Hospitals with the most employees are more concentrated in certain regions of the United States than others.
For instance, the western region of the United States only has four hospitals in the top 50 hospitals with the most employees, and all four are in California.
Becker's Hospital Review previously listed the 50 Hospitals With the Most Employees. The list was based on CMS data analyzed by the American Hospital Directory, pulled in August 2013.
This is a regional breakdown of those hospitals, using the four regions designated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Midwest (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin)
1. Cleveland Clinic — 20,520
2. University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers (Ann Arbor) — 14,447
3. Aurora Sinai Medical Center/Aurora Saint Luke's Medical Center (Milwaukee) — 12,747
This facility operates in a consolidated fashion with Aurora Saint Luke's Medical Center.
4. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center — 10,974
Data for this facility includes information for Convalescent Hospital for Children.
5. Henry Ford Hospital (Detroit) — 10,173
6. Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital (Indianapolis) — 9,666
Data for this facility includes information for IU Health Indiana University Hospital and Riley Hospital for Children.
7. Barnes-Jewish Hospital (St. Louis) — 8,299
8. Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak (Mich.) — 7,812
9. Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital (Grand Rapids, Mich.) — 7,768
Data for this facility includes information for Blodgett Hospital and the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital.
10. Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus, Ohio) — 7,391
Data for this facility includes information for Ohio State's Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital, Ohio State University Harding Hospital and Ohio State University Hospital East.
11. Rush University Medical Center (Chicago) — 7,330
12. University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (Iowa City) — 7,226
13. University Hospitals Case Medical Center (Cleveland) — 6,915
Data for this facility includes information for MacDonald Women's Hospital.
Northeast (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont)
1. New York-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City) — 19,420
2. Montefiore Medical Center – Moses Division Hospital (Bronx, N.Y.) — 15,036
Data for this facility includes information for The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, the Montefiore Medical Center – Weiler Division Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center - North Division Hospital.
3. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston) — 11,408
4. Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston) — 9,833
5. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York City) — 9,488
6. UPMC Presbyterian (Pittsburgh) — 8,887
Data for this facility includes information for University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Shadyside and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Montefiore.
7. The Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York City) — 8,554
Data for this facility includes information for The Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens.
8. North Shore University Hospital (Manhasset, N.Y.) — 8,096
Data for this facility includes information for Syosset Hospital.
9. Buffalo (N.Y.) General Hospital — 7,647
Data for this facility includes information for DeGraff Memorial Hospital, Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, and the Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo.
10. New York University Langone Medical Center (New York City) — 7,567
Data reported includes information for The Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine.
11. Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Hospital — 7,442
Data for this facility includes information for Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital.
12. Beth Israel Medical Center (New York City) — 7,429
Data for this facility includes information for Beth Israel Medical Center – Kings Highway Division.
13. Long Island Jewish Medical Center (New Hyde Park, N.Y.) — 7,298
Data for this facility includes information for The Zucker Hillside Hospital and Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York.
14. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston) — 7,229
15. Strong Memorial Hospital (Rochester, N.Y.) — 7,184
16. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (Philadelphia) — 6,901
Data for this facility includes information for Methodist Hospital.
South (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia)
1. University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston) — 18,482
2. Florida Hospital Orlando — 14,320
Data for this facility includes information for Florida Hospital Altamonte, Florida Hospital Apopka, Florida Hospital Celebration Health, Florida Hospital East Orlando, Florida Hospital Kissimmee and Winter Park Memorial Hospital.
3.Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, Tenn.) — 12,694
Data for this facility includes information for both the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and the Psychiatric Hospital at Vanderbilt.
4. Orlando (Fla.) Regional Medical Center — 10,862
Data for this facility includes information for the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, the Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, Lucerne Hospital, South Seminole Hospital and Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies.
5. Christiana Hospital (Newark, Del.) — 8, 835
Data for this facility includes information for Wilmington Hospital.
6. Jackson Memorial Hospital (Miami) — 8,632
Data reported for this facility includes information for the Jackson Rehabilitation Hospital, Jackson South Community Hospital, Jackson North Medical Center and Holtz Children's Hospital.
7. The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore) — 8,560
8. Parkland Hospital (Dallas) — 8,500
9. Carolinas Medical Center (Charlotte, N.C.). — 8,141
10. Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (Winston-Salem, N.C.) — 7,518
This facility contains information for Brenner Children's Hospital.
11. University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore) — 7,346
12. University of North Carolina Hospitals (Chapel Hill) — 7,222
North Carolina Memorial, Children's and Women's Hospitals operate on this campus.
13. Duke University Hospital (Durham, N.C.) — 7,218
This campus contains Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center.
14. Methodist University Hospital (Memphis, Tenn.) — 7,115
Data for this facility includes information for Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, Methodist le Bonheur Germantown Hospital, Methodist North Hospital, and Methodist South Hospital.
15. UAB Hospital (Birmingham, Ala.) — 7,053
16. Ben Taub General Hospital (Houston) — 6,994
Data for this facility includes information for two other Harris County Hospital District entities: the Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital and the Quentin Mease Community Hospital.
17. Texas Children's Hospital (Houston) — 6,679
West (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming)
1. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 10,397
2. University of California Davis Medical Center — 6,998
3. University of California San Francisco Medical Center — 6,804
Data for this facility includes information for the University of California Medical Center at Mount Zion and the University of California Medical Center at Parnassus.
4. Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 6,751