Becker's Healthcare January 15, 2026
Becker’s reported on 39 hospital mergers and acquisitions in 2025, ranging from rural hospital partnerships to massive, multi-state system expansions.
Here are five of the biggest hospital deals in 2025, based on operating budget, facility volume and clinical capacity.
1. New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health and Danbury, Conn.-based Nuvance Health completed their merger on May 7, 2025. The integrated system now has a $22.6 billion operating budget, 28 hospitals, more than 104,000 employees — including 22,000 nurses and 13,500 providers — as well as over 1,050 ambulatory care sites and 73 urgent care centers.
2. Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System merged on Jan. 2, 2025 into a 56-hospital integrated health system...
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