Blue Distinction Centers+ for Spine Surgery 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 307 hospitals and ASCs recognized as Blue Distinction Centers+ for Spine Surgery:
Alabama
Brookwood Baptist Medical Center (Birmingham)
Crestwood Medical Center (Huntsville)
Flowers Hospital (Dotham)
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Grandview Medical Center (Birmingham)
Huntsville Hospital
Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital (Phenix City)
Jackson Hospital (Montgomery)
Mobile Infirmary Medical Center
Providence Hospital (Mobile)
Springhill Medical Center (Mobile)
Saint Vincent's East (Birmingham)
Arkansas
Baptist Health Medical Center Little Rock
University Hospital of Arkansas (Little Rock)
Arizona
Chandler Regional Medical Center
Northwest Medical Center (Tucson)
California
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
Community Medical Center Fresno
Enloe Medical Center (Chico)
Kaweah Delta Medical Center (Visalia)
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Los Robles Regional Medical Center (Thousand Oaks)
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank)
Riverside Community Hospital
Saint Agnes Medical Center (Fresno)
San Ramon Regional Medical Center
Santa Monica Ucla Medical Center
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center (San Luis Obispo)
Saint Joseph Hospital Orange
Saint Jude Medical Center (Fullerton)
Stanford Health Care Valleycare (Pleasanton)
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Woodland Memorial Hospital
Colorado
Rose Medical Center (Denver)
Connecticut
John Dempsey Hospital (Farmington)
Lawrence and Memorial Hospital (New London)
Midstate Medical Center (Meriden)
Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center (Hartford)
District of Columbia
George Washington University
Delaware
ChristianaCare - Christiana Hospital (Newark)
Florida
Blake Medical Center (Bradenton)
Broward Health North (Pompano Beach)
Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital (Stuart)
Cleveland Clinic Martin South Hospital (Stuart)
Doctors Hospital of Sarasota
Holy Cross Hospital (Fort Lauderdale)
Mayo Clinic Florida Hospital (Jacksonville)
Memorial Regional Hospital (Hollywood)
North Florida Regional Medical Center (Gainesville)
Orange Park Medical Center
Sacred Heart Hospital (Pensacola)
Shands and University of Florida Health Care Network (Gainesville)
Saint Lucie Medical Center (Port Saint Lucie)
West Florida Hospital (Pensacola)
Georgia
Coliseum Medical Center (Macon)
Coliseum Northside Hospital (Macon)
Doctors Hospital of Augusta
Eastside Medical Center (Snellville)
Emory University Hospital (Atlanta)
Memorial Health University Medical Center (Savannah)
Northeast Georgia Medical Center (Gainesville)
Redmond Regional Medical Center (Rome)
University Hospital (Augusta)
Hawaii
Pali Momi Medical Center (Aiea)
Queens Medical Center (Honolulu)
Illinois
Adventist Hinsdale Hospital
Advocate Christ Hospital Medical Center (Oak Lawn)
Advocate Condell Medical Center (Libertyville)
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital (Downers Grove)
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital (Barrington)
Alexian Brothers Medical Center (Elk Grove Village)
Centegra Hospital McHenry
Edward Hospital (Naperville)
Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Main Campus
Gold Cost Surgicenter (Chicago)
Ingalls Memorial Hospital (Harvey)
Loyola University Medical Center (Maywood)
Memorial Medical Center (Springfield)
Northwest Community Hospital (Arlington Heights)
Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago)
Palos Community Hospital (Palos Heights)
Riverside Medical Center (Kankakee)
Saint Anthony Medical Center (Rockford)
Saint Alexius Medical Center (Hoffman Estates)
Saint John's Hospital (Springfield)
Swedish Covenant Hospital (Chicago)
University of Chicago Medical Center (Chicago)
Indiana
Baptist Health Floyd (New Albany)
Columbus Regional Hospital
Deaconess Gateway Hospital (Newburgh)
Deaconess Hospital (Evansville)
Orthoindy Hospital (Indianapolis)
Iowa
Allen Memorial Hospital (Waterloo)
Genesis Medical Center East (Davenport)
Mercy Hospital (Iowa City)
Mercy Medical Center (Cedar Rapids)
Mercy Medical Center North Iowa (Mason City)
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center
Methodist West Hospital (West Des Moines)
Saint Luke's Methodist Hospital (Cedar Rapids)
University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics (Iowa City)
Kansas
AdventHealth Shawnee Mission
Menorah Medical Center (Overland Park)
Olathe Medical Center
Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Saint Luke's South Hospital (Overland Park)
University of Kansas Hospital (Kansas City)
Wesley Medical Center (Wichita)
Kentucky
Baptist Health Lexington
Jewish Hospital (Louisville)
Norton Audubon Hospital (Louisville)
Norton Brownsboro Hospital (Louisville)
Norton Hospital (Louisville)
Saint Joseph East (Lexington)
Saint Joseph Hospital (Lexington)
UK Healthcare Hospitals (Lexington)
Louisiana
Christus St. Patrick Hospital (Lake Charles)
Lafayette General Medical Center (La Fayette)
Thibodaux Regional Health System
Maine
Maine Medical Center (Portland)
Mercy Hospital (Portland)
Saint Joseph Hospital (Bangor)
Maryland
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore)
Peninsula Regional Medical Center (Salisbury)
Union Memorial Hospital (Baltimore)
Massachusetts
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston)
Boston Medical Center
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital (Boston)
Cape Cod Hospital (Hyannis)
Lahey Clinic (Burlington)
Lowell General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
New England Baptist Hospital (Boston)
Newton-Wellesley Hospital (Newton)
North Shore Medical Center (Salem)
Saint Anne's Hospital (Fall River)
South Shore Hospital (South Weymouth)
Southcoast Hospitals Group - St. Luke's (New Bedford)
Tufts Medical Center (Boston)
Michigan
Ascension Providence Hospital - Novi
Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak
Beaumont Hospital - Troy
Borgess Medical Center (Kalamazoo)
Henry Ford Hospital (Detroit)
Henry Ford West Bloomfield
McLaren Flint
Metro Health Hospital (Wyoming)
Sparrow Hospital (Lansing)
Minnesota
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Minneapolis)
Eagan Surgery Center
Fairview Ridges Hospital (Burnsville)
Fairview Southdale Hospital (Edina)
HealthEast Woodwinds Hospital (Woodbury)
Mercy Hospital (Coon Rapids)
North Memorial Medical Center (Robbinsdale)
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital (Saint Louis Park)
Regions Hospital (Saint Paul)
Saint Cloud Hospital
United Hospital (Saint Paul)
University of Minnesota Medical Center Fairview (Minneapolis)
Missouri
Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia)
North Kansas City Hospital
Saint Luke's Hospital (Kansas City)
SSM Health St Joseph Hospital Lake Saint Louis
St Luke's Hospital (Chesterfield)
Mississippi
Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle (Columbus)
Columbus Orthopaedic Outpatient Center (Columbus)
Forrest General Hospital (Hattiesburg)
Madison Physician Surgery Center (Floowood)
Merit Health River Oaks (Floowood)
River Oaks Hospital (Floowood)
Singing River Health System (Pascagoula)
Nebraska
CHI Health Good Samaritan (Kearney)
CHI Health Saint Elizabeth (Lincoln)
Kearney Regional Medical Center
Nevada
Renown Regional Medical Center (Reno)
New Jersey
Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Neptune)
Ocean Medical Center (Brick)
Riverview Medical Center Meridian Health System (Red Bank)
Virtua Memorial Hospital of Burlington County (Mount Holly)
New York
Buffalo General Hospital
Kenmore Mercy Hospital
Sisters of Charity Hospital (Buffalo)
Crouse Hospital (Syracuse)
Highland Hospital of Rochester
Saint Joseph's Hospital Health Center (Syracuse)
Strong Memorial Hospital (Rochester)
Unity Hospital (Rochester)
University Hospital SUNY Health Science Center - Downtown Campus (Syracuse)
North Carolina
Atrium Health Cabarrus (Concord)
Carolinas Medical Center (Charlotte)
Caromont Regional Medical Center (Gastonia)
Duke Raleigh Hospital
Duke Regional Hospital (Durham)
Duke University Hospital (Durham)
FirstHealth Moore Regional (Pinehurst)
Frye Regional Medical Center (Hickory)
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital (Greensboro)
New Hanover Regional Medical Center (Wilmington)
North Carolina Baptist Hospital (Winston Salem)
North Carolina Specialty Hospital (Durham)
Rex Hospital (Raleigh)
UNC Hospital (Chapel Hill)
Wakemed Raleigh Campus
North Dakota
Sanford Medical Center (Bismarck)
Sanford Medical Center Fargo
Saint Alexius Medical Center (Bismarck)
Ohio
Bethesda Hospital (Cincinnati)
Christ Hospital (Cincinnati)
Cleveland Clinic Health System - East Region
Good Samaritan Hospital (Cleveland)
Mayfield Spine Surgery Center (Cincinnati)
Mercy Medical Center (Canton)
Miami Valley Hospital (Dayton)
Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital
Southwest General Hospital (Cleveland)
Saint Elizabeth Health Center (Youngstown)
Saint Vincent Charity Medical Center (Cleveland)
Toledo Hospital
Trihealth Evendale Hospital (Cincinnati)
UH Ahuja Medical Center (Beachwood)
West Chester Hospital (Cincinnati)
Oklahoma
Community Hospital (Oklahoma City)
Oklahoma Surgical Hospital (Tulsa)
Saint Anthony Hospital (Oklahoma City)
Oregon
Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center (Tualatin)
Pennsylvania
Abington Memorial Hospital
Albert Einstein Medical Center (Philadelphia)
Allegheny General Hospital (Pittsburgh)
Allegheny Valley Hospital (Natrona Heights)
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital (Kittanning)
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center (Johnstown)
Forbes Regional Hospital (Jefferson Hills)
Geisinger Community Medical Center (Scranton)
Holy Redeemer Hospital Medical Center (Meadowbrook)
Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Jefferson Regional Medical Center (Jefferson Hills)
Lancaster General Hospital
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono
Pennsylvania Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania Health System (Philadelphia)
Riddle Memorial Hospital (Media)
Saint Vincent Health Center (Erie)
Saint Mary Medical Center (Langhorne)
The Western Pennsylvania Hospital (Pittsburgh)
UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals (Harrisburg)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Hospital (Providence)
South Carolina
Bon Secours St. Francis Xavier Hospital (Charleston)
McLeod Regional Medical Center (Florence)
Midlands Orthopaedics Surgery Center (Columbia)
Saint Francis Downtown (Greenville)
Trident Medical Center (Charleston)
South Dakota
Avera McKennan Hospital (Sioux Falls)
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital (Yankton)
Black Hills Surgical Hospital (Rapid City)
Sanford USD Medical Center (Sioux Falls)
Tennessee
Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis (Collierville)
Bristol Regional Medical Center
Erlanger Medical Center (Chattanooga)
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center (Knoxville)
Holston Valley Medical Center (Kingsport)
Johnson City Medical Center Hospital (Johnson City)
Memorial Hospital (Chattanooga)
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Parkridge Medical Center (Chattanooga)
Parkwest Medical Center (Knoxville)
Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital (Murfreesboro)
Stonecrest Medical Center (Smyrna)
Summit Medical Center (Hermitage)
University of Tennessee Medical Center (Knoxville)
Williamson Medical Center (Franklin)
Texas
Baylor University Medical Center (Dallas)
Doctors Hospital at Renaissance (Edinburg)
Good Shepherd Medical Center (Longview)
Grace Medical Center (Lubbock)
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston Methodist Willowbrook
Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital (Houston)
Methodist Hospital for Surgery (Addison)
Mother Frances Hospital (Tyler)
Texas Orthopedic Hospital (Houston)
UT Southwestern University Hospital (Dallas)
Utah
Lone Peak Hospital (Draper)
Ogden Regional Medical Center
Saint Mark's Hospital (Salt Lake City)
Virginia
Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center (Norfolk)
Henrico Doctors Hospital (Richmond)
Riverside Regional Medical Center (Newport News)
Sentara Careplex Hospital (Hampton)
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Sentara Princess Anne Hospital (Virginia Beach)
Sentara RMH Medical Center (Harrisonburg)
Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital
UVA Health Sciences Center (Charlottesville)
Winchester Medical Center
Washington
Deaconess Medical Center (Spokane)
Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital (Vancouver)
Overlake Hospital Medical Center (Bellevue)
Saint Joseph Medical Center (Tacoma)
Swedish Medical Center First Hill (Seattle)
Valley Medical Center (Renton)
Virginia Mason Hospital and Medical Center (Seattle)
Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital
West Virginia
Berkeley Medical Center (Martinsburg)
Cabell Huntington Hospital (Huntington)
Saint Mary's Medical Center (Huntington)
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