St. Luke’s Health Earns Top Honors for Specialty Care from Healthgrades

HOUSTON, TX (October 28, 2025) St. Luke’s Health, a member of CommonSpirit, has achieved numerous 2026 distinctions for exceptional clinical performance from Healthgrades, a leading resource Americans use when searching for a doctor or hospital. 

Among St. Luke’s recognitions are five America’s 100/50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care, Cardiac Surgery, Coronary Intervention, Prostate, and Spine. This is the highest achievement Healthgrades offers across the Cardiac, Prostate, and Orthopedic service lines. 

The system also achieved seven Specialty Excellence Awards, placing several hospitals among the nation’s top 10% for Orthopedics, Prostate Surgery, Cardiac, Pulmonary, and Neurosciences. Alongside being top in the nation, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and Patients Medical Center were ranked top in Texas for Cardiac and Prostate services. 

Finally, the system also has been recognized with 20 Five Star Ratings across multiple areas of care proving superior clinical outcomes for the most common conditions and procedures in the United States.

“These many recognitions from Healthgrades are a reflection of the dedication and expertise of our care teams and support staff who consistently strive for the highest standards in clinical excellence,” said Michael Lawson, Houston market president of St. Luke’s Health. “We are honored to be a trusted health care partner for our communities and a beacon of hope for people around the world seeking specialized care."

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is ranked #1 in Texas for coronary intervention and in the top five in the state for cardiac care and cardiac surgery. The hospital also received these recognitions:  

• America's 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care

• America's 100 Best Hospitals for Coronary Intervention

• America's 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery 

• Cardiac Care Excellence Award 

• Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award 

• Coronary Intervention Excellence Award 

• Cranial Neurosurgery Excellence Award 

• Pulmonary Care Excellence Award 

• Five-Star Recipient for Valve Surgery

• Five-Star Recipient for Coronary Interventional Procedures

• Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Attack 

• Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Failure 

• Five-Star Recipient for Cranial Neurosurgery

• Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Stroke 

• Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Pneumonia 

• Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Sepsis

• Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism

St. Luke’s Health-Brazosport Hospital is named a Five-Star Recipient for Hip Fracture Treatment and a Five-Star Recipient for Diabetic Hospitalization. 

St. Luke’s Health-Lakeside Hospital received recognition among America's 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery, received the Spine Surgery Excellence Award and was named a Five-Star Recipient for Spinal Fusion Surgery.

St. Luke’s Health Patients Medical Center ranks #3 in Texas for Prostate Surgery and received these recognitions: 

• America's 100 Best Hospitals for Prostate Surgeries

• Prostate Surgery Excellence Award 

• Five-Star Recipient for Transurethral Prostate Resection Surgery

• Five-Star Recipient for Colorectal Surgeries 

• Five-Star Recipient for Gallbladder Removal Surgery 

• Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Diabetic Hospitalizations 

• Five-Star Recipient for Outpatient Total Knee Replacement 

St. Luke’s Health-Sugar Land Hospital is named a Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Attack and a Five-Star Recipient for Pacemaker Procedures.

St. Luke’s Health-The Woodlands Hospital is designated as a Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Sepsis.

St. Luke’s achievements are based solely on what matters most: patient outcomes. Each year, Healthgrades evaluates risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates for over 30 common conditions and procedures at approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide to identify the top hospitals in key specialty areas. Through easy-to-understand, objective measures of hospital performance, Healthgrades empowers patients with the information they need to find a hospital that excels in their procedure or condition. 

As performance gaps persist between the nation’s highest- and lowest-achieving facilities, seeking care at a top program has never been more important. Healthgrades’ 2026 analysis revealed that if all hospitals, as a group, performed similarly to five-star hospitals during the 2022-2024 study period, on average, 230,466 lives could have been saved and 156,797 complications could have been avoided.*

“Healthgrades’ specialty awards identify the nation’s top-performing hospitals in key service areas, helping consumers find high quality care tailored to their specific needs,” said Alana Biggers, MD, MPH, medical advisor at Healthgrades. “We’re proud to recognizeSt. Luke’s Health for its consistently superior outcomes in key service areas.”  

Consumers can visit Healthgrades’ Specialty Excellence Patient Advocate Center to learn more about how Healthgrades identifies the top-performing hospitals for specialty care.  

*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2022 through 2024 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only. Click here to view the complete 2026 Specialty Awards and Ratings Methodology.

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About St. Luke’s Health
St. Luke’s Health, a member of CommonSpirit Health, is home to eight inpatient hospitals in Greater Houston, including Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, a joint venture research and teaching hospital for Baylor College of Medicine. The renowned expertise offered at St. Luke’s has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neurosciences, oncology, transplantation, and more. Home to the nationally-accredited and NCI-designated Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, St. Luke’s includes more than 1,400 licensed beds and 11,000 employees and clinically aligned providers in Greater Houston. Learn more at commonspirit.org/stlukes.

About Healthgrades
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