Best US Hospitals 2012 – Expert Rated*

Rank	Hospital	Points 2011	Points 2012	Specialties
1	Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore	30	30	15	=
2	Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston	25	29	15	3+
3	Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.	28	28	15	1-
4	Cleveland Clinic	26	26	13	=
5	Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles	26	25	14	2-
6	New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell	24	22	12	=
7	UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco	21	20	11	=
8	Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston	17	18	12	2+
9	Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.	17	18	10	1+
10	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia	19	17	12	2-
11	Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis	17	16	11	2-
12	UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	13	14	8	1+
13	University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle	16	13	9	1-
14	University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, Ann Arbor	12	10	6	=
14	Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville	11	10	6	2+
16	Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York	9	8	6	3+
17	Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, Calif.	11	7	6	2-