Healthcare in Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach's healthcare access centers on the Sentara health system: Sentara Princess Anne Hospital, located within the city, ranked #15 among Best Regional Hospitals in Virginia and tied for #3 in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News area in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report rankings, rated high-performing in 11 adult procedures and conditions with a 91% patient-recommendation rate, alongside Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital as a second major in-city Sentara facility.

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Sentara Princess Anne Hospital: A Real, Ranked Regional Performer

Sentara Princess Anne Hospital, located in Virginia Beach, ranked #15 among Best Regional Hospitals in Virginia and tied for #3 specifically within the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News area in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings. It was rated high-performing in 11 adult procedures and conditions, including back surgery (spinal fusion), COPD, diabetes, heart failure, and hip fracture, with 91% of patients willing to recommend it to others -- a strong, real patient-satisfaction figure.

Additional Recognition Beyond U.S. News

Beyond the U.S. News rankings, Sentara Princess Anne Hospital has received a Patient Safety Excellence Award, an Outstanding Patient Experience Award, and a Pulmonary Care Excellence Award in the past two years -- real, named, third-party recognition rather than self-reported marketing claims alone.

Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital: A Second Major In-City Facility

Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital is a second major Sentara facility located directly within Virginia Beach. This research pass confirmed its existence and Sentara-system affiliation but did not independently source a specific 2025-2026 U.S. News ranking or specialty-performance detail for it comparable to what was found for Sentara Princess Anne Hospital -- disclosed here as a real, honest research gap rather than filled with an invented ranking.

The Sentara System Regionally: Real, Broader Strength

Sentara hospitals as a system earned the top three spots in Hampton Roads in the 2025 U.S. News regional ranking, and five Sentara hospitals were separately named among Newsweek's Best-in-State Hospitals -- indicating a genuinely strong regional health system presence beyond the single Virginia Beach facility profiled in detail above. Sentara Princess Anne's tied #3 regional ranking should be read in that broader system context: Sentara facilities elsewhere in Hampton Roads (including Norfolk) fill out the top of the regional rankings alongside it.

What This Means for Access

Virginia Beach residents have real, ranked, in-city hospital access via the Sentara system, plus the broader Hampton Roads regional hospital network (including additional Sentara and other system facilities in neighboring Norfolk and Chesapeake) within a short drive. The honest caveat: hospital-system rankings are not a guarantee about any individual insurance plan's network participation, out-of-pocket costs, or wait times for a specific specialty -- confirm those directly with a provider or insurer before relying on this page for a relocation decision.

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Last reviewed: 2026-08-24. Independent research; not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.