Scripps Health placed two hospitals in Newsweek and Statista’s 2026 list of the top 150 hospitals in the United States, giving the San Diego system a prominent spot in one of the year’s most visible hospital rankings. Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla ranked No. 45 nationally, while Scripps Green Hospital ranked No. 136.  

The broader San Diego showing was strong, too. Patch reported that five county hospitals made the U.S. top 150: Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health at No. 33; Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla at No. 45; Sharp Memorial Hospital at No. 77; Scripps Green Hospital at No. 136; and Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center at No. 140. Jacobs also made the global top 250, at No. 217 worldwide.  

For Scripps, the result lands in an already competitive local market where hospital systems are constantly trying to distinguish themselves in specialty care, physician recruitment, and regional reputation. Scripps’ own rankings page says the combined programs of Scripps Green Hospital and Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla were ranked among the nation’s best in six specialties by U.S. News & World Report for 2025, including diabetes and endocrinology, orthopedics, cardiology and heart surgery, gastroenterology and GI surgery, geriatrics, and pulmonology.  

Newsweek built its 2026 hospital rankings from four data sources: recommendations from medical experts, hospital quality metrics, patient experience data, and Statista’s survey on the implementation of patient-reported outcome measures. The organization evaluated more than 2,500 hospitals across 32 countries.  

Rankings do not settle every argument about quality, and Newsweek presents them as a guide rather than the only basis for judging a hospital. Still, in a region where Scripps, UC San Diego Health, and Sharp all compete for complex cases and specialty visibility, a strong national placement is more than a nice headline. It is part of the contest for trust, talent, and referrals.