U.S. News & World Report Ranks St. Peter’s Hospital #1 in Albany

ALBANY, N.Y. – St. Peter’s Hospital, part of St. Peter’s Health Partners (SPHP), has once again been named the top hospital in Albany by U.S. News & World Report. The magazine ranked St. Peter’s #1 in the Capital Region and #16 in New York state on its list of 2026-2027 Best Hospitals.

This is the 13^th consecutive year that St. Peter’s has earned the Best Regional Hospital designation.

In addition, St. Peter’s Hospital was also recognized as a High Performing hospital in 16 conditions/procedures. This is the highest distinction a hospital can earn as part of U.S. News’ Best Hospitals Procedures & Conditions ratings.

“U.S. News & World Report shining a spotlight on St. Peter’s as the top hospital in our region for the 13th year in a row is an honor and incredibly meaningful to all of us,” said Tushar Somani, president of hospital operations, SPHP. “With every interaction, every single day, our colleagues strive to make St. Peter’s Hospital a transformative healing presence in our community. I am so grateful to everyone who gives their heart to this work – our physicians and nurses, our dietary and environmental services staff, our laboratory and imaging teams, maintenance, security and all our support staff. This honor belongs to each of you and is why we are the Capital Region’s trusted choice for compassionate, high-quality care.” 

St. Peter’s Hospital earned High Performing recognition in the following areas:

• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

• Aortic Valve Surgery

• Back Surgery/Spinal Fusion

• Colon Cancer Surgery

• Heart Arrhythmia 

• Heart Attack

• Heart Bypass Surgery

• Heart Failure

• Hip Fracture

• Hip Replacement

• Kidney Disease/Kidney Failure

• Leukemia/Lymphoma/Myeloma

• Lung Cancer Surgery

• Pacemaker Implantation

• Pneumonia

• Prostate Cancer Surgery

U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals across 14 adult specialties and 23 procedures and conditions; only 16% of evaluated hospitals earned a Best Hospitals designation.

“A hospital named among the U.S. News Best Hospitals has demonstrated its commitment to high-quality care, especially in achieving successful outcomes for patients,” said U.S. News’ Managing Editor and Chief of Health Analysis Ben Harder. “A Best Hospitals recognition reflects consistent top-tier medical care to its community.”

To determine the Best Hospitals, U.S. News analyzed each hospital’s performance based on objective measures such as risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications and patient experience. The Best Hospitals Specialty rankings methodology and Procedures & Conditions ratings methodology measure patient outcomes using data from over 800 million records of patient care. 

U.S. News & World Report also ranked St. Peter’s sister Trinity Health Ministry, St. Joseph’s Health Hospital, the #1 hospital in Syracuse and High Performing in 8 conditions/procedures. It is ranked #24 in New York state.

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.

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 for journalism that empowers consumers, citizens, business leaders and policy officials to make confident decisions in all aspects of their lives and communities. A multifaceted media company, U.S. News provides unbiased rankings, independent reporting and analysis, and consumer advice to millions of people on USNews.com each month. A pillar in Washington for more than 90 years, U.S. News is the trusted home for in-depth and exclusive insights on education, health, politics, the economy, personal finance, travel, automobiles, real estate, careers and consumer products and services.