PA’s Best Hospitals For 2025: See Full List

Throughout 2025, several data-based national rankings and safety grades helped Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania. Read more:

• U.S. News & World Report Best Maternity Hospitals
• U.S. News Best Children’s Hospitals
• U.S. News Best Hospitals

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

• Newsweek Best Hospitals in the World

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

• Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades Fall
• Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades Spring

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

• Healthgrades Safety Awards