Though dozens of rural hospitals in Texas have closed since 2010, hospitals in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area have been making significant profits, according to The Dallas Morning News.
Hospitals in the Dallas-Fort Worth area experienced 12.7 percent profit margins in 2017, with HCA Medical City Dallas experiencing a 36.6 percent profit margin and HCA Medical City Plano (Texas) experiencing a 25.8 percent profit margin in 2017.
Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas had a 18.6 percent profit margin in 2017, while Fort Worth-based Cook Children's Hospital had a 15.4 percent profit margin.
Hospitals in the Austin, Texas, area had a 13 percent profit margin in 2017, while those in San Antonio had a 9.5 percent profit margin, and Houston's hospitals had an 8.4 percent profit margin.