U.S. News and World Report ranked a dozen Minnesota hospitals for this year’s list of the best hospitals in the United States, including nine in the Twin Cities.
The annual list ranked hospitals from across the state, including one each in Duluth, Rochester, St. Cloud and the rest in the Twin Cities metro area. Three hospitals rejoined the list this year: Regions Hospital in St. Paul, M Health Fairview St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood and North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale.
“The 2025-2026 edition of Best Hospitals reveals an outstanding picture for Minnesotans, with nine Best Regional Hospitals in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area alone,” Chelsey Wen, senior health data analyst at U.S. News and World Report, said in a prepared statement.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, as well as the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, made the publication’s honor roll of the 20 best hospitals nationwide.
U.S. News and World report evaluated over 4,467 hospitals listed in the American Hospital Association’s Annual Survey Database, ranking hospital performance in 15 specialties or specialty areas. Over 500 hospitals from 49 states made the rankings.
“These local hospital rankings, entirely performance-driven, equip individuals and their families, in consultation with their medical providers, to choose the highest quality care available in their own communities,” Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News and World Report, said in a news release.
The list of ranked Minnesota hospitals is below, and the full list of U.S. News and World Report’s rankings are available here.
- Mayo Clinic-Rochester
- CentraCare-St. Cloud Hospital
- M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center
- Allina Health Mercy Hospital-Coon Rapids
- Allina Health Abbott Northwestern Hospital
- M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
- Allina Health United Hospital
- Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
- Regions Hospital
- Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center
- M Health Fairview St. John’s Hospital
- North Memorial Health Hospital.
