15 Leading For-Profit Hospital Chains

Here are the 15 leading acute-care, for-profit hospital companies operating in the United States. Note: Companies are listed in order of the number of hospitals, according to the company’s website.

Healthcare Corp. of America (Nashville, Tenn.)
Number of hospitals: 163
CEO: Richard Bracken
2009 revenue: $30.05 billion

Community Health Systems (Brentwood, Tenn.)
Number of hospitals: 123
CEO: Wayne Smith
2009 revenue: $12.1 billion

Health Management Associates (Naples, Fla.)
Number of hospitals: 54
CEO: Greg Newsome
2009 revenue: $4.6 billion

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (Dallas)
Number of hospitals: 51
CEO: Trevor Fetter
2009 revenue: $9.0 billion

LifePoint Hospitals (Brentwood, Tenn.)
Number of hospitals: 48
CEO: William Carpenter III
2009 revenue: $3.0 billion

Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.)
Number of hospitals: 22
CEO: Marc D. Miller
2009 revenue: $5.2 billion

IASIS Healthcare (Franklin, Tenn.) Number of hospitals: 15
CEO: David Whilte
2009 revenue: $2.4 billion

Vanguard Health System (Nashville, Tenn.)
Number of hospitals: 15
CEO: Charles Martin, Jr.
2009 revenue: $3.2 billion

National Surgical Hospitals (Chicago)
Number of hospitals: 14
CEO: John Rex-Waller
2009 revenue: Not available

Capella Healthcare (Brentwood, Tenn.)
Number of hospitals: 13
CEO: Daniel Slipkovich
2009 revenue: Not available

Prime Healthcare Services (Inglewood, Calif.)
Number of hospitals: 13
CEO: Lex Reddy
2009 revenue: Not available

MedCath (Charlotte, N.C.)
Number of hospitals: 10
CEO: O. Edwin French
2009 revenue: $602.0 million

Ardent Health Services (Nashville, Tenn.)
Number of hospitals: 7
CEO: David Vandewater
2009 revenue: $1.8 billion

Foundation Surgical Hospital Affiliates (Oklahoma City)
Number of hospitals: 2
CEO: Thomas A. Michaud
2009 revenue: Not available

LHP Hospital Group (Plano, Texas)
Number of hospitals: 2
CEO: Dan Moen
2009 revenue: Not available n