29 MI Hospitals Among Best In U.S. In New Forbes Ranking

Forbes unveiled its first-ever Top Hospitals List and Rankings for 2026 on Thursday, including 29 Michigan hospitals among the best in the U.S.

For its inaugural report, Forbes evaluated nearly 5,400 general acute care hospitals listed in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Provider Data Catalog based on their performance across 56 reported hospital quality measures.

The 56 selected measures were grouped into four categories with different weights: outcomes (55 percent of the weight), best practices (20 percent), value (15 percent) and patient experience (10 percent).

Seven Michigan hospitals earned an overall 5-star ranking: Bronson Battle Creek Hospital, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Corewell Health Lakeland Hospital St. Joseph Hospital, Corewell Health Ludington Hospital, Holland Hospital, Munson Healthcare Grayling Hospital and Trinity Health Ann Arbor.

Other Michigan hospitals recognized as the best in the state are:

• Bronson Lakeview Hospital (four stars)
• Corewell Health Gerber Hospital (four stars)
• Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals Butterworth (four stars)
• Corewell Health Greenville Hospital (four stars)
• Corewell Health Pennock Hospital (four stars)
• Henry Ford Providence Southfield Hospital (four stars)
• Hillsdale Hospital (four stars)
• Lake Huron Medical Center (four stars)
• Marshfield Medical Center - Dickinson (four stars)
• McLaren Northern Michigan (four stars)
• Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital (four stars)
• Munson Medical Center (four stars)
• MyMichigan Medical Center Apena (four stars)
• MyMichigan Medical Center Midland (four stars)
• MyMichigan Medical Center Saginaw (four stars)
• MyMichigan Medical Center Tawas (four stars)
• OSF St. Francis Hospital and Medical Group (four stars)
• Trinity Health Grand Rapids Hospital (four stars)
• Trinity Health Muskegon Hospital (four stars)
• UP Health System - Marquette (four stars)
• University of Michigan Health - Sparrow Carson (four stars)
• University of Michigan Health - West (four stars)

To produce the Forbes Top Hospitals rating system, researchers enlisted healthcare measurement experts, including an advisory panel comprised of clinicians, scientists, health policy researchers, and patient advocates. The magazine also partnered with Inovalon, a healthcare data and analytics firm, to calculate the ratings.

The outcomes were statistically adjusted for social drivers of health, such as socioeconomic and access to medical services.

The ratings were then calculated, and out of 4,601 eligible hospitals, 253 hospitals received an overall rating of five stars, and 509 hospitals received an overall rating of four stars. The stars represented the following percentiles:

1. One star: 1st to 10th percentile
2. Two stars: 11th to 30th percentile
3. Three stars: 31st to 70th percentile
4. Four stars: 71st to 90th percentile
5. Five stars: 91st to 100th percentile

To view the full list of Forbes Top Hospitals, click here.