For-Profit Hospitals BY NUMBER OF LICENSED ACUTE-CARE BEDS 2004 Last Rank Year Name 1 1 Cedars Medical Center 2 2 West Florida Hospital 3 3 Manatee Memorial Hospital 4 4 St. Mary's Medical Center 5 5 Florida Medical Center 6 10 JFK Medical Center 7 6 Kendall Medical Center 8 7 Aventura Hospital & Medical Center 9 9 Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center 10 8 Community Hospital 11 11 Blake Medical Center 12 12 Parkway Regional Medical Center 13 13 Hialeah Hospital 14 14 Delray Medical Center 15 15 Palmetto General Hospital 16 16 North Shore Medical Center 17 17 Memorial Hospital Jacksonville 18 18 Lawnwood Regional Medical Center 19 19 Good Samaritan Medical Center 20 20 North Ridge Medical Center 21 21 Hollywood Medical Center 22 22 University Hospital & Medical Center 23 23 Palms of Pasadena Hospital 24 NR Florida Hospital-Winter Park 25 24 Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point 2004 Rank City Phone Website 1 Miami (305) 325-5511 cedarsmed.com 2 Pensacola (850) 494-4000 westfloridahospital.com 3 Bradenton (941) 746-5111 manateememoral.com 4 West Palm Beach (561) 844-6300 stmarysmc.com 5 Fort Lauderdale (954) 735-6000 floridamedicalctr.com 6 Atlantis (561) 965-7300 jfkmc.com 7 Miami (305) 223-3000 kendallmed.com 8 Aventura (305) 682-7000 aventurahospital.com 9 Fort Myers (239) 939-1147 swfrmc.com 10 New Port Richey (727) 848-1733 communityhospitalnpr.com 11 Bradenton (941) 792-6611 blakemedicalcenter.com 12 North Miami Beach (305) 651-1100 parkwaymedctr.com 13 Hialeah (305) 693-6100 hialeahhosp.com 14 Delray Beach (561) 498-4440 delraymedicalctr.com 15 Hialeah (305) 823-5000 palmettogeneral.com 16 Miami (305) 835-6000 northshoremedical.com 17 Jacksonville (904) 399-6111 memorialhospitaljax.com 18 Fort Pierce (772) 461-4000 lawnwoodmed.com 19 West Palm Beach (561) 655-5511 goodsamaritanmc.com 20 Fort Lauderdale (954) 776-6000 northridgemedical.com 21 Hollywood (954) 966-4500 hollywoodmedicalctr.com 22 Tamarac (954) 721-7200 uhmchealth.com 23 St. Petersburg (727) 381-1000 palmspasadena.com 24 Winter Park (407) 646-7000 flhosp.org 25 Hudson (727) 819-2929 rmchealth.com No. of 2004 Licensed Rank Beds Chief Administrator 1 560 Michael G. Joseph 2 531 Dennis A. Taylor 3 491 Brian Flynn 4 460 Peter Marmerstein 5 459 Aurelio Fernandez 6 424 Gina Melby 7 412 Victor J. Mayo 8 407 Davide M. Carbone 9 400 Mark Weber 10 392 Ernie Meier 11 383 Daniel J. Friedrich Ill 12 382 Paul Walker 13 378 Ana Mederos 14 372 Mitch Feldman 15 360 Ralph Aleman 16 357 Ed Banos 17 353 Homer Rex Etheridge 18 345 Thomas Pentz 19 341 Mary Bazzicalupo 20 332 Richard A. Gold 21 324 Larry Melby 22 317 James A. Cruickshank 23 307 Todd Mann 24 297 Kenneth Bradley 25 290 David Williams Ranked by number of licensed acute-care beds. NR=Not Ranked. Information from the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, January 2004. Research by Davis Kilgroe. [c] Copyright 2004 Trend Magazines Inc. Originally published September 20
