SRTR rankings · Kidney · November 2025 cohort

Kidney transplant centers by 1-year survival

205 kidney programs meet SRTR's minimum case-volume floor in the November 2025 cohort. Rankings order risk-adjusted 1-year graft survival, not a recommendation to choose a center.

This data is for informational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult your transplant team for decisions about your care. Rankings show centers by highest survival rate and do not constitute a recommendation.

According to SRTR Program-Specific Reports (November 2025), 205 kidney programs meet the published case-volume floor and average 95.1% risk-adjusted 1-year graft survival; Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center leads at 100.0%.

Survival is not volume

Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center in Wisconsin leads risk-adjusted 1-year graft survival at 100.0% (#1 of 205) but ranks #149 by program volume at 224 transplants; University of California San Fr… in California leads volume at 2,067 (#1 of 205) with 96.2% survival (rank #69).

100.0%
Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center survival #1
#149
Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center volume rank
2,067
University of California San Fr… transplants #1
#69
University of California San Fr… survival rank

SRTR risk-adjusted 1-year graft survival and transplant counts come from Program-Specific Reports (November 2025). Higher survival is not a referral recommendation; high-volume programs accept broader candidate pools.

Kidney ranking picture

the ranked set performed 104,698 kidney transplants combined; 93,542 candidates sit on these programs' combined waitlists.

205
Programs ranked
95.1%
Mean 1-yr survival
93,542
Combined waitlist

Survival rates are SRTR risk-adjusted estimates for historical cohorts. Centers accepting higher-risk patients may report lower rates while providing appropriate care.

What to do with this

Use the ranked board to shortlist programs, then open a center page for the full SRTR extract.

Rankings reprint SRTR survival and volume fields for educational reference; they are not a referral ranking.

Every figure on PlainTransplant is rendered directly from SRTR Program-Specific Reports data, no number is typed in by an editor. Organ rankings for Kidney are ordered from SRTR Program-Specific Reports risk-adjusted 1-year graft survival; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a correction. Data current as of November 2025.

Centers with highest 1-year graft survival rate from SRTR November 2025, limited to programs reporting at least 5 kidney transplants in the period (below that, a single case can swing the rate by 20+ points). 205 centers meet that floor.

Note: Survival rate alone does not determine the best center for your situation. Centers that accept higher-risk patients or sicker patients may have lower survival rates. Discuss your options with your transplant team.

Top 10 kidney programs by 1-year graft survival

Risk-adjusted SRTR estimates for programs meeting the minimum case-volume floor. Higher bar = higher reported survival in this cohort.

Survival ranking
1. Aurora St. Luke's Medical…100%2. Birmingham VA Medical Cen…100%3. Children's Healthcare of…100%4. Children's Hospital Medic…100%5. Children's Hospital of th…100%6. Children's Mercy Hospital100%7. Driscoll Children's Hospi…100%8. Mary Hitchcock Memorial H…100%9. Nationwide Children's Hos…100%10. Penn State Milton S Hers…100%
0%100%95.1%
Mean 1-year graft survival across 205 ranked kidney programs in the November 2025 SRTR cohort

What this shows: the bar behind each 1-yr Survival figure is scaled to Aurora St. Luke's Medical C…'s rate (100.0%), the highest in this cohort. Hover a row for that center's exact share of the leader and its rank out of 205.

RankCenterState1-yr Survival3-yr SurvivalTransplantsWaitlist stockAdditions
1Aurora St. Luke's Medical CenterWisconsin
100.0%
93.5%22418492
2Birmingham VA Medical CenterAlabama
100.0%
83.3%544218
3Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at EglestonGeorgia
100.0%
100.0%464327
4Children's Hospital Medical CenterOhio
100.0%
100.0%1181828
5Children's Hospital of the King's DaughtersVirginia
100.0%
100.0%995
6Children's Mercy HospitalMissouri
100.0%
N/A486431
7Driscoll Children's HospitalTexas
100.0%
0.0%28610
8Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalNew Hampshire
100.0%
98.0%12918285
9Nationwide Children's HospitalOhio
100.0%
N/A182117
10Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical CenterPennsylvania
100.0%
91.8%1678045
11Primary Children's HospitalUtah
100.0%
N/A431113
12Seattle Children's HospitalWashington
100.0%
100.0%594931
13UCSF Medical Center at Mission BayCalifornia
100.0%
N/A425718
14UPMC Children's Hospital of PittsburghPennsylvania
100.0%
66.7%241020
15Albany Medical Center HospitalNew York
98.8%
89.0%22520861
16The Queen's Medical CenterHawaii
98.6%
94.6%28126667
17University of Kentucky Medical CenterKentucky
98.3%
86.3%680598292
18Banner-University Medical Center PhoenixArizona
98.2%
94.6%317389198
19Parkland Health and Hospital SystemTexas
98.1%
90.0%1246143
20Stanford Health CareCalifornia
98.0%
93.9%9991,674416
21Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPennsylvania
97.9%
87.9%561655285
22Medical City Fort WorthTexas
97.9%
89.1%389114175
23Hennepin County Medical CenterMinnesota
97.8%
93.1%20020354
24SSM Health Saint Louis University HospitalMissouri
97.8%
94.6%218263124
25Scripps Green HospitalCalifornia
97.7%
84.2%278352133
26UF Health Shands HospitalFlorida
97.6%
89.8%583421325
27The Christ HospitalOhio
97.5%
85.8%38213597
28Albert Einstein Medical CenterPennsylvania
97.5%
86.5%576449174
29Memorial Hermann Hospital, University of Texas at HoustonTexas
97.4%
93.8%198319168
30St Vincent Hospital and Health Care CenterIndiana
97.4%
93.2%400376176
31Piedmont HospitalGeorgia
97.3%
90.8%998605477
32St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical CenterArizona
97.3%
86.1%16710184
33University of California San Diego Medical CenterCalifornia
97.3%
93.0%653562229
34Froedtert Memorial Lutheran HospitalWisconsin
97.3%
91.3%454408248
35Pinnacle Health System at Harrisburg HospitalPennsylvania
97.3%
89.5%205346155
37University of Tennessee Medical Center at KnoxvilleTennessee
97.2%
89.3%262304138
38Intermountain Medical CenterUtah
97.2%
90.3%551292251
39New York University Medical CenterNew York
97.2%
89.0%841545452
40Jewish HospitalKentucky
97.1%
87.7%378267142
41Banner University Medical Center-TucsonArizona
97.1%
88.9%337181142
42Medical City Dallas HospitalTexas
97.1%
87.5%573388259
43The University of Vermont Medical CenterVermont
97.1%
92.9%698842
44VA Pittsburgh Healthcare SystemPennsylvania
97.0%
86.0%516622251
45Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at BethesdaDistrict of Columbia
97.0%
89.8%15112760
46University of North Carolina HospitalsNorth Carolina
97.0%
87.9%692919366
47UPMC HamotPennsylvania
97.0%
88.1%797533
48Transplant Center (SCLA)South Carolina
96.9%
N/A19105120
49Rhode Island HospitalRhode Island
96.9%
85.4%211296104
50Rochester Methodist Hospital (Mayo Clinic)Minnesota
96.8%
90.9%1,002642396
51Memorial Medical CenterIllinois
96.8%
86.8%11811769
52University of Utah Medical CenterUtah
96.7%
86.5%426456310
53Baylor University Medical CenterTexas
96.7%
88.5%1,310759450
54UT Southwestern Medical Center/Texas
96.6%
90.6%970549454
55Hospital of the University of PennsylvaniaPennsylvania
96.6%
92.1%1,2571,417476
56Memorial Regional HospitalFlorida
96.6%
86.0%306288283
57Saint Joseph HospitalCalifornia
96.6%
92.8%437218114
58Northwestern Memorial HospitalIllinois
96.6%
90.0%937792470
59Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical CenterOregon
96.5%
91.3%28015093
60Rush University Medical CenterIllinois
96.5%
91.6%436310226
61Auxilio Mutuo HospitalPuerto Rico
96.4%
92.7%261350175
62University of California Davis Medical CenterCalifornia
96.4%
91.2%1,5741,965795
63Sanford Health/USD Medical CenterSouth Dakota
96.4%
95.5%908848
64OSF Saint Francis Medical CenterIllinois
96.3%
87.6%27228184
65Presbyterian/St Luke's Medical CenterColorado
96.3%
89.0%234214135
66The Nebraska Medical CenterNebraska
96.3%
88.1%473295298
67University Hospital, University of Texas Health Science CenterTexas
96.3%
89.1%584553360
68Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinnesota
96.3%
88.1%12414248
69Loyola University Medical CenterIllinois
96.3%
91.5%602373349
70University of California San Francisco Medical CenterCalifornia
96.2%
89.1%2,0673,685800
71Ochsner Foundation HospitalLouisiana
96.1%
88.4%698738334
72Transplant Center (TXDS)Texas
96.0%
83.3%3611391
73Johns Hopkins HospitalMaryland
96.0%
90.3%1,1491,110451
74Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth HospitalTexas
96.0%
68.7%19414790
75University of Washington Medical CenterWashington
96.0%
94.4%653394243
76Advocate Christ Medical CenterIllinois
95.9%
87.1%21322764
77UAMS Medical CenterArkansas
95.9%
88.2%576186213
78The Cleveland Clinic FoundationOhio
95.9%
87.7%916447461
79Florida Hospital Medical CenterFlorida
95.9%
87.1%591556325
80Barnes-Jewish HospitalMissouri
95.8%
86.7%1,052880523
81Harbor UCLA Medical CenterCalifornia
95.8%
96.6%27054281
82University of Cincinnati Medical CenterOhio
95.8%
86.4%1,232241240
83Cleveland Clinic Florida WestonFlorida
95.8%
86.0%955688267
84St Luke's Hospital of Kansas CityMissouri
95.7%
79.7%491210135
85Yale New Haven HospitalConnecticut
95.7%
86.1%596619232
86Vanderbilt University Medical CenterTennessee
95.7%
87.0%1,6971,186628
87Houston Methodist HospitalTexas
95.7%
90.6%9291,280549
88Oregon Health & Science UniversityOregon
95.7%
90.9%509352228
89Integris Baptist Medical CenterOklahoma
95.7%
86.7%360306173
90California Pacific Medical CenterCalifornia
95.7%
88.4%1,2101,521364
91Swedish Medical CenterWashington
95.6%
91.8%412372175
92University of Illinois Medical CenterIllinois
95.6%
80.5%786561370
93Doctor's Hospital at RenaissanceTexas
95.6%
83.8%22614787
94Inova Fairfax HospitalVirginia
95.6%
87.7%487526299
95Mount Sinai Medical CenterNew York
95.5%
88.8%1,3661,957554
96University of Wisconsin Hospital and ClinicsWisconsin
95.5%
88.6%854609408
97Ohio State University Medical CenterOhio
95.5%
83.3%1,184718439
98Mercy Health Saint Mary'sMichigan
95.5%
89.0%293289146
99University of Chicago Medical CenterIllinois
95.5%
84.3%553471299
100Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterCalifornia
95.4%
88.2%1,1121,228541
101Centura Porter Adventist HospitalColorado
95.4%
94.0%230296210
102Vidant Medical CenterNorth Carolina
95.4%
84.2%560501213
103Avera McKennan HospitalSouth Dakota
95.3%
94.6%206288112
104North Shore University Hospital/Northwell HealthNew York
95.3%
90.7%514517302
105Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical CenterTexas
95.2%
86.1%307290121
106Emory University HospitalGeorgia
95.2%
87.3%1,5291,449809
107Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's HospitalWashington
95.2%
93.3%19812957
108Presbyterian HospitalNew Mexico
95.2%
90.2%21825970
109Tufts Medical CenterMassachusetts
95.2%
92.4%20520897
110George Washington University HospitalDistrict of Columbia
95.2%
85.0%23718488
111Mayo Clinic FloridaFlorida
95.1%
82.6%1,138830487
112CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical CenterTexas
95.1%
83.5%675748322
113Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterMassachusetts
95.1%
89.1%301285119
114University Hospital, University of New Mexico Health Sciences CenterNew Mexico
95.1%
93.9%17315068
115University Medical Center of Southern NevadaNevada
95.1%
91.5%406293243
116Geisinger Medical CenterPennsylvania
95.1%
90.4%312289116
117Medical University of South CarolinaSouth Carolina
95.1%
84.7%1,7081,166587
118Henry Ford HospitalMichigan
95.1%
87.3%436535247
119State University of New York Upstate Medical UniversityNew York
95.1%
82.6%330354148
120Methodist Specialty and Transplant HospitalTexas
95.0%
89.5%1,6741,793773
121Mayo Clinic HospitalArizona
95.0%
86.7%1,394733809
122Sanford Bismarck Medical CenterNorth Dakota
94.9%
80.2%584416
123Keck Hospital of USCCalifornia
94.9%
88.8%1,1771,476385
124Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical Center-Fort WorthTexas
94.8%
85.1%1,295482264
125University of Minnesota Medical Center, FairviewMinnesota
94.8%
91.3%479650324
126North Austin Medical CenterTexas
94.8%
77.9%22018495
127Lehigh Valley HospitalPennsylvania
94.8%
84.2%318276182
128Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester Medical CenterNew York
94.7%
86.6%363417189
129University of California at Los Angeles Medical CenterCalifornia
94.7%
91.0%1,4541,723674
130UMass Memorial Medical CenterMassachusetts
94.7%
90.0%405409133
131Christiana Care Health ServicesDelaware
94.6%
88.5%12414353
132University of Alabama HospitalAlabama
94.6%
83.4%1,164910451
133University Hospital of State University of New York at Stony BrookNew York
94.6%
88.0%296271135
134Duke University HospitalNorth Carolina
94.5%
88.7%933854507
135William Beaumont HospitalMichigan
94.4%
91.1%378356158
136NY Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Univ. Medical CenterNew York
94.3%
90.0%463491319
137Methodist University HospitalTennessee
94.3%
89.3%800626365
138Georgetown University Medical CenterDistrict of Columbia
94.3%
86.1%872723326
139Indiana University HealthIndiana
94.3%
84.2%910655366
140Methodist Dallas Medical CenterTexas
94.3%
85.9%611440245
141Massachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts
94.3%
90.9%9491,283369
142University of Colorado Hospital/Health Science CenterColorado
94.3%
88.0%805544337
143University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterPennsylvania
94.1%
82.4%691686279
144University of Toledo Medical CenterOhio
94.1%
81.6%43773207
145Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterNorth Carolina
94.0%
87.0%790592315
146Temple University HospitalPennsylvania
94.0%
94.3%266420137
147Research Medical CenterMissouri
94.0%
85.0%161195163
148Sanford Medical Center FargoNorth Dakota
93.9%
93.7%837052
149Sharp Memorial HospitalCalifornia
93.8%
89.4%455600175
150University of California Irvine Medical CenterCalifornia
93.7%
90.7%537722227
151Tampa General HospitalFlorida
93.7%
88.0%1,224902753
152Saint Barnabas Medical CenterNew Jersey
93.7%
86.3%1,3091,192482
153Medical College of Virginia HospitalsVirginia
93.7%
84.5%1,163876599
154VA Portland Health Care SystemOregon
93.7%
82.6%30820390
155Brigham and Women's HospitalMassachusetts
93.6%
90.5%344519148
156University of Mississippi Medical CenterMississippi
93.5%
85.4%869429209
157Virginia Mason Medical CenterWashington
93.5%
89.1%310251114
158Carolinas Medical CenterNorth Carolina
93.5%
86.3%699915449
159University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Transplant ProgramsIowa
93.5%
85.8%478283145
160Sacred Heart Hospital PensacolaFlorida
93.4%
84.0%17516373
161New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical CenterNew York
93.4%
89.9%564698369
162Riverside Community HospitalCalifornia
93.3%
65.2%5800
163Iowa Methodist Medical CenterIowa
93.3%
77.8%333153128
164Jackson Memorial Hospital University of Miami School of MedicineFlorida
93.2%
80.9%1,244622546
165Our Lady of Lourdes Medical CenterNew Jersey
93.2%
86.0%292305134
166Loma Linda University Medical CenterCalifornia
93.2%
86.7%1,1801,684679
167Transplant Center (ILVA)Illinois
93.1%
81.5%181193170
168Lahey Clinic Medical CenterMassachusetts
93.1%
87.4%253335130
169Tulane Medical CenterLouisiana
93.1%
87.5%596571196
170Allegheny General HospitalPennsylvania
93.0%
84.8%278207156
171University Hospitals of ClevelandOhio
93.0%
82.1%463250172
172St John Hospital and Medical CenterMichigan
92.9%
88.9%11716867
173Montefiore Medical CenterNew York
92.9%
91.0%939522228
174Hackensack University Medical CenterNew Jersey
92.9%
85.3%569383477
175Hartford HospitalConnecticut
92.9%
92.6%453287153
176University of Kansas HospitalKansas
92.9%
84.6%614316270
177Largo Medical CenterFlorida
92.8%
92.3%267316242
178University of Virginia Health Sciences CenterVirginia
92.7%
91.8%676670399
179James J. Peters VA Medical CenterNew York
92.7%
69.8%767029
180Boston Medical CenterMassachusetts
92.7%
88.0%22027068
181Henrico Doctors' HospitalVirginia
92.6%
90.0%14011871
182Westchester Medical CenterNew York
92.5%
91.3%296295141
183OU Medical CenterOklahoma
92.4%
84.3%1978970
184Sentara Norfolk General HospitalVirginia
92.4%
79.2%463482220
185St John Medical CenterOklahoma
92.2%
90.2%257214104
186Maine Medical CenterMaine
92.1%
91.3%22925873
187University of Michigan Medical CenterMichigan
92.0%
86.6%950718456
188Scott and White Memorial HospitalTexas
91.9%
78.7%526281145
189University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonTexas
91.8%
85.2%522330212
190Las Palmas Medical CenterTexas
91.7%
88.8%22716782
191Erlanger Medical CenterTennessee
91.5%
79.1%311341140
192University of Maryland Medical SystemMaryland
91.0%
84.0%533540269
193Halifax Medical CenterFlorida
90.9%
80.0%1466934
194The Iowa City VA Health Care SystemIowa
90.9%
86.8%13810646
195The Lankenau HospitalPennsylvania
90.9%
88.0%140240
196Saint Thomas HospitalTennessee
90.3%
78.9%506252242
197AU Medical Center, Inc.Georgia
90.1%
83.2%597481214
198West Virginia University HospitalWest Virginia
89.8%
76.7%1136836
199Erie County Medical CenterNew York
89.6%
76.9%443225191
200University of Missouri Hospital and ClinicsMissouri
89.3%
86.1%10310534
201Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Jersey
89.2%
83.7%360431213
202Charleston Area Medical CenterWest Virginia
88.9%
81.9%29978132
203State University of New York, Downstate Medical CenterNew York
88.9%
78.2%151257145
204Willis-Knighton Medical CenterLouisiana
87.5%
89.8%390361147
205Baystate Medical CenterMassachusetts
86.6%
82.6%16413280
206Broward Health Medical CenterFlorida
83.3%
72.0%6400

A quick-scan card view of top kidney transplant programs. Use the full ranking table above for complete comparisons.

How to Read This Ranking

Survival rankings for kidney transplantation reflect a single, well-defined outcome: the probability that the transplanted organ remains functional one year after surgery, adjusted for differences in patient mix. Two centers reporting the same raw survival number can sit very far apart in a risk-adjusted ranking when one accepts a much sicker waiting list than the other. SRTR's hierarchical Bayesian models lean toward the national average for low-volume centers, so a small program with five transplants in the cohort window will move less in either direction than a large program with five hundred, the ranking is most stable for centers in the middle of the volume distribution.

Risk adjustment matters because not every kidney candidate carries the same baseline risk. Recipients with advanced disease, multiple prior failed transplants, donor-recipient size mismatches, or immunological sensitization will have lower expected survival before the procedure begins. SRTR's models subtract this expected survival from observed survival to produce a center-specific performance estimate. A center that consistently accepts the most complex referrals, for instance, regional referral hospitals taking patients other programs decline, can outperform on risk-adjusted survival while reporting lower raw numbers. The ranking column you see here is the adjusted figure, not the raw one.

Patients and referring clinicians use these rankings as one signal among several. Distance from home, insurance coverage, surgeon volume in your specific subtype, willingness to accept marginal donors, and program-specific eligibility criteria all weigh into a real-world transplant decision. The rankings here describe the typical outcome envelope a program has produced in the SRTR cohort window, they do not, and cannot, predict your individual outcome. Always discuss center selection with your transplant nephrologist, hepatologist, cardiologist, or pulmonologist, who can correlate published survival data with your specific clinical profile.

Caveats and Limitations

  • SRTR Program-Specific Reports are released semi-annually (May and November). Rankings shown here reflect the most recent published cohort; some single-event changes at a program may not yet be visible.
  • Programs below SRTR's minimum case-volume threshold are excluded from comparative rankings to preserve statistical reliability. Such programs may still be active and may report individual outcomes elsewhere.
  • One-year graft survival is the SRTR's primary public outcome but not the only metric that matters. Patient survival, three-year graft survival, time to transplant from listing, and post-transplant readmission rates each tell a different story about program performance.
  • Geographic concentration of transplant centers means a top-ranked program may be impractical for patients in rural or under-served regions. The Compare and State views allow filtering by geography to surface programs that are realistic options for a specific patient.

Data Sources

  • SRTR Program-Specific Reports (November 2025 release) - risk-adjusted 1-year graft survival estimates for kidney transplant programs. srtr.org
  • OPTN kidney allocation policy - policy governing kidney distribution nationally. optn.transplant.hrsa.gov

About These Rankings

This data is for informational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult your transplant team for decisions about your care. Rankings show centers by highest survival rate and do not constitute a recommendation.

Source: SRTR Program-Specific Reports, November 2025 Centers are ranked by estimated 1-year graft survival probability for adult recipients. Centers without sufficient case volume are excluded per SRTR statistical methodology