Mercy Cedar Rapids among America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Outpatient Orthopedic & Joint Replacement Surgery

Healthgrades recognizes Mercy for outstanding performance and patient outcomes

Mercy Medical Center has been nationally recognized for superior performance in outpatient orthopedic and joint replacement surgery, earning distinction as one of Healthgrades® America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Outpatient Orthopedic Surgery Excellence™ and America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Outpatient Joint Replacement™ for 2026.

This recognition places Mercy among the nation’s leading hospitals for quality outcomes in key areas of outpatient orthopedic care. Healthgrades based its analysis on patient outcomes data – including clinical excellence, patient safety and experience – evaluating procedures such as knee and hip replacement, as well as back and neck surgery.

Only hospitals that consistently achieve better-than-expected outcomes across multiple years earn recognition in their specialty areas. According to Healthgrades’ analysis, patients treated at recognized hospitals had measurably better outcomes for these outpatient procedures compared to those treated at non-recognized facilities.

Mercy provides outpatient orthopedic and joint replacement surgery at its main campus in downtown Cedar Rapids and at Mercy Outpatient Surgery Center in Hiawatha in collaboration with Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa surgeons.

To learn more about outpatient orthopedic and joint replacement surgery at Mercy Medical Center, visit www.mercycare.org/services/orthopedics. For more information about how Healthgrades determines America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Outpatient Orthopedic Surgery Excellence and America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Outpatient Joint Replacement for 2026, visit www.healthgrades.com.