Here’s How IL Hospitals Rank By Specialty In U.S. News Report

ILLINOIS — Several Illinois hospitals are ranked as top providers in a variety of specialties in the new 2025-2026 Best Hospitals ranking released this week by U.S. News and World Report.

The hospitals were ranked across 16 specialty areas. For example, Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago), named the top hospital in Illinois in the report, ranked high nationally across 11 of those listed.

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Here is a list of hospitals in Illinois that ranked nationally in a specialty category, according to the report:

Cancer:

• University of Chicago Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 12 nationally
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago) ranked No. 17
• Rush University Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 29

Cardiology, heart and vascular:

• Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago) ranked No. 7 nationally
• Rush University Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 13
• Advocate Christ Medical Center (Oak Lawn) ranked No. 23
• University of Chicago Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 33

Diabetes and endocrinology:

• Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago) ranked No. 7 nationally
• Rush University Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 14
• Endeavor Health NorthShore Hospitals (Evanston) ranked No. 24
• University of Chicago Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 34
• Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital (Lake Forest) ranked No. 39
• Advocate Christ Medical Center (Oak Lawn) ranked No. 42
• Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital (Geneva) ranked No. 44

Ear, nose and throat:

• Rush University Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 19 nationally
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago) ranked No. 26
• University of Chicago Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 31

Gastroenterology and upper GI:

• Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago) ranked No. 10 nationally
• University of Chicago Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 20
• Rush University Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 25
• Advocate Christ Medical Center (Oak Lawn) ranked No. 49

Geriatrics:

• Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago) ranked No. 9 nationally
• Rush University Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 10
• University of Chicago Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 44
• Advocate Christ Medical Center (Oak Lawn) ranked No. 46
• Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital (Lake Forest) ranked No. 46

Obstetrics and gynecology:

• Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago) ranked No. 6 nationally
• Advocate Christ Medical Center (Oak Lawn) ranked No. 14
• University of Chicago Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 31
• Rush University Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 34

Neurology and neurosurgery:

• Rush University Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 5 nationally
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago) ranked No. 6
• Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital (Lake Forest) ranked No. 37
• University of Chicago Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 40
• Endeavor Health NorthShore Hospitals (Evanston) ranked No. 49

Orthopedics:

• Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush University Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 11 nationally
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago) ranked No. 15
• Endeavor Health NorthShore Hospitals (Evanston) ranked No. 37
• Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Park Ridge) ranked No. 38
• Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital (Lake Forest) ranked No. 43

Pulmonology and lung surgery:

• Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago) ranked No. 7
• Rush University Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 16
• Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Park Ridge) ranked No. 37
• University of Chicago Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 39
• Advocate Christ Medical Center (Oak Lawn) ranked No. 43

Rehabilitation:

• Shirley Ryan Ability Lab (Chicago) ranked No. 1 nationally

Urology

• Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago) ranked No. 10 nationally
• Rush University Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 25
• University of Chicago Medical Center (Chicago) ranked No. 39

When possible, most Americans prefer to access health care close to home, Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News, said in a news release. The local rankings “underscore the difference high-performing local medical centers make,” he said.

U.S. News evaluated 4,400 hospitals and ranked them based on their performance on objective measures such as risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications and level of nursing care. The Best Hospitals Specialty rankings methodology and Procedures & Conditions ratings methodology measure patient outcomes using data from over 800 million records of patient care.

This year, among other methodology refinements, U.S. News added ratings in two new cohorts, Heart Arrhythmia and Pacemaker Implantation, to the existing Procedures & Conditions ratings, for a new total of 22 ratings.