Harris Health 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
Four large multi-specialty clinics
Two same day clinics
Two urgent care clinics
One free-standing dental center
One ambulatory surgical center center
Seven homeless shelter clinic locations
Mobile immunization and medical outreach program
Volume Statistics - FY2024
Cases occupying hospital beds - 655.2
Births - 5,316
Emergency visits - 165,526
Outpatient clinic visits - 1.5 million
Total surgery cases - 22,022
Finances - FY2024
Property Taxes - $874.2 million
Net Patient Service - $748.1 million
Medicaid Supplemental Programs - $697.7 million
Investment and other revenue - $214.5 million
Total Net Revenue: $2.53 billion
Charity Care
Harris Health provided $713.5 million in charity care in Fiscal Year 2024.
Patient Payor Mix
Uninsured – 43.37%
Medicaid and CHIP – 19.41%
Commercial and other funding - 25.78%
Medicare and Medicare managed – 11.44%
Patient Demographics
Hispanic - 50.65%
African American – 21.62%
Caucasian - 20.47%
Asian and other - 2.37%