CA	1
32	ThedaCare Medical Center – Berlin	Berlin	WI	1
33	Penn Highlands Elk	Saint Marys	PA	3
34	Baptist Memorial Hospital – Leake	Carthage	MS	1
35	Holy Rosary Healthcare	Miles City	MT	3
36	CHI St. Alexius Health Williston Medical Center	Williston	ND	2
37	CHI St. Alexius Health Dickinson Medical Center	Dickinson	ND	1

HONOR ROLL: SYSTEMS

The following hospital systems earned “A” grades in equity, value, and outcomes, earning a place on the 2026 Lown Index Honor Roll. The state(s) column indicates where the system operates hospitals.

Rank	System	State(s)	# Hospitals in System
1	The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center	OH	4
2	Temple Health	PA	2
3	Lee Health	FL	3
4	Nebraska Medicine	NE	2
5	St. Lukes University Health Network	NJ, PA	10
6	Emory Healthcare	GA	7
7	Covenant Health	TN	9
8	Johns Hopkins Health System	DC, MD	5
9	Saint Francis Health System	OK	4
10	Mount Sinai Health System	NY	3
11	Riverside Health System	VA	4

U.S. News Hospitals

Only two U.S. News Honor Roll hospitals earned spots on the 2026 Lown Index Honor Roll: The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD, and The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, NY. Many of these hospitals struggle to perform well in the equity category.

Name	State	Social Responsibility	Outcomes	Value	Equity
Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix	AZ	B	A	A	D
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center	CA	B	A	A	C
Stanford Hospital	CA	B	A	A	D
UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights	CA	A	A	A	B
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	CA	B	A	A	D
AdventHealth Orlando	FL	A	A	B	B
Rush University Medical Center	IL	A	A	A	B
Northwestern Memorial Hospital	IL	B	A	A	D
The Johns Hopkins Hospital	MD	A	A	A	A
Massachusetts General Hospital	MA	B	A	A	C
Brigham and Women’s Hospital	MA	B	A	A	C
University of Michigan Health System	MI	B	A	A	C
Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus	MN	B	A	A	C
Hackensack University Medical Center	NJ	B	A	A	C
The Mount Sinai Hospital	NY	A	A	A	A
New York-Presbyterian Hospital	NY	B	A	A	C
Tisch Hospital	NY	B	A	A	C
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus	OH	B	A	A	C
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania	PA	A	A	A	B
Houston Methodist Hospital	TX	B	A	B	C

TOP HOSPITAL IN each state

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

State	Name	City	National Rank
AK	Bartlett Regional Hospital	Juneau	530
AL	Medical West	Bessemer	572
AR	Chambers Memorial Hospital	Danville	109
AZ	Banner Goldfield Medical Center	Apache Junction	73
CA	Riverside University Health System Medical Center	Moreno Valley	28
CO	UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital	Fort Collins	12
CT	Sharon Hospital	Sharon	17
DC	MedStar Washington Hospital Center	Washington	78
DE	Saint Francis Hospital	Wilmington	46
FL	Memorial Hospital Pembroke	Pembroke Pines	14
GA	Emory Hillandale Hospital	Lithonia	79
HI	Hilo Medical Center	Hilo	284
IA	UnityPoint Health – Trinity Regional Medical Center	Fort Dodge	226
ID	West Valley Medical Center	Caldwell	125
IL	Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital	Chicago	13
IN	Parkview DeKalb Hospital	Auburn	22
KS	The University of Kansas Hospital – Bell Hospital Tower	Kansas City	33
KY	UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital	Lexington	157
LA	Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge	201
MA	Baystate Wing Hospital	Palmer	21
MD	MedStar Union Memorial Hospital	Baltimore	34
ME	York Hospital	York	11
MI	Grayling Hospital	Grayling	83
MN	Olmsted Medical Center	Rochester	23
MO	Christian Hospital	Saint Louis	6
MS	Baptist Memorial Hospital – DeSoto	Southaven	166
MT	Billings Clinic	Billings	66
NC	WakeMed Raleigh Campus	Raleigh	35
ND	Sanford Medical Center – Bismarck	Bismarck	102
NE	Bellevue Medical Center	Bellevue	15
NH	Cheshire Medical Center	Keene	452
NJ	Inspira Medical Center Vineland	Vineland	31
NM	Presbyterian Espanola Hospital	Espanola	25
NV	Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center	Reno	135
NY	New York-Presbyterian Queens	Flushing	29
OH	South Pointe Hospital	Warrensville Heights	48
OK	Stillwater Medical Center	Stillwater	2
OR	Adventist Health Portland	Portland	5
PA	St. Luke’s Hospital – Easton Campus	Easton	8
RI	Roger Williams Medical Center	Providence	212
SC	Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital	Spartanburg	75
SD	Avera St. Mary’s Hospital	Pierre	176
TN	Methodist Medical Center	Oak Ridge	1
TX	University Health	San Antonio	3
UT	Mountain West Medical Center	Tooele	316
VA	LewisGale Hospital Alleghany	Low Moor	7
VT	Central Vermont Medical Center	Barre	938
WA	St. Clare Hospital	Lakewood	54
WI	Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital – St. Joseph Campus	Milwaukee	92
WV	CAMC Greenbrier Valley Medical Center	Ronceverte	629
WY	Saint John’s Health	Jackson	967

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. See our full methodology page for more information.