McLaren Flint

What McLaren Flint does

McLaren Flint is a 378-bed acute care teaching hospital in Flint, Michigan, operated as a wholly-owned facility of McLaren Health Care, a private, fully-integrated delivery system headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan that runs 12 hospitals across Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. The hospital serves as a tertiary hub for the greater Genesee County region, providing verified Level III trauma services, emergency medicine, cardiovascular care (including cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology, TAVR, and a forthcoming ECMO program), oncology through the Karmanos Cancer Network, bariatric surgery, orthopedics, neurosciences, and women's health. It hosts the McLaren Proton Therapy Center — one of 32 such facilities in the United States — offering pencil-beam scanning and volumetric image-guided proton therapy.

The business model is diversified across multiple revenue streams: inpatient admissions and outpatient procedures billed to commercial insurers, Medicare, and Medicaid; specialty care delivered through the McLaren Medical Group's 490+-physician employed network; cancer services routed through Karmanos; and digital care delivered via the McLarenNow telehealth platform ($72 cash price, available in all 50 states) and nine McLarenNow+ Clinics co-located in Walgreens stores. Graduate Medical Education is both a training pipeline and an indirect revenue source via federal pass-through funding for ACGME-accredited seven residency and eight fellowship programs affiliated with Wayne State, Michigan State, and Central Michigan Universities.

Distribution flows through a hybrid sales-led and direct-to-patient model: hospital-based inpatient and emergency services for regional enterprise catchment, McLaren Medical Group offices for mid-market physician-led referrals, MyMcLarenChart and ClockwiseMD-powered ER check-in for self-serve patient acquisition, and McLarenNow / Walgreens clinics for consumer/ SMB urgent care. Pricing is reimbursement-driven for inpatient services, fee-for-service with copay variation for telehealth, and means-tested under a federal poverty guideline financial assistance program. Customer concentration is structurally low — patient volumes are spread across cancer, cardiac, bariatric, trauma, and general acute use cases, with no single customer accounting for material share; the largest single third-party relationship is the $6 million philanthropic commitment from Joseph O. Serra for the cardiac program.

Name

McLaren Flint

Legal name

McLaren Health Care and/or its related entity

Website

https://mclaren.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1914

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

McLaren Flint is a 378-bed acute care teaching hospital in Flint, Michigan, operated within McLaren Health Care's 12-hospital integrated system, serving greater Genesee County with trauma, cardiovascular, oncology (Karmanos, proton therapy), bariatric, and emergency services plus ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Acute Care Hospital Services

NAICS

Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (6223), Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (621340)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies (3842)

akta.pro primary industry

General Orthopedics (HLAKALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Orthopedic Physical Therapy & Post-Op Rehab (HSADAIAA), Orthopedic & Post-Surgical Rehabilitation Centers (HLADAJAI)

Keywords

• Acute care hospital
• Trauma care services
• Cancer treatment center
• Cardiac care services
• Graduate medical education

Headquarters

HQ city

Flint

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hospital Services Revenue: McLaren Flint generates revenue through acute care hospital services including inpatient admissions, outpatient procedures, emergency department visits, surgical services, diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, and specialty care consultations. Revenue is derived from patient services billed to insurance providers, Medicare, Medicaid, and self-pay patients.
2. Graduate Medical Education: Medical education programs that contribute to physician workforce development and hospital staffing pipelines.
3. Karmanos Cancer Network: Cancer care services through affiliation with Karmanos Cancer Institute, including radiation oncology, medical oncology, and surgical oncology services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

McLaren Flint is a 378-bed acute care teaching hospital in Flint, Michigan that delivers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient clinical services. Its offerings span Level II trauma care, oncology (including Karmanos Cancer Institute services and proton therapy), cardiac care, bariatric surgery, orthopedics, neurosciences, stroke care, and graduate medical education, supported by telehealth and a financial assistance program.

Product overview

McLaren Flint is a 378-bed acute care hospital within the McLaren Health Care system, offering a comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient medical services. The hospital operates as part of a statewide integrated health care delivery network and provides specialized services including cardiac care, cancer treatment through the Karmanos Cancer Network (including the McLaren Proton Therapy Center), bariatric surgery, stroke care, and emergency/trauma services. Digital patient engagement is supported through the McLarenNow virtual visit platform for telehealth and the MyMcLarenChart patient portal for 24/7 medical record access. The facility also hosts graduate medical education programs with seven residency and eight fellowship offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Trauma Center (Level II)
• Cancer Treatment (Karmanos Cancer Institute / Proton Therapy)
• Cardiac Care
• Bariatric Surgery
• Orthopedic Services
• Neurosciences
• Stroke Care (Primary Stroke Center)
• Graduate Medical Education (GME)
• Telehealth Services
• Financial Assistance Program

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Karmanos Cancer InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMcLaren Flint is a branch of the Karmanos Cancer Network, the largest network of cancer providers in Michigan. Cancer care is anchored by the world-renowned Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren Flint also hosts the McLaren Proton Therapy Center as part of this network.
• Wayne State University School of MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic affiliation for Graduate Medical Education programs. McLaren maintains affiliations with medical schools at Wayne State University, Michigan State University, and Central Michigan University.
• Michigan State UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic affiliation for Graduate Medical Education programs at McLaren Flint's seven residency and eight fellowship programs.
• Central Michigan UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic affiliation supporting GME programs as part of McLaren Health Care's network of medical school partnerships.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Tenet Healthcare / Ascension Saint Joseph Health System: Large investor-owned and nonprofit hospital operators that provide relevant benchmarks for capital allocation, system integration, and service-line economics applicable to McLaren Flint's acute care portfolio.

Direct peers

• Ascension Michigan: National Catholic health system operating multiple Michigan hospitals with comparable acute care, cardiovascular, and oncology service lines, and similar system-level scale and integrated physician network structure competing statewide.
• Trinity Health Michigan: Catholic integrated delivery system operating several Michigan acute care hospitals with overlapping service lines in cardiovascular, oncology, orthopedics, and emergency/trauma care, directly competing for patients and employed physicians in the Michigan market.
• Ascension Genesys Hospital: Closest geographic competitor located in Grand Blanc, Michigan (Genesee County), offering comparable acute care, emergency, cardiac, and oncology services and directly competing for the same primary service area population as McLaren Flint.
• Henry Ford Health: Major Detroit-based integrated delivery system with comparable academic teaching hospital structure, GME programs, NCI-affiliated cancer care (Henry Ford Cancer Institute), and a similar mix of tertiary acute care, trauma, and specialty services competing in the Michigan market.
• Corewell Health (formerly Beaumont Health + Spectrum Health): Michigan's largest health system operating multiple acute care hospitals across the state, with similar integrated delivery model, employed physician networks, and oncology and cardiovascular service lines directly competing with McLaren Flint for patients in overlapping Michigan service areas.
• Detroit Medical Center (DMC): Urban academic health system in Detroit with comparable Level I trauma, comprehensive oncology, GME programs, and quaternary specialty services that compete with McLaren Flint for southeastern Michigan patients and physician talent.

Broad incumbents

• Michigan Medicine (University of Michigan Health System): Premier academic medical center and health system that serves as the primary tertiary referral destination in Michigan, directly competing with McLaren Flint for complex cases, oncology patients, and subspecialty referrals while also serving as an academic peer.
• HCA Florida Healthcare / HCA Midwest Health: Largest for-profit hospital operator in the U.S. with extensive acute care, trauma, cardiovascular, and oncology service lines, serving as a relevant operating model and capital allocation peer for hospital-based services of comparable scale.

Regional players

• Memorial Healthcare (Owosso, MI): Independent community-based health system serving the greater Flint/Genesee County region with comparable acute care, emergency, and outpatient services, competing for patients in adjacent and overlapping Michigan geographies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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