Updated October 2026

Acute care hospitals in Tennessee

Hospital directory
Tennessee
Acute care

Acute care hospitals: 78
Staffed beds: 15,692
Teaching hospitals: 23
Outpatient sites: 400
Affiliated HCPs: 27,491

There are 78 acute care hospitals in Tennessee, across 61 cities. Methodist University Hospital in Memphis is the largest, with 1,238 staffed beds, followed by Vanderbilt University Medical Center with 1,129. HCA Healthcare runs the most Tennessee acute care hospitals, 9.

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Methodist University Hospital is the largest acute care hospital in Tennessee, with 1,238 beds

Ranked by staffed beds in each hospital's latest CMS cost report. Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville is second with 1,129 beds, and Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis in Memphis is third with 804. Three of the 10 largest are in Nashville.

Largest acute care hospitals in Tennessee by staffed beds
#	Hospital	Health system	Staffed beds	HCPs
1	Methodist University HospitalMemphis	Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare	1,238	1,831
2	Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	1,129	4,478
3	Baptist Memorial Hospital-MemphisMemphis	Baptist Memorial Health Care	804	1,528
4	Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital WestNashville	Ascension	704	1,402
5	The University of Tennessee Medical CenterKnoxville	Ut Medical	698	1,673
6	Erlanger Baroness HospitalChattanooga	Erlanger Health	662	1,604
7	TriStar Centennial Medical CenterNashville	HCA Healthcare	642	1,324
8	West Tennessee Healthcare Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson	West Tennessee Healthcare	588	1,374
9	Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City	Ballad Health	569	1,167
10	CommonSpirit - Memorial Hospital - ChattanoogaChattanooga	CommonSpirit Health	431	1,311

Top 10 of 77 Tennessee acute care hospitals that report beds

Sources: Hospital Provider Cost Report (CMS) and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

There are 78 acute care hospitals in Tennessee, across 61 cities

A hospital that treats patients for a short stay after a sudden illness, injury or surgery, usually with an emergency department. Tennessee has 78, A to Z below. Open a profile for beds, affiliated HCPs, the org hierarchy and the leadership team.

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Tennessee acute care hospitals, A to Z
Hospital	Health system	Beds	HCPs	Contacts
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalbSmithville	Ascension	18	106	Contacts
Ascension Saint Thomas HighlandsSparta	Ascension	14	140	Contacts
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty SurgeryNashville	Ascension	23	152	Contacts
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital WestNashville	Ascension	704	1,402	Contacts
Ascension Saint Thomas River ParkMcminnville	Ascension	45	298	Contacts
Ascension Saint Thomas RutherfordMurfreesboro	Ascension	408	661	Contacts
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Stones RiverWoodbury	Ascension	19	33	Contacts
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll CountyHuntingdon	Baptist Memorial Health Care	36	203	Contacts
Baptist Memorial Hospital-MemphisMemphis	Baptist Memorial Health Care	804	1,528	Contacts
Baptist Memorial Hospital-TiptonCovington	Baptist Memorial Health Care	31	413	Contacts
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union CityUnion City	Baptist Memorial Health Care	40	402	Contacts
Bradley Medical CenterCleveland	Hamilton Health Care System	178	373	Contacts
Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol	Ballad Health	244	951	Contacts
CommonSpirit - Memorial Hospital - ChattanoogaChattanooga	CommonSpirit Health	431	1,311	Contacts
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville	The City of Cookeville	224	857	Contacts
Covenant Health ClaiborneTazewell	Covenant Health	26	135	Contacts
Covenant Health Fort LoudounLenoir City	Covenant Health	40	495	Contacts
Covenant Health LeConteSevierville	Covenant Health	60	468	Contacts
Covenant Health Morristown-HamblenMorristown	Covenant Health	100	449	Contacts
Covenant Health ParkwestKnoxville	Covenant Health	357	1,161	Contacts
Covenant Health RoaneHarriman	Covenant Health	52	323	Contacts
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville	Covenant Health	82	436	Contacts
Delta Specialty HospitalMemphis	Acadia Healthcare	69	4	Contacts
Erlanger Baroness HospitalChattanooga	Erlanger Health	662	1,604	Contacts
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville	Covenant Health	304	848	Contacts
Franklin Woods Community HospitalJohnson City	Ballad Health	80	529	Contacts
Greeneville Community HospitalGreeneville	Ballad Health	70	414	Contacts
Hardin Medical CenterSavannah	Hardin County Government	49	245	Contacts
Hawkins County Memorial HospitalRogersville	Ballad Health	5	144	Contacts
Haywood County Community HospitalBrownsville	Braden Health	9	62	Contacts
Henderson County Community HospitalLexington	Braden Health	36	98	Contacts
Highpoint Health - Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomasGallatin	Lifepoint Health	138	416	Contacts
Highpoint Health - Winchester with Ascension Saint ThomasWinchester	Lifepoint Health	128	259	Contacts
Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport	Ballad Health	303	1,048	Contacts
Indian Path Community HospitalKingsport	Ballad Health	34	438	Contacts
Jefferson Memorial HospitalJefferson City	Community Health Systems	56	262	Contacts
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City	Ballad Health	569	1,167	Contacts
Lincoln Medical CenterFayetteville	Huntsville Hospital Health System	47	208	Contacts
Livingston Regional HospitalLivingston	Lifepoint Health	88	134	Contacts
Maury Regional Medical CenterColumbia	Maury County	244	642	Contacts
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge	Covenant Health	156	633	Contacts
Methodist University HospitalMemphis	Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare	1,238	1,831	Contacts
Nashville General HospitalNashville	Nashville General Hospital	99	292	Contacts
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga	HCA Healthcare	412	588	Contacts
Prisma Health Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville	Prisma Health	150	848	Contacts
Regional Medical CenterMemphis	Shelby County Government	291	613	Contacts
Saint Francis Hospital-BartlettBartlett	Tenet Healthcare	196	328	Contacts
Saint Francis Hospital-MemphisMemphis	Tenet Healthcare	340	492	Contacts
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System - LawrenceburgLawrenceburg	Lifepoint Health	89	241	Contacts
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System PulaskiPulaski	Lifepoint Health	81	153	Contacts

Showing 1 to 10 of 78 acute care hospitals in Tennessee

Sources: Provider of Services File (CMS) and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

HCA Healthcare and Covenant Health run the most Tennessee acute care hospitals, with 9 each

Dmand AI maps every hospital to its parent organization, up to the health system. 13 health systems and parent organizations run two or more Tennessee acute care hospitals. HCPs are counted at each hospital, so a clinician at two hospitals counts twice.

Health systems with the most Tennessee acute care hospitals
#	Health system	Tennessee acute care	Staffed beds	HCPs
1	HCA HealthcareHealth system	9	2,086	4,881
2	Covenant HealthHealth system	9	1,177	4,948
3	AscensionHealth system	8	1,568	3,468
4	Ballad HealthHealth system	8	1,364	5,024
5	Lifepoint HealthHealth system	6	696	1,578
6	Vanderbilt University Medical CenterAcademic health system	5	1,619	6,456
7	West Tennessee HealthcareHealth system	5	764	2,458
8	Baptist Memorial Health CareHealth system	4	911	2,546
9	Tenet HealthcareHealth system	2	536	820
10	Tennova HealthcareHealth system	2	341	975

Top 10 of 13 systems and parent organizations with two or more Tennessee acute care hospitals

HCA HealthcareHealth system · 9 Tennessee acute care hospitals
TriStar Centennial Medical CenterAcute care hospital · Nashville
Parkridge Medical CenterAcute care hospital · Chattanooga
TriStar Skyline Medical CenterAcute care hospital · Nashville
TriStar Summit Medical CenterAcute care hospital · Hermitage
5 more acute care hospitals and 30 outpatient sites

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37 of the 78 Tennessee acute care hospitals are nonprofit, according to CMS

28 are for-profit and 13 are run by a government. 23 are teaching hospitals, 74 have an emergency department and 11 are trauma centers.

Nonprofit37

Government13

For-profit28

Teaching hospitals23

Emergency departments74

Trauma centers11

Sources: Provider of Services File (CMS) and Hospital Provider Cost Report (CMS)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has the most affiliated doctors of any Tennessee acute care hospital, with 2,494

Across all 78 Tennessee acute care hospitals, 27,491 HCPs have a current affiliation, 14,576 of them physicians. Each clinician is counted once. Methodist University Hospital is second with 1,203 affiliated physicians.

HCPs at Tennessee acute care hospitals by type

Physicians (MD, DO)14,57653%
Nurses and nurse practitioners9,18033%
Physician assistants2,1418%
Behavioral health clinicians3401%
Other HCPs1,2545%

Largest physician specialties at Tennessee acute care hospitals

Internal medicine2,089
Family medicine1,776
Emergency medicine1,151
Diagnostic radiology908
Anesthesiology654
Obstetrics and gynecology527
Surgery458
Hospitalist430

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Nashville has the most acute care hospitals in Tennessee, with 7

7acute care hospitals in Nashville 5acute care hospitals in Memphis 3acute care hospitals in Chattanooga 3acute care hospitals in Knoxville 2acute care hospitals in Johnson City 2acute care hospitals in Kingsport

More Tennessee cities with two or more acute care hospitals

Murfreesboro2

61 Tennessee cities have at least one acute care hospital. City pages list every hospital type.

Source: Provider of Services File (CMS)

Each Tennessee acute care hospital profile shows beds, the org hierarchy, HCPs and leaders

Beds, discharges and revenueStaffed beds, inpatient discharges and net patient revenue from CMS cost reportsOn every profile
Health system and sister hospitalsThe parent system and a sample of its other hospitalsOn every profile
Affiliated HCPsA count by specialty and a sample of the physicians who practice thereOn every profile
Size ranksRank by beds, discharges and revenue in the state and the USOn every profile
Every outpatient site and unitThe full org tree below the hospital, site by siteWith a free account
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Sources: Hospital Provider Cost Report (CMS), Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Sources for the Tennessee acute care hospital directory

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this page	Source
Hospitals, types and services	Provider of Services File (CMS)
Beds, discharges and revenue	Hospital Provider Cost Report (CMS)
Health systems and outpatient sites	Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Affiliated HCPs	Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Executives and department leaders	Dmand AI Executive Data

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The directory counts hospitals with a CMS certification number (CCN) that CMS classifies as acute care hospitals. Beds come from each hospital's latest cost report.

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How many acute care hospitals are in Tennessee?

There are 78 acute care hospitals in Tennessee, in 61 cities, with 15,692 staffed beds between them.

What is an acute care hospital?

A hospital that treats patients for a short stay after a sudden illness, injury or surgery, usually with an emergency department. CMS calls them short-term acute care hospitals; critical access, psychiatric, rehabilitation and long-term care hospitals are separate types.

What is the largest acute care hospital in Tennessee?

Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, with 1,238 staffed beds in its latest CMS cost report. Vanderbilt University Medical Center is second with 1,129, and Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis is third with 804.

Which health system has the most acute care hospitals in Tennessee?

HCA Healthcare, with 9 acute care hospitals, followed by Covenant Health with 9 and Ascension with 8.

How many Tennessee acute care hospitals are nonprofit?

37 of 78, according to CMS ownership records. 28 are for-profit and 13 are government hospitals.

How do I find a hospital's CCN or NPI?

Each Tennessee hospital profile lists its CMS certification number (CCN) and NPI at the top, next to the address and main phone number.

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