Penn Medicine’s hospitals ranked as the best hospitals in the Philadelphia region and Pennsylvania, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, writes Mike D’Onofrio for AXIOS.
The West Philadelphia-based health system maintained its top position for another year despite not actively participating in the rankings process.
University of Pennsylvania hospitals and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, which were treated as one entity, were the only Pennsylvania hospitals named to the nationwide honor roll. They made the top 20 for several specialties, including cancer, geriatrics, and neurology and neurosurgery.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System ceased participation in U.S. News & World Report’s best hospitals rankings in 2023.
Penn Health System’s CEO, Kevin Mahoney, said at the time that the rankings “don’t account for all of the elements essential to improving patient outcomes,” such as research.
Based on patient outcomes, the rankings evaluated over 4,400 hospitals across multiple specialties and procedures, using data from the federal government, including Medicare, as well as third-party sources such as medical specialists.
Read more about Penn Medicine’s continued top ranking and what sets its hospitals apart in Pennsylvania and beyond in the AXIOS.
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on PHILADELPHIA.Today in August 2025.
