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U.S. News 2026-27 Rankings: California Leads, Five Honor Roll hospitals

8/5/2026

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U.S. News & World Report released its 2026-2027 hospital rankings, naming 20 hospitals on an Honor Roll.
California led with 70 Best Regional Hospitals, while Texas and Florida had 38 and 32 respectively.
Five California hospitals—Cedars-Sinai, Stanford Health Care-Stanford, UC San Diego Health-La Jolla, UCLA Ronald Reagan, and UCSF Health—made the Honor Roll.
UC Davis Medical Center earned “High Performing” ratings for cancer, cardiology, heart-vascular surgery and orthopedics.

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Story summary

U.S. News & World Report released its 2026-2027 hospital rankings, naming 20 hospitals on an Honor Roll.
California led with 70 Best Regional Hospitals, while Texas and Florida had 38 and 32 respectively.
Five California hospitals—Cedars-Sinai, Stanford Health Care-Stanford, UC San Diego Health-La Jolla, UCLA Ronald Reagan, and UCSF Health—made the Honor Roll.
UC Davis Medical Center earned “High Performing” ratings for cancer, cardiology, heart-vascular surgery and orthopedics.