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Top 20 hospitals in Texas by number of beds
Texas is the second largest state in the nation by both area and population. Its nearly 30 million residents have access to more than 900 hospitals and medical facilities, according to data from our platform.
Using the Definitive Healthcare HospitalView product, we’ve ranked the largest hospitals in Texas by their number of staffed beds.
| Rank | Hospital name | City | # of staffed beds | # of discharges | Explore dataset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baptist Medical Center | San Antonio | 1,498 | 55,731 | Explore |
| 2 | Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center | Houston | 1,089 | 49,708 | Explore |
| 3 | Houston Methodist Hospital (FKA the Methodist Hospital) | Houston | 976 | 39,496 | Explore |
| 4 | Texas Childrens Hospital | Houston | 905 | 36,143 | Explore |
| 5 | Texas Heart Institute at Baylor St Lukes Medical Center | Houston | 850 | n/a | Explore |
| 6 | Medical City Dallas | Dallas | 819 | 33,386 | Explore |
| 7 | John Sealy Hospital | Galveston | 819 | 38,422 | Explore |
| 8 | Methodist Hospital | San Antonio | 811 | 101,438 | Explore |
| 9 | Baylor University Medical Center - Dallas | Dallas | 800 | 34,841 | Explore |
| 10 | Parkland Health (FKA Parkland Health and Hospital System) | Dallas | 787 | 47,829 | Explore |
| 11 | William P Clements Jr University Hospital (FKA UT Southwestern University Hospital - St Paul) | Dallas | 737 | 32,759 | Explore |
| 12 | University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston | 721 | 29,176 | Explore |
| 13 | Texas Health Fort Worth (FKA Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth) | Fort Worth | 720 | 41,745 | Explore |
| 14 | University Hospital (AKA University Health) | San Antonio | 669 | 81,994 | Explore |
| 15 | CHI St Lukes Health - Baylor St Lukes Medical Center | Houston | 628 | 21,534 | Explore |
| 16 | Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple | Temple | 616 | 34,160 | Explore |
| 17 | North Texas State Hospital - Wichita Falls Campus | Wichita Falls | 603 | 739 | Explore |
| 18 | Hendrick Medical Center | Abilene | 599 | 22,518 | Explore |
| 19 | Medical City Plano (FKA Medical Center of Plano) | Plano | 584 | 30,067 | Explore |
| 20 | HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood (FKA Kingwood Medical Center) | Kingwood | 584 | 32,648 | Explore |
Fig. 1 Analysis of data from Definitive Healthcare’s HospitalView product. Hospital data is sourced from the Medicare Cost Report and proprietary research. Data accessed November 2024.
Which Texas hospitals have the most staffed beds?
The Texas hospital with the most staffed beds is Baptist Medical Center in San Antonio with 1,498 beds. Baptist Medical Center is a part of the Baptist Health System, the largest and most expansive health system in the state. Founded over 100 years ago, the network now includes acute care hospitals, urgent care clinics, imaging centers, and free-standing emergency departments, all of which are located in the San Antonio metro area.
In second place is Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center in Houston. This facility has 1,089 staffed beds and provides emergency and trauma care to more than 40,000 patients every year. Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center is the primary, private teaching hospital for the McGovern Medical School, a part of UTHealth Houston.
The third-place hospital is Houston Methodist Hospital with 976 staffed beds. Houston Methodist Hospital is the flagship hospital within the Houston Methodist health system.
Where are the largest Texas hospitals located?
Despite being one of the largest states geographically, most of Texas’ population reside in metro areas. The majority of the top 20 hospitals in Texas by number of beds are also located in major cities. Houston, the largest city in Texas by population has six of the top 20 hospitals on the list, while the second largest, San Antonio, and third largest, Dallas, have three and four hospitals respectively on the list.
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