Blue Distinction Centers+ for Hip and Knee Replacement are hospitals and ASCs recognized by Blue Cross Blue Shield for demonstrating safe, cost-effective and efficient care.
Facilities are also measured on how efficiently they deliver patient care, based on a set of objective measures.
Following is a list of 505 hospitals and ASCs recognized as Blue Distinction Centers+ for Hip and Knee Replacement:
Alabama
Athens Limestone Hospital
Baptist Medical Center South (Montgomery)
Flowers Hospital (Dothan)
Helen Keller Hospital (Sheffield)
Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital (Phenix City)
Jackson Hospital (Montgomery)
Marshall Medical Center South (Boaz)
Medical Center Enterprise
Mobile Infirmary Medical Center
Providence Hospital (Mobile)
South Baldwin Regional Med Center (Foley)
Southeast Alabama Medical Center (Dothan)
Springhill Medical Center (Mobile)
Thomas Hospital (Fairhope)
Alaska
Providence Alaska Medical Center (Anchorage)
Arkansas
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith
St. Bernard's Medical Center (Jonesboro)
University Hospital of Arkansas (Little Rock)
Arizona
Abrazo Arrowhead Campus (Glendale)
Tucson Medical Center
California
Adventist Health Bakersfield
Adventists Medical Center (Hanford)
Bakersfield Heart Hospital
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
Barton Memorial Hospital (South Lake Tahoe)
Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare (Pomona)
Dameron Hospital Association (Stockton)
Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage)
Enloe Medical Center (Chico)
French Hospital Medical Center (San Luis Obispo)
Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose)
Huntington Memorial Hospital (Pasadena)
John Muir Medical Center Concord Campus
John Muir Medical Center Walnut Creek Campus
Kaweah Delta Medical Center (Visalia)
Mercy Medical Center Merced
Mercy Medical Center Redding
Mercy San Juan Medical Center (Carmichael)
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Methodist Hospital of Southern California (Arcadia)
Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center (Mission Viejo)
Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center (Fountain Valley)
Palmdale Regional Medical Center (Palmdale)
PIH Health Hospital Whittier
Placentia Linda Hospital
Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills)
Providence St. John's Health Center (Santa Monica)
Providence St. Joseph Medical Center (Burbank)
Queen of The Valley Medical Center (Napa)
Redlands Community Hospital
Riverside Community Hospital
Saddleback Memorial Medical Center (Laguna Hills)
St. Agnes Medical Center (Fresno)
San Antonio Regional Hospital (Upland)
Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard)
St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton)
Stanford Health Care (Palo Alto)
Stanford Health Care Valleycare (Pleasanton)
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Colorado
Centura Ortho Colorado at St. Anthony Medical Campus (Lakewood)
Penrose St. Francis Healthcare (Colorado Springs)
Rose Medical Center (Denver)
Swedish Medical Center (Englewood)
University Hospital (Aurora)
Connecticut
Day Kimball Hospital (Putnam)
Griffin Hospital (Derby)
Hartford Hospital
Hospital of Central Connecticut (New Britain)
John Dempsey Hospital (Farmington)
Lawrence and Memorial Hospital (New London)
Midstate Medical Center (Meriden)
St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center (Hartford)
St. Mary's Hospital Corp. (Waterbury)
Delaware
ChristianaCare (Wilmington)
Milford Memorial Hospital
Nanticoke Memorial Hospital (Seaford)
Florida
AdventHealth Heart of Florida (Davenport)
AdventHealth Tampa
Baptist Hospital Pensacola
Baptist Medical Center (Dunedin)
Bayfront Health Seven Rivers (Crystal River)
Bayfront Health Punta Gorda
Blake Medical Center (Bradenton)
Brandon Regional Hospital
Broward Health Medical Center (Fort Lauderdale)
Broward Health North (Pompano Beach)
Capital Regional Medical Center (Tallahassee)
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital (Vero Beach)
Cleveland Clinic Martin South Hospital (Stuart)
Doctors Hospital of Sarasota
Fawcett Memorial Hospital (Port Charlotte)
Flagler Hospital (St. Augustine)
Halifax Medical Center (Daytona Beach)
Holy Cross Hospital (Fort Lauderdale)
JFK Medical Center (Atlantis)
Jupiter Medical Center
Lakewood Ranch Medical Center
Mayo Clinic Florida Hospital (Jacksonville)
Memorial Hospital West (Pembroke Pines)
Memorial Regional Hospital (Hollywood)
Ocala Regional Medical Center
Orlando Health South Lake Hospital (Clermont)
Physicians Regional Medical Center - Collier Boulevard (Naples)
Shands and University of Florida Health Care Network (Gainesville)
South Florida Baptist Hospital (Plant City)
Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare
Tampa General Hospital
Georgia
Coliseum Northside Hospital (Macon)
DeKalb Medical Center (Decatur)
Emory Johns Creek Hospital (Duluth)
Emory St. Joseph's Hospital (Atlanta)
Emory University Hospital (Atlanta)
Northside Hospital - Cherokee (Canton)
St. Francis Hospital (Columbus)
University Hospital (Augusta)
Hawaii
Castle Medical Center (Kailua)
Wilcox Memorial Hospital (Lihue)
Idaho
Bingham Memorial Hospital (Blackfoot)
St. Joseph Regional Medical Center (Lewiston)
Illinois
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital (Barrington)
Advocate Lutheran General Children's (Park Ridge)
Advocate Sherman Hospital (Elgin)
Advocate Trinity Hospital (Chicago)
Alexian Brothers Medical Center (Elk Grove Village)
Carle Bromenn Medical Center (Normal)
Decatur Memorial Hospital
Edward Hospital (Naperville)
Gottlieb Memorial Hospital (Jacksonville)
Gottlieb Memorial Hospital (Melrose Park)
Ingalls Memorial Hospital (Harvey)
Northwest Community Hospital (Arlington Heights)
Riverside Medical Center (Kankakee)
St. Alexius Medical Center (Hoffman Estates)
St. John's Hospital (Springfield)
St. Mary's Hospital (Decatur)
Swedish Covenant Hospital (Chicago)
University of Chicago Medical Center
Indiana
Community Hospital (Munster)
Dupont Hospital (Fort Wayne)
Indiana University Health Arnett Hospital (Lafayette)
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital (Muncie)
Orthoindy Hospital (Indianapolis)
Porter Regional Hospital (Valparaiso)
Schneck Medical Center (Seymour)
The Orthopaedic Hospital (Fort Wayne)
Iowa
Alegent Health Mercy Hospital (Council Bluffs)
Allen Memorial Hospital (Waterloo)
Covenant Medical Center (Waterloo)
Finley Hospital (Dubuque)
Mercy Hospital (Iowa City)
Mercy Medical Center (Cedar Rapids)
Mercy Medical Center North Iowa (Mason City)
Mercy Medical Center West Lakes (West Des Moines)
Methodist West Hospital (West Des Moines)
Ottumwa Regional Health Center
Pella Regional Health Center
Sartori Memorial Hospital (Cedar Falls)
St. Luke's Methodist Hospital (Cedar Rapids)
University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics (Iowa City)
Kansas
AdventHealth Shawnee Mission
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita
Hutchinson Regional Medical Center
Kansas Surgery & Recovery Center (Wichita)
Labette County Medical Center (Parsons)
Newton Medical Center
Stormont-Vail Hospital (Stormont)
University of Kansas Health System – St. Francis (Topeka)
Kentucky
Baptist Health Lexington
Baptist Health Louisville
Baptist Health Madisonville
Flaget Memorial Hospital (Bardstown)
Hardin Memorial Hospital (Elizabethtown)
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital
St. Joseph Hospital (Lexington)
UK Healthcare Hospitals (Lexington)
Louisiana
Christus St. Patrick Hospital (Lake Charles)
Lafayette General Medical Center
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center (Lafayette)
Park Place Surgical Hospital (Lafayette)
St. Tammany Parish Hospital (Covington)
Thibodaux Regional Health System
Touro Infirmary (New Orleans)
Tulane University Hospital and Clinic (New Orleans)
Willis-Knighton Piermont Health Center (Shreveport)
Willis-Knighton Bossier Health Center (Bossier City)
Maine
Central Maine Medical Center (Lewiston)
Maine Medical Center (Portland)
Mercy Hospital (Portland)
Southern Maine Health Care (Biddeford)
Maryland
Anne Arundel Medical Center (Annapolis)
Carroll Hospital Center (Westminster)
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center (Clinton)
Montgomery General Hospital (Olney)
Northwest Hospital Center (Randallstown)
Peninsula Regional Medical Center (Salisbury)
St. Mary's Hospital (Leonardtown)
Suburban Hospital (Bethesda)
Union Memorial Hospital (Baltimore)
University of Maryland St Joseph Medical Center (Towson)
Upper Chesapeake Medical Center (Bel Air)
Western Maryland Regional Medical Center (Cumberland)
Massachusetts
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Plymouth
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital (Boston)
Cooley Dickinson Hospital (Northampton)
Holy Family Hospital (Methuen)
Lowell General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
Metrowest Medical Center (Framingham)
Mount Auburn Hospital (Cambridge)
New England Baptist Hospital (Boston)
St. Vincent Hospital (Worcester)
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital
Michigan
Ascension Crittenton Rochester (Rochester Hills)
Beaumont Hospital - Taylor
Beaumont Hospital - Trenton
Beaumont Hospital - Troy
Bronson Methodist Hospital (Kalamazoo)
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital (Clinton Township)
Holland Hospital
Marquette General Hospital UP Health Systems
McLaren Bay Regional Medical Center (Bay City)
McLaren Greater Lansing
McLaren Lapeer Regional Medical Center
Memorial Health Care Center (Owasso)
Midmichigan Medical Center Alpena
Midmichigan Medical Center-Midland
Midmichigan Medical Center West Branch
Munson Medical Center (Traverse City)
North Ottawa Community Hospital (Grand Haven)
ProMedica Bixby Hospital (Adrian)
Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital
Spectrum Health Pennock (Hastings)
Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital
St. Joseph Hospital System Tawas (Tawas City)
Minnesota
Abbott Northwestern Hospital An Allina Facility (Minneapolis)
Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center
Buffalo Hospital
Douglas County Hospital (Alexandria)
Fairview Lakes Regional Medical Center (Wyoming)
Fairview Ridges Hospital (Burnsville)
Fairview Southdale Hospital (Edina)
HealthEast Woodwinds Hospital (Woodbury)
Lake Region Healthcare (Fergus Falls)
Lakeview Hospital (Stillwater)
Maple Grove Hospital
Mercy Hospital An Allina Facility (Coon Rapids)
Minnesota Valley Surgery Center (Burnsville)
North Memorial Medical Center (Robbinsdale)
Regions Hospital (St. Paul)
Ridgeview Medical Center (Waconia)
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
St. Cloud Hospital
St. Cloud Surgical Center
St. Francis Regional Medical Center (Shakopee)
St. Gabriel's Hospital (Little Falls)
St. Luke's Hospital (Duluth)
United Hospital An Allina Facility (St. Paul)
Unity Hospital (Fridley)
University of Minnesota Medical Center Fairview (Minneapolis)
Vadnais Heights Surgery Center
Mississippi
Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle (Columbus)
Columbus Orthopaedic Outpatient Center
Forrest General Hospital (Hattiesburg)
Madison Physician Surgery Center (Flowood)
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center (Jackson)
North Mississippi Medical Center (Tupelo)
Rush Foundation Hospital (Meridian)
Singing River Health System (Pascagoula)
Singing River Health System (Ocean Springs)
St. Dominic Jackson Memorial Hospital (Jackson)
Missouri
Capital Region Medical Center (Jefferson City)
Mercy Hospital Washington
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital (Fenton)
SSM Health DePaul Hospital (Bridgeton)
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital Lake St. Louis
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital St. Charles
SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital St. Louis
St. Luke's Hospital (Chesterfield)
Montana
Billings Clinic Hospital
Nebraska
Bryan Medical Center (Lincoln)
Nebraska Medicine (Omaha)
Nebraska Methodist Hospital (Omaha)
Nevada
Northern Nevada Medical Center (Sparks)
Renown Regional Medical Center (Reno)
Renown South Meadows Medical Center (Reno)
Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center (Las Vegas)
New Jersey
Chilton Medical Center (Pompton Plains)
Hunterdon Medical Center (Flemington)
Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Neptune)
John F. Kennedy Medical Center (Edison)
Ocean Medical Center (Brick)
Overlook Medical Center (Summit)
Riverview Medical Center Meridian Health System (Red Bank)
University Medical Center at Princeton (Plainsboro)
Virtua West Jersey Health System (Voorhees)
Virtua West Jersey Health System (Marlton)
New York
Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca
Erie County Medical Center (Buffalo)
Frederick Ferris Thompson Hospital (Canandaigua)
Geneva General Hospital
Highland Hospital of Rochester
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital (Cooperstown)
Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital (Dansville)
North Shore University Hospital (Manhasset)
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital (Binghamton)
Rochester General Hospital
Samaritan Medical Center (Watertown)
St. Elizabeth Medical Center (Utica)
St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center (Syracuse)
St. Peter's Hospital (Albany)
Unity Hospital (Rochester)
University Hospital SUNY Health Science Center (Syracuse)
North Carolina
Carolinas Medical Center (Charlotte)
Caromont Regional Medical Center (Gastonia)
Davie County Hospital (Bermuda Run)
Duke Regional Hospital (Durham)
Halifax Regional Medical Center (Roanoke Rapids)
Haywood Regional Medical Center (Clyde)
High Point Regional Hospital
Iredell Memorial Hospital (Statesville)
Lake Norman Regional Medical Center (Mooresville)
Lexington Memorial Hospital
Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital (Hendersonville)
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital (Greensboro)
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital - Wesley Long Hospital (Greensboro)
Nash General Hospital (Rocky Mount)
New Hanover Regional Medical Center (Wilmington)
North Carolina Baptist Hospital (Winston Salem)
North Carolina Specialty Hospital (Durham)
Novant Health Charlotte Orthopedic (Charlotte)
Novant Health Row an Medical Center (Salisbury)
Rex Hospital (Raleigh)
Rutherford Regional Medical Center (Rutherfordton)
Sentara Albemarle Medical Center (Elizabeth City)
UNC Hospital (Chapel Hill)
Wakemed Cary Hospital
Wakemed Raleigh Campus
Wilson Medical Center Altru Health System - Altru Hospital (Grand Forks)
Sanford Medical Center (Bismarck)
Sanford Medical Center Fargo
St. Alexius Medical Center (Bismarck)
Trinity Hospital (Minot)
Ohio
Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital
Cleveland Clinic Health System - East Region Hillcrest Hospital
Euclid Hospital (Cleveland)
Grant Medical Center (Columbus)
Kett Medical Center Sycamore (Miamisburg)
Kettering Medical Center (Dayton)
Lutheran Medical Center (Cleveland)
Medina General Hospital
Mercy Health West Hospital (Cincinnati)
Mercy Hospital Anderson (Cincinnati)
Mercy Medical Center (Canton)
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Lorain)
Mercy St. Anne Hospital (Toledo)
Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital (New Albany)
Mount Carmel Health System East (Columbus)
Mount Carmel Grove City
Ohio Health Mansfield Hospital
Ohio State University Hospital (Columbus)
Ohio Valley Medical Center (Springfield)
Soin Medical Center (Beavercreek)
Southwest General Hospital (Cleveland)
St. Ann's Hospital (Westerville)
St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center
St. Elizabeth Health Center (Youngstown)
St. John Medical Center (Westlake)
St. Joseph Health Center (Warren)
St. Rita's Medical Center (Lima)
St. Vincent Charity Medical Center (Cleveland)
Toledo Hospital
Trihealth Evendale Hospital (Cincinnati)
Uh Ahuja Medical Center (Beachwood)
Uh Elyria Medical Center
Uh Parma Medical Center (Cleveland)
University Hospital Geauga Medical Center (Chardon)
Oklahoma
Community Hospital (Oklahoma City)
Duncan Regional Hospital
Oklahoma Surgical Hospital (Tulsa)
St. Anthony Hospital (Oklahoma City)
Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center (Portland)
Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center (Tualatin)
OHSU Hospital and Clinics (Portland)
Providence Medford Medical Center (Medford)
Silverton Hospital
Pennsylvania
Allegheny General Hospital (Pittsburgh)
Allegheny Valley Hospital (Natrona Heights)
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital (Kittanning)
Canonsburg General Hospital
Chester County Hospital (West Chester)
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center (Johnstown)
Doylestown Hospital
Excela Westmoreland Regional Hospital (Greensburg)
Forbes Regional Hospital (Monroeville)
Geisinger Community Medical Center (Scranton)
Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital (Camp Hill)
Grand View Health (Sellersville)
Heritage Valley Sewickley
Indiana Regional Medical Center
Lancaster General Hospital
Latrobe Area Hospital
Lehigh Valley Hospital (Allentown)
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono (East Stroudsburg)
Main Line Hospitals - Bryn Mawr
Main Line Hospitals - Paoli Memorial
Meadville Medical Center
Ohio Valley General Hospital (McKees Rocks)
Penn Highlands Dubois
Pottstown Memorial Medical Center
Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital (Bensalem)
St. Vincent Health Center (Erie)
St. Clair Memorial Hospital (Pittsburgh)
The Western Pennsylvania Hospital (Pittsburgh)
Uniontown Hospital
UPMC Pinnacle Carlisle
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Hospital (Providence)
South County Hospital (Wakefield)
The Miriam Hospital (Providence)
Westerly Hospital
South Carolina
Beaufort Memorial Hospital
Newberry County Memorial
Roper Hospital (Charleston)
Roper St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital
St. Francis Eastside (Greenville)
South Dakota
Avera McKennan Hospital (Sioux Falls)
Black Hills Surgical Hospital (Rapid City)
Sanford USD Medical Center (Sioux Falls)
Sioux Falls Specialty Hospital (Sioux Falls)
Siouxland Surgery Center (Dakota Dunes)
Tennessee
Bristol Regional Medical Center
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center (Knoxville)
Holston Valley Medical Center (Kingsport)
Maury Regional Hospital (Columbia)
Memorial Hospital (Chattanooga)
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Methodist Memphis Healthcare
Parkwest Medical Center (Knoxville)
Tennova Healthcare Cleveland
Tennova Healthcare North Knoxville Medical Center (Powell)
University of Tennessee Medical Center (Knoxville)
Texas
Baptist Beaumont Hospital
Good Shepherd Medical Center (Longview)
Medical Center Hospital (Odessa)
Mother Frances Hospital (Tyler)
Physicians Surgical Hospitals (Amarillo)
Texas Orthopedic Hospital (Houston)
Texas Spine and Joint Hospital (Tyler)
Wadley Regional Medical Center (Texarkana)
Utah
Lakeview Hospital (Bountiful)
Lone Peak Hospital (Draper)
Ogden Regional Medical Center
Salt Lake Regional Medical Center (Salt Lake City)
University Hospital (Salt Lake City)
Virginia
Augusta Health Care (Fishersville)
Bon Secours Memorial Regional (Mechanicsville)
Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center (Hampton)
Bon Secours St .Francis Medical Center (Midlothian)
Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital (Richmond)
Chesapeake General Hospital
Fair Oaks Hospital (Fairfax)
LewisGale Medical Center (Salem)
Mary Immaculate Hospital (Newport News)
Mary Washington Hospital (Fredericksburg)
Maryview Medical Center (Portsmouth)
Novant Health UVA Health System (Manassas)
Riverside Doctors Hospital of Williamsburg
Sentara Careplex Hospital (Hampton)
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital (South Boston)
Sentara Leigh Hospital (Norfolk)
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital (Charlottesville)
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center (Woodbridge)
Sentara Obici Hospital (Suffolk)
Sentara Princess Anne Hospital (Virginia Beach)
Sentara RMH Medical Center (Harrisonburg)
Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center
Stafford Hospital
Wythe County Community Hospital (Wytheville)
Washington
Deaconess Medical Center (Spokane)
Harrison Medical Center (Bremerton)
Highline Medical Center Main Campus (Burien)
Kadlec Regional Medical Center (Richland)
Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital (Vancouver)
Overlake Hospital Medical Center (Bellevue)
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital (Spokane)
Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Walla Walla)
Samaritan Hospital (Moses Lake)
Swedish Edmonds (Edmonds)
Swedish Medical Center First Hill (Seattle)
Valley Medical Center (Renton)
West Virginia
Berkeley Medical Center (Martinsburg)
Camden Clark Memorial Hospital (Parkersburg)
Monongalia General Hospital (Morgantown)
St. Mary's Medical Center (Huntington)
Thomas Memorial Hospital (South Charleston)
United Hospital Center (Bridgeport)
Wisconsin
Mercy Medical Center (Oshkosh)
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital (Franklin)
Oakleaf Surgical Hospital (Altoona)
St. Michael's Hospital (Stevens Point)
Wyoming
Campbell County Memorial Hospital (Gillette)