I used Hospital for Special Surgery NYC, which is the top-ranked on the survey, and I STRONGLY recommend them. According to the survey, they have done the most hip and knee procedures (10K+) in the last 3 years. Mayo Clinic was about the same, and then the rest on the survey were no more than 5K or less. Local hospitals (which I was recommended to by my MD) probably FAR less.

There was something very good about the way this was handled as a routine thing - they clearly know what they were doing. (Not in an Earl Scheib paintjob way.) There are a number of surgeons who do the procedure there, and I never heard a complaint about any of them.

A side benefit is that the mortality rate from the procedure at HSS (per the survey) is off the chart on the low end, compared to even the other hospitals on the survey, which is nice to know if you are intending to leave the hospital in a vertical orientation.

My $.02.