List of children's hospitals in the United States

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A children's hospital is a medical facility that offers its services exclusively to children and adolescents. Most children's hospitals can serve children from birth up to the age of 21. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties.

Children's hospitals are characterized by greater attention to the psychosocial support of children and their families. Some children and young people have to spend relatively long periods in the hospital, so having access to play and teaching staff can also be an important part of their care. With local partnerships, this can include trips to local botanical gardens, the zoo, and public libraries, for instance.

In addition to psychosocial support, children's hospitals have the benefit of being staffed by professionals who are trained in treating children. A medical doctor who undertakes vocational training in pediatrics must also be accepted for membership by a professional college before they can practice pediatrics. While many general hospitals can treat children adequately, pediatric specialists may be a better choice when it comes to treating rare afflictions that may prove fatal or severely detrimental to young children, in some cases before birth. Also, many children's hospitals will continue to see children with rare illnesses into adulthood, allowing for continuity of care.

Notable children's hospitals

HospitalCityStateBeds [1] Pediatric trauma level NICU level [2] # of specialties nationally ranked per US News & World Report [3] Picture
Children's of Alabama Birmingham Alabama 341Level I Pediatric [4] 49 Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children.jpg
Huntsville Hospital for Women and Children Huntsville Alabama51k
USA Children's and Women's Hospital Mobile Alabama1383
The Children's Hospital at Providence Anchorage Alaska 114Level II Pediatric3
Arkansas Children's Hospital Little Rock Arkansas 336Level I Pediatric44 ArkansasChildrensHospitalFront.jpg
Banner Children's at Desert Mesa Arizona 1623
Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix Arizona 457Level I Pediatric410 Phoenix Children's Hospital.jpg
Children's Center at Sutter Medical Center Sacramento California 1213
Children's Hospital Los Angeles Los Angeles California401Level I Pediatric410 Childrenshospitallosangeles.jpg
Children's Hospital of Orange County Mission Viejo California316Level II Pediatric37
Lauren Small Children's Center at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield California74Level I Pediatric3
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital Loma Linda California325Level I Pediatric41 Lomalindauniversitychildren's.jpg
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto California361Level I Pediatric410
Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA Los Angeles California156Level I Pediatric36 Mattel UCLA Hospital.jpg
Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach California155Level II Pediatric31
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego California337Level I Pediatric410 Rady-children's-picture.jpg
Shriners Children's Northern California Sacramento California802
Shriners Children's Southern California Pasadena California
UC Davis Medical Center Sacramento California125Level I Pediatric44 UC Davis Medical Center.jpg
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco California189310 UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Mission Bay (July 2020) -2.jpg
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland Oakland California135Level I Pediatric410 UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland.jpg
Valley Children's Hospital Madera California358Level II Pediatric47 Valley-childrens-from-afar.jpg
Children's Hospital Colorado Aurora Colorado 434Level I Pediatric310 ChildrensHospital.jpg
Children's Hospital Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs Colorado 118Level I Pediatric Children's Hospital Colorado Colorado Springs.JPG
Memorial Hospital for Children Colorado Springs Colorado3
Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children Denver Colorado157Level IV Pediatric3
Connecticut Children's Medical Center Hartford Connecticut 185Level I Pediatric45
Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital New Haven Connecticut202Level I Pediatric46 Aerial closeup YNHH 2010.jpg
Children's National Hospital Washington District of Columbia 313Level I Pediatric410 CNMCentrance (cropped).jpg
Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children Wilmington Delaware 208Level I Pediatric44 NemoursAlfredduPontHospitalforChildren2016.jpg
AdventHealth For Children Orlando Florida 19831
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children OrlandoFlorida210Level I Pediatric35
Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida Fort Myers Florida1283
Holtz Children's Hospital Miami Florida21731
Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Hollywood Florida215Level II Pediatric32
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital St. Petersburg Florida259Level II Pediatric48 JHACH Exterior Night.jpg
Nemours Children's Hospital Orlando Florida92 Nemours-childrens-hospital-florida.jpg
Nicklaus Children's Hospital Miami Florida281Level I Pediatric35
Palm Beach Children's Hospital West Palm Beach Florida1343
Salah Foundation Children's Hospital Fort Lauderdale Florida1353
Shriners Children's Florida Tampa Florida
St. Joseph's Children's Hospital Tampa Florida2183
Studer Family Children's Hospital Pensacola Florida1063
UF Health Shands Children's Hospital Gainesville Florida20848 Shands Childrens and Cancer Hospitals at Sunset.jpg
Wolfson Children's Hospital Jacksonville Florida272Level I Pediatric43
Wolfson Children's Hospital 2022.jpg
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta Georgia 614Level I Pediatric410 Henrietta Egleston Hospital for Children.JPG
The Children's Hospital at The Medical Center of Central Georgia Macon Georgia733
Dwaine & Cynthia Willett Children's Hospital of Savannah Savannah Georgia3
Children's Hospital of Georgia Augusta Georgia117Level II Pediatric3
Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children Honolulu Hawaii 1443
Shriners Children's Hawaii HonoluluHawaii24
St. Luke's Children's HospitalBoiseIdaho1134
Advocate Children's Hospital Oak Lawn and Park Ridge Illinois 25031 Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.jpg
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Chicago Illinois360Level I Pediatric [5] 310 Ann ^ Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital - panoramio.jpg
The Children's Hospital of Illinois Peoria Illinois144Level I Pediatric [5] 31
La Rabida Children's Hospital ChicagoIllinois30
Rush University Children's Hospital ChicagoIllinois1153 RUMC - new tower.jpg
St. John's Children's Hospital Springfield Illinois78Level II Pediatric3
Shriners Children's Chicago ChicagoIllinois60
University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital ChicagoIllinois161Level I Pediatric [5] 42 Kiar 04-25-05 9027RT.jpg
Beacon Children's Hospital South Bend Indiana853
Riley Hospital for Children Indianapolis Indiana354Level I Pediatric49 Riley Hospital for Children.jpg
Peyton Manning Children's Hospital IndianapolisIndianaLevel I Pediatric4
Blank Children's Hospital Des Moines Iowa 1083
MercyOne Children's Hospital Des Moines Iowa91Level II Pediatric4
University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital Iowa City Iowa187Level I Pediatric45
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park Kansas 3
Norton Children's Hospital Louisville Kentucky 300Level I Pediatric42 Norton Children's Hospital Exterior.jpg
Shriners Children's Lexington Lexington Kentucky501
University of Kentucky Children's Hospital LexingtonKentucky157Level I Pediatric32
Manning Family Children's Hospital New Orleans Louisiana 2634
Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital Baton Rouge Louisiana90
Ochsner Hospital for Children New OrleansLouisiana11341
Shriners Children's Shreveport Shreveport Louisiana45
Barbara Bush Children's Hospital Portland Maine 924
The Herman & Walter Samuelson Children's Hospital at Sinai Baltimore Maryland 223
Johns Hopkins Children's Center BaltimoreMaryland196Level I Pediatric410 Johns-hopkins-hospital.jpg
Kennedy Krieger Institute BaltimoreMaryland
Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital BaltimoreMaryland67
University of Maryland Children's Hospital BaltimoreMaryland11741 UMMC.jpg
Baystate Children's Hospital Springfield Massachusetts Level II Pediatric3
Baystate Children's Hospital.jpg
Boston Children's Hospital Boston Massachusetts475Level I Pediatric410 Tch-boston.jpg
Floating Hospital for Children BostonMassachusetts62Level I Pediatric3 Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center in Boston Massachusetts.jpg
Franciscan Hospital for Children BostonMassachusetts74
MassGeneral Hospital for Children BostonMassachusetts100Level I Pediatric35
North Shore Children's Hospital Salem Massachusetts2
Shriners Children's Boston BostonMassachusetts30
Shriners Children's New England SpringfieldMassachusetts40
UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center Worcester Massachusetts101Level I Pediatric3
Ascension St. John Children's Hospital Detroit Michigan 83Level II Pediatric3
Bronson Methodist Children's Health Kalamazoo Michigan
C.S. Mott Children's Hospital Ann Arbor Michigan244Level I Pediatric410 C.S. Mott Children's & Women's Hospital Ann Arbor Michigan 2.JPG
Children's Hospital of Michigan Detroit Michigan227Level I Pediatric46 Children's Hospital of Michigan EmergRoom.jpg
Helen DeVos Children's Hospital Grand Rapids Michigan241Level I Pediatric47 Medical Mile Station, Silver Line, Grand Rapids, Michigan.JPG
Hurley Children's Hospital Flint Michigan42Level II Pediatric3
Children's Minnesota St. Paul and
Minneapolis
Minnesota 384Level I Pediatric32
Essentia Health-St. Mary's Children's Hospital Duluth MinnesotaLevel II Pediatric3
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare St. PaulMinnesota60Level I Pediatric
Mayo Eugenio Litta Children's Hospital Rochester Minnesota148Level I Pediatric48
M Health Fairview Masonic Children's Hospital MinneapolisMinnesota212Level III Pediatric
Level IV Neonatal
43
The Children's Hospital at HCMC MinneapolisMinnesotaLevel I Pediatric3
Shriners Children's Twin Cities Woodbury Minnesota
Children's of Mississippi Jackson Mississippi 2564 Children's-of-Mississippi.jpg
Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital St. Louis Missouri 17646 Kid statues.jpg
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City Missouri364Level I Pediatric49 Children's Mercy Hospital Adele Hall Campus, Kansas City, Mo., 2014.jpg
Mercy Kids Children's Hospital St. Louis St. Louis Missouri2483
Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital Maryland Heights Missouri34 SE ext.JPG
St. Louis Children's Hospital St. LouisMissouri390Level I Pediatric410 Slch-photo.jpg
Shriners Children's St. Louis St. LouisMissouri121
University of Missouri Women's and Children's Hospital Columbia Missouri1263 ColumbiaRegional.JPG
Montana Children's Medical Center Kalispell Montana 20
Children's Nebraska Omaha Nebraska 140Level II Pediatric44
Children's Hospital of Nevada Las Vegas Nevada 77Level II Pediatric3
Renown Children's Hospital Reno Nevada833
Sunrise Children's Hospital Las VegasNevada3
Children's Hospital at Dartmouth (CHaD) Lebanon New Hampshire 51Level II Pediatric3
Bristol Myers Squibb Children's Hospital New Brunswick New Jersey 105Level II Pediatric3 Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital Front.jpg
The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital New BrunswickNew Jersey31 Saint Peters University Hospital women and children's pavilion.jpg
Children's Hospital of New Jersey Newark New Jersey3
Children's Specialized Hospital New BrunswickNew Jersey140 The Entire Children's Specialized Hospital New Jersey building.jpg
Goryeb Children's Hospital Morristown New Jersey694
Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital Hackensack New Jersey10531 Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital front entrance.png
K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital Neptune New Jersey88Level II Pediatric31 K hovnanian ch at JSUMC.jpg
St. Joseph's Children's Hospital Paterson New Jersey3
Children's Regional Hospital at Cooper CamdenNew Jersey61Level II Pediatric3
University Hospital Pediatrics NewarkNew Jersey3
Unterberg Children Hospital Long Branch New Jersey703
University of New Mexico Children's Hospital Albuquerque New Mexico 130Level I Pediatric4
Blythedale Children's Hospital Valhalla New York 86 Blythedale childrens hospital Valhalla jeh.jpg
Children's Hospital at Montefiore New York City (The Bronx)New York19335
Golisano Children's Hospital Rochester New York190Level I Pediatric41
Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital SyracuseNew York Upstate-Childrens-Hospital-2016-05.jpg
Hassenfeld Children's Hospital New York City (Manhattan)New York1023 NYU Langone Medical Center (41246168170)-Kimmel-Pavilion.jpg
Komansky Center for Children's Health New York City (Manhattan)New York103Level II Pediatric48
Kravis Children's Hospital New York City (Manhattan)New York1024
Maria Fareri Children's Hospital ValhallaNew York136Level I Pediatric4 Maria Fareri Children's Hospital.png
Memorial Sloan Kettering Children's Cancer Center New York City (Manhattan)New York1
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital New York City (Manhattan)New York193Level I Pediatric38 Columbia University Medical Center Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital.jpg
St. Mary's Hospital for ChildrenNew York City (Queens)New York103
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York New Hyde Park New York146Level I Pediatric49
Stony Brook Children's Hospital Stony Brook New York106Level I Pediatric3
John R. Oishei Children's Hospital Buffalo New York250Level I Pediatric4 Oishei1.jpg
Duke Children's Hospital Durham North Carolina 15149
Jeff Gordon's Children's Hospital Concord North Carolina3
Levine Children's Hospital Charlotte North Carolina247Level I Pediatric48
Hemby Children's Hospital CharlotteNorth Carolina4
UNC Children's Hospital Chapel Hill North Carolina150Level I Pediatric47 Northcarolinach.jpeg
Maynard Children's Hospital Greenville North Carolina130Level II Pediatric3
Brenner Children's Hospital Winston-Salem North Carolina137Level I Pediatric4 BrennerED Exterior.jpg
Akron Children's Hospital Akron Ohio 434Level II Pediatric34
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati Ohio634Level I Pediatric410 William Cooper Procter Pavilion, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Corryville, Cincinnati, OH (47282022261).jpg
Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital Cleveland Ohio389310 Cleveland Clinic Miller Family Pavilion.jpg
Dayton Children's Hospital Dayton Ohio167Level I Pediatric32 NEW ext photo.JPG
Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Ohio673Level I Pediatric310 Nationwide Childrens Hospital, Exterior from Fragrance Maze, May 2013.jpg
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital ClevelandOhio237Level I Pediatric48 Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital.jpg
Shriners Children's Ohio DaytonOhio
Toledo Children's Hospital ToledoOhio99Level II Pediatric3
Mercy Health — Children's Hospital ToledoOhioLevel II Pediatric3
The Children's Hospital at Saint Francis Tulsa Oklahoma 1443
The Children's Hospital of Oklahoma Oklahoma City Oklahoma246Level I Pediatric4 Childrens Hosp Nima1.JPG
Doernbecher Children's Hospital Portland Oregon 145Level I Pediatric35 Doernbecher Childrens Hospital - from east - Portland Oregon.jpg
Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel PortlandOregon181Level I Pediatric3 Randall Children's Hospital landscape - Portland, Oregon.JPG
Shriners Children's Portland PortlandOregon29 Portland Shriner Hospital full - Oregon.JPG
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia Pennsylvania 541Level I Pediatric4 [6] 10 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.jpg
Janet Weis Children's Hospital Danville Pennsylvania91Level II Pediatric4
Lehigh Valley Reilly Children's Hospital Allentown Pennsylvania85Level II Pediatric4 Lehigh-Valley-Hospital.x.jpg
Penn State Children's Hospital Hershey Pennsylvania145Level I Pediatric45 Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (50852928922).jpg
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children PhiladelphiaPennsylvania119Level I Pediatric4
Shriners Children's Erie Erie Pennsylvania
Shriners Children's Philadelphia PhiladelphiaPennsylvania49
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh PittsburghPennsylvania302Level I Pediatric410 Pittsburgh Childrens Hospital.jpg
Puerto Rico Children's Hospital Bayamón Puerto Rico 1503
San Jorge Children's Hospital San Juan Puerto Rico87
University Pediatric Hospital (Medical Science Campus)San JuanPuerto Rico543
Hasbro Children's Hospital Providence Rhode Island 63Level I Pediatric Hasbro Childrens Hospital, Providence Rhode Island.jpg
Bradley Hospital (Children's Psychiatric)ProvidenceRhode Island16
Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island ProvidenceRhode Island804 Women and Infants Hospital.jpg
AnMed Health Women's and Children's Hospital Anderson South Carolina 72
Prisma Health Children's Hospital–Upstate (formerly Children's Hospital of Greenville Health System) Greenville South Carolina1703
MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital Charleston South Carolina250Level I Pediatric44 MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital.jpg
Prisma Health Children's Hospital–Midlands (formerly Palmetto Health Children's Hospital) Columbia South Carolina163Level II Pediatric3
Shriners Children's Greenville GreenvilleSouth Carolina50
Sanford Health Children's Hospital Sioux Falls South Dakota 118Level II Pediatric3
Sanford Childrens Hospital.JPG
Children's Hospital at Erlanger Chattanooga Tennessee 1283 Children's Hospital at Erlanger.jpg
East Tennessee Children's Hospital Knoxville Tennessee1523
Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center Memphis Tennessee250Level I Pediatric47
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt Nashville Tennessee267Level I Pediatric410 Vanderbiltchildrens.JPG
Niswonger Children's Hospital Johnson City Tennessee733
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital MemphisTennessee691 St Judes grass.jpg
Children's Hospital of San Antonio San Antonio Texas 198Level I Pediatric Children's Hospital of San Antonio (22292849120).jpg
Children's Medical Center Dallas Dallas Texas496Level I Pediatric410 Dallas Children's Medical Center Nima2.jpg
Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital Houston Texas310Level I Pediatric42 Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital.jpeg
Cook Children's Healthcare System Fort Worth Texas391Level II Pediatric42
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock Texas275Level II Pediatric4
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas Austin Texas212Level I Pediatric3 Dell-childrens-dallas-outside.jpg
Driscoll Children's Hospital Corpus Christi Texas1914
Edinburg Children's Hospital Edinburg Texas1073
El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso Texas1223 El Paso Children's, University Medical Center of El Paso 2022-05-29.jpg
John Sealy Children's Hospital Galveston Texas4
Medical City Children's Hospital DallasTexas181Level II Pediatric3
Methodist Children's Hospital San AntonioTexas3
Providence Memorial Children's Hospital El PasoTexas3
McLane Children's Hospital TempleTexas112Level II Pediatric4
Shriners Children' Texas GalvestonTexas30 Shriners Hospital, Galveston.jpg
Texas Children's Hospital HoustonTexas973Level I Pediatric410 Texas Childrens Hospital Houston at Night.jpg
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children DallasTexas521
Primary Children's Hospital Salt Lake City Utah 289Level I Pediatric38 Primary Children's Hospital 1.jpg
Shriners Children's Salt Lake City Salt Lake CityUtah451
University of Vermont Children's Hospital Burlington Vermont 58Level II Pediatric3
Carilion Clinic Children's Hospital Roanoke Virginia 923
Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU Richmond Virginia102Level 1 Pediatric4
Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters Norfolk Virginia185Level 1 Pediatric4 CHKD picture.jpg
INOVA Children's Hospital Falls Church Virginia24141
University of Virginia Children's Hospital Charlottesville Virginia11145 University of Virginia Battle Building 3.jpg
Saint Mary's Children's Hospital RichmondVirginia3
Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma Washington 75Level II Pediatric4 [7]
Sacred Heart Children's Hospital Spokane Washington1603
Seattle Children's Seattle Washington360410 Seattle Children's hospital, 2014-10-13.jpg
Shriners Children's Spokane SpokaneWashington30
CAMC Women and Children's Hospital Charleston West Virginia 3
Hoops Family Children's Hospital Charleston West Virginia 513
West Virginia University Children's Hospital Morgantown West Virginia105Level II Pediatric41
American Family Children's Hospital Madison Wisconsin 101Level I Pediatric41
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Wauwatosa Wisconsin184Level I Pediatric46 Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and Froedtert, two teaching hospitals affiliated with MCW.JPG
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin-Fox Valley Neenah Wisconsin3
Marshfield Children's Hospital Marshfield Wisconsin3

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