Three Marseille hospitals appear in the Newsweek ranking of the world's best hospitals 2026: La Timone hospital (AP-HM), 91st in the world, the Institut Paoli-Calmettes, 383rd, and the Hôpital Européen, 404th. La Timone is the highest-ranked French hospital located outside the Île-de-France region. For patients in the region who have to go there regularly, it is a confirmation: medical excellence is here, within reach by road.
The region's hospitals in the ranking
- 91st in the world: AP-HM, La Timone hospital, Marseille. It is the 4th French institution on the list and the first outside Île-de-France
- 383rd in the world: Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille
- 404th in the world: Hôpital Européen, Marseille
The ranking is compiled by Newsweek from recommendations by health professionals and quality indicators.
The world top 10
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester (United States, Minnesota)
- Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland (United States, Ohio)
- The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York (United States)
- Samsung Medical Center, Seoul (South Korea)
- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (United States, Texas)
- Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan (Israel)
- Stanford Health Care, Stanford Hospital (United States, California)
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (United States)
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore (United States, Maryland)
- Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Stockholm (Sweden)
The French hospitals in the ranking
The list includes 23 French institutions, three of them in Marseille. Here are the others, by world rank:
- 35th: AP-HP, Pitié-Salpêtrière university hospital, Paris
- 43rd: AP-HP, Georges-Pompidou European hospital, Paris
- 63rd: Gustave Roussy, Villejuif
- 165th: American Hospital of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine
- 175th: ELSAN, Santé Atlantique, Saint-Herblain
- 180th: AP-HP, Bichat-Claude-Bernard hospital, Paris
- 199th: AP-HP, Saint-Antoine hospital, Paris
- 220th: Bordeaux University Hospital, Pellegrin hospital group
- 244th: Lille University Hospital, Claude-Huriez hospital
- 269th: Strasbourg University Hospital, Civil Hospital
- 290th: Clinique internationale du Parc Monceau, Paris
- 291st: ELSAN, Nancy Lorraine private hospital
- 293rd: AP-HP, Saint-Louis hospital, Paris
- 315th: Montpellier University Hospital, Lapeyronie hospital
- 334th: Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon Sud hospital, Pierre-Bénite
- 343rd: AP-HP, Henri-Mondor university hospital, Créteil
- 366th: AP-HP, Cochin hospital, Paris
- 386th: Institut Curie, Paris
- 396th: AP-HP, Necker-Enfants malades hospital, Paris
- 398th: Hôpital Paris Saint-Joseph
What it means for patients in the region
Whether you live in Toulon, Aix-en-Provence, La Ciotat, Bandol or Salon-de-Provence, you have access to international-level care without leaving the region. Recurring treatments (chemotherapy at Paoli-Calmettes, dialysis, neurological follow-up at La Timone) involve regular round trips, sometimes several times a week.
Transport, a practical question to settle
On medical prescription, transport to these facilities is covered by Health Insurance. MR Taxi has been CPAM-approved since 2012 and provides medical transport across the PACA region. The patient advances no costs thanks to full third-party payment (CPAM and mutuelle).
For serial treatments (dialysis, chemotherapy, radiotherapy), a regular slot with the same driver is set up. The driver knows the department, the access points, the schedules. One more landmark in a care pathway that demands many.
See the CPAM-approved medical transport page or call 06 98 46 63 34 to organise your trips.
