Peterson Health

What Peterson Health does

Peterson Health is an independent, nonprofit community healthcare organization headquartered in Kerrville, Texas, operating 18 facilities across nine counties in the Texas Hill Country since its founding in 1949. The network is anchored by Peterson Regional Medical Center, a 124-bed acute care hospital offering 26 service lines spanning emergency care, surgery, maternity (The Baby Place), cardiology, orthopedics, oncology-adjacent services, wound care, rehabilitation, hospice, and home care. Supporting the flagship are Peterson Medical Associates (primary care across Kerrville, Bandera, Comfort, and Fredericksburg), Peterson Specialty Care, Peterson Women's Associates, Peterson Urgent Care, the June 2024-opened Amanda and J. David Williams Surgery Center, and the Pevehouse Ambulatory Care Center. Technology infrastructure includes the da Vinci Surgical System (the only robotic surgical platform in the region), two hyperbaric oxygen chambers for wound healing, Athenahealth-powered patient portals, and the Oneview Care Experience Platform deployed across all inpatient rooms.

The business model is multi-stream. Core revenue derives from patient care services billed to commercial insurers, Medicare, and Medicaid across hospital admissions, outpatient surgery, diagnostic imaging, laboratory, and rehabilitation. A secondary revenue stream is philanthropy, channeled through the 501(c)(3) Peterson Health Foundation via donations, bequests, donor-advised funds, and planned giving instruments. Pricing is disclosed through CMS-mandated machine-readable chargemaster files, with annual rate updates reflecting operating expenses; actual patient payment varies materially based on insurance contracts and financial assistance programs. Distribution is direct-to-consumer, with patients accessing care through walk-in emergency and urgent care, online scheduling via the patient portal, or physician referrals across the regional clinic footprint. With 1,300+ full-time employees (the largest employer in Kerr County), 300+ medical professionals, and 188 providers, Peterson Health is the only independent, nonprofit health system of scale in its service area.

Beyond traditional care delivery, Peterson Health has extended into adjacent verticals. The Peterson Health Technology Institute operates as a research and evaluation arm that assesses digital health tools, and Peterson Health Analytics was launched in 2026 as a public-benefit company backed by a $50 million commitment from Peterson Philanthropies, providing employers with actionable healthcare cost and quality data. The organization has received national recognition as a 2026 Top 20 Rural and Community Hospital (the only Texas recipient), a Modern Healthcare Best Places to Work honoree for six consecutive years (2021-2026), and a Women's Choice Award Best 100 Hospitals for Patient Experience recipient in 2025.

Name

Peterson Health

Legal name

Peterson Health

Website

https://petersonhealth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Peterson Health is an independent, nonprofit regional healthcare system operating 18 facilities across nine Texas Hill Country counties, anchored by a 124-bed acute care hospital and serving rural communities with 26 service lines including emergency, surgical, primary, specialty, and hospice care.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Hospital Services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (622310), Home Health Care Services (621610), All Other Outpatient Care Centers (621498)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Independent Primary Care Practices (HLAFAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cardiac & Pulmonary Clinical Home Health (e.g., CHF/COPD) (HSABACAI), Continuous Home Care (Crisis Hospice) (HSABAFAB)

Keywords

• Community hospital services
• Rural healthcare delivery
• Primary care clinics
• Specialty medical services
• Emergency hospital care

Headquarters

HQ city

Kerrville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: Revenue generated from hospital services, emergency care, primary care, specialty care, surgery, diagnostic imaging, laboratory, rehabilitation, hospice, and home care services billed to patients and payers.
2. Insurance Reimbursements: Payments from commercial insurance plans, Medicare, and Medicaid for covered medical services rendered to patients.
3. Peterson Health Foundation Donations and Philanthropy: Charitable contributions, bequests, donor-advised funds, IRA charitable rollovers, gift annuities, and other planned giving instruments managed by the 501(c)(3) foundation to support equipment, technology, facilities, and education.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Peterson Health is an independent, nonprofit community healthcare organization that operates an integrated delivery network anchored by a 124-bed acute care hospital (Peterson Regional Medical Center) and supported by primary care, specialty, women's health, urgent care, surgery, ambulatory, hospice, and home care facilities. The network delivers inpatient, outpatient, emergency, surgical, maternity, rehabilitation, and diagnostic services to residents of Kerrville and nine surrounding counties in the Texas Hill Country through 18 facilities and 188 providers.

Product overview

Peterson Health is a regional healthcare delivery network organized around its flagship 124-bed Peterson Regional Medical Center plus multiple specialized care divisions. The core hospital is supplemented by Peterson Medical Associates (primary care across four locations), Peterson Specialty Care (cardiology, gastroenterology, neurology, and other specialties), and Peterson Women's Associates (OB/GYN and midwifery). Supporting facilities include the 2024-opened Amanda and J. David Williams Surgery Center, Pevehouse Ambulatory Care Center with wound healing services, and Peterson Urgent Care. The organization also operates Peterson Health Analytics (employer healthcare analytics platform launched 2026) and the Peterson Health Technology Institute (health technology research division). Emergency services run 24/7 with 20 treatment rooms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Peterson Regional Medical Center The flagship 124-bed nonprofit acute care hospital of the Peterson Health network, providing comprehensive inpatient, emergency, surgical, maternity, cardiac, ICU, and rehabilitation services for residents of the Texas Hill Country.
• Peterson Medical Associates Primary care group offering Family Medicine for adults and children, Geriatric Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Sports Medicine across clinics in Kerrville, Comfort, Bandera, and Fredericksburg.
• Peterson Specialty Care Specialized medical services branch offering Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Neurology, Pulmonology, Sleep Medicine, Urology, Vascular Surgery, and Wound Care for the Texas Hill Country community.
• Peterson Women's Associates OB/GYN and Certified Nurse Midwife group providing personalized women's health care through obstetrics, gynecology, and The Baby Place childbirth services, including Family Centered C-section and Hydrotherapy options unique in the Hill Country.
• Emergency Department 24/7 emergency care facility with 20 treatment rooms, staffed by board-certified emergency physicians, advanced certified nurses, and specialized support staff for life-threatening emergencies, serious injuries, and sudden illness.
• Peterson Urgent Care Walk-in and same-day appointment urgent care clinic in Kerrville for minor illnesses and injuries, with extended weekday and weekend hours, accepting most major insurance plans.
• Amanda and J. David Williams Surgery Center State-of-the-art outpatient surgery center opened in June 2024 featuring four operating rooms, four endoscopy suites, and one procedure room, doubling previous surgical capacity for outpatient procedures in the Texas Hill Country.
• Pevehouse Ambulatory Care Center Outpatient facility offering radiology, imaging, laboratory services, outpatient rehabilitation, and an Advanced Wound Healing Center with two hyperbaric oxygen chambers for advanced wound care.
• Peterson Hospice and Home Care

Quantifiable outcome

• 18% reduction in total medical and pharmacy spend through coordinated virtual digestive care models (evaluated by Peterson Health Technology Institute for employer-sponsored healthcare)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Oneview HealthcarecoreTechnology or Integration · 18 December 2025Oneview Healthcare partnered with Peterson Health to implement its Care Experience Platform in all inpatient rooms at Peterson Health in Kerrville, Texas. The deployment aims to enhance patient care and communication with real-time information and digital tools for patients and families.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hill Country Memorial Hospital: Independent, nonprofit community hospital in Fredericksburg, Texas serving the Hill Country with similar bed count, service mix, and rural referral role; the closest one-to-one comparable to Peterson Regional Medical Center in size, geography, and operating model.

Broad incumbents

• Methodist Healthcare System: Largest nonprofit hospital network in greater San Antonio with multiple acute care hospitals, specialty institutes, and employed physician groups; competes with Peterson for higher-acuality referrals from the Hill Country into San Antonio and offers a comparable nonprofit, multi-site model at much larger scale.
• Baylor Scott & White Health: Largest nonprofit healthcare system in Texas operating dozens of hospitals and clinics across North and Central Texas; competes with Peterson for tertiary referrals and shares the independent, nonprofit, multi-county community hospital model.
• CHRISTUS Health: Large Catholic nonprofit health system operating community hospitals across Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and internationally, including CHRISTUS Santa Rosa in the Hill Country/San Antonio region; directly comparable nonprofit, faith-based, community-hospital operator with overlapping service lines.
• Texas Health Resources: Large nonprofit health system in North Texas with multiple acute care hospitals, employed physician groups, and a faith-based heritage; comparable to Peterson as an independent nonprofit community-hospital operator at substantially greater scale.
• HCA Healthcare: Largest for-profit hospital operator in the U.S., running community and acute care hospitals across Texas; relevant incumbent benchmark for service-line economics, capacity expansion, and operational scale, though Peterson is nonprofit and much smaller.
• Tenet Healthcare: National for-profit hospital and ambulatory operator with significant Texas footprint (including USPI ambulatory surgery centers, directly comparable to Peterson's Williams Surgery Center); relevant incumbent for ASC strategy and rural/community market dynamics.
• AdventHealth: Large nonprofit, faith-based health system operating community hospitals across multiple U.S. states with strong rural and suburban presence; comparable to Peterson in mission, nonprofit status, and community-hospital operating model.
• Universal Health Services: Major acute care and behavioral health hospital operator with community hospitals in Texas markets; relevant broad incumbent for hospital operating benchmarks, even though Peterson is nonprofit and considerably smaller in scale.

Regional players

• Ascension Seton: Central Texas region of Ascension Health operating Dell Seton Medical Center and a network of hospitals and clinics in Austin and surrounding counties; competes with Peterson for specialty referrals from the eastern Hill Country and shares a nonprofit, multi-site delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCm4wrR7yweWcxVDVyBsAX4w/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/petersonhealth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/peterson-regional-medical-center
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Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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