Overview
- Twelve Minnesota hospitals made the U.S. News 2025–2026 Best Hospitals list, with Regions Hospital, M Health Fairview St. John’s Hospital and North Memorial Health Hospital joining as first-time honorees.
- Mayo Clinic campuses in Rochester and Phoenix secured places on the national honor roll and led specialty rankings for diabetes and endocrinology as well as gastroenterology and GI surgery.
- M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center was named the best hospital in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area and the top regional hospital for community access.
- Nine of the twelve Minnesota honorees are situated in the Twin Cities metro area, with the remaining three located in Rochester, St. Cloud and Duluth.
- These annual rankings inform patient referrals, guide institutional benchmarking and support regional healthcare planning across Minnesota.