IL's Best Hospitals For 2025: See Full List

Throughout 2025, several data-based national rankings and safety grades helped Illinois residents navigate the complex landscape of health care, and make decisions about the best places to have a baby, find a specialist or take care of other medical issues.

Here’s a review of how Illinois stacked up in analyses and rankings from various publications, health care watchdog groups and others:

U.S. News & World Report’s respected rankings included looks at the best maternity, children’s, specialty and overall hospitals in Illinois. Read more:

• 3 IL Children’s Hospitals Among Nation’s Best: U.S. News Rankings
• Here’s How IL Hospitals Rank By Specialty In U.S. News Report
• These Are The Top-Ranked Hospitals In IL: U.S. News

Newsweek also took a look at Illinois residents’ access to top hospitals. Read more:

• 3 Illinois Hospitals Among Best In The World, New Ranking Says

The watchdog Leapfrog Group’s twice-a-year safety grades use both data and patient surveys to measure Illinois hospitals’ records on patient safety, infection rates and other patient experiences. Read more:

• These Are IL's Safest Hospitals, New Ranking Says
• 35 IL Hospitals Earn 'A' Grade In New Safety Ranking

Healthgrades, which maintains a comprehensive database of ratings and comparisons for physicians, hospitals and health care providers, also released ratings on hospitals in Illinois and others. Read more:

• These Are The Safest IL Hospitals, Latest Healthgrades Report Says

This year, Forbes released its first-ever Top Hospitals ranking, and 28 Illinois hospitals made the list. Read more:

• 28 IL Hospitals Among Best In U.S. In New Forbes Ranking