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Health care in Columbus, OH: hospitals, ERs, clinics and pharmacies

Columbus, OH has 14 hospitals in Medicare (CMS) data; 7 list emergency services and 3 state a trauma center designation on their own website. Our data also lists 15 urgent care centers, 155 pharmacies, 40 community health center sites, 31 nursing homes, 10 hospice providers, 265 home health agencies, 19 dialysis facilities and 32 licensed assisted living homes in Columbus.

Built automatically from official data (Medicare, the NPI Registry, HRSA and state licence lists) and from what each hospital publishes on its own website; see Sources and dates. Services change: call before you go.

In a medical emergency, call 911. This guide says what the official data lists for the city on the dates shown; it is not medical advice and not a ranking.

Emergency care

7 of the 14 hospitals in Columbus list emergency services in Medicare's data; 1 of them state 24-hour emergency care on their own website, and 3 state a trauma center designation. The wording of each designation is quoted from the hospital’s website.

Walk-in care

15 urgent care centers in Columbus are registered in the federal NPI Registry. Urgent care centers treat illnesses and injuries that need care soon but are not emergencies, usually without an appointment. The registry does not record opening hours: call before you go.

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Pharmacies

155 pharmacies in Columbus are registered in the NPI Registry (Community/retail pharmacy: 105; Pharmacy: 38; Clinic pharmacy: 12). The registry does not record opening hours or 24-hour service: call the pharmacy. All pharmacies in Columbus →

Low-cost care

40 community health center sites in Columbus (Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), funded by HRSA: 32; FQHC Look-Alike (meets the same HRSA requirements, without HRSA grant funding): 6; Federally Qualified Health Center enrolled in Medicare (CMS): 2). Health centers in the federal Health Center Program (HRSA) must offer a sliding fee based on income and serve patients whether or not they have insurance. Weekly hours are as reported to HRSA.

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Hospitals compared

14 hospitals, highest Medicare rating first. Rating: CMS overall hospital star rating, 1 to 5 (5 of 14 rated). Beds: from the hospital's own website where our research has read it (6 of 14). Price list: the hospital's federal price-transparency file is on its page (6 of 14).

Hospitals in Columbus, OH: type, emergency services, Medicare rating, beds and price list
HospitalTypeEmergencyMedicare ratingBedsPrice list
Doctors Hospital · Full profile Acute Care Hospital ER 4 of 5 stars — Yes
Riverside Methodist Hospital · Full profile Acute Care Hospital ER 4 of 5 stars 1,059 Yes
Ohio State University State Health System · Full profile Acute Care Hospital ER 3 of 5 stars — —
Grant Medical Center · Full profile Acute Care Hospital ER 2 of 5 stars — Yes
Mount Carmel East & West · Full profile Acute Care Hospital ER 2 of 5 stars 400 Yes
Mount Carmel Behavioral Health · Full profile Psychiatric Hospital Not listed Not rated 80 —
Nationwide Children's Hospital · Full profile Children's Hospital ER Not rated — Yes
Ohio Hospital for Psychiatry · Full profile Psychiatric Hospital Not listed Not rated — —
OhioHealth Rehabilitation Hospital · Full profile Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital Not listed Not rated 74 —
River Vista Health and Wellness LLC Psychiatric Hospital Not listed Not rated — Yes
Select Specialty Hospital Columbus · Full profile Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Not listed Not rated 43 —
Select Specialty Hospital-Columbus, Inc · Full profile Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Not listed Not rated 162 —
Sun Behavioral Columbus · Full profile Psychiatric Hospital Not listed Not rated — —
Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare · Full profile Psychiatric Hospital ER Not rated — —

Specialists

Clinicians affiliated with these 14 hospitals, by specialty, from Medicare's clinician data; the number counts clinicians whose primary specialty belongs to that page.

Specialties the hospitals list on their own websites

The number is how many hospitals here list it on their own website (hospitals with a reviewed website profile only).

Long-term care

Medicare-certified providers in Columbus, with Medicare star ratings where published, and the state’s licensed assisted living homes.

Nursing homes in Columbus with the highest Medicare overall rating

Sources and dates

This guide is generated from the data files above for the 100 U.S. cities with the most hospitals in Medicare's data (cities as CMS spells them; the data has no metro-area definition). Wording last revised November 8, 2026. Not medical advice.

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