These Are The Top-Ranked Hospitals In Wisconsin: U.S. News

MADISON, WI — UW Health University Hospital in Madison has been named the best hospital in Wisconsin, according to the annual 2025-2026 Best Hospitals rankings from U.S. News & World Report.

The rankings, released Tuesday, evaluate more than 4,400 hospitals nationwide based on their performance across 30 medical and surgical services.

UW Health is not only the top-ranked hospital in the state but is also nationally ranked in eight adult specialties and one pediatric specialty.

It is rated high performing in four additional specialties and 18 procedures and conditions, and received a patient experience score of 4 out of 5.

Here are the full Wisconsin hospital rankings for 2025–26:

1. UW Health University Hospital – Madison
Nationally ranked in 8 adult specialties and 1 children's specialty
High performing in 4 specialties and 18 procedures/conditions
Patient Experience: 4 out of 5

2. Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center – Milwaukee
Nationally ranked in 2 adult specialties
High performing in 7 specialties and 22 procedures/conditions
Patient Experience: 3 out of 5

3. Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
High performing in 7 specialties and 21 procedures/conditions
Patient Experience: 4 out of 5

T-4. Mayo Clinic Health System – Eau Claire
Nationally ranked in 1 adult specialty
High performing in 4 specialties and 11 procedures/conditions
Patient Experience: 4 out of 5

T-4. SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital – Madison
High performing in 16 procedures/conditions
Patient Experience: 3 out of 5

6. Aurora Medical Center – Grafton
High performing in 12 procedures/conditions
Patient Experience: 4 out of 5

7. Aspirus Wausau Hospital – Wausau
High performing in 12 procedures/conditions
Patient Experience: 4 out of 5

8. Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital – Milwaukee & Ozaukee Campuses
High performing in 8 procedures/conditions
Patient Experience: 2 out of 5

These hospitals are also among the 504 Best Regional Hospitals across 49 states and 95 metro areas ranked by U.S. News. Hospitals that earned high performance ratings across eight surgery and specialty areas made the cut.

“For most Americans, health care decisions are made close to home. The Best Regional Hospitals rankings underscore the difference high-performing local medical centers make,” Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News, said in a news release.

“These local hospital rankings, entirely performance-driven, equip individuals and their families, in consultation with their medical providers, to choose the highest quality care available in their own communities,” Harder said.

The report also named 20 hospitals across 13 states to its Honor Roll, which represents the best of the best hospitals. Listed in alphabetical order, they are:

• AdventHealth, Orlando, Florida
• Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
• Cleveland Clinic
• Hackensack University Medical Center at Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack, New Jersey
• Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia
• Houston Methodist Hospital
• Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
• Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
• Mayo Clinic-Arizona, Phoenix
• Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Minnesota
• Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell
• Northwestern Medicine-Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
• NYU Langone Hospitals, New York
• Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
• Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto, California
• UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
• UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco
• University of Michigan Health-Ann Arbor

U.S. News evaluated 4,400 hospitals and ranked them based on their performance on objective measures such as risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications and level of nursing care.

The Best Hospitals Specialty rankings methodology and Procedures & Conditions ratings methodology measure patient outcomes using data from over 800 million records of patient care.

This year, among other methodology refinements, U.S. News added ratings in two new cohorts, Heart Arrhythmia and Pacemaker Implantation, to the existing Procedures & Conditions ratings, for a new total of 22 ratings.