These Are The Top Children's Hospitals In The U.S.

Boston Children's Hospital is the top medical center for children in the U.S., according to U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings of the best children's hospitals in the country.

The best children’s hospitals for 2019-20 rankings released on Tuesday feature the 50 best hospitals in 10 pediatric specialties and 10 hospitals that landed on U.S. News’ honor roll. The hospitals on the honor roll “deliver exceptionally high-quality care across multiple specialties.”

Boston Children's Hospital is No.1 on the honor roll, followed by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia at No.2. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Texas Children's Hospital in Houston tied at the No.3 spot and Children's Hospital Los Angeles rounded out the top five.

The 10 pediatric specialities that U.S. News ranked hospitals for are cancer, cardiology, heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, gastroenterology & gastrointestinal surgery, neonatology, nephrology, nephrology & neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology & lung surgery and urology.

The top 5 ranked hospitals in each category are:

Cancer:

Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Texas Children's Hospital
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Johns Hopkins Children's Center

Cardiology & Heart Surgery

Texas Children's Hospital
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Boston Children's Hospital

Diabetes & Endocrinology:

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Boston Children's Hospital
Yale New Haven Children's Hospital
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Gastroenterology & Gastrointestinal Surgery:

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Texas Children's Hospital
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Boston Children's Hospital
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Neonatology:

Children's National Medical Center
Boston Children's Hospital
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, San Francisco and Oakland

Nephrology:

Boston Children's Hospital
Texas Children's Hospital
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Neurology & Neurosurgery:

Boston Children's Hospital
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Texas Children's Hospital
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Children's National Medical Center

Orthopedics:

Boston Children's Hospital
Children's Medical Center Dallas-Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Pulmonology & Lung Surgery:

Texas Children's Hospital
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Boston Children's Hospital
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
St. Louis Children's Hospital-Washington University

Urology:

Boston Children's Hospital
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

“While health care is rapidly changing, the objective of U.S. News’ Best Children’s Hospitals remains the same: provide families with a comprehensive and trusted starting point as they, in consultation with their doctors and other medical professionals, search for the pediatric care they need,” Ben Harder, Chief of Health Analysis and Managing Editor at U.S. News, said in a news release. “Our rankings, now in their 13th year, have always put parents and young patients at the front and center of our mission.”

The 10 hospitals that made U.S. News’ honor roll are:

Boston Children’s Hospital (1)
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (2)
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (3)
Texas Children’s Hospital (3)
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (5)
Children’s National Medical Center (6)
Nationwide Children’s Hospital (7)
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (8)
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center (9)
Seattle Children’s Hospital (10)

U.S. News says its methodology in tabulating the rankings takes into account measures like patient outcome, including mortality and infection rates, and also available clinical resources and compliance with best practices. (You can read more about the methodology here.)

To see the full list of best children’s hospitals via U.S. News, click here.