Forecast: Number of Hospital Beds in for Profit Privately Owned Hospitals in the US 2022 - 2026 Discover more data with ReportLinker!

Note - this is not real-time status information, the data represents bed utilization based on annual estimates of how many beds are used versus available.Definitive Healthcare is the leading provider of data, intelligence, and analytics on healthcare organizations and practitioners. In this service, Definitive Healthcare provides intelligence on the numbers of licensed beds, staffed beds, ICU beds, and the bed utilization rate for the hospitals in the United States. Please see the following for more details about each metric, data was last updated on 17 March 2020:

Number of Licensed beds: is the maximum number of beds for which a hospital holds a license to operate; however, many hospitals do not operate all the beds for which they are licensed. This number is obtained through DHC Primary Research. Licensed beds for Health Systems are equal to the total number of licensed beds of individual Hospitals within a given Health System.

Number of Staffed Bed: is defined as an "adult bed, pediatric bed, birthing room, or newborn ICU bed (excluding newborn bassinets) maintained in a patient care area for lodging patients in acute, long term, or domiciliary areas of the hospital." Beds in labor room, birthing room, post-anesthesia, postoperative recovery rooms, outpatient areas, emergency rooms, ancillary departments, nurses and other staff residences, and other such areas which are regularly maintained and utilized for only a portion of the stay of patients (primarily for special procedures or not for inpatient lodging) are not termed a bed for these purposes. Definitive Healthcare sources Staffed Bed data from the Medicare Cost Report or Proprietary Research as needed. As with all Medicare Cost Report metrics, this number is self-reported by providers. Staffed beds for Health Systems are equal to the total number of staffed beds of individual Hospitals within a given Health System. Total number of staffed beds in the US should exclude Hospital Systems to avoid double counting. ICU beds are likely to follow the same logic as a subset of Staffed beds.

Number of ICU Beds - ICU (Intensive Care Unit) Beds: are qualified based on definitions by CMS, Section 2202.7, 22-8.2. These beds include ICU beds, burn ICU beds, surgical ICU beds, premature ICU beds, neonatal ICU beds, pediatric ICU beds, psychiatric ICU beds, trauma ICU beds, and Detox ICU beds.

Bed Utilization Rate: is calculated based on metrics from the Medicare Cost Report: Bed Utilization Rate = Total Patient Days (excluding nursery days)/Bed Days Available

Potential Increase in Bed Capacity: This metric is computed by subtracting “Number of Staffed Beds from Number of Licensed beds” (Licensed Beds – Staffed Beds). This would provide insights into scenario planning for when staff can be shifted around to increase available bed capacity as needed.

Hospital Definition: Definitive Healthcare defines a hospital as a healthcare institution providing inpatient, therapeutic, or rehabilitation services under the supervision of physicians. In order for a facility to be considered a hospital it must provide inpatient care.

Hospital types are defined by the last four digits of the hospital’s Medicare Provider Number. If the hospital does not have a Medicare Provider Number, Definitive Healthcare determines the Hospital type by proprietary research.

Hospital Types:

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Short Term Acute Care Hospital (STAC)

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Provides inpatient care and other services for surgery, acute medical conditions, or injuries

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Patients care can be provided overnight, and average length of stay is less than 25 days

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Critical Access Hospital (CAH)

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25 or fewer acute care inpatient beds

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Located more than 35 miles from another hospital

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Annual average length of stay is 96 hours or less for acute care patients

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Must provide 24/7 emergency care services

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Designation by CMS to reduce financial vulnerability of rural hospitals and improve access to healthcare

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Religious Non-Medical Health Care Institutions

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Provide nonmedical health care items and services to people who need hospital or skilled nursing facility care, but for whom that care would be inconsistent with their religious beliefs

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Long Term Acute Care Hospitals

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Average length of stay is more than 25 days

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Patients are receiving acute care - services often include respiratory therapy, head trauma treatment, and pain management

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Rehabilitation Hospitals

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Specializes in improving or restoring patients' functional abilities through therapies

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Children’s Hospitals

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Majority of inpatients under 18 years old

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Psychiatric Hospitals

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Provides inpatient services for diagnosis and treatment of mental illness 24/7

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Under the supervision of a physician

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Veteran's Affairs (VA) Hospital

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Responsible for the care of war veterans and other retired military personnel

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Administered by the U.S. VA, and funded by the federal government

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Department of Defense (DoD) Hospital

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Provides care for military service people (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard), their dependents, and retirees (not all military service retirees are eligible for VA services)

AdventHealth Orlando in Florida stands as the largest hospital in the United States, boasting an impressive 2,247 beds as of August 2024. This expansive facility exemplifies the scale of modern healthcare infrastructure, with Jackson Memorial Hospital, also in Florida, following as the second-largest. Evolving landscape of U.S. hospitals Despite the decline in the total number of hospitals since 1980, the healthcare sector continues to grow in other ways. U.S. hospitals now employ about 7.5 million workers and generate a gross output of around 1,161 billion U.S. dollars. The Hospital Corporation of America, based in Nashville, Tennessee, leads the pack as the largest health system in the country, operating 222 hospitals as of February 2025. This reflects a trend towards consolidation and the rise of for-profit hospital chains, which gained prominence in the 1990s. Specialization and emergency care While bed count is one measure of hospital size, institutions also distinguish themselves through specialization and emergency care capabilities. For instance, the University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center performed 22,287 organ transplants between January 1988 and March 2025, making it the leading transplant center in the nation. In terms of emergency care, Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas recorded the highest number of emergency department visits in 2022, with 226,178 patients seeking urgent care.

The services offered by psychiatric hospitals are extensive, covering specialized facilities like detox centers, mental health hospitals providing comprehensive care and addiction hospitals focusing on substance use disorders. Some facilities are equipped to offer integrated services for individuals with multiple diagnoses. This growth indicates both rising demand and increased public awareness of mental health and substance use issues. However, geographic disparities, especially in the West, where uneven population distribution creates service provision challenges. The financial stability of these hospitals heavily depends on payor distribution. Medicare and Medicaid contribute about a quarter of the revenue, while third-party insurers provide nearly two-thirds. Economic conditions impact these payors differently, influencing hospital revenue, operational costs and profitability. During economic downturns, cuts in government funding may reduce revenue and changes in private insurance markets can influence patient volumes. Despite initial challenges from the health crisis, government and public insurance coverage have stimulated growth. Industry revenue will climb at a CAGR of 1.1% through 2025, reaching $35.3 billion, with a 3.0% increase in 2025 alone. Innovation and consolidation are transforming hospital services and organizational structures. Artificial intelligence, teletherapy and virtual reality enhance service offerings and patient outcomes. AI aids diagnosis and personalizes treatment, while teletherapy improves access, especially in underserved areas. Virtual reality introduces novel treatment options, appealing to patients seeking advanced therapies. Also, mergers and acquisitions and an increase in the number of hospital affiliations with chains promote financial stability and competitive strength. Larger organizations leverage resources to invest in infrastructure and negotiate favorable terms with insurers, helping them stay competitive despite rising staffing costs. Future federal policy might influence consumer demand and access to psychiatric services. The reorganization under the Administration for a Healthy America (AHA) may involve budget, staff and reimbursement cuts, potentially reducing service demand and access to grants and support. State-specific reductions in Medicaid funding could destabilize hospitals reliant on these reimbursements. Even so, economic factors are expected to drive overall growth. Increases in per capita disposable income, an increase in the number of privately insured individuals and growing health expenditures will bolster funding for hospital services. Industry revenue is projected to grow at a CAGR of 2.4%, reaching $39.7 billion by 2030, with profit revenue share remaining constant.

Hospitals play a critical role in healthcare, offering specialized treatments and emergency services essential for public health, regardless of economic fluctuations or individuals' financial situations. Rising incomes and broader access to insurance have fueled demand for care in recent years, supporting hospitals' post-pandemic recovery initiated by federal policies and funding. The recovery for many hospitals was also promoted by mergers that lessened financial strains, especially in rural hospitals. This trend toward consolidation has resulted in fewer enterprises relative to establishments, enhancing hospitals' bargaining power regarding input costs and insurance reimbursements. With this improved position, hospitals are expected to see revenue climb at a CAGR of 2.0%, reaching $1.5 trillion by 2025, with a 3.2% increase in 2025 alone. Competition, economic conditions and regulatory changes will impact hospitals based on size and location. Smaller hospitals, particularly rural ones, may encounter more significant obstacles as the industry transitions from fee-based to value-based care. Independent hospitals face wage inflation, staffing shortages and drug supply costs. Although state and federal policies aim to support small rural hospitals in addressing hospital deserts, uncertainties linger over federal Medicare funding and Medicaid reimbursements, which account for nearly half of hospital care spending. Even so, increasing per capita disposable income and increasing the number of individuals with private insurance will boost revenues from private insurers and out-of-pocket payments for all hospitals, big and small. Hospitals will continue incorporating technological advancements in AI, telemedicine and wearables to enhance their services and reduce cost. These technologies aid hospital systems in strategically expanding outpatient services, mitigating the increasing competitive pressures from Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) and capitalizing on the increased needs of an aging adult population and shifts in healthcare delivery preferences. As the consolidation trend advances and technology adoption further leverages economies of scale, industry revenue is expected to strengthen at a CAGR of 2.4%, reaching $1.7 trillion by 2030, with steady profit over the period.

Data on community hospital beds in the United States, by state. Data are from Health, United States. SOURCE: American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey of Hospitals, Hospital Statistics. Search, visualize, and download these and other estimates from over 120 health topics with the NCHS Data Query System (DQS), available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/dataquery/index.htm.

The industry has encountered challenging conditions, with revenue falling at a CAGR of 1.2% to $28.5 billion over the past five years, despite a bump of 4.9% in 2023 alone. Hospitals have met a high degree of fiscal uncertainty via to the whittling down of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) from the prior administration, while a renewed focus on it by the Biden administration has already boosted the number of health-insured consumers, bolstering demand for hospital construction. From legislative hurdles to the global pandemic outbreak causing construction stoppages amid a surge in demand for hospital capacity, the industry has endured significant volatility.The industry includes private and public hospital construction, though private hospital construction makes up nearly 80.0% of the total. Growth in the value of both private and public hospital construction has been insufficient to keep up with inflation. This inconsistency in private and public markets helps to explain the halt in industry revenue growth, while at a broader level, hospitals have opted to shift acute care services to off-campus locations to reduce costs and reach a larger patient pool. The move has helped hospitals mitigate lower admission and inpatient days, but these facilities are smaller and generate less revenue for enterprises. As demand for hospital space in 2020 skyrocketed amid the pandemic, the industry couldn't respond rapidly due to local and state work stoppages.Going forward, revenue growth for the industry will resume as total health expenditure remains strong and the value of private nonresidential construction fully recovers and accelerates ahead of declines exhibited during the pandemic. As the population ages, a rising senior demographic will embolden demand for hospital services. In the post-pandemic world, government support for hospital capacity will also rise, benefiting industry performance. Overall, industry revenue is slated to grow at a CAGR of 3.0% to an estimated $33.0 billion in 2028 as profit recovers to 3.3%.

Note: After May 3, 2024, this dataset will no longer be updated because hospitals are no longer required to report data on COVID-19 hospital admissions, hospital capacity, or occupancy data to HHS through CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). The related CDC COVID Data Tracker site was revised or retired on May 10, 2023.

Note: May 3,2024: Due to incomplete or missing hospital data received for the April 21,2024 through April 27, 2024 reporting period, the COVID-19 Hospital Admissions Level could not be calculated for CNMI and will be reported as “NA” or “Not Available” in the COVID-19 Hospital Admissions Level data released on May 3, 2024.

This dataset represents COVID-19 hospitalization data and metrics aggregated to county or county-equivalent, for all counties or county-equivalents (including territories) in the United States as of the initial date of reporting for each weekly metric. COVID-19 hospitalization data are reported to CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network, which monitors national and local trends in healthcare system stress, capacity, and community disease levels for approximately 6,000 hospitals in the United States. Data reported by hospitals to NHSN and included in this dataset represent aggregated counts and include metrics capturing information specific to COVID-19 hospital admissions, and inpatient and ICU bed capacity occupancy.

Reporting information:

• As of December 15, 2022, COVID-19 hospital data are required to be reported to NHSN, which monitors national and local trends in healthcare system stress, capacity, and community disease levels for approximately 6,000 hospitals in the United States. Data reported by hospitals to NHSN represent aggregated counts and include metrics capturing information specific to hospital capacity, occupancy, hospitalizations, and admissions. Prior to December 15, 2022, hospitals reported data directly to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) or via a state submission for collection in the HHS Unified Hospital Data Surveillance System (UHDSS).
• While CDC reviews these data for errors and corrects those found, some reporting errors might still exist within the data. To minimize errors and inconsistencies in data reported, CDC removes outliers before calculating the metrics. CDC and partners work with reporters to correct these errors and update the data in subsequent weeks.
• Many hospital subtypes, including acute care and critical access hospitals, as well as Veterans Administration, Defense Health Agency, and Indian Health Service hospitals, are included in the metric calculations provided in this report. Psychiatric, rehabilitation, and religious non-medical hospital types are excluded from calculations.
• Data are aggregated and displayed for hospitals with the same Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Certification Number (CCN), which are assigned by CMS to counties based on the CMS Provider of Services files.
• Full details on COVID-19 hospital data reporting guidance can be found here: https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/covid-19-faqs-hospitals-hospital-laboratory-acute-care-facility-data-reporting.pdf

• County-level hospital data are derived using calculations performed at the Health Service Area (HSA) level. An HSA is defined by CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics as a geographic area containing at least one county which is self-contained with respect to the population’s provision of routine hospital care. Every county in the United States is assigned to an HSA, and each HSA must contain at least one hospital. Therefore, use of HSAs in the calculation of local hospital metrics allows for more accurate characterization of the relationship between health care utilization and health status at the local level.
• Data presented at the county-level represent admissions, hosp

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The Master Facility Inventory (MFI) data collection provides a comprehensive list of hospital facilities in the United States in 1976. The criteria for inclusion were that a facility provided medical, nursing, personal, or custodial care to groups of unrelated persons on an inpatient basis and was licensed or operated by federal or state agencies. The American Hospital Association conducted the survey, supplying the resulting data to the National Center for Health Statistics in order to update its Master Facility Inventory on the number and kinds of hosptals in the United States and the changes in the list since the last MFI survey. Information gathered is for the previous calendar year and includes facility identification information, ownership, number of full- and part-time staff, number of beds per unit, number of adult and pediatric inpatients, numbers in newborn nursery, outpatient utlilization (e.g., emergency care and clinics), major and minor surgical operations, hospital classification (e.g., government, non-government, investor-owned), and finances (e.g., total revenue, expenses, and assets) for 7,271 institutions.

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