Children's Health

Name

Children's Health

Legal name

Children's Health System of Texas

Website

https://childrens.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1916

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Pediatric clinical care services: Primary revenue from clinical services across specialty centers, primary care, urgent care, emergency rooms, surgical procedures, transplants, and inpatient care billed through insurance and government payers (Medicaid/Medicare). Accepted insurance plans are published and price transparency is provided through cost estimates.
2. International patient self-pay: International Patient Services requires full payment for proposed services before scheduling; services are not billed to insurance for non-U.S. patients. Patient family is responsible for travel, lodging, food, and transportation.
3. Philanthropic fundraising and donations: Children's Medical Center Foundation serves as the fundraising arm, partnering with individual donors, corporations, foundations, and organizations. Includes financial gifts, in-kind donations (toys, school supplies), and handcrafted items for the NICU.
4. Major capital campaign gifts: Large philanthropic gifts directed to the new $5 billion pediatric campus in Dallas's Medical District. The Stephens Greth Foundation gave $100 million (the fourth nine-figure donation, following the Pogue Foundation, The Rees-Jones Foundation, and the Moody Foundation), with a tower to be named Stephens Greth Tower.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Children's Health operates one of the largest nonprofit pediatric healthcare systems in the United States, delivering comprehensive specialty, surgical, emergency, urgent, primary, and inpatient care across two hospital campuses in Dallas and Plano, Texas. Its portfolio includes the Heart Center (cardiology/cardiothoracic surgery, 600+ surgeries/year), the Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, Pediatric Nephrology, the Pauline Allen Gill Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, and the Pediatric Organ Transplant Center, supported by advanced diagnostics (3T MRI, Glofil GFR test, DEXA bone density) and an academic affiliation with UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Product overview

Children's Health operates a platform-plus-modules architecture as one of the largest pediatric healthcare providers in the United States, with the umbrella brand spanning hospital campuses (Children's Medical Center Dallas and Children's Medical Center Plano), a planned $5 billion pediatric campus with UT Southwestern, and a network of dedicated specialty centers including the Heart Center, Children's Health Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, Pediatric Nephrology, the Pauline Allen Gill Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, the Pediatric Organ Transplant Center, and the planned RedBird Pediatric Specialty Center. Patient-facing digital tools such as the MyChart Patient Portal, Children's Health App, and MyChart Bedside are layered on top of the clinical platform, alongside dedicated diagnostic services (Glofil GFR Test, Bone Density/DEXA, the Plano Imaging Center, and the OSMRL research laboratory) and educational media including the Children's Health Checkup Podcast and Pediatric Insights Podcast. The Children's Medical Center Foundation supports fundraising, and a Clinical Trials Program connects care to research, while service-line modules cover emergency, urgent, primary, outpatient pharmacy, and international patient services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Children's Health Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine: Pediatric orthopedic and sports medicine institute operating out of the Plano Specialty Center 2 campus; provides orthopedic surgery, fracture care, sports rehabilitation, concussion care, and sports performance training.
• Children's Health Andrews Institute Sports Performance Center
• Pauline Gill Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
• The Heart Center at Children's Health
• Pediatric Nephrology at Children's Health
• Children's Health Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine

Products and services

• Children's Medical Center Dallas Main hospital campus and corporate headquarters of the Children's Health system, providing full pediatric specialty, surgical, emergency, inpatient, and outpatient services. Serves as the anchor facility housing the Heart Center, Nephrology department, International Patient Services, and the Pauline Allen Gill Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.
• Children's Medical Center Plano Plano satellite campus providing pediatric specialty, surgical, hematology/oncology, and related care in partnership with UT Southwestern faculty. Houses the Pauline Gill Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders (Plano location).
• The Heart Center (Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery) Nationally ranked pediatric cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery program performing more than 600 cardiac surgeries annually, including heart transplants (approximately 25-30 per year), ventricular assist devices, ECMO, and advanced catheter-based interventions. Includes Fetal Heart, Heart Failure, Fontan, Biventricular Repair, and Cardiac Neurodevelopmental programs.
• Children's Health Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Pediatric orthopedic and sports medicine institute at Children's Health Specialty Center 2 in Plano (7211 Preston Rd), offering orthopedic surgery, fracture care, sports rehabilitation, spine and scoliosis treatment, concussion care, dance medicine, and a Sports Performance program powered by EXOS. Houses the OSMRL research laboratory.
• Pediatric Nephrology Largest pediatric nephrology program in North Texas and one of the largest in the United States, providing comprehensive kidney care including acute care nephrology, the only Pediatric Comprehensive Stone Center in North Texas, ESRD management, dialysis (hemodialysis, peritoneal, home, incenter), and kidney transplantation.
• Pauline Allen Gill Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders Nationally recognized pediatric hematology-oncology treatment center providing diagnosis, treatment, and research for pediatric cancers and blood disorders, with locations in Dallas and Plano.
• Pediatric Organ Transplant Center National leader in pediatric solid organ transplantation since the late 1970s, performing thousands of pediatric heart, liver, and kidney transplants, including living-donor procedures.
• Children's Health Emergency Care 24/7 pediatric emergency rooms staffed by board-certified pediatric emergency medicine specialists, nurses, respiratory therapists, and support staff across multiple locations.
• Children's Health PM Urgent Care Pediatric urgent care open 365 days a year treating non-life-threatening common conditions in newborn through college-age patients.
• Primary Care Network of pediatric primary care providers offering well-child visits and routine pediatric care.
• Outpatient Pharmacies Pediatric-focused outpatient pharmacy services operated by Children's Health.
• International Patient Services Dedicated International Patient Care Team providing medical record assessment, cost estimates, insurance verification, medical visa support letters, lodging and transportation coordination, appointment scheduling, language assistance in 15+ languages, and follow-up care coordination for international pediatric patients. Full payment is required before services are scheduled.
• Pediatric Glomerular Filtration (Glofil) Rate (GFR) Test Proprietary nuclear-medicine GFR kidney function test developed by Children's Health experts and recognized as the gold standard for testing pediatric kidney function, used to inform medication dosing and transplant planning. Available at only a few hospitals in the United States.
• Pediatric Bone Density Test (DEXA) Bone densitometry by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry imaging service measuring calcium and mineral density in pediatric patients. Children's Health performs more than 300 pediatric bone density tests per year.
• Children's Health Imaging Center (Plano) Advanced radiology and imaging center offering 3 Tesla MRI, EOS System low-dose full-body radiography, ultra-low-dose 2D/3D scans, MRI Siemens DR robotic equipment, musculoskeletal imaging, fluoroscopy, arthrography, and CT scans at the Plano Specialty Center 2 campus.
• Clinical Trials Program Pediatric clinical trials program affiliated with UT Southwestern, offering patients access to investigational therapies and contributing to pediatric research.
• Children's Medical Center Foundation Fundraising arm of Children's Health System of Texas, partnering with individual donors, corporations, foundations, and organizations to support physicians, scientists, and medical professionals through financial gifts and in-kind donations.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 600 cardiac surgeries per year with one of the highest survival rates in the nation
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, minor and core.

• Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and UT Southwestern Medical CenterflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 June 2026Children's Health contributed to the funding of the pediatric wing at the new Texas Behavioral Health Center at Dallas, a 292-bed psychiatric hospital operated by UT Southwestern. The 456,265-sq ft facility includes 200 adult beds and up to 92 pediatric beds, part of a $2.5 billion statewide investment in mental health infrastructure since 2017.
• KidZania DallasminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 3 June 2026Co-branded summer soccer programming at KidZania Fan Fest (June–August 2026) inside Stonebriar Centre in Frisco, Texas; Children's Health Andrews Institute Sports Performance Center and Children's Health Hospital are branded stations.
• UT Southwestern Medical CenterflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerChildren's Health's affiliation with UT Southwestern gives patients access to world-renowned medical faculty and transformative biomedical research. The two organizations are jointly developing a new $5 billion pediatric campus in Dallas's Medical District (4.9M sq ft, 552 beds across three towers, 33 acres, scheduled for completion in 2031). UT Southwestern faculty physicians are credentialed at Children's Health (e.g., Dr. Colin Kane, Dr. Robert Jaquiss, Dr. Mouin Seikaly, Dr. Avanthi Shah). They also jointly developed the new RedBird location in Southern Dallas County.
• FC DallascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChildren's Health is the official pediatric medical partner for FC Dallas. The lead physical therapist for FC Dallas (Kevin Auten) is embedded in the Children's Health Andrews Institute team. FC Dallas youth athletes are treated at the Andrews Institute, and the relationship drives significant patient referrals (e.g., Trinity's case).
• EXOScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEXOS powers the Children's Health Andrews Institute Sports Performance program (Exos Plano at Andrews Institute). Provides sports performance and nutrition services integrated into the Andrews Institute's rehabilitation and training offerings.
• James Andrews, M.D.flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorld-renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews provides leadership and direction for the multidisciplinary team at the Children's Health Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine.
• Children's Medical Center FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternal fundraising arm of Children's Health System of Texas. Partners with individual donors, corporations, and organizations to support physicians, scientists, and medical professionals.
• Living for ZacharyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerChildren's Health Heart Center collaborates with Living for Zachary on community heart screening events to detect cardiac issues in young people.
• Camp John MarcminorGTM or Marketing PartnerChildren's Health Heart Center created Camp Moss, an annual week-long summer camp at the Camp John Marc facility in North Texas for children with congenital heart disease who couldn't otherwise attend overnight camp.
• Epic Systems (MyChart)coreTechnology or IntegrationEpic-based MyChart is the patient portal (web, mobile app, MyChart Bedside for inpatient), and EpicCareLink is the Provider Portal for external referring physicians. Integration underpins appointment booking, medical records access, referrals, direct admit, and care coordination.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Texas Children's Hospital: Largest pediatric hospital in the United States, based in Houston. Competes directly with Children's Health for complex pediatric cases in Texas and across the Southwest, including transplant, cardiology, oncology, and neonatal care.
• Children's National Hospital: Washington, D.C.-based pediatric academic medical center affiliated with George Washington University. Comparable in specialty rankings, complex pediatric surgery volumes, and research/transplant programs.
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Top-ranked pediatric academic medical center with strong research output and U.S. News rankings across specialties. Highly comparable in clinical-trial activity, residency/fellowship pipeline, and complex care delivery model.
• Boston Children's Hospital: Harvard-affiliated pediatric academic medical center and consistently top-ranked U.S. pediatric hospital. Comparable across all 11 U.S. News specialties, complex pediatric surgery volume, and large research/transplant programs.
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP): Penn-affiliated pediatric academic medical center with similar specialty breadth, transplant volumes, and clinical-trial pipeline. Direct competitor for complex national referrals and pediatric subspecialty talent.
• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta: Large nonprofit pediatric system with three hospital campuses in Georgia. Comparable multi-site, multi-specialty nonprofit structure with strong cardiac, oncology, and orthopedic programs serving a regional referral base.
• Nationwide Children's Hospital: Columbus, Ohio-based pediatric academic health system with broad U.S. News rankings, large research institute, and significant capital expansion history. Directly comparable in scale, academic affiliation, and specialty depth.
• Cook Children's Medical Center: Fort Worth-based nonprofit pediatric health system serving North Texas. Direct competitor in the DFW metro for primary, specialty, and urgent pediatric care, with overlapping service lines and referral base.

Regional players

• UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital: University of California, San Francisco-affiliated pediatric academic medical center with Oakland and San Francisco campuses. Comparable as an academic pediatric system with strong research and specialty care, primarily serving Northern California.
• Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego: San Diego-based pediatric health system serving Southern California. Comparable nonprofit pediatric structure with strong specialty programs and a regional rather than national referral focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ChildrensTheOne
• Facebookfacebook.com/ChildrensMedicalCenter

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments5 records

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