Harris Health System is a fully integrated healthcare system that cares for all residents of Harris County, Texas. We are the first accredited healthcare institution in Harris County to be designated as a Medical Home and one of the largest in the country. Our system includes:
Harris Health Ben Taub Hospital (Est. 1963)
- 402 licensed beds
- Level I trauma center
- Comprehensive Stroke Center (DNV) and recipient of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines©- Stroke Gold Plus Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Award
- Designated Chest Pain Center and a Mission: Lifeline© Gold Plus Receiving Center for STEMI (heart attack) care
Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital (Est. 1989)
- Staffed by physicians from UTHealth and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- 215 licensed beds
- Level III trauma center
- Regional center for neonatal intensive care
Outpatient/Ambulatory Care Services
- Staffed by physicians from Baylor College of Medicine and UTHealth
- 16 community health centers, including the nation's first free-standing HIV/AIDS treatment center
- Four large multi-specialty clinics
- Four same day clinics
- One free-standing dental center
- One ambulatory surgical center center
- Eight homeless shelter clinics and four homeless eligibility service locations
- Mobile immunization and medical outreach program
Volume Statistics - FY2023
Cases occupying hospital beds - 41,604
Births - 5,494
Emergency visits - 155,570
Outpatient clinic visits - 1,488,884
Total surgery cases - 20,704
Finances - FY2023
Property Taxes - $822.8 million
Net Patient Service - $753.6 million
Medicaid Supplemental Programs - $719.3 million
Investment and other revenue - $226.2 million
Total Net Revenue: $2.52 billion
Charity Care
Harris Health provided $688.8 million in charity care in Fiscal Year 2023.
Patient Payor Mix
Uninsured – 44.3%
Medicaid and CHIP – 22.6%
Commercial and other funding - 21.7%
Medicare and Medicare managed – 11.4%
Patient Demographics
Hispanic - 52.3%
African American – 22.5%
Caucasian - 17.9%
Asian and other - 7.3%