A number of hospitals in the Chicago area earned an “A” grade ranking in the latest safety report from health care watchdog group Leapfrog, with others dipping in their rankings and at least five Illinois hospitals receiving an “F” grade.
The biannual Safety Grade report, released Thursday, assigns grades to all general hospitals in the U.S. “based on their ability to protect patients from medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections,” the organization wrote in a release announcing the report.
The group then assigns letter grades to hospitals on a scale of “A,” “B,” “C,” D” and “F,” using up to 30 performances measures.
Overall, nearly 3,000 general acute-care hospitals were evaluated based on their abilities to prevent medical errors, accidents and infections, editors said.
The states with hospitals that ranked the highest for patient safety was Utah, Virginia, Connecticut, North Carolina and New Jersey. According to the report, no hospitals in Iowa, North Dakota Vermont or Wyoming received “A” grades.
In Illinois, a total of 109 hospitals were graded. In the Chicago area, more than two dozen hospitals received “A” rankings. Four Chicago-area hospitals received “F” grades, and three in the Chicago area received “D” grades.
The full Leapfrog safety grades report for Fall 2025 can be found here.
Here’s the full list of grades for Chicago-area hospitals, and their grades:
Grade A
- Advocate Condell Medical Center, Libertyville
- Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington
- Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge
- Advocate Sherman Hospital, Elgin
- Ascension Resurrection, Chicago
- Ascension Saint Mary, Kankakee
- Endeavor Health Edward Hospital, Naperville
- Endeavor Health Elmhurst Hospital, Elmhurst
- Endeavor Hospital — Evanston, Glenbrook, Highland Park
- Endeavor Health Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights
- Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield
- Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, Geneva
- Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital, Huntley
- Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital, Kishwaukee
- Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital, McHenry
- Northwestern Medicine Catherin Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
- MacNeal Hospital, Berwyn
- Ottawa Regional Hospital and Healthcare Center, OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center, Ottawa
- Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
- Silver Cross Hospital, New Lenox
- Saint Joseph, Elgin
- St. Bernard Hospital, Chicago
- UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook
- UChicago Medicine AdventHealth, Hindsale
- UChicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange
- University of Chicago Medical Center
Grade B
- Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago
- Advocate South Suburban Hospital, Hazel Crest
- Advocate Trinity Hospital, Chicago
- Ascension Saint Alexius, Hoffman Estates
- Franciscan Health Olympia Fields
- Ingalls Memorial Hospital, Harvey
- John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, Chicago
- Loretto Hospital, Chicago
- Loyola Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, Chicago
- Mercy Medical Center, Aurora
- OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center, Evergreen Park
- Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital, Palos Heights
- Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee
- Rush Copley Medical Center, Aurora
- Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital
- UChicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenOaks
Grade C
- Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn
- Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove
- Ascension Alexian Brothers, Elk Grove Village
- Ascension Saint Francis, Evanston
- Ascension Saint Joseph – Chicago
- Community First Medical Center, Chicago
- Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital, Chicago
- Holy Cross Hospital, Chicago
- Humboldt Park Health, Chicago
- Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood
- Saint Joseph Medical Center – Joliet
- Saint Anthony Hospital, Chicago
- Rush Oak Park Hospital, Oak Park
- University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago
Grade D
- Insight Hospital & Medical Center, Chicago
- Mt. Sinai Hospital, Chicago
- Vista Medical Center East, Waukegan
Grade F
- Roseland Community Hospital, Chicago
- Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago
- West Suburban Medical Center, Oak Park
This story will be updated with responses from health care centers as they are provided.
