Top 50 hospitals for cardiac surgery: Healthgrades

Eight New York hospitals made Healthgrades’ “50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery” list, the most of any state. Healthgrades published its 2026 Specialty Excellence Awards Oct. 28.

Healthgrades evaluated about 4,500 hospitals across 31 procedures and conditions for the awards, according to an Oct. 28 news release from the publication. 

The Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award specifically evaluates clinical outcomes in coronary artery bypass graft surgery and valve surgery. Read the full methodology here. 

Here are the top 50 hospitals for cardiac surgery according to Healthgrades, by state:

Florida

• Advent Health Daytona Beach 
• Delray Medical Center
• Mayo Clinic in Florida (Jacksonville)
• Memorial Regional Hospital (Hollywood)
• Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center
• Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (Miami)
• Sarasota Memorial Hospital 

California

• Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center
• Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center
• Stanford Hospital (Palo Alto)

Colorado

• HCA HealthONE Swedish (Englewood)

Connecticut

• Hartford Hospital
• Yale New Haven Hospital 

Georgia

• Piedmont Hospital (Atlanta)

Illinois

• Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago)
• Rush University Medical Center (Chicago)

Massachusetts

• St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center (Brighton)

Maryland

• The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore)

Michigan

• Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital (Grand Rapids)

Minnesota

• Mayo Clinic Hospital St. Mary’s Campus (Rochester)

Missouri

• St. Luke’s Hospital (Chesterfield)

New Jersey

• Englewood Hospital
• Hackensack University Medical Center
• Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Neptune)
• Morristown Medical Center 
• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

New York

• Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center (West Islip)
• Lenox Hill Hospital (New York City)
• Mount Sinai Hospital (New York City)
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City)
• North Shore University Hospital (Manhasset)
• South Shore University Hospital (Bay Shore)
• St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center (Roslyn)
• Westchester Medical Center (Valhalla)

North Carolina

• Duke University Hospital (Durham)

Ohio

• Christ Hospital (Cincinnati)
• Cleveland Clinic
• Fairview Hospital (Cleveland)

Oregon

• Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center

Pennsylvania

• Allegheny General Hospital (Pittsburgh)
• Geisinger Medical Center (Danville)
• Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital (East Norriton)
• Lancaster General Hospital

South Carolina

• Trident Medical Center (Charleston)

Texas

• Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital Plano 
• Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Houston)
• Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center (Houston)
• William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital (Dallas)

Virginia

• Inova Fairfax Hospital (Falls Church)

Wisconsin

• Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center (Milwaukee)