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Largest HCA physician groups in the U.S.

There are more than 2.7 million physicians in the U.S. according to the Definitive Healthcare PhysicianView product. Of this total, about 1.4 million are affiliated with a physician group.

What are physician groups?

A physician group is a group of one or more physicians who are operating together to provide patient care. Physician groups with one physician who owns and manages their own office are classified as a private practice. Groups with two or more physicians providing care within the same facility are classified as a group practice.

Group practices are often affiliated with a larger health system. Using the Definitive Healthcare PhysicianGroupView product, we have listed the largest physician groups in the U.S. that belong to the HCA Healthcare network (Definitive ID: 4710), the largest health system in the U.S. by number of member hospitals and the top IDN by net patient revenue. The groups are ranked by the number of affiliated physicians. Definitive Healthcare tracks the number of physicians affiliated with physician groups based on data from Physician Compare and Definitive Healthcare proprietary research (updated weekly).

Top 20 largest HCA physician groups by number of affiliated physicians

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Rank	Physician group name	Main specialty	City	State	Definitive ID	Number of physicians	Explore dataset
1	HCA Florida Healthcare Physicians	Internal Medicine	Sebring	FL	1047395	8,058	Explore
2	Mission Health Physicians (FKA Mission Medical Associates)	Family Practice	Asheville	NC	550470	1,220	Explore
3	HCA Florida Physicians	Internal Medicine	Tampa	FL	1001828	1,184	Explore
4	Grand Strand Health Physicians	Emergency Medicine	Myrtle Beach	SC	598668	895	Explore
5	Sunrise Health Physicians	Cardiology - Cardiologist	Las Vegas	NV	1001654	822	Explore
6	Good Samaritan Health System Physicians	Anesthesiology - Anesthesiologist	San Jose	CA	1001976	755	Explore
7	Trident Health Physicians	Pediatric Medicine	Summerville	SC	1044508	409	Explore
8	HCA Midwest Physicians	Family Practice	Overland Park	KS	723668	386	Explore
9	Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children	Pediatric Medicine	Denver	CO	1044791	295	Explore
10	TriStar Medical Group	Internal Medicine	Nashville	TN	982034	249	Explore
11	Intensive Care Consortium Inc	Critical Care (Intensivists)	Boca Raton	FL	552803	243	Explore
12	Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare Physicians	Obstetrics/Gynecology	El Paso	TX	1001927	227	Explore
13	HealthONE Physician Group (FKA Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery Associates)	Obstetrics/Gynecology	Denver	CO	648123	199	Explore
14	LewisGale Physicians	Family Practice	Roanoke	VA	551136	197	Explore
15	St Lucie Medical Center Physicians	Internal Medicine	Port Saint Lucie	FL	1042050	195	Explore
16	Corpus Christi Medical Center Physicians	Pediatric Medicine	Corpus Christi	TX	1001847	183	Explore
17	The Womans Hospital of Texas	Obstetrics/Gynecology	Houston	TX	1033161	183	Explore
18	Methodist Physicians (FKA Methodist Physician Practices)	Cardiology - Cardiologist	San Antonio	TX	956240	181	Explore
19	Memorial Health University Physicians	Internal Medicine	Savannah	GA	553439	153	Explore
20	Wesley Care Physicians	Family Practice	Wichita	KS	1044651	137	Explore

Fig. 1. Data is from the Definitive Healthcare PhysicianGroupView product. The number of affiliated physician data is sourced from Physician Compare and Definitive Healthcare proprietary research (updated weekly). Data accessed November 2023.

Who are the largest employers for physicians in the HCA network?

The largest HCA physician group is HCA Florida Healthcare Physicians, with 8,058 affiliated physicians. This physician group, which has nearly 170 practice locations spread across Florida, also ranks among the largest physician groups by number of group practice members (sixth place) and top groups with the most Medicare charges (second place).

In second place is Mission Health Physicians, with 1,220 affiliated physicians. Mission Health Physicians has 75 practice locations in the western part of North Carolina.

The third top HCA physician group by number of affiliated physicians is HCA Florida Physicians, with 1,184. This group has 47 practice locations along the east and west coasts of Florida, and likely shares many of the same physicians as HCA Florida Healthcare Physicians, as providers may be affiliated with more than one physician group in the practice area.

Florida and North Carolina rank in the top five U.S. states with the highest number of HCA hospitals. With higher numbers of HCA hospitals, it is no surprise that these areas also have physician groups with higher numbers of affiliated providers.

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