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 - FY2025
Cases occupying hospital beds - 42,508
Births - 5,148
Emergency visits - 162,648
Outpatient clinic visits - 1.57 million
Total surgery cases - 23,110
Finances - FY2025
Property Taxes - $1.02 billion
Net Patient Service - $762.43 million
Medicaid Supplemental Programs - $729.93 million
Investment and other revenue - $243.45 million
Total Net Revenue: $2.76 billion
Charity Care
Harris Health provided $804.98 million in charity care in Fiscal Year 2025.
Patient Payor Mix
Uninsured – 43.19%
Commercial and other funding - 26.13%
Medicaid and CHIP – 19.59%
Medicare and Medicare managed – 11.09%
Patient Demographics
Hispanic - 52.25%
African American – 21.59%
Caucasian - 19.08%
Asian and other - 7.07%