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City guides · 100 cities in 41 states and territories

City guides: health care in the 100 U.S. cities with the most hospitals

One guide for each of the 100 U.S. cities with the most hospitals in Medicare (CMS) data (1,125 hospitals, 682 with emergency services): emergency care, walk-in care, pharmacies, low-cost care, the hospitals compared, specialists, long-term care, and the sources and dates behind every number. Cities are as CMS spells them; the data has no metro-area definition.

In depth: Greater Houston

Houston, TXHand-researched guide: 43 hospitals in the city with full profiles, care by specialty, quick guides and a county map of the Greater Houston area.

The 100 cities, most hospitals first

City guides: city, state, hospitals and hospitals with emergency services
#CityStateHospitalsWith emergency services
1 Chicago Illinois 35 29
2 San Antonio Texas 26 13
3 Oklahoma City Oklahoma 25 17
4 Phoenix Arizona 25 14
5 Dallas Texas 23 16
6 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 23 14
7 Las Vegas Nevada 23 9
8 Los Angeles California 22 14
9 Austin Texas 19 12
10 Indianapolis Indiana 19 9
11 Baltimore Maryland 17 13
12 Fort Worth Texas 17 11
13 Tulsa Oklahoma 17 8
14 Baton Rouge Louisiana 17 5
15 San Juan Puerto Rico 16 13
16 New York New York 16 9
17 Memphis Tennessee 16 8
18 Cincinnati Ohio 15 10
19 Jacksonville Florida 15 7
20 Tucson Arizona 14 9
21 El Paso Texas 14 8
22 Columbus Ohio 14 7
23 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 13 10
24 San Francisco California 13 10
25 Atlanta Georgia 13 9
26 Miami Florida 13 9
27 Omaha Nebraska 13 8
28 Saint Louis Missouri 13 8
29 Nashville Tennessee 13 7
30 Shreveport Louisiana 13 4
31 Birmingham Alabama 12 8
32 Boston Massachusetts 12 7
33 Sacramento California 12 7
34 Washington District of Columbia 12 7
35 Albuquerque New Mexico 12 6
36 Lafayette Louisiana 12 3
37 Brooklyn New York 11 10
38 Detroit Michigan 11 7
39 Plano Texas 11 7
40 San Diego California 11 7
41 Louisville Kentucky 11 6
42 Lubbock Texas 11 6
43 Arlington Texas 11 4
44 Kansas City Missouri 10 8
45 Seattle Washington 10 8
46 Little Rock Arkansas 10 7
47 Portland Oregon 10 7
48 Denver Colorado 10 6
49 New Orleans Louisiana 10 6
50 Wichita Kansas 10 4
51 Milwaukee Wisconsin 9 8
52 Cleveland Ohio 9 6
53 Honolulu Hawaii 9 6
54 Richmond Virginia 9 6
55 Tampa Florida 9 6
56 Jackson Mississippi 9 5
57 Lexington Kentucky 9 5
58 Orlando Florida 9 5
59 Overland Park Kansas 9 5
60 Mesa Arizona 9 4
61 Alexandria Louisiana 9 3
62 Colorado Springs Colorado 8 7
63 Charlotte North Carolina 8 6
64 Fort Wayne Indiana 8 6
65 Salt Lake City Utah 8 6
66 Columbia South Carolina 8 5
67 Bakersfield California 8 4
68 Dayton Ohio 8 4
69 Denton Texas 8 4
70 Knoxville Tennessee 8 4
71 Sioux Falls South Dakota 8 4
72 Boise Idaho 8 3
73 Chattanooga Tennessee 8 3
74 Scottsdale Arizona 8 3
75 Bronx New York 7 6
76 Mobile Alabama 7 6
77 Saint Petersburg Florida 7 6
78 Buffalo New York 7 5
79 Amarillo Texas 7 4
80 Augusta Georgia 7 4
81 Green Bay Wisconsin 7 4
82 Henderson Nevada 7 4
83 Madison Wisconsin 7 4
84 Savannah Georgia 7 4
85 Spokane Washington 7 4
86 Toledo Ohio 7 4
87 Corpus Christi Texas 7 3
88 Huntington West Virginia 7 3
89 Lincoln Nebraska 7 2
90 Providence Rhode Island 6 6
91 Bayamon Puerto Rico 6 5
92 Charleston South Carolina 6 5
93 Long Beach California 6 5
94 Rochester New York 6 5
95 Anchorage Alaska 6 4
96 Aurora Colorado 6 4
97 Fresno California 6 4
98 Frisco Texas 6 4
99 Round Rock Texas 6 4
100 Tyler Texas 6 4