U.S. News & World Report released its "Best Hospitals for Orthopedics" 2023-24 list on Aug. 1, with Hospital for Special Surgery ranking No. 1 for the 14th consecutive year.
U.S. News analyzed data from over 1,600 hospitals and ranked the top 50 that see patients for challenging orthopedic conditions and treatments, including spinal surgeries and fusions, limb, joint and other musculoskeletal care. Read more about the methodology here.
Here are the top 50 hospitals for orthopedics:
Editor's note: Two hospitals tied for 12th, 16th, 41st, 43rd, 46th and 50th. Three hospitals tied for 34th.
1. Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City)
2. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles)
3. Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.)
4. NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital (New York City)
5. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia Irving Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center (New York City)
6. Stanford (Calif.) Health Care-Stanford Hospital
7. Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopedic Hospital (Los Angeles)
8. Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush University Medical Center (Chicago)
9. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
10. North Shore University Hospital at Northwell Health (Manhasset, N.Y.)
11. Mount Sinai Hospital (New York City)
12. New England Baptist Hospital (Boston)
12. UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco)
14. Queen's Medical Center (Honolulu)
15. Cleveland Clinic
16. Houston Methodist Hospital
16. Scripps La Jolla (Calif.) Hospitals
18. Hoag Orthopedic Institute (Irvine, Calif.)
19. Northwestern Medicine-Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago)
20. Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian (Philadelphia)
21. Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore)
22. Duke University Hospital (Durham, N.C.)
23. Providence Mission Hospital-Mission Viejo (Calif.) and Laguna Beach
24. University of Michigan Health-Ann Arbor
25. Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston)
26. Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center
27. Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest (Allentown, Pa.)
28. Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West Hospitals (New York City)
29. Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville, Fla.)
30. Florida Orthopaedic Institute at Tampa General Hospital
31. Mayo Clinic (Phoenix)
32. Lenox Hill Hospital at Northwell Health (New York City)
33. Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center at Hackensack Meridian Health
34. Long Island Jewish Medical Center at Northwell Health (New Hyde Park, N.Y.)
34. Rothman Orthopaedics at Thomas Jefferson University hospitals (Philadelphia)
34. St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center (Roslyn, N.Y.)
37. Barnes-Jewish Hospital (St. Louis)
38. Providence Saint John's Health Center (Santa Monica, Calif.)
39. MemorialCare Long Beach (Calif.) Medical Center
40. NorthShore University Health System (Chicago)
41. Beaumont Hospital (Royal Oak, Mich.)
41. Beaumont Hospital (Troy, Mich.)
43. The Christ Hospital (Cincinnati)
43. University of Kansas Hospital (Kansas City)
45. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center (Houston)
46. Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital (Downers Grove, Ill.)
46. Montefiore Medical Center (New York City)
48. MedStar Union Memorial Hospital (Baltimore)
49. Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital (Barrington, Ill.)
50. Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center
50. UW Health University Hospital (Madison, Wis.)