St. Peter’s Hospital, part of St. Peter’s Health Partners, retained its #1 ranking in Albany and was named a Best Regional Hospital by U.S. News & World Report on its list of 2024-2025 Best Hospitals. It is ranked 17th in New York state.
This is the 11th consecutive year St. Peter’s Hospital has received the Best Regional Hospital designation.
In addition, St. Peter’s Hospital was ranked as a High Performing hospital for two adult specialties and 12 conditions/procedures. This is the highest distinction a hospital can earn for U.S. News’ Best Hospitals and Conditions ratings. The two adult specialties are gastroenterology/GI surgery and urology, and the procedures/conditions are:
- aortic valve surgery
- colon cancer surgery
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- heart attack
- heart bypass surgery
- heart failure
- hip replacement
- kidney failure
- knee replacement
- lung cancer surgery
- pneumonia
- prostate cancer surgery
The annual Procedures & Conditions ratings are designed to assist patients and their health care providers in making informed decisions about where to receive care for challenging health conditions or elective procedures.
“For more than a decade, U.S. News & World Report has recognized St. Peter’s Hospital for the exceptional care that takes place within its walls. I am so very grateful for the clinical and support staff who provide that care, and it is their dedication and commitment that allows St. Peter’s to attain such high recognition, year after year,” said Kim Baker, senior vice president hospital operations, St. Peter’s Health Partners. “Although the numerous challenges in health care persist, our teams hold true to our mission and values. They continue to raise the bar for outstanding care, never wavering in their desire to be a compassionate, healing presence in our community.”
For the 2024-25 rankings and ratings, U.S. News evaluated nearly 5,000 hospitals nationwide across 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions. Hospitals awarded a “Best” designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, level of nursing care, and patient experience.
“For 35 years, U.S. News has been a leading resource for patients navigating their health care decisions,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News. “The ‘High Performing’ designation acknowledges hospitals that consistently deliver high-quality care for specific medical procedures and conditions. This recognition highlights their expertise and commitment to patient well-being.”
To calculate the Best Hospitals rankings, U.S. News evaluated each hospital’s performance on objective measures such as risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications, and level of nursing care. The methodology measures patient outcomes using data from millions of records provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This year, among other methodology refinements, U.S. News incorporated new data on care provided to patients with Medicare Advantage insurance and on care provided to outpatients, nearly doubling the number of patients included in its annual data analysis. The Procedures & Conditions ratings are based entirely on objective quality measures.
U.S. News & World Report also ranked SPHP’s Samaritan Hospital in Troy as High Performing in four conditions/procedures (heart attack, heart failure, COPD, and pneumonia). In addition, St. Peter’s sister Trinity Health Ministry, St. Joseph’s Health Hospital, was named #1 hospital in Syracuse and high performing in 9 conditions/procedures. It is ranked #24 in New York state.
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About St. Peter’s Hospital
St. Peter’s Hospital, an affiliate of St. Peter’s Health Partners, is the largest Catholic acute care community hospital in northeastern New York state. Located in Albany, New York, the hospital was founded in 1869 by the Religious Sisters of Mercy. St. Peter’s offers a comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient services and diverse outreach programs in the areas of women’s and children’s services, neonatal intensive care, rehabilitation, surgery, ambulatory care, outpatient medical imaging, and care for the elderly. For more information, please visit www.sphp.com.
About St. Peter’s Health Partners
With 11,000 employees in more than 185 locations, St. Peter’s Health Partners is one of the Capital Region’s largest and most comprehensive not-for-profit integrated health care networks, and provides high-quality, compassionate, and sophisticated care to thousands of people every day. St. Peter’s Health Partners is a member of Trinity Health, one of the nation’s largest Catholic health systems. For more information, please visit www.sphp.com.
About Trinity Health
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 121,000 colleagues and nearly 36,500 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 27 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 101 hospitals, 126 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 136 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. Based in Livonia, Michigan, its annual operating revenue in FY2023 was $21.6 billion with $1.5 billion returned to its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs.
About U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is the global leader in quality rankings that empower citizens, consumers, business leaders and policy officials to make better, more informed decisions about important issues affecting their lives. A multifaceted digital media company with Education, Health, Money, Travel, Cars, News and 360 Reviews platforms, U.S. News provides rankings, independent reporting, data journalism, consumer advice and U.S. News Live events. More than 40 million people visit USNews.com each month for research and guidance. Founded in 1933, U.S. News is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
