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Top hospitals by prostate cancer diagnoses
Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer in the U.S., behind non-melanoma skin cancers, and is also typically diagnosed by a urologist.
Approximately 1 in 7 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. Luckily, a wide variety of inpatient and outpatient treatment options exist for these patients. Those men who are diagnosed while the cancer remains localized have a five-year relative survival rate of greater than 99%.
Using the Definitive Healthcare Atlas All-Payor Claims product, we’ve compiled a list of the top 25 U.S. hospitals with the most diagnoses of prostate cancer last year. This data represents diagnoses for the full year of 2022.
| Rank | Definitive ID | Hospital | City | State | % of prostate cancer diagnoses in U.S. | Explore dataset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3120 | Cleveland Clinic Main Campus | Cleveland | OH | 3.9% | Explore |
| 2 | 2096 | University Hospital | Ann Arbor | MI | 2.1% | Explore |
| 3 | 818 | Moffitt Cancer Center Magnolia Campus | Tampa | FL | 2.0% | Explore |
| 4 | 588 | Stanford Hospital - 300 Pasteur Dr | Stanford | CA | 1.7% | Explore |
| 5 | 3923 | William P Clements Jr University Hospital | Dallas | TX | 1.7% | Explore |
| 6 | 2846 | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York | NY | 1.5% | Explore |
| 7 | 2837 | The Mount Sinai Hospital | New York | NY | 1.3% | Explore |
| 8 | 370 | Helford Clinical Research Hospital | Duarte | CA | 1.2% | Explore |
| 9 | 1365 | IU Health Methodist Hospital | Indianapolis | IN | 0.8% | Explore |
| 10 | 2191 | Mayo Clinic Hospital - Saint Marys Campus | Rochester | MN | 0.7% | Explore |
| 11 | 5692 | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Seattle | WA | 0.7% | Explore |
| 12 | 846 | Baptist Hospital | Miami | FL | 0.7% | Explore |
| 13 | 776 | Cleveland Clinic Florida | Weston | FL | 0.6% | Explore |
| 14 | 3667 | Spartanburg Medical Center | Spartanburg | SC | 0.6% | Explore |
| 15 | 178 | Mayo Clinic Hospital - Arizona | Phoenix | AZ | 0.6% | Explore |
| 16 | 3235 | Akron General | Akron | OH | 0.6% | Explore |
| 17 | 718 | Hartford Hospital | Hartford | CT | 0.5% | Explore |
| 18 | 1290 | Parkview Regional Medical Center | Fort Wayne | IN | 0.5% | Explore |
| 19 | 550103 | Wilmington Hospital | Wilmington | DE | 0.4% | Explore |
| 20 | 395 | Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center | Los Angeles | CA | 0.4% | Explore |
| 21 | 7272 | Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital | Longwood | FL | 0.4% | Explore |
| 22 | 236 | St Bernards Medical Center | Jonesboro | AR | 0.4% | Explore |
| 23 | 3454 | Reading Hospital | West Reading | PA | 0.4% | Explore |
| 24 | 2825 | NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island | Mineola | NY | 0.4% | Explore |
| 25 | 2111 | Henry Ford Hospital | Detroit | MI | 0.4% | Explore |
Fig. 1 Data from the Definitive Healthcare’s Atlas All-Payor Claims product for the calendar year 2022. Claims data is sourced from multiple medical claims clearinghouses in the United States and updated monthly. Accessed June 2023.
Which hospitals have the most prostate cancer diagnoses?
The top prostate cancer hospital by diagnoses last year was Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, located in Cleveland, Ohio. This facility accounted for 3.9% of all prostate cancer diagnoses and is also a part of the Cleveland Clinic health system, one of the largest in the world. In addition, Cleveland Clinic was named the second-best hospital in the world in Newsweek’s 2022 “World’s Best Hospitals” survey.
In second place is University Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This hospital is a member of the University of Michigan Health System and accounted for 2.1% of prostate cancer diagnoses last year. This facility is recognized as the best cancer hospital in Michigan as well as one of the best overall hospitals in the country by U.S. News and World Report.
Rounding out the top three is Moffitt Cancer Center Magnolia Campus, located in Tampa, Florida. This facility accounted for 2% of prostate cancer diagnoses and is the only facility in Florida to be designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute. In addition, it was ranked number 10 in the nation in Newsweek’s 2023 list of “America’s Best Cancer Hospitals.”
How is prostate cancer diagnosed?
The most common way that prostate cancer is diagnosed is through a biopsy. In this case, a biopsy is when a small piece of tissue is removed from the prostate and then examined by a urologist to determine if cancer cells are present.
If the biopsy confirms the patient has prostate cancer, the tissue is then assigned a “Gleason score.” The Gleason score is calculated by adding together the two grades of cancer cells from the biopsied tissue. Typical Gleason scores range between 6-10. The lower the score, the less likely it is that the cancer will spread.
What is urology?
Urology is the branch of medicine focusing on diseases and complications of the urinary tract system and reproductive organs, including the prostate, kidneys, and bladder.
Urologists perform a variety of procedures, the most common of which include vasectomies, cystoscopies, ureteroscopies, and prostate treatment procedures. Procedures intended to diagnose and treat prostate conditions include biopsies, UroLift, and transurethral needle ablation.
According to our provider database, urology is the sixth most common medical specialty by volume and the 15th specialty by average charges per provider.
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