Pulmonology Lung Surgery

Rank Hospital U.S. News score Survival score (5=best) Discharge to home score (5=best)

Patient experience (% positive responses) Number of patients

Nurse staffing score (higher is better) A Nurse Magnet hospital Technology score (6=best) Patient services score (8=best)

% of specialists recommending hospital

1 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. 100.0 5 5 95% 8,613 2.9 Yes 6 8 19.5% 2 National Jewish Health, Denver-U. of Colorado Hosp., Aurora 95.8 5 5 91% 4,170 2.1 Yes 6 8 25.3% 3 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles 94.1 5 5 92% 9,764 2.7 Yes 6 8 2.8% 4 NYU Langone Hospitals, New York 93.3 5 5 89% 17,167 2.4 Yes 6 8 5.1% 5 UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles 91.6 5 5 93% 7,099 3.2 Yes 6 8 4.9% 6 Cleveland Clinic 90.3 5 5 92% 5,977 2.4 Yes 6 8 12.6% 7 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore 89.5 5 5 92% 3,189 2.4 Yes 6 8 14.4% 8 Hosps. of the U. of Pennsylvania-Penn Presby., Philadelphia 88.6 5 5 91% 6,758 2.5 Yes 6 8 9.0% 9 UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco 87.1 5 5 91% 3,578 2.6 Yes 6 8 10.5% 10 UC San Diego Health-La Jolla and Hillcrest Hospitals, San Diego 86.3 5 5 91% 4,291 2.1 Yes 6 8 4.6% 11 New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell 85.6 5 5 89% 18,065 3.1 Yes 6 8 6.9% 11 Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital, Stanford, Calif. 85.6 5 5 94% 4,315 2.7 Yes 6 8 3.1% 13 Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago 84.5 5 5 92% 4,966 2.0 Yes 6 8 2.3% 14 Mayo Clinic-Phoenix 82.2 5 5 96% 4,216 3.2 Yes 5 8 2.8% 14 North Shore University Hosp. at Northwell Health, Manhasset, N.Y. 82.2 5 5 90% 11,185 2.4 Yes 5 8 1.6% 16 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 81.4 5 5 94% 7,877 2.6 Yes 6 8 8.4% 17 Mount Sinai Hospital, New York 80.0 5 5 88% 8,310 2.3 Yes 5 8 3.9% 18 Houston Methodist Hospital 79.6 5 5 92% 7,453 2.1 Yes 6 8 0.7% 18 Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn. 79.6 5 5 91% 4,979 2.3 Yes 6 8 6.0% 20 Rush University Medical Center, Chicago 79.5 5 5 91% 3,085 2.1 Yes 5 8 1.0% 21 UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 79.3 5 5 93% 4,523 2.2 Yes 6 8 1.7% 22 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York 78.5 5 5 95% 4,771 2.4 Yes 5 8 1.2% 22 University of Michigan Health-Ann Arbor 78.5 5 5 92% 5,189 2.7 Yes 6 8 4.8% 24 Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston 77.2 5 5 92% 5,977 2.4 Yes 6 8 6.5% 25 Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Saint Louis 76.2 5 5 90% 6,306 2.5 Yes 6 8 4.2% 25 Keck Medical Center of USC, Los Angeles 76.2 5 5 92% 1,127 2.5 Yes 6 8 1.4% 27 UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, Calif. 76.1 5 5 89% 4,079 2.7 Yes 5 8 0.7% 28 Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest, Ill. 76.0 5 5 91% 1,887 1.9 Yes 5 8 0.1% 29 UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, Pittsburgh 75.4 5 5 92% 7,788 2.3 Yes 6 8 5.3% 30 Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn. 74.9 5 5 86% 13,085 2.0 Yes 5 8 3.3% 31 Duke University Hospital, Durham, N.C. 74.7 5 5 91% 5,844 2.1 Yes 6 8 7.7% 32 University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City 74.6 5 5 93% 5,024 2.1 Yes 5 8 1.0% 33 Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak, Mich. 74.5 5 5 87% 10,571 2.0 Yes 5 8 0.2% 34 Lenox Hill Hospital at Northwell Health, New York 74.2 5 5 89% 4,603 2.9 Yes 5 8 1.5% 35 Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus 73.9 5 5 89% 8,137 2.2 Yes 6 8 2.6% 36 John Muir Health-Walnut Creek Med. Ctr., Walnut Creek, Calif. 73.8 5 5 92% 5,064 2.3 Yes 5 8 0.0% 37 Mayo Clinic-Jacksonville, Fla. 73.5 5 5 95% 3,015 2.8 Yes 6 8 2.9% 38 University of Chicago Medical Center 73.3 5 5 90% 3,352 2.3 Yes 6 8 2.6% 38 University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 73.3 5 5 NA 4,297 1.9 Yes 5 8 3.0% 40 Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Ill. 73.1 5 5 88% 6,555 2.1 Yes 5 8 0.0% 41 Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, Calif. 72.4 5 5 90% 3,152 3.0 Yes 5 8 0.3% 41 Long Island Jewish Med. Ctr. at Northwell, New Hyde Park, N.Y. 72.4 5 5 87% 14,239 1.8 Yes 5 8 1.4% 43 OHSU Hospital, Portland, Ore. 72.0 5 5 91% 2,300 2.2 Yes 5 8 0.5% 44 CentraCare-St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minn. 71.8 5 5 91% 6,256 2.0 Yes 5 8 0.0% 45 Huntington Hospital at Northwell Health, Huntington, N.Y. 71.7 5 5 90% 5,286 1.9 Yes 5 8 0.1% 45 Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego 71.7 5 5 92% 4,820 2.3 Yes 5 8 0.2% 47 Thos. Jefferson U. Hosps.-Korman Respiratory Inst., Philadelphia 71.3 5 5 90% 5,253 2.1 Yes 5 8 1.6% 48 UF Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville, Fla. 71.1 5 5 90% 7,122 2.1 Yes 6 8 1.5% 49 Tampa General Hospital 71.0 5 5 89% 4,522 2.6 Yes 6 8 1.9% 50 University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital 70.9 5 5 90% 5,529 2.3 Yes 6 8 2.5%