Healthcare in Melbourne
Melbourne's healthcare anchor is Health First's Holmes Regional Medical Center, a 550-bed tertiary referral hospital (sources ranged 486-550 beds) that U.S. News ranks as a Best Regional Hospital -- No. 24 in Florida and No. 1 in the Palm Bay-Melbourne metro area -- and that operates the only state-accredited Level II trauma center in Brevard and Indian River counties along with Brevard's only Level II Neonatal ICU.
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Learn moreHolmes Regional Medical Center
Health First's Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne is most commonly cited as a 550-bed tertiary referral hospital, though sources this session varied on the exact bed count (a range of roughly 486-550 beds appeared across different listings). U.S. News & World Report ranks it a Best Regional Hospital, No. 24 in Florida and No. 1 in the Palm Bay-Melbourne metro area specifically, rating it high-performing in 11 adult procedures and conditions.
Regional Trauma and NICU Capacity
Holmes Regional operates the only state-accredited Level II trauma center in both Brevard and Indian River counties, and Brevard County's only Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. For a two-county region, that is a meaningful concentration of the highest-acuity emergency and newborn-critical-care capacity in one Melbourne facility, rather than distributed across multiple hospitals.
Part of the Health First System
Holmes Regional is part of Health First, Brevard County's dominant nonprofit health system, which operates multiple hospital and outpatient facilities across the county. That system affiliation means Melbourne residents referred within Health First typically have access to a broader network of specialists and facilities beyond the single Holmes Regional campus.
What Wasn't Confirmed This Session
This research pass did not turn up a comparative wait-time or access analysis against other Brevard or Tampa Bay-area hospitals, nor a precise, single reconciled bed count. Anyone with a specific medical need should verify current quality ratings and in-network status for their insurance directly rather than relying on the U.S. News ranking or bed count alone as a full quality picture.
Key takeaways
- Holmes Regional Medical Center (Health First): commonly cited as 550 beds (source range: 486-550), ranked a Best Regional Hospital by U.S. News -- No. 24 in Florida, No. 1 in the Palm Bay-Melbourne metro.
- The only state-accredited Level II trauma center in Brevard and Indian River counties, and Brevard's only Level II Neonatal ICU, both operate at this one Melbourne facility.
- High-performing rating in 11 adult procedures and conditions per U.S. News.
- Part of the Health First system, extending specialist access beyond the single Holmes Regional campus.
- No comparative wait-time/access data or a single reconciled bed count was confirmed this session -- verify current ratings and insurance network status directly for any specific need.
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