Best Hospitals for Bariatric Surgery

Careful consideration is the utmost importance for anyone considering weight-loss surgery. For Money and The Leapfrog Group's inaugural list of Best Hospitals for Bariatric Surgery, we pick the hospitals with the best abilities to perform these types of surgeries, with a close look at volume and safety. Search below for a look at what hospitals perform best.

Institution	Hospital Volume	Surgeon Privilege	Appropriateness	Safety Grade
Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock Little Rock, Arkansas	373	Yes	Does	A
Saline Memorial Hospital Benton, Arkansas	208	Yes	Does	B
Enloe Medical Center Chico, California	187	Yes	Does	A
Palmdale Regional Medical Center Palmdale, California	99	Yes	Does	B
Sharp Memorial Hospital San Diego, California	288	Yes	Does	A
Centura Health-Parker Adventist Hospital Parker, Colorado	332	Yes	Does	A
Evans Army Community Hospital Fort Carson, Colorado	81	Yes	Does	Not Graded
Saint Mary's Hospital Waterbury, Connecticut	300	Yes	Does	B
St. Vincent's Medical Center Holdings, Inc, DBA Bridgeport, Connecticut	429	Yes	Does	B
Stamford Health Stamford, Connecticut	115	Yes	Does Not	B
George Washington University Hospital Washington, District of Columbia	147	Yes	Does Not	B
Broward Health Coral Springs Coral Springs, Florida	120	Yes	Does Not	A
Flagler Hospital Saint Augustine, Florida	124	Yes	Does	A
Gulf Coast Medical Center Fort Myers, Florida	263	Yes	Does Not	A
HCA Florida Brandon Hospital Brandon, Florida	198	Yes	Does	A
HCA Florida Memorial Hospital Jacksonville, Florida	259	Yes	Does	B
HCA Florida Pasadena Hospital Saint Petersburg, Florida	54	Yes	Does	B
HCA Florida West Marion Hospital, A part of HCA Florida Ocala Hospital Ocala, Florida	122	Yes	Does	A
Larkin Community Hospital - Palm Springs Campus Hialeah, Florida	213	Yes	Does	A
Orlando Health- Orlando Regional Medical Center Orlando, Florida	790	Yes	Does	A
Doctors Hospital of Augusta Augusta, Georgia	221	Yes	Does	A
Fairview Park Hospital Dublin, Georgia	100	Yes	Does	A
Phoebe Sumter Medical Center Americus, Georgia	100	Yes	Does	B
Southern Regional Medical Center Riverdale, Georgia	56	Yes	Does	B
Tripler Army Medical Center Honolulu, Hawaii	57	Yes	Does Not	Not Graded
Ascension Saint Alexius Hoffman Estates, Illinois	109	Yes	Does Not	B
NorthShore University HealthSystem -Evanston Hospital Evanston, Illinois	114	Yes	Does Not	B
NorthShore University HealthSystem-Highland Park Hospital Highland Park, Illinois	68	Yes	Does Not	B
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, Illinois	183	Yes	Does	A
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, Illinois	161	Yes	Does	A
Rush University Medical Center Chicago, Illinois	333	Yes	Does	A
University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, Illinois	120	Yes	Does	A
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, Indiana	87	Yes	Does	B
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Lafayette, Louisiana	112	Yes	Does	B
Thibodaux Regional Health System Thibodaux, Louisiana	52	Yes	Does	A
MedStar St. Mary's Hospital Leonardtown, Maryland	118	Yes	Does	A
Boston Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts	385	Yes	Does	B
Emerson Hospital Concord, Massachusetts	350	Yes	Does	A
Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital Grand Rapids, Michigan	389	Yes	Does	B
Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital Zeeland, Michigan	335	Yes	Does	A
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi	140	Yes	Does	A
Lee's Summit Medical Center Lee's Summit, Missouri	81	Yes	Does	B
Great Plains Health North Platte, Nebraska	65	Yes	Does	B
Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center Las Vegas, Nevada	827	Yes	Does	A
Northern Nevada Medical Center Sparks, Nevada	122	Yes	Does	B
St. Rose Dominican Hospitals - San Martin Campus Las Vegas, Nevada	138	Yes	Does	B
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, New Hampshire	178	Yes	Does Not	A
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Paramus, New Jersey	182	Yes	Does Not	A
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell Pennington, New Jersey	51	Yes	Does	A
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville, New Jersey	358	Yes	Does	B
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Englewood, New Jersey	340	Yes	Does	A
Hackensack Meridian Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel, New Jersey	271	Yes	Does	A
Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, New Jersey	558	Yes	Does	A
Hackensack Meridian Health JFK University Medical Center Edison, New Jersey	248	Yes	Does	B
Hudson Regional Hospital Secaucus, New Jersey	88	Yes	Does	A
Jefferson Stratford Hospital Stratford, New Jersey	352	Yes	Does Not	A
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick, New Jersey	866	Yes	Does	B
St. Luke's Warren Campus Phillipsburg, New Jersey	94	Yes	Does	A
St. Mary's General Hospital Passaic, New Jersey	192	Yes	Does	A
Lovelace Medical Center-Downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico	72	Yes	Does	B
Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque, New Mexico	167	Yes	Does	B
Huntington Hospital Huntington, New York	451	Yes	Does	A
Mather Hospital Port Jefferson, New York	808	Yes	Does	A
NYU Langone Hospitals New York, New York	607	Yes	Does	A
NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island Mineola, New York	257	Yes	Does	A
North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, New York	211	Yes	Does	A
Peconic Bay Medical Center Riverhead, New York	93	Yes	Does	B
St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center Roslyn, New York	160	Yes	Does	A
Syosset Hospital Syosset, New York	150	Yes	Does	A
White Plains Hospital White Plains, New York	75	Yes	Does	A
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord, North Carolina	345	Yes	Does	B
Mission Hospital Asheville, North Carolina	236	Yes	Does	A
Rex Hospital, Inc. Raleigh, North Carolina	651	Yes	Does	A
Bailey Medical Center LLC Owasso, Oklahoma	560	Yes	Does	A
Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center Hillsboro, Oregon	87	Yes	Does Not	A
Willamette Valley Medical Ctr McMinnville, Oregon	77	Yes	Does	B
Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital Greensburg, Pennsylvania	94	Yes	Does Not	A
Lancaster General Hospital Lancaster, Pennsylvania	246	Yes	Does	B
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest Allentown, Pennsylvania	663	Yes	Does	B
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Darby, Pennsylvania	192	Yes	Does	A
St. Luke's Hospital - Allentown Campus Allentown, Pennsylvania	313	Yes	Does	A
St. Luke's Monroe Campus Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	82	Yes	Does	A
UPMC Hamot Erie, Pennsylvania	220	Yes	Does Not	A
The Miriam Hospital Providence, Rhode Island	216	Yes	Does	B
Lexington Medical Center West Columbia, South Carolina	304	Yes	Does	A
Prisma Health Hillcrest Hospital Simpsonville, South Carolina	335	Yes	Does	B
Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tennessee	150	Yes	Does Not	A
Tennova - Turkey Creek Medical Center Knoxville, Tennessee	332	Yes	Does	A
The University of Tennessee Medical Center Knoxville, Tennessee	210	Yes	Does Not	A
Tristar Centennial Medical Center Nashville, Tennessee	310	Yes	Does	A
Vanderbilt University Hospital Nashville, Tennessee	593	Yes	Does	A
Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, Tennessee	85	Yes	Does	B
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, Texas	295	Yes	Does	A
Lake Granbury Medical Center Granbury, Texas	90	Yes	Does	B
Medical City Dallas Dallas, Texas	402	Yes	Does	A
Mission Regional Medical Center Mission, Texas	90	Yes	Does	A
St. Mark's Hospital Salt Lake City, Utah	352	Yes	Does	A
Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital of Richmond Richmond, Virginia	292	Yes	Does	B
CJW Medical Center - Chippenham Campus Richmond, Virginia	84	Yes	Does	B
Parham Doctors' Hospital Richmond, Virginia	424	Yes	Does	A
Reston Hospital Center Reston, Virginia	463	Yes	Does	A

Money and The Leapfrog Group's Best Hospitals for Bariatric Surgery examines hospitals and surgeons that reach a certain performance volume and safety grades.

For the complete methodology, click here.

Best Hospitals for Bariatric Surgery

Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

Saline Memorial Hospital

Benton, Arkansas

Enloe Medical Center

Chico, California

Palmdale Regional Medical Center

Palmdale, California

Sharp Memorial Hospital

San Diego, California

Centura Health-Parker Adventist Hospital

Parker, Colorado

Evans Army Community Hospital

Fort Carson, Colorado

Saint Mary's Hospital

Waterbury, Connecticut

St. Vincent's Medical Center Holdings, Inc, DBA

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Stamford Health

Stamford, Connecticut

George Washington University Hospital

Washington, District of Columbia

Broward Health Coral Springs

Coral Springs, Florida

Flagler Hospital

Saint Augustine, Florida

Gulf Coast Medical Center

Fort Myers, Florida

HCA Florida Brandon Hospital

Brandon, Florida

HCA Florida Memorial Hospital

Jacksonville, Florida

HCA Florida Pasadena Hospital

Saint Petersburg, Florida

HCA Florida West Marion Hospital, A part of HCA Florida Ocala Hospital

Ocala, Florida

Larkin Community Hospital - Palm Springs Campus

Hialeah, Florida

Orlando Health- Orlando Regional Medical Center

Orlando, Florida

Doctors Hospital of Augusta

Augusta, Georgia

Fairview Park Hospital

Dublin, Georgia

Phoebe Sumter Medical Center

Americus, Georgia

Southern Regional Medical Center

Riverdale, Georgia

Tripler Army Medical Center

Honolulu, Hawaii

Ascension Saint Alexius

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

NorthShore University HealthSystem -Evanston Hospital

Evanston, Illinois

NorthShore University HealthSystem-Highland Park Hospital

Highland Park, Illinois

Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital

Winfield, Illinois

Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital

Geneva, Illinois

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois

University of Chicago Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois

Lutheran Hospital of Indiana

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center

Lafayette, Louisiana

Thibodaux Regional Health System

Thibodaux, Louisiana

MedStar St. Mary's Hospital

Leonardtown, Maryland

Boston Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts

Emerson Hospital

Concord, Massachusetts

Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital