U.S. News analyzed data on 5,453 medical centers to produce this year’s 16 specialty rankings. Only 170 hospitals were ranked in one or more specialties and, of those, just 19 were of Honor Roll caliber. To be in this elite group, which rewards breadth of excellence, a hospital had to achieve high scores in six or more specialties. The order is based on points—a hospital earned 2 points for ranking at or close to the top in a specialty, 1 point if ranked slightly lower.

The 19 institutions that achieved high scores in at least six specialties.
* 1 Johns Hopkins Hospital
* 2 Mayo Clinic
* 3 Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
* 4 Cleveland Clinic
* 5 Massachusetts General Hospital
* 6 New York-Presbyterian Univ. Hosp.
* 7 UCSF Medical Center
* 8 Brigham and Women’s Hospital
* 8 Duke University Medical Center
* 10 Hosp. of the Univ. of Pennsylvania
* 10 Univ. of Washington Medical Center
* 12 Barnes-Jewish Hospital/ Washington University
* 13 University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers
* 14 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
* 15 Vanderbilt University Medical Center
* 16 Stanford Hospital and Clinics
* 17 University of Chicago Medical Center
* 18 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
* 19 Yale-New Haven Hospital
(health.usnews.com)