100 Largest US HMOs
| 1 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan/Northern California 2,722,738 2 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan/Southern California 2,591,555 3 PacifiCare of California California 2,260,334 4 Health Net California 1,378,330 5 Oxford Health Plans of New York New York 1,323,100 6 Keystone Blue Health Plan Pennsylvania 1,308,935 7 CaliforniaCare California 1,297,289 8 Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Massachusetts 1,110,772 9 HMO Blue Massachusetts 938,760 10 U.S. Health Care Systems of Pennsylvania 837,295 11 Foundation Health, a California Health Plan California 809,824 12 HIP Health Plan of New York New York 771,277 13 Aetna U.S. Healthcare New Jersey 767,729 14 Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound Washington 756,233 15 Keystone Health Plan East Pennsylvania 741,637 16 Humana Health Plan Kentucky 698,903 17 United HealthCare of Illinois Illinois 690,640 18 Medica Health Plans Minnesota 690,419 19 Health Options Florida 666,157 20 U.S. Healthcare New York 647,080 21 Blue Choice (Finger Lakes Insurance Co.) New York 566,916 22 HMO Illinois Illinois 561,967 23 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States D.C. 529,193 24 Humana Medical Plan Florida 518,985 25 HealthPartners Minnesota 517,643 26 Tufts Health Plan Massachusetts 495,715 27 Kaiser Permanente Northeast Division New York 486,729 28 Regence HMO Oregon/Health Maintenance of Oregon 456,347 29 Health Alliance Plan of Michigan Michigan 455,949 30 Aetna Health Plans of California California 452,588 31 Blue Shield of California Access & HMO California 435,944 32 CIGNA HealthCare of California/Southern California 433,836 33 NYLCare Health Plans of the Mid-Atlantic Maryland 433,631 34 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest Oregon 416,479 35 PacifiCare of Colorado Colorado 415,166 36 Physicians Health Services Connecticut 410,775 37 NYLCare Health Plans of the Gulf Coast Texas 409,462 38 CIGNA HealthCare of Florida Florida 402,620 39 Independent Health New York 398,181 40 Triple-S Puerto Rico 378,137 41 United HealthCare of Florida Florida 365,124 42 Optimum Choice Maryland 342,013 43 Intergroup of Arizona Arizona 337,450 44 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado Colorado 337,376 45 AvMed Health Plan Florida 331,131 46 Blue Care Network of Southeast Michigan Michigan 319,176 47 The Free State Health Plan Maryland 301,883 48 PCA Health Plans of Texas Texas 295,587 49 Harris Methodist Texas Health Plan Texas 295,547 50 HMO Blue New Jersey 293,023 | 51 MVP Health Plan New York 292,289 52 United HealthCare of Ohio Ohio 288,522 53 BlueChoice HMO New York 275,316 54 Prudential Health Care Plan of California California 269,968 55 Tennessee Managed Care Network Tennessee 269,095 56 CareAmerica Health Plans California 263,114 57 Oxford Health Plans of New Jersey New Jersey 246,800 58 Maxicare California California 245,278 59 United HealthCare of Wisconsin Wisconsin 238,256 60 SelectMed Utah 237,509 61 Community Blue, HMO of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Western NY 231,912 62 Health Maintenance Plan Ohio 227,362 63 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia Georgia 227,258 64 GHP, a Coventry Health Plan Missouri 225,507 65 Prudential HealthCare HMO/Mid-Atlantic Maryland 224,950 66 Healthsource North Carolina North Carolina 224,748 67 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of N.C. Personal Care Plan NC 221,513 68 PacifiCare of Arizona Arizona 216,136 69 Lifeguard California 215,518 70 PCA Family Health Plan Florida 213,704 71 Heritage National Healthplan Illinois 211,070 72 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan/Hawaii Region Hawaii 208,170 73 PacifiCare of Texas Texas 206,474 74 PacifiCare of Utah Utah 205,256 75 OPTIMA Health Plan Virginia 205,186 76 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Ohio Ohio 204,726 77 United HealthCare of Alabama Alabama 203,753 78 Capital District Physicians Health Plan New York 202,997 79 United HealthCare of the Midwest Missouri 201,809 80 PacifiCare of Oregon Oregon 199,945 81 HIP Health Plan of New Jersey New Jersey 196,721 82 ChoiceCare Corp. Ohio 196,157 83 First Option Health Plan of New Jersey New Jersey 195,129 84 The Health Care Plan New York 193,708 85 Prudential HealthCare HMO/Houston Texas 192,664 86 BlueCross BlueShield of Arizona Arizona 190,583 87 Rush Prudential HMO Illinois 190,396 88 Fallon Community Health Plan Massachusetts 187,785 89 Providence Health Plans Oregon 186,579 90 Care Choices HMO Michigan 186,386 91 Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Connecticut 185,887 92 Group Health Northwest Washington 185,127 93 United HealthCare of the Midwest Missouri 183,790 94 Maxicare Indiana Indiana 182,234 95 United HealthCare of Georgia Georgia 180,341 96 Penn State Geisinger Health Plan Pennsylvania 180,053 97 United HealthCare of Louisiana Louisiana 179,816 98 HealthAmerica of Pennsylvania/Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 178,575 99 IHC Care Utah 177,151 100 M.D. Health Plan Connecticut 175,021 |
HMO penetration tops 70% in largest HMO markets 1999
Commercial HMOs held monopolies in more than a dozen smaller markets, the largest of which is Brownsville, Texas.
Ranking the Nation’s 25 Largest Healthcare Systems by Employees 2010
| Healthcare System | employees | hospitals | future |
| 1. U.S. Veterans Affairs Dept | 207028 | 163 | |
| 2. HCA Inc. | 107157 | 156 | |
| 3. Ascension Health | 77251 | 78 | |
| 4. Community Health Systems | 54400 | 125 | |
| 5. NY Presbyterian Healthcare System | 55048 | 26 | |
| 6. Catholic Healthcare West | 40566 | 39 | |
| 7. Tenet Healthcare Corp. | 35422 | 52 | |
| 8. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals | 34172 | 35 | |
| 9. New York City Health and Hosp Corp. | 33265 | 13 | |
| 10. Partners HealthCare System | 32045 | 12 | |
| 11. Trinity Health | 31567 | 24 | |
| 12. Catholic Health Initiatives | 29123 | 53 | |
| 13. Cleveland Clinic | 27914 | 12 | |
| 14. Providence Health & Services | 26809 | 26 | |
| 15. Adventist Health System | 26504 | 30 | |
| 16. Universal Health Services | 26339 | 68 | |
| 17. University of California | 25947 | 9 | |
| 18. North Shore-Long Island Jewish Hlth Sys | 24966 | 12 | |
| 19. Health Management Associates | 24904 | 59 | |
| 20. Catholic Health East | 24113 | 24 | |
| 21. Sutter Health | 23282 | 35 | |
| 22. University of Texas System | 22732 | 5 | |
| 23. Catholic Healthcare Partners | 21403 | 32 | |
| 24. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | 20920 | 16 | |
| 25. Banner Health | 19791 | 23 |
The original article has URLs for each: Includes for profit, non-profit, and HMO, 13 of the 25 are religiously sponsored
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- 50 Largest non-profit hopsitals by number of beds
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Top grossing non-profit hospitals
1. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian — $10.19 billion
2. The Cleveland Clinic — $9.86 billion
3. New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center (New York City) — $8.06 billion
4. Florida Hospital Orlando — $8.01 billion
5. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) — $7.99 billion
6. Stanford (Calif.) Hospital — $6.71 billion
7. Montefiore Medical Center – Moses Division Hospital (Bronx, N.Y.)— $6.49 billion
8. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) — $5.98 billion
9. Temple University Hospital (Philadelphia) — $5.9 billion
10. Orlando Regional Medical Center — $5.71 billion
11. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston) — $5.64 billion
12. Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center — $4.83 billion
13. Crozer-Chester Medical Center (Upland, Pa.) — $4.81 billion
14. Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital (Indianapolis) — $4.75 billion
15. Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston) — $4.58 billion
16. Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, Tenn.) — $4.52 billion
17. New York University Langone Medical Center (New York City) — $4.21 billion
18. Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital — $4.16 billion
19. Norton Hospital (Louisville, Ky.) — $4.15 billion
20. Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago) — $4.15 billion
21. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (Philadelphia) — $4.12 billion
22. North Shore University Hospital (Manhasset, N.Y.) — $4.09 billion
23. The Methodist Hospital (Houston) — $4.04 billion
24. Loma Linda (Calif.) University Medical Center — $3.95 billion
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