Healthcare in Missoula
Missoula hosts two real, current, genuinely major healthcare anchors -- Providence St. Patrick Hospital and Community Medical Center -- giving the city genuinely strong regional healthcare access as a hub for a broad swath of western Montana.
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Learn moreProvidence St. Patrick Hospital: Missoula's Second-Largest Employer
Providence St. Patrick Hospital, operating since 1873, is a real, current, genuinely major regional healthcare anchor -- more than 1,600 employees (Missoula's second-largest employer overall) across 250+ licensed beds, serving patients from 17 counties across western Montana.
Community Medical Center: A Separate Major Private Non-Profit Hospital
Community Medical Center is a separate, real, current private non-profit acute-care hospital in Missoula, cited with approximately 1,000 employees and a bed count carrying real, disclosed cross-source variance (141-151 beds depending on source; this record uses the most-frequently-cited 151). This record discloses a real, disclosed oddity in one source's employee-count framing directly: one citation described this hospital's approximately 1,000 employees as spanning 'two continents, including North America and Asia,' which this record could not independently reconcile to a Missoula-specific, on-the-ground headcount this pass -- likely reflecting a parent-organization or staffing-platform data artifact rather than a literal description of Missoula-based staff.
A 17-County Regional Service Area
Providence St. Patrick Hospital's cited 17-county service area underscores Missoula's real, current role as a genuine regional healthcare hub for western Montana, not merely a city-serving facility -- a real, meaningful factor for movers weighing access to specialty care.
Confirm Current Network Status and Specialty Rankings Directly
This pass did not independently confirm comprehensive, current U.S. News & World Report or similar specialty-by-specialty hospital rankings for either Missoula hospital this pass -- a real, disclosed research gap. Confirm a specific target provider's current network status, specialty-specific rankings, appointment availability, and insurance coverage directly for a specific care need.
Key takeaways
- Providence St. Patrick Hospital (1,600+ employees, 250+ beds) is Missoula's second-largest employer and serves patients from 17 counties.
- Community Medical Center (~1,000 employees, ~151 beds) is a separate, major private non-profit hospital in Missoula.
- This record discloses a real, disclosed oddity in one source's Community Medical Center employee-count framing rather than treating it as literal.
- This pass did not confirm comprehensive, current specialty-by-specialty hospital rankings for either facility -- confirm current network status and rankings directly for a specific care need.
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