for-profit hospitals listed, using CMS data published July 2026.
For-profit hospitals are privately owned to make a profit. CMS records two such ownership types: "Proprietary" (investor-owned companies and other private owners) and "Physician" (owned by physicians); both are listed here. Nonprofit hospitals are run by charitable organizations, and government hospitals by a city, county, state or hospital district. Ownership type isn't a measure of quality, so compare each hospital's own Medicare results.
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Select a state to see every facility and how it compares. States with fewer than 3 have no page of their own, so their hospitals are listed here.
About for-profit hospitals
What is a for-profit hospital?
For-profit hospitals are privately owned to make a profit. CMS records two such ownership types: "Proprietary" (investor-owned companies and other private owners) and "Physician" (owned by physicians); both are listed here. Nonprofit hospitals are run by charitable organizations, and government hospitals by a city, county, state or hospital district. Ownership type isn't a measure of quality, so compare each hospital's own Medicare results.
How many for-profit hospitals are there?
We list 1,253 for-profit hospitals that report to Medicare (CMS), in 49 states; Texas has the most (222). States with fewer than 3 are listed on this page, with a link to each hospital, rather than on a page of their own.
Ownership type from the CMS Hospital General Information dataset. About the data.