Healthgrades recognizes HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center for cardiac care and coronary intervention
Houston, Texas — HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center announced today that it has been named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care and Coronary Intervention by Healthgrades, the #1 site Americans use when searching for a doctor or hospital. This is the highest achievement Healthgrades offers for cardiac care, placing HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center in the upper echelon of hospitals nationwide for specialty care.
In addition to this top honor, HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center’s received 5 Specialty Excellence Awards, which places the hospital among the top 5% of U.S. hospitals for cardiology services and coronary interventional procedures and the top 10% nationwide for cardiac care and gastrointestinal services. HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center is also five-star rated for 9 services, including valve surgery, coronary interventional procedures, heart attack, heart failure, colorectal surgeries, bowel obstruction, sepsis, respiratory failure, and diabetic hospitalizations. These achievements further affirm HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center’s status as a premier destination for specialty care and underscore the organization’s longstanding commitment to excellent patient care.
“We’re incredibly proud to be recognized among America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care and Coronary Intervention and ranked #2 in Texas for coronary intervention,” said Robert Sabina, CEO of HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center. “These distinctions highlight the exceptional skill and dedication of our physicians, nurses, and caregivers. Every day, they deliver high-quality, compassionate care and push our hospital to new levels of excellence, especially in cardiac, gastrointestinal, and critical care services.”
HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center’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, including cardiac, gastrointestinal and critical care. 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 recognize HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center’s for its consistently superior outcomes in key service areas, including cardiac, gastrointestinal and critical care.”
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.