List of children's hospitals in the United States

A children's hospital is a medical facility that offers its services exclusively to children and adolescents. Most children's hospitals can serve children from birth up to the age of 21. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties.

Children's hospitals are characterized by greater attention to the psychosocial support of children and their families. Some children and young people have to spend relatively long periods in the hospital, so having access to play and teaching staff can also be an important part of their care. With local partnerships, this can include trips to local botanical gardens, the zoo, and public libraries, for instance.

In addition to psychosocial support, children's hospitals have the benefit of being staffed by professionals who are trained in treating children. A medical doctor who undertakes vocational training in pediatrics must also be accepted for membership by a professional college before they can practice pediatrics. While many general hospitals can treat children adequately, pediatric specialists may be a better choice when it comes to treating rare afflictions that may prove fatal or severely detrimental to young children, in some cases before birth. Also, many children's hospitals will continue to see children with rare illnesses into adulthood, allowing for continuity of care.

Notable children's hospitals HospitalCityStateBedsPediatric trauma levelNICU level# of specialties nationally ranked per US News & World ReportPictureChildren's of AlabamaBirminghamAlabama341Level I Pediatric49Huntsville Hospital for Women and ChildrenHuntsvilleAlabama51kUSA Children's and Women's HospitalMobileAlabama1383The Children's Hospital at ProvidenceAnchorageAlaska114Level II Pediatric3Arkansas Children's HospitalLittle RockArkansas336Level I Pediatric44Banner Children's at DesertMesaArizona1623Phoenix Children's HospitalPhoenixArizona457Level I Pediatric410Children's Center at Sutter Medical CenterSacramentoCalifornia1213Children's Hospital Los AngelesLos AngelesCalifornia401Level I Pediatric410Children's Hospital of Orange CountyMission ViejoCalifornia316Level II Pediatric37Lauren Small Children's Center at Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfieldCalifornia74Level I Pediatric3Loma Linda University Children's HospitalLoma LindaCalifornia325Level I Pediatric41Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at StanfordPalo AltoCalifornia361Level I Pediatric410Mattel Children's Hospital UCLALos AngelesCalifornia156Level I Pediatric36Miller Children's HospitalLong BeachCalifornia155Level II Pediatric31Rady Children's HospitalSan DiegoCalifornia337Level I Pediatric410Shriners Children's Northern CaliforniaSacramentoCalifornia802Shriners Children's Southern CaliforniaPasadenaCaliforniaUC Davis Medical CenterSacramentoCalifornia125Level I Pediatric44UCSF Benioff Children's HospitalSan FranciscoCalifornia189310UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital OaklandOaklandCalifornia135Level I Pediatric410Valley Children's HospitalMaderaCalifornia358Level II Pediatric47Children's Hospital ColoradoAuroraColorado434Level I Pediatric310Children's Hospital Colorado Colorado SpringsColorado SpringsColorado118Level I PediatricMemorial Hospital for ChildrenColorado SpringsColorado3Rocky Mountain Hospital for ChildrenDenverColorado157Level IV Pediatric3Connecticut Children's Medical CenterHartfordConnecticut185Level I Pediatric45Yale-New Haven Children's HospitalNew HavenConnecticut202Level I Pediatric46Children's National HospitalWashingtonDistrict of Columbia313Level I Pediatric410Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for ChildrenWilmingtonDelaware208Level I Pediatric44AdventHealth For ChildrenOrlandoFlorida19831Arnold Palmer Hospital for ChildrenOrlandoFlorida210Level I Pediatric35Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest FloridaFort MyersFlorida1283Holtz Children's HospitalMiamiFlorida21731Joe DiMaggio Children's HospitalHollywoodFlorida215Level I Pediatric46Johns Hopkins All Children's HospitalSt. PetersburgFlorida259Level II Pediatric48Nemours Children's HospitalOrlandoFlorida92Nicklaus Children's HospitalMiamiFlorida281Level I Pediatric35Palm Beach Children's HospitalWest Palm BeachFlorida1343Salah Foundation Children's HospitalFort LauderdaleFlorida1353Shriners Children's FloridaTampaFloridaSt. Joseph's Children's HospitalTampaFlorida2183Studer Family Children's HospitalPensacolaFlorida121Level I Pediatric3 UF Health Shands Children's HospitalGainesvilleFlorida20848Wolfson Children's HospitalJacksonvilleFlorida272Level I Pediatric43Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Arthur M. Blank Hospital (FKA - Egleston Children's Hospital) Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital