Top 10: US Hospitals

Across the US, there are more than 6,000 hospitals which see almost 35 million admissions each year.

These healthcare facilities provide general care, as well as more specialised treatments and surgeries.

Hospitals play a pivotal role in the community, with life-saving technologies and diagnostic tools available to help diagnose, treat and monitor patients around the country.

Healthcare Digital has made a list of the 10 largest hospitals in the US, ranked by the capacity of staffed beds.

10. Montefiore Einstein Medical Center

Location: Bronx, New York
Staffed beds: 1,521
Company: Montefiore Health System
CEO: Dr. Philip Ozuah

Montefiore Einstein Medical Center is the primary teaching hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.

During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital’s Moses division became one of the first designated COVID centres, and the first to achieve in-house COVID testing in New York City.

Montefiore Health System consists of 14 hospitals, an extended care facility, the Montefiore School of Nursing, as well as the college.

The Montefiore Hospital includes the Greene Medical Arts Pavilion, which is an outpatient care and diagnostic testing facility.

9. Yale New Haven Hospital

Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Staffed beds: 1,541
Company: Yale New Haven Health System
CEO: Christopher O’Connor

With services in more than 100 specialty areas, Yale New Haven Hospital is Connecticut’s leading healthcare provider.

It is the primary teaching hospital for Yale School of Medicine, providing multidisciplinary, family-focused care with more than 12,000 employees.

Yale New Haven includes a specialist cancer hospital, a children’s hospital and a psychiatric hospital.

The campus features a neuroscience centre that is currently under construction, which is set to open in 2027. 

This complex will specialise in treating movement and neuro-degenerative disorders as well as strokes.

8. Norton Hospital

Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Staffed beds: 1,600+
Company: Norton Healthcare
CEO: Russell F. Cox

Norton Healthcare is Louisville’s second largest employer, with nearly 24,000 employees across its 480 locations in Kentucky and Southern Indiana.

Norton Hospital is one of the company’s six hospitals in Louisville, specialising in heart, neuroscience, cancer, orthopaedics, women’s health and paediatric care.

The company focuses on having a strong community presence, appearing at schools, fairs, events and farmers markets.

It has also contributed US$5m to build the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center in Louisville, which hosts sporting events, concerts and educational programming.

7. Orlando Regional Medical Centre

Location: Orlando, Florida
Staffed beds: 1,670
Company: Orlando Health
CEO: David Strong

Orlando Regional Medical Centre is the flagship hospital of Orlando Health and is one of the largest tertiary facilities in the region.

Its specialist treatment areas include trauma, heart and vascular, stroke, neuroscience, orthopaedics and surgery.

It offers minimally invasive and robotic surgery with the da Vinci Robotic Surgical System.

Orlando Health’s Burn Center has been certified as a Verified Burn Center by the American Burn Association, providing care for burn patients through rehabilitation.

6. Baptist Medical Center

Location: San Antonio, Texas
Staffed beds: 1,695
Company: Baptist Health System
CEO: Bill Waechter

With award winning diabetes, endocrinology, nephrology and pulmonology care, the Baptist Medical Center provides short term acute care.

It offers the only heart transplant programme in San Antonio.

Bill Waechter, Market CEO of Baptist Health System, says: “Not only do we provide the latest advancements and technology, our staff go above and beyond to ensure patients are safe and treated with compassion.

“Families know they can trust us when they need high-level care close to home.”

5. Tisch Hospital

Location: New York City, New York
Staffed beds: 1,766
Company: NYU Langone Health
CEO: Alec C. Kimmelman

NYU Langone Health’s Tisch Hospital has been recognised by The Joint Commission for its excellence in perinatal, palliative, stroke and ventricular assist device care.

The hospital is home to 66 operating rooms, an advanced critical care unit and a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), with more than 5,500 babies born at the hospital each year.

The company is working on improving its meal offerings, providing patients with food and nutrition that supports their personal recovery.

Each patient’s menu is tailored to the orders of their physician, for example having precise levels of sodium or carbohydrates in their meals.

4. Jackson Memorial Hospital

Location: Miami, Florida
Staffed beds: 1,835
Company: Jackson Health System
CEO: Joanne Ruggiero

Jackson Memorial Hospital is a regional centre for specialised care, home to trauma and burn centres, a transplant institute, a rehabilitation centre and a critical care centre.

As well as being one of the nation’s largest hospitals, it is also a world-class academic medical centre.

Joanne Ruggiero, SVP & CEO at Jackson Memorial Hospital, says: “While we celebrate our expertise in medicine, Jackson Memorial’s best key performance indicators are our patients and their success stories.

“I’m in the unique position of not only being the hospital’s CEO, but a former patient who experienced our excellent care firsthand.”

3. Methodist Hospital

Location: San Antonio, Texas
Staffed beds: 1,894
Company: Methodist Health System
CEO: Ryan Simpson

Opened in 1963, Methodist Hospital has grown to be the company’s most comprehensive medical care facility.

It offers many specialties, including cardiology services and bone and marrow transplants, as well as being a certified Comprehensive Stroke Center.

The hospital is known for its neurology and neurosurgical care and has performed more back and neck surgeries than any other hospital in Texas.

Methodist Healthcare System, which owns and operates Methodist Hospital, provides high-quality care to patients from San Antonio, its 26 surrounding counties and around the world.

The company is San Antonio’s second largest private employer, with more than 10,000 total employees, including 2,700 physicians in all specialties.

2. AdventHealth Orlando

Location: Orlando, Florida
Staffed beds: 2,247
Company: AdventHealth
CEO: Abel Biri

AdventHealth Orlando’s 62,000 square foot facility can treat 90,000 emergency cases each year, including thoracic and general surgery, orthopaedics, neurology and neurosurgery, cardiology, paediatrics and internal medicine.

It has built strategic partnerships with Emergency Medical Services (EMS) teams, allowing for emergency medical treatments to be administered to patients before they arrive at the emergency room.

The hospital is also home to the first Code STEMI rapid response programme in Central Florida, which can stop a heart attack in progress.

Upon being appointed in 2025, CEO Abel Biri said: “The opportunity to return to Orlando and lead such a remarkable team is a humbling honour.

“I look forward to building on the strong foundation already in place and continuing to deliver faith-based, whole-person care that uplifts our communities and honours the legacy of healing we’ve been entrusted with.”

1. NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center

Location: New York City, New York
Staffed beds: 2,850
Company: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
CEO: Dr. Brian G. Donley

As part of NewYork-Presbyterian, which is one of the nation’s most comprehensive academic healthcare delivery systems, NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center provides care across all fields of medicine.

It is recognised as a leader in medical education, research and innovative patient care.

The hospital was founded in 1771, making it the second oldest hospital in New York City and the third oldest in the US.

Since 1912, it has been the main teaching hospital for Weill Cornell Medicine, which is the biomedical research unit and medical school of Cornell University.

NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center is home to Komansky Children’s Hospital, which provides pediatric specialty and subspecialty care to patients aged 0 to 21.

It has consistently been listed by the U.S. News & World Report as one of the nation’s best children’s hospitals.

Komansky Children’s Hospital is one of only 10 children’s hospitals in the US to be recognised by the U.S. News & World Report in all 10 clinical specialties.