14 IL Hospitals Ranked Among Best 250 In The Country

ILLINOIS — Fourteen hospitals in Illinois are among the best in the country, according to new rankings Tuesday from Healthgrades, an online physician and hospital locator.

Healthgrades evaluated 4,500 hospitals across more than 30 common procedures and conditions to determine the 250 that received 2024 America’s Best Hospitals Awards.

Hospitals in Illinois among the top 250 nationwide are:

• Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center, Oak Lawn
• Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington
• Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge
• Ascension Alexian Brothers Hospital, Elk Grove Village
• Ascension Saint Alexius, Hoffman Estates
• Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana
• Evanston Hospital(Skokie Hospital, Highland Park Hospital, Glenbrook Hospital)
• Javon Bea Hospital-Rockton, Rockford
• Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, Geneva
• Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest
• Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital (Woodstock Hospital, McHenry Hospital, Huntley
• Hospital)
• Northwestern Medical Center, Chicago
• OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington
• The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago

While these hospitals ranked in the top 250 medical centers in the country, Advocate Lutheran in Park Ridge, Ascension Alexian Brothers, and Carle Foundation Hospital ranked in the nation’s Top 50, according to the study.

Healthgrades said in a news release that it used a data-driven, clinically validated methodology that focuses solely on patient outcomes to determine the rankings.

“Hospital quality is a crucial, yet often overlooked, factor to consider when choosing a doctor,” Healthgrades’ chief medical officer and head of data science Dr. Brad Bowman said in the release.

Healthgrades said a recent survey showed 76 percent of consumers would only choose hospitals with high-quality rankings for their condition or procedure, and nearly two-thirds (63 percent) are more likely to choose a hospital that received a quality award when deciding between two hospitals before scheduling a procedure.

Click here to see our roundup of 2023 hospital rankings from across Illinois