The Washington Monthly ranks hospitals on how well they save lives, save money, and serve everyone. Below is our ranking of the 100 best safety net hospitals based on their performance in three broad categories: patient outcomes (mortality etc.), civic leadership (treating lower-income and minority patients etc.), and value of care (avoiding overtreatment).
Click here for more on our hospital rankings project, here for a detailed methodology, and here for the rest of our rankings.
These rankings were created in partnership the Lown Institute, a non-partisan health care think tank. For more hospital rankings, visit their website.
All numbers are percentile scores.
| Rank | Name | Location | Size (By Bedcount) | Overall Patient Outcomes | Clinical Outcomes | Patient Safety | Patient Satisfaction | Overall Civic Leadership | Community Benefit | Inclusivity | Pay Equity | Overall Value of Care (Avoiding Overuse) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JPS Health Network | Fort Worth, TX | XL | 83.8 | 83.8 | 58.6 | 29.8 | 99.5 | 99.7 | 91.0 | 50.6 | 90.0 |
| 2 | Boston Medical Center Corporation | Boston, MA | XL | 69.1 | 65.3 | 61.8 | 20.4 | 99.2 | 98.0 | 99.7 | 20.5 | 93.1 |
| 3 | Oroville Hospital | Oroville, CA | M | 74.8 | 75.6 | 47.6 | 1.5 | 96.3 | 94.0 | 96.5 | 45.8 | 69.4 |
| 4 | Carepoint Health–Hoboken University Medical Center | Hoboken, NJ | L | 72.7 | 48.9 | 93.9 | 13.5 | 98.3 | 97.0 | 98.8 | 18.1 | 52.3 |
| 5 | Cortland Regional Medical Center Inc. | Cortland, NY | M | 90.8 | 76.6 | 90.2 | 7.9 | 86.0 | 88.7 | 51.6 | 54.0 | 47.7 |
| 6 | Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital | Brockton, MA | L | 74.1 | 64.8 | 59.1 | 35.0 | 90.9 | 88.8 | 80.8 | 62.7 | 74.6 |
| 7 | Desert Valley Hospital | Victorville, CA | M | 93.2 | 89.7 | 79.9 | 2.4 | 89.0 | 89.4 | 84.6 | 25.9 | 37.5 |
| 8 | Cambridge Health Alliance | Cambridge, MA | L | 50.3 | 42.0 | 65.1 | 23.9 | 96.0 | 83.5 | 98.6 | 86.4 | 99.6 |
| 9 | Baystate Wing Hospital and Medical Centers | Palmer, MA | S | 77.4 | 75.8 | N/A | 47.5 | 52.5 | 63.1 | 11.8 | 60.8 | 99.0 |
| 10 | Northern Hospital of Surry County | Mount Airy, NC | M | 82.3 | 74.1 | 76.2 | 60.8 | 60.1 | 51.0 | 51.3 | 72.8 | 86.8 |
| 11 | SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital–Centralia | Centralia, IL | M | 88.8 | 82.7 | 73.1 | 84.5 | 81.0 | 80.2 | 57.7 | 70.5 | 48.1 |
| 12 | CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Kleberg | Kingsville, TX | S | 55.3 | 34.2 | 98.4 | 21.9 | 97.9 | 96.6 | 94.6 | 98.5 | 78.1 |
| 13 | Providence Little Company of Mary Med. Ctr. San Pedro | San Pedro, CA | L | 84.4 | 89.4 | 50.2 | 53.9 | 63.7 | 63.3 | 54.0 | 44.0 | 69.8 |
| 14 | Lehigh Regional Medical Center | Lehigh Acres, FL | S | 57.5 | 57.2 | N/A | 2.2 | 94.6 | 48.5 | 99.7 | 34.7 | 87.2 |
| 15 | Paradise Valley Hospital | National City, CA | L | 56.5 | 34.8 | 97.3 | 5.5 | 98.0 | 95.1 | 99.0 | 26.2 | 70.0 |
| 16 | California Pacific Medical Center–Van Ness Campus | San Francisco, CA | XL | 81.6 | 81.5 | 49.2 | 14.5 | 38.5 | 53.3 | 64.1 | 8.7 | 93.3 |
| 17 | Saint Michael's Medical Center | Newark, NJ | M | 76.4 | 83.8 | 36.4 | 17.0 | 94.9 | 89.6 | 97.6 | 25.3 | 41.1 |
| 18 | Nassau University Medical Center | East Meadow, NY | XL | 50.9 | 30.5 | 93.1 | 0.5 | 96.2 | 97.3 | 52.4 | 94.7 | 90.0 |
| 19 | Central Vermont Medical Center | Barre, VT | L | 71.5 | 70.1 | 52.9 | 57.5 | 54.3 | 53.5 | 39.8 | 53.4 | 98.4 |
| 20 | Samaritan Hospital | Troy, NY | M | 65.1 | 59.1 | 60.3 | 3.7 | 73.4 | 50.5 | 87.1 | 58.8 | 96.4 |
| 21 | SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital–St. Louis | Richmond Heights, MO | L | 60.9 | 52.7 | 78.8 | 21.0 | 95.8 | 95.7 | 88.9 | 51.7 | 56.5 |
| 22 | Rochester General Hospital | Rochester, NY | XL | 70.7 | 71.6 | 47.4 | 27.5 | 69.1 | 74.1 | 84.4 | 9.3 | 85.9 |
| 23 | Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital | Murphy, NC | M | 70.4 | 66.9 | N/A | 22.8 | 48.1 | 37.4 | 66.6 | 50.2 | 97.5 |
| 24 | Baystate Franklin Medical Center | Greenfield, MA | S | 69.9 | 83.8 | 18.8 | 44.7 | 56.1 | 52.2 | 79.9 | 17.6 | 92.8 |
| 25 | Holyoke Medical Center | Holyoke, MA | M | 65.2 | 56.0 | 69.3 | 72.6 | 84.3 | 88.2 | 51.6 | 47.5 | 72.1 |
| 26 | Maimonides Medical Center | Brooklyn, NY | XL | 58.1 | 58.1 | 52.1 | 0.9 | 94.1 | 97.5 | 15.1 | 27.0 | 69.0 |
| 27 | Vidant Duplin Hospital | Kenansville, NC | XS | 44.5 | 40.3 | N/A | 59.1 | 96.0 | 97.5 | 29.5 | 80.2 | 89.1 |
| 28 | Alta Bates Summit Medical Center | Oakland, CA | XL | 68.9 | 82.1 | 21.2 | 35.0 | 87.0 | 79.8 | 80.6 | 88.8 | 48.1 |
| 29 | Lonesome Pine Hospital | Big Stone Gap, VA | XS | 66.4 | 40.2 | 99.1 | 69.0 | 70.6 | 64.7 | 55.3 | 74.2 | 73.3 |
| 30 | Community First Medical Center | Chicago, IL | L | 95.2 | 85.9 | 95.8 | 1.7 | 50.0 | 28.2 | 85.3 | 38.2 | 28.4 |
| 31 | John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital | Chicago, IL | XL | 36.5 | 33.8 | 69.7 | 5.3 | 98.7 | 96.5 | 99.1 | 56.0 | 90.0 |
| 32 | Highland Hospital | Rochester, NY | L | 72.2 | 65.0 | 75.4 | 53.9 | 43.6 | 57.4 | 19.0 | 29.5 | 81.2 |
| 33 | Morton Hospital | Taunton, MA | M | 75.5 | 63.0 | 77.0 | 4.7 | 78.3 | 72.4 | 70.9 | 69.0 | 42.2 |
| 34 | University of California Irvine Medical Center | Orange, CA | XL | 78.8 | 68.2 | 59.9 | 50.1 | 13.0 | 7.1 | 51.4 | 51.7 | 96.0 |
| 35 | Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services | Gallup, NM | S | 38.0 | 39.3 | N/A | 4.5 | 93.8 | 94.6 | 70.5 | 54.4 | 99.2 |
| 36 | Alta Bates Summit Medical Center–Alta Bates Campus | Berkeley, CA | XL | 77.2 | 75.5 | 55.7 | 4.3 | 65.9 | 79.5 | 8.0 | 85.4 | 44.6 |
| 37 | Massena Memorial Hospital | Massena, NY | S | 46.8 | 43.4 | N/A | 13.5 | 81.6 | 70.7 | 76.3 | 95.6 | 97.4 |
| 38 | North Vista Hospital | North Las Vegas, NV | M | 57.9 | 55.4 | 42.1 | 4.8 | 98.0 | 96.2 | 98.5 | 28.9 | 33.0 |
| 39 | San Antonio Regional Hospital | Upland, CA | L | 78.4 | 91.4 | 27.8 | 17.8 | 39.4 | 60.4 | 10.2 | 33.6 | 54.0 |
| 40 | Dallas Medical Center | Dallas, TX | S | 71.6 | 65.8 | 74.3 | 1.3 | 44.7 | 29.5 | 76.8 | 42.3 | 68.2 |
| 41 | San Dimas Community Hospital | San Dimas, CA | M | 80.1 | 73.1 | 78.0 | 11.9 | 8.4 | 13.0 | 9.8 | 38.6 | 91.4 |
| 42 | McLaren Oakland | Pontiac, MI | L | 64.2 | 51.0 | 72.0 | 14.5 | 64.8 | 60.8 | 82.4 | 16.8 | 68.0 |
| 43 | UF Health Jacksonville | Jacksonville, FL | XL | 50.1 | 80.7 | 2.5 | 11.4 | 84.7 | 65.2 | 96.6 | 19.5 | 75.2 |
| 44 | Encino Hospital Medical Center | Encino, CA | S | 58.9 | 38.5 | 76.4 | 27.5 | 81.7 | 87.9 | 10.1 | 99.0 | 56.0 |
| 45 | Sherman Oaks Hospital | Sherman Oaks, CA | S | 73.0 | 60.2 | 74.5 | 0.6 | 82.5 | 92.2 | 5.7 | 95.9 | 35.1 |
| 46 | Penobscot Bay Medical Center | Rockport, ME | M | 57.7 | 56.4 | N/A | 55.7 | 46.4 | 41.6 | 45.9 | 57.0 | 95.7 |
| 47 | Sycamore Shoals Hospital | Elizabethton, TN | S | 50.5 | 44.0 | 42.2 | 85.9 | 70.5 | 48.1 | 89.0 | 43.7 | 91.2 |
| 48 | University of Illinois Hospital | Chicago, IL | XL | 36.0 | 42.2 | 14.0 | 8.9 | 96.8 | 94.4 | 96.5 | 61.1 | 78.6 |
| 49 | Willamette Valley Medical Center | McMinnville, OR | S | 60.2 | 47.2 | 77.5 | 89.0 | 70.2 | 59.6 | 77.9 | 45.0 | 69.1 |
| 50 | Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center | Chula Vista, CA | L | 62.2 | 75.0 | 26.7 | 52.5 | 98.1 | 94.2 | 99.2 | 40.6 | 20.9 |
| 51 | Nix Health Care System | San Antonio, TX | L | 80.7 | 68.4 | 80.8 | 25.0 | 71.0 | 50.6 | 90.2 | 30.2 | 29.6 |
| 52 | University of MD Medical Center–Midtown Campus | Baltimore, MD | M | 48.1 | 50.3 | 21.3 | 5.5 | 99.0 | 98.7 | 97.4 | 54.9 | 33.9 |
| 53 | St. Joseph's University Medical Center | Paterson, NJ | XL | 68.2 | 62.1 | 65.6 | 11.0 | 91.4 | 95.4 | 71.4 | 11.4 | 26.9 |
| 54 | Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center | Bronx, NY | L | 26.2 | 13.9 | 97.1 | 1.5 | 100.0 | 99.3 | 100.0 | 97.6 | 70.8 |
| 55 | Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital | Darby, PA | L | 47.5 | 37.5 | 64.7 | 13.5 | 97.4 | 95.6 | 96.8 | 76.3 | 40.5 |
| 56 | Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital | Weston, WV | S | 28.7 | 28.9 | N/A | 52.5 | 97.2 | 97.7 | 81.6 | 72.7 | 96.7 |
| 57 | Eskenazi Health | Indianapolis, IN | L | 26.4 | 30.2 | 39.7 | 27.5 | 98.9 | 99.0 | 90.0 | 53.5 | 93.4 |
| 58 | Nathan Littauer Hospital | Gloversville, NY | M | 40.3 | 37.1 | N/A | 37.4 | 86.9 | 85.1 | 85.5 | 29.9 | 91.0 |
| 59 | Betsy Johnson Hospital | Dunn, NC | M | 35.4 | 35.2 | 26.4 | 25.0 | 88.8 | 84.8 | 88.9 | 39.0 | 98.5 |
| 60 | College Medical Center | Long Beach, CA | M | 28.6 | 20.5 | 91.2 | 0.7 | 98.4 | 98.9 | 73.7 | 36.2 | 88.0 |
| 61 | University of Mississippi Medical Center–Grenada | Grenada, MS | S | 62.0 | 52.0 | 78.9 | 1.2 | 46.0 | 45.0 | 20.1 | 75.8 | 71.9 |
| 62 | AMITA Saint Francis Hospital | Evanston, IL | M | 75.4 | 63.8 | 79.3 | 17.8 | 77.5 | 81.6 | 17.3 | 87.3 | 27.8 |
| 63 | Mercy Regional Medical Center | Ville Platte, LA | M | 57.7 | 59.0 | 27.9 | 63.8 | 77.6 | 87.6 | 22.3 | 33.9 | 52.1 |
| 64 | Grady Memorial Hospital | Atlanta, GA | XL | 24.7 | 36.5 | 11.5 | 8.5 | 97.7 | 95.1 | 98.6 | 43.3 | 98.8 |
| 65 | Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City, NJ | L | 44.7 | 34.9 | 84.1 | 27.5 | 97.3 | 98.3 | 87.8 | 13.7 | 41.4 |
| 66 | Rio Grande Regional Hospital | McAllen, TX | L | 65.8 | 40.3 | 97.2 | 17.8 | 95.3 | 97.7 | 53.0 | 13.7 | 18.4 |
| 67 | California Pacific Medical Center–Mission Bernal | San Francisco, CA | M | 49.2 | 53.3 | 35.3 | 9.4 | 93.8 | 94.4 | 92.9 | 10.1 | 44.4 |
| 68 | Adventist GlenOaks | Glendale Heights, IL | M | 65.7 | 62.2 | 51.8 | 35.0 | 93.0 | 93.2 | 74.9 | 57.3 | 22.6 |
| 69 | Atrium Health Kings Mountain | Kings Mountain, NC | S | 41.7 | 39.8 | N/A | 79.7 | 91.4 | 94.3 | 17.6 | 79.2 | 71.3 |
| 70 | Los Angeles Community Hospital | Los Angeles, CA | M | 28.2 | 29.8 | 58.5 | 0.0 | 99.3 | 99.4 | 96.5 | 47.3 | 71.4 |
| 71 | Albert Einstein Medical Center | Philadelphia, PA | XL | 56.7 | 62.4 | 24.5 | 10.0 | 91.8 | 90.6 | 97.3 | 4.2 | 36.9 |
| 72 | La Palma Intercommunity Hospital | La Palma, CA | M | 43.7 | 34.8 | 70.4 | 5.5 | 72.1 | 87.2 | 7.6 | 60.6 | 90.7 |
| 73 | Lower Bucks Hospital | Bristol, PA | M | 52.8 | 42.2 | 67.7 | 25.9 | 83.0 | 83.9 | 66.6 | 50.1 | 51.3 |
| 74 | Mercy Hospital and Medical Center | Chicago, IL | L | 46.5 | 44.7 | 49.6 | 4.8 | 96.6 | 92.0 | 98.1 | 55.0 | 39.1 |
| 75 | Shands Lake Shore Regional Medical Center | Lake City, FL | S | 37.2 | 34.2 | N/A | 9.4 | 92.2 | 94.8 | 58.3 | 29.8 | 77.6 |
| 76 | Rutland Regional Medical Center | Rutland, VT | M | 51.6 | 52.4 | 51.2 | 66.5 | 72.7 | 68.2 | 58.1 | 69.6 | 69.2 |
| 77 | CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Beeville | Beeville, TX | XS | 38.3 | 37.4 | N/A | 28.4 | 95.3 | 96.4 | 39.7 | 97.1 | 66.6 |
| 78 | Heywood Hospital | Gardner, MA | S | 43.5 | 44.9 | 36.9 | 33.8 | 77.8 | 55.8 | 92.7 | 33.1 | 78.5 |
| 79 | Valley Baptist Medical Center–Brownsville | Brownsville, TX | L | 69.0 | 53.9 | 89.3 | 21.9 | 93.2 | 95.9 | 71.1 | 16.2 | 15.2 |
| 80 | St. Elizabeth's Medical Center | Brighton, MA | L | 62.7 | 60.9 | 55.4 | 21.0 | 66.6 | 46.2 | 84.3 | 53.9 | 44.3 |
| 81 | Sutter Delta Medical Center | Antioch, CA | M | 46.5 | 62.5 | 13.6 | 4.1 | 94.1 | 92.5 | 88.3 | 60.2 | 43.8 |
| 82 | Chino Valley Medical Center | Chino, CA | M | 34.7 | 33.1 | N/A | 14.5 | 94.8 | 96.3 | 50.0 | 67.1 | 74.0 |
| 83 | Centinela Hospital Medical Center | Inglewood, CA | L | 66.3 | 53.2 | 82.3 | 2.2 | 72.9 | 38.1 | 95.8 | 27.0 | 35.7 |
| 84 | Denver Health Medical Center | Denver, CO | XL | 26.9 | 44.4 | 2.6 | 13.5 | 97.9 | 97.6 | 93.2 | 53.8 | 86.9 |
| 85 | Nashoba Valley Medical Center | Ayer, MA | XS | 49.7 | 46.7 | N/A | 25.9 | 39.0 | 33.9 | 36.6 | 66.1 | 95.4 |
| 86 | Saint John Hospital | Leavenworth, KS | S | 59.5 | 54.4 | N/A | 89.5 | 32.3 | 44.2 | 16.3 | 36.0 | 74.2 |
| 87 | Queens Hospital Center | Jamaica, NY | L | 15.9 | 11.3 | 76.0 | 8.5 | 99.6 | 99.9 | 67.0 | 97.8 | 99.5 |
| 88 | Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center | Thomasville, NC | S | 34.5 | 37.6 | 24.8 | 17.0 | 95.1 | 93.1 | 87.7 | 91.4 | 72.4 |
| 89 | San Leandro Hospital | San Leandro, CA | XS | 56.2 | 63.9 | 28.8 | 11.4 | 39.6 | 16.0 | 72.7 | 98.7 | 74.5 |
| 90 | OhioHealth O'Bleness Hospital | Athens, OH | S | 45.1 | 43.3 | N/A | 44.7 | 72.7 | 83.4 | 11.9 | 59.2 | 75.2 |
| 91 | MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn, WA | M | 47.6 | 58.0 | 21.7 | 3.5 | 88.2 | 89.9 | 62.1 | 58.6 | 48.9 |
| 92 | Howard University Hospital | Washington, DC | L | 27.2 | 39.9 | 7.6 | 1.1 | 99.1 | 97.7 | 99.4 | 56.8 | 69.7 |
| 93 | West Suburban Medical Center | Oak Park, IL | M | 43.8 | 37.3 | 64.4 | 11.4 | 94.6 | 95.5 | 82.5 | 25.5 | 44.4 |
| 94 | AMITA Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center | Chicago, IL | XL | 42.8 | 32.2 | 83.6 | 18.7 | 97.6 | 96.2 | 97.9 | 32.6 | 36.4 |
| 95 | St. John's Regional Medical Center | Oxnard, CA | M | 64.6 | 52.9 | 72.7 | 17.8 | 92.6 | 72.4 | 98.0 | 49.0 | 18.3 |
| 96 | Northwestern Medical Center | Saint Albans, VT | S | 36.3 | 34.0 | N/A | 65.2 | 83.9 | 33.3 | 97.6 | 77.6 | 87.6 |
| 97 | Scripps Mercy Hospital | San Diego, CA | L | 68.8 | 70.8 | 46.4 | 12.5 | 89.2 | 90.2 | 94.0 | 6.5 | 16.0 |
| 98 | HCA Houston Healthcare West | Houston, TX | L | 70.9 | 73.3 | 38.0 | 21.0 | 90.8 | 91.0 | 87.9 | 19.6 | 11.8 |
| 99 | Franciscan Health Hammond | Hammond, IN | XL | 47.2 | 43.3 | 43.4 | 17.0 | 90.2 | 90.3 | 90.9 | 14.4 | 44.5 |
| 100 | Southeastern Regional Medical Center | Lumberton, NC | L | 50.1 | 61.4 | 20.8 | 16.0 | 59.8 | 69.3 | 44.0 | 24.1 | 70.9 |