The following are the 10 hospitals and health systems that owned the most urgent care clinics at the start of the month, according to Merchant Medicine.
1. Dignity (San Francisco) [Note: Dignity Health acquired U.S. HealthWorks, a large urgent care center operator, in 2012]: 152 clinics
2. Aurora Health (Milwaukee, Wis.): 30
3. Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City): 28
4. Carolinas HealthCare (Charlotte, N.C.): 24
5. Centra Care (Orlando, Fla.): 23
6. HealthPartners (St. Louis Park, Minn.) [Note: HealthPartners includes Park Nicollet health Services’ entities]: 23
7. Providence Health & Services (Renton, Wash.): 21
8. Sutter Urgent Care, part of Sutter Medical Foundation (Sacramento, Calif.): 19
9. Baptist South Florida (Coral Gables): 17
10. St. John Providence Health System (Warren, Mich.): 17
