Banner Health Hospitals Recognized in U.S. News & World Report 2025–2026 Rankings

Each year, U.S. News & World Report evaluates hospitals across the country based on patient outcomes, safety, advanced technologies and specialties. For 2025–2026, multiple Banner Health hospitals were honored for excellence in specialties, procedures and conditions.

These recognitions highlight Banner’s commitment to delivering trusted, high-quality care across Arizona and beyond.

Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix 

• Best Regional Hospital: No. 2 in Phoenix, No. 2 in Arizona
• National ranking: Ear, Nose & Throat (No. 37)
• High Performing in specialties: Cancer, Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, Pulmonology & Lung Surgery, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Geriatrics
• High Performing in care categories:
  • Cardiac & vascular: heart attack, heart arrhythmia, aortic valve surgery, heart bypass surgery, heart failure
  • Cancer: leukemia, lymphoma & myeloma, colon cancer surgery
  • Neurology: stroke
  • Orthopedics: hip fracture
  • Chronic conditions: diabetes, kidney failure, COPD, pneumonia

Banner – University Medical Center Tucson 

• Best Regional Hospital: No. 1 in Tucson, No. 4 in Arizona
• National ranking: Ear, Nose & Throat (No. 45)
• High Performing in specialties: Cancer, Urology, Geriatrics
• High Performing in care categories:
  • Cardiac & vascular: heart attack, heart arrhythmia
  • Cancer: leukemia, lymphoma & myeloma, colon cancer surgery, prostate cancer surgery
  • Orthopedics: hip fracture
  • Chronic conditions: diabetes, kidney failure, pneumonia

Banner Boswell Medical Center 

• Best Regional Hospital: No. 4 in Phoenix, No. 5 in Arizona
• High Performing in care categories:
  • Cardiac & vascular: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, aortic valve surgery, heart bypass surgery
  • Cancer: leukemia, lymphoma & myeloma, colon cancer surgery, lung cancer surgery
  • Orthopedics: hip fracture
  • Chronic conditions: diabetes, kidney failure, COPD, pneumonia
  • Procedures: pacemaker implantation

Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center

• High Performing in care categories:
  • Cardiac & vascular: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
  • Orthopedics: hip fracture, hip replacement, knee replacement
  • Chronic conditions: kidney failure, COPD, pneumonia

Banner Desert Medical Center 

• High Performing in care categories:
  • Cardiac & vascular: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
  • Cancer: leukemia, lymphoma & myeloma, colon cancer surgery
  • Orthopedics & spine: back surgery (spinal fusion)
  • Chronic conditions: diabetes, kidney failure, stroke

Banner Thunderbird Medical Center 

• High Performing in care categories:
  • Cancer: leukemia, lymphoma & myeloma, gynecological cancer surgery
  • Cardiac & vascular: heart failure
  • Orthopedics: knee replacement
  • Chronic conditions: kidney failure, COPD, pneumonia

Banner Estrella Medical Center 

• High Performing in care categories:
  • Cancer: leukemia, lymphoma & myeloma, prostate cancer surgery
  • Neurology: stroke
  • Orthopedics: hip fracture
  • Chronic conditions: pneumonia

Banner Heart Hospital 

• High Performing in care categories:
  • Cardiac & vascular: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, aortic valve surgery, heart bypass surgery, heart failure
  • Procedures: pacemaker implantation

Banner Baywood Medical Center 

• High Performing in care categories:
  • Neurology: stroke
  • Orthopedics: hip replacement, knee replacement

Banner – University Medical Center South 

• High Performing in care categories:
  • Cardiac & vascular: heart failure
  • Chronic conditions: pneumonia

Banner Gateway Medical Center 

• High Performing in care categories:
  • Cancer: leukemia, lymphoma & myeloma

Banner Goldfield Medical Center 

• High Performing in care categories:
  • Chronic conditions: pneumonia

Why these rankings matter

These recognitions showcase Banner Health’s systemwide excellence — from advanced cancer and heart care to trusted treatment for chronic conditions, orthopedics, neurology and beyond. Patients across Arizona can count on Banner for nationally recognized expertise, close to home. 

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