When Newsweek releases its America’s Best in State Hospitals list, it’s not handing out participation trophies. The rankings are based on data: clinical outcomes, patient safety, nursing quality, and peer recommendations from medical professionals. So when three HonorHealth Scottsdale medical centers landed on the 2026 list, it wasn’t a surprise to anyone paying attention. It was confirmation of what the community has experienced for years.
The three honorees, HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center, HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center, and HonorHealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical Center, represent a network that has quietly become one of the most trusted in the Valley. Together, they serve communities stretching from Old Town to the 101 corridor and beyond, offering everything from emergency care to complex surgical services without residents having to look far.
For Scottsdale specifically, this matters. The city has long attracted residents and businesses that expect a certain standard: in restaurants, in real estate, and yes, in healthcare. HonorHealth has consistently met that bar, investing in its facilities, its staff, and its clinical programs in ways that show up in outcomes, not just marketing materials.
Which brings us to an interesting contrast worth noting. Other hospitals have attempted to kick the tires in the area, johnny come latelys more concerned with profit than service. These inquiries may on the surface sound like growth, but instead raises some real questions about necessity. Scottsdale is not a healthcare desert. It’s a market with deep, established roots and a system that just earned national recognition across three campuses. Adding another large facility to the mix doesn’t obviously fill a gap so much as it complicates a landscape that’s already working extremely well. Whether that kind of expansion serves patients or simply serves competitive positioning and profit chasing is a necessary question for the community to ask.
In the meantime, residents can take some reassurance in knowing that the hospitals already serving Scottsdale are not just functional: they’re among the best in Arizona. That’s not a small thing, and it’s worth acknowledging.