1 TX Hospital In Top 1 Percent Nationwide, Report Says

TEXAS — One hospital in Texas is ranked among the top 1 percent of clinical care facilities in the country, according to a new report Tuesday.

The 2025 America’s Best Hospitals Awards from Healthgrades, an online resource to help people find doctors and hospitals, is a three-tiered ranking of the top 50, 100 and 250 hospitals, which, respectively, represent the top 1 percent, 2 percent and 5 percent of clinical care hospitals nationwide.

The one Texas medical center named to America’s 50 Best Hospitals is:

• Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
• Ranked Top 50, 100, and 250 Best
• 17 consecutive years in Top 250
• Recognized among America’s Best Hospitals for 10+ years

Other Texas hospitals in the top 250 are:

Houston Methodist Hospitals

• Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston)
• Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital (Baytown)
• Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital (The Woodlands)
• Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital (Sugar Land)
• Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital (Houston)

Baylor Scott & White Health

• Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – McKinney (McKinney)
• Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth (Fort Worth)
• Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine (Grapevine)
• Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple (Temple)
• Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Hillcrest (Waco)
• Baylor University Medical Center (Dallas)

Medical City Healthcare (HCA)

• Medical City Arlington (Arlington)
• Medical City McKinney (McKinney)
• Medical City Plano (Plano)
• Medical City Dallas (Dallas)

HCA Houston Healthcare

• HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood (Kingwood)
• HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast (Pasadena)

Methodist Hospitals

• Methodist Hospital (San Antonio)
• Methodist Hospital Stone Oak (San Antonio)

Memorial Hermann Health System

• Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center (Houston)

St. David’s HealthCare

• St. David’s Medical Center (Austin)
• St. David’s North Austin Medical Center (Austin)
• St. David’s South Austin Medical Center (Austin)

Ascension Seton

• Ascension Seton Hays (Kyle)
• Ascension Seton Williamson (Round Rock)

Texas Health Resources

• Texas Health H-E-B (Bedford)
• Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano (Plano)
• Texas Health Specialty Hospital (Fort Worth)

University of Texas System

• University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston (Galveston)
• William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital (Dallas)

Others

• Doctors Hospital at Renaissance (Edinburg)
• Las Palmas Medical Center (El Paso)

Healthgrades said it uses clinically validated methodology that focuses solely on patient outcomes to help consumers choose doctors who practice at hospitals recognized for their quality.

Healthgrades evaluated clinical performance for about 4,500 hospitals across more than 30 common procedures and conditions. The rankings are designed to increase patients’ confidence in choosing a doctor and hospital.

“While there are several factors to consider when looking for a doctor, hospital quality is one that can have a critical impact on a patient’s overall quality of care,” Dr. Brad Bowman, Healthgrades’ chief medical officer and head of data science, said in a news release.

The persistent performance gap between the nation’s highest and lowest performers underscores the importance of ensuring that consumers have access to objective measures of hospital quality, Healthgrades said.

If all hospitals performed similarly to America’s 250 Best Hospitals, 174,081 lives could have been saved, Healthgrades said.