Largest Children’s Hospitals in the US: Top 10 by Bed Size
Texas is home to four of the ten biggest children’s hospitals in the US while Ohio and California each house two of the country’s largest children’s hospitals. The remaining top two paediatric facilities are in Pennsylvania and Colorado.
Hospital Management lists the top ten largest children’s hospitals in the US by bed size in 2021, using GlobalData’s research.
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By GlobalData1. Texas Children’s Hospital – 973 beds
The Texas Children’s Hospital, located on the Texas Medical Center campus in Houston, is the biggest children’s hospital in the US, with 973 beds.
The teaching hospital comprises multiple paediatric facilities within the campus, including the Wallace Tower, which houses outpatient facilities; and the West and the Legacy towers, which accommodate inpatient services facilities. All three towers are connected via a sky bridge.
Texas Children’s Hospital is nationally ranked in ten paediatric specialities, including cardiology and heart surgery, pulmonology, neurology and neurosurgery, neonatology, nephrology, oncology, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal (GI) surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, urology and orthopaedics.
2. Nationwide Children’s Hospital – 673 beds
The 673-bed Nationwide Children’s Hospital, located in Columbus, Ohio, is the second-largest paediatric hospital in the US.
Affiliated with the Ohio State University College of Medicine, the children’s acute care teaching hospital saw more than 1.6 million patient visits and performed 30,082 surgeries in 2021.
Nationwide Children’s Hospital is nationally ranked in ten paediatric specialities, including neonatology, cancer care, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and GI surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, pulmonology and lung surgery, as well as nephrology, urology and orthopaedics.
3. Children’s Hospital of San Antonio – 652 beds
The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, located in downtown San Antonio, Texas, is a multi-speciality paediatric hospital having 652 beds.
It is run by Christus Health, a Catholic non-profit health system based in Texas. The hospital witnessed 45,000 emergency visits and performed more than 4,500 surgeries in 2021.
Children’s Hospital of San Antonio provides comprehensive maternal and foetal care. It also specialises in general paediatrics, along with paediatric genetics, pulmonology, endocrinology, pulmonology, nephrology, neurosurgery and rehabilitation.
4. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center – 622 beds
The Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a non-profit academic medical centre having 622 beds, including 110 registered psychiatric beds.
Established in 1883, it is one of the oldest paediatric hospitals in the US. It admitted 28,211 patients and performed 6,418 inpatient surgical procedures in 2021.
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is nationally ranked in ten paediatric specialities, including neonatology, cancer care, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and GI surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, pulmonology and lung surgery, as well as nephrology, urology and orthopaedics.
5. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia – 567 beds
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is located on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Affiliated with the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, the non-profit children’s teaching hospital has 567 beds.
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia nationally ranks in ten paediatric specialities, including neonatology, oncology, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and GI surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, nephrology, urology, orthopaedics, pulmonology and lung surgery.
6. Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego – 511 beds
The Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego is the largest children’s hospital in the state of California, US, with 511-beds.
Affiliated to the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, it is the only exclusive paediatric health care facility in the San Diego area. The hospital is also home to the region’s only designated paediatric trauma centre.
Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego is nationally ranked in all ten key paediatric specialities, including neonatology, oncology, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and GI surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, nephrology, urology, orthopaedics, pulmonology and lung surgery.
7. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles – 495 beds
The Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is a 495-bed children’s hospital located in Los Angeles, California.
Affiliated with the University of Southern California, the multi-speciality teaching hospital has 18 operating rooms, 24 paediatric ICU beds and 58 neonatal ICU beds.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is nationally ranked in ten paediatric specialities, including neonatology, cancer care, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and GI surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, pulmonology and lung surgery, as well as nephrology, urology and orthopaedics.
8. Children’s Medical Center Dallas – 490 beds
The 490-bed Children’s Medical Center Dallas is the main hospital campus of Children’s Health, a leading paediatric health system based in North Texas.
Affiliated to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, the children’s teaching hospital houses the only paediatric Level 1 trauma centre in North Texas, along with a 47-bed, Level IV neonatal ICU. The hospital witnesses more than 74,000 emergency room visits and performs more than 13,000 surgeries a year.
Children’s Medical Center Dallas nationally ranks in ten paediatric specialities, including neonatology, oncology, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and GI surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, nephrology, urology, orthopaedics, pulmonology and lung surgery.
9. Children’s Hospital Colorado – 486 beds
Children’s Hospital Colorado is a private, non-profit paediatric care facility located in the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado.
Affiliated to the School of Medicine of the University of Colorado Denver, the 486-bed teaching hospital treats more than 1,400 infants each year. It also performs all types of foetal surgery and provides paediatric care across various specialities, from bone and joint care to the treatment of cancer and blood disorders.
Children’s Hospital Colorado is nationally ranked in all ten key paediatric specialities, including neonatology, oncology, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and GI surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, nephrology, urology, orthopaedics, pulmonology and lung surgery.
10. Cook Children’s Medical Center – 443 beds
The Cook Children’s Medical Center is a 443-bed paediatric hospital in Fort Worth, Texas.
It is the flagship campus of Cook Children’s Health Care System, a non-profit health system with more than 60 primary, speciality and urgent care locations throughout Texas.
Cook Children’s Medical Center is nationally ranked in six paediatric specialities, including cancer care, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopaedics, and pulmonology and lung surgery.
