The ranking is based on the number of individual hospitals each health system owns as of January 2017.
Here are the eight largest for-profit hospitals in the U.S. in descending order based on the number of hospitals.
1. Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville) — 169 hospitals
2. Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.) — 158
3. Tenet Healthcare (Dallas) — 79
4. LifePoint Hospitals (Brentwood, Tenn.) — 72
5. Prime Healthcare Services (Ontario, Calif.) — 44
6. Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Penn.) — 28
7. IASIS Healthcare (Franklin, Tenn.) — 18
8. Ardent Health Services (Nashville) — 12
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