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49 HCA Healthcare hospitals recognized as “America’s Best Hospitals” by Healthgrades

49 HCA Healthcare hospitals recognized as Americas Best Hospitals by Healthgrades

Today, HCA Healthcare is proud to announce that 49 of our hospitals were named on the 2025 Healthgrades America’s 250 Best Hospitals list, which recognizes the top 5% of hospitals in the country for clinical excellence. Based exclusively on patient outcomes, the annual designation is reserved for hospitals who demonstrate superior performance in providing care for conditions and procedures across multiple specialty lines and areas.

“At HCA Healthcare, we are driven by clinical excellence. We are consistently focused on developing and sharing best practices across our hospitals to help provide safe, effective and compassionate care. I congratulate our hospitals and caregivers on this achievement, which would not be possible without their inspiring dedication.”  

Dr. Michael Cuffe, executive vice president and chief clinical officer of HCA Healthcare

To be considered for the list, hospitals must first have evaluations in at least 21 of the 31 Healthgrades procedures and conditions using independent, publicly available Medicare inpatient data from the Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MedPAR) file from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). To determine the top hospitals for 2025, Healthgrades then evaluated risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates for common conditions and procedures at approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide.

Furthermore, hospitals that have received the America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award in consecutive years over an extended period of time are considered for additional honors. A small percentage of hospitals are recognized for consistently delivering clinical excellence year over year on America’s 50 Best Hospitals and America’s 100 Best Hospitals lists. Evaluated by both their tenure on the list and their current year’s performance, these lists determine Healthgrades’ top 1% and 2% of hospitals respectively.

Exterior image of HCA Healthcare's Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina.
For the 10th consecutive year, Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina received the America’s 50 Best Hospitals Award for being within the top 1% in the nation for consistent clinical excellence.

Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina received the America’s 50 Best Hospitals Award for being within the top 1% in the nation for consistent clinical excellence. This is the hospital’s 10th consecutive year being recognized by Healthgrades.

The 10 HCA Healthcare hospitals recognized as America’s 100 Best Hospitals for being within the top 2% in the nation for consistent clinical excellence are:

Exterior picture of HCA HealthONE Sky Ridge in Colorado.
HCA HealthONE Sky Ridge in Lone Tree, Colorado, was recognized as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for being within the top 2% in the nation for consistent clinical excellence.

About HCA Healthcare

HCA Healthcare, one of the nation's leading providers of healthcare services, is comprised of 183 hospitals and more than 2,300 sites of care, in 20 states and the United Kingdom. Our more than 283,000 colleagues are connected by a single purpose — to give patients healthier tomorrows.

As an enterprise, we recognize the significant responsibility we have as a leading healthcare provider within each of the communities we serve, as well as the opportunity we have to improve the lives of the patients for whom we are entrusted to care. Through the compassion, knowledge and skill of our caregivers, and our ability to leverage our scale and innovative capabilities, HCA Healthcare is in a unique position to play a leading role in the transformation of care.

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