Cook Children's

What Cook Children's does

Cook Children's Health Care System is a nonprofit, integrated pediatric delivery network headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, founded in 1918 and operating with 10,000+ employees. The system serves children from birth through young adulthood across an eight-county North Texas service region, anchored by a 430-bed flagship medical center with a Level IV NICU and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center (one of only 10 in Texas). Cook Children's operates more than 60 specialty clinic locations across North Texas, three pediatric surgery centers, three retail pharmacies, and pediatric home health in five Texas cities (Fort Worth, Allen, Austin, Houston, San Antonio). It also runs one of the nation's largest pediatric transport programs — Teddy Bear Transport — performing 4,100+ air and ground transports annually, with neonatal transport team accreditation from CAMTS. Subsidiary lines include Cook Children's Health Plan (Medicaid/CHIP coverage for ~120,000 low-income members in a six-county region), Cook Children's Home Health, and The Center for Children's Health (community outreach coordinating 240+ partner organizations).

The core technology stack is clinical rather than digital-native: Epic Systems MyChart powers the MyCookChildren's patient portal (appointment scheduling, video visits, messaging, test results, prescriptions); telemedicine has been operational since 2004, with a school-based telemedicine program launched in 2016 connecting students directly to pediatricians. Teddy Bear Transport runs a 24/7 Transport Communication Center handling approximately 10,000 referral calls per year, equipped for high-frequency ventilation, nitric oxide, ECMO, and active cooling. Cook Children's is U.S. News & World Report-ranked in six pediatric specialties for 2025-2026 and holds Magnet Recognition with Distinction, Joint Commission Gold Seal (reaccredited March 2025), and Leapfrog Top Hospitals distinctions. No proprietary AI/ML capabilities, external APIs, or developer-facing platforms are documented.

The business model combines fee-for-service patient care, capitation through the Medicaid/CHIP health plan, retail pharmacy, home health, and community health grants/programming. Revenue is diversified across patient services (acute, outpatient, specialty, surgery, ED), the Health Plan (capitated Medicaid/CHIP premiums for ~120,000 members), and ancillary services. Pricing transparency is published as gross charges under Section 2718(e) of the Affordable Care Act, with COVID-19 testing priced at $154–$525 gross / $115.50–$394.14 discounted cash. Customer segments span children and families (general pediatric), low-income families (Health Plan), referring hospitals and physicians (Teddy Bear Transport), school districts (school-based telemedicine), and at-risk children (Healthy Homes and other social-determinants programs). Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via owned clinics, the medical center, urgent care, and virtual channels; there is no external sales motion.

Name

Cook Children's

Legal name

Cook Children's Health Care System

Website

https://cookchildrens.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1918

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Cook Children's Health Care System is a nonprofit, integrated pediatric delivery network headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, operating a 430-bed medical center, 60+ specialty clinics, home health in five Texas cities, and a Medicaid/CHIP health plan covering approximately 120,000 members across North Texas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Healthcare Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (6211)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Children’s Hospitals & Pediatric Health Systems (HLAFAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Practices (HLAFAJAF), School-Based & Community Women’s/Children’s Health Clinics (HLAFAJAO)

Keywords

• Pediatric healthcare services
• Children's hospital
• Neonatal intensive care
• Pediatric specialty care
• Medicaid managed care

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Worth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: Acute care, outpatient visits, emergency services, specialty care, surgery, diagnostic services, and pharmacy at medical center, specialty clinics, surgery centers, and urgent care locations across North Texas.
2. Cook Children's Health Plan: Government-sponsored Medicaid/CHIP health plan providing coverage to nearly 120,000 low-income families across six-county service region, serving as both a revenue stream and community benefit.
3. COVID-19 Test Prices: Fee-for-service testing with listed gross charges and discounted cash prices, e.g., SARS-CoV-2 PCR at $294.45 gross / $220.84 discounted cash price.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cook Children's Health Care System is a nonprofit, integrated pediatric health care delivery network anchored by a 430-bed medical center in Fort Worth, Texas, with a Level IV NICU, Level II Trauma Center, and 60+ specialty clinic locations across North Texas. Its portfolio includes inpatient acute care, outpatient specialty services, urgent care, three retail pharmacies, home health services in five cities, three outpatient surgery centers, the Teddy Bear Transport program (jet, helicopter, ambulance), the MyCookChildren's Epic MyChart portal, school-based telemedicine, the Cook Children's Health Plan covering nearly 120,000 Medicaid/CHIP members, and community health outreach through The Center for Children's Health with 240+ partner organizations.

Product overview

Cook Children's Health Care System is a comprehensive pediatric healthcare network offering a broad portfolio of integrated services organized around its 430-bed medical center in Fort Worth, Texas. The system operates as a unified health care delivery network combining acute care (Medical Center with Level IV NICU and Level II Trauma Center), outpatient services (60+ specialty clinics), home health, retail pharmacies, surgery centers, and virtual/telemedicine capabilities. The Health Plan serves as a coverage arm providing Medicaid/CHIP access to approximately 120,000 members. Key services include the Teddy Bear Transport critical care transport program, pediatric rehabilitation, behavioral health services including the Rees-Jones Behavioral Health Center, and community health outreach through The Center for Children's Health. The network is anchored by Cook Children's Medical Center and extends across multiple Texas locations including Prosper, Hurst, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cook Children's Medical Center A 430-bed pediatric medical center in Fort Worth, Texas with a Level IV NICU, Level II Trauma Center, Emergency Department, and more than 40 specialty care offices on an expanding campus including the planned 760,000-square-foot West Tower.
• Cook Children's Health Plan A government-sponsored Medicaid and CHIP health plan providing coverage to nearly 120,000 low-income children and families across a six-county North Texas service region, including care coordination and access to Cook Children's pediatric specialists.
• Cook Children's Home Health Pediatric home health services including skilled nursing, rehabilitation, home infusions, durable medical equipment, orthotics and prosthetics, a cranial asymmetry program, and specialty pharmacy delivered in Fort Worth, Allen, Austin, Houston, and San Antonio.
• Cook Children's Urgent Care Pediatric urgent care centers open 7 days a week with extended hours, staffed by pediatric-trained personnel offering X-rays, stitches, and same-day care for non-life-threatening conditions.
• Cook Children's Teddy Bear Transport Critical care pediatric transport service by jet, helicopter, and ambulance performing over 4,100 patient transports annually, with CAMTS-accredited neonatal and pediatric teams equipped for high-frequency ventilation, nitric oxide, ECMO, and active cooling.
• Cook Children's Pediatric Surgery Centers Ambulatory pediatric surgery centers in Fort Worth (Dodson), Prosper, and Hurst offering day surgeries including abdominal, thoracic, genitourinary, urology, plastic, and dental procedures.
• Cook Children's Retail Pharmacies Three pediatric retail pharmacies located at the Fort Worth medical center, Dodson Specialty Clinics, and the Prosper medical center offering on-site prescription filling, specialty pediatric compounding, injectable medications, and pharmacist consultations.
• Cook Children's Specialty Clinics More than 60 pediatric specialty care office locations across North Texas providing outpatient specialty consultations across Cardiology, Oncology, Neurology, Orthopedics, Pulmonology, Behavioral Health, Surgery, and other pediatric subspecialties.
• Cook Children's Virtual Health / Telemedicine Telemedicine services connecting patients to Cook Children's physicians via video for primary care visits, specialty consultations, urgent care, virtual lactation consultation, and school-based visits in North Texas school nurse offices.
• The Center for Children's Health Community health initiative coordinating 240+ partner organizations to address social determinants of pediatric health across North Texas, delivering programming such as Healthy Homes (which produced an 85% reduction in ER visits for asthma patients), food pantries, and housing support.

Quantifiable outcome

• 85% reduction in emergency room visits for children with asthma enrolled in the Healthy Homes program
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• University of Texas at Arlington (UTA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2026Cook Children's existing collaboration with UTA built upon through the creation of a disease-anchored Ph.D. program that trains doctoral students in single rare diseases, connecting research to real-world diagnosis, clinical trials and treatment. The initiative was developed under Dennis Lall's leadership at the Center for Innovation in Health Informatics.
• FamilieSCN2a FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2026The FamilieSCN2a Foundation has committed to sponsoring one disease-anchored Ph.D. student as part of UTA's disease-anchored Ph.D. program built on Cook Children's collaboration, integrating patient organizations, specialty clinics, research labs, and industry partners.
• Fort Worth ChambercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 May 2026Cook Children's participates in Fort Worth Chamber convenings highlighting economic power of Fort Worth Medical Innovation District. Leaders from Cook Children's and JPS Health Network collaborate on workforce development strategies including medical administrative field training through public-private partnerships.
• Baylor Scott & WhiteminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 13 April 2026Baylor Scott & White executives participated alongside Cook Children's at the Fort Worth Chamber's Spring Economic Impact Forum on healthcare expansions and innovation, alongside life sciences organizations including Interface Ventures, TechFW, and Pegasus Park.
• Storm GuardminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 23 March 2026Storm Guard, a national exterior restoration and construction brand, organized a community service project assembling 200 care packages for families at Cook Children's Medical Center during its annual national conference in Fort Worth. Approximately 125 representatives participated, creating 'busy bags' and hygiene kits.
• JPS Health NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 December 2025Cook Children's, JPS Health Network, and the City of Fort Worth partnered to open the Las Vegas Trail Neighborhood Health Center, aimed at improving healthcare access in the underserved Las Vegas Trail community.
• City of Fort WorthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 December 2025City of Fort Worth partnered with Cook Children's and JPS Health Network to open the Las Vegas Trail Neighborhood Health Center, addressing healthcare access gaps in the community.
• DunawayminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 16 December 2025Dunaway provided civil, structural, planning, and landscape architecture services for the Las Vegas Trail Neighborhood Health Center project, incorporating butterfly-themed design elements and stormwater management solutions.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP): One of the oldest and largest U.S. pediatric hospital systems with a top-ranked research and specialty care enterprise; comparable to Cook Children's in pediatric-only acute care, broad subspecialty depth, and a network model spanning hospital, ambulatory, and home/community services.
• Nemours Children's Health: Nonprofit pediatric system operating hospitals in Delaware and Florida plus regional specialty and primary care clinics; comparable to Cook Children's on the integrated pediatric network model spanning tertiary care, ambulatory, and population/community health.
• Children's Health (Dallas): Nonprofit pediatric health system headquartered in Dallas with a competing children's hospital and expanding Plano campus; directly competes with Cook Children's for tertiary pediatric referrals, specialist talent, Medicaid contracts, and family share across the DFW metro.
• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta: Nonprofit pediatric system operating three hospitals and a large ambulatory network in Georgia; closely comparable to Cook Children's in pediatric-only service line breadth, multi-site ambulatory expansion, and tertiary/quaternary referral position.
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Top-three U.S. pediatric academic medical center consistently leading USNWR rankings; comparable to Cook Children's in pediatric-only mission, depth of subspecialty services, research intensity, and integrated care delivery model.
• Children's National Hospital: Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit pediatric hospital system with research and community health programs; directly comparable to Cook Children's in USNWR-ranked pediatric specialties, Level IV NICU capability, and integrated outpatient network model.
• Nationwide Children's Hospital: Columbus, OH-based nonprofit pediatric hospital system with a large research institute, behavioral health platform, and community outreach network; comparable to Cook Children's on full-spectrum pediatric services, population health focus, and freestanding children's hospital economics.
• Texas Children's Hospital: Houston-based nonprofit pediatric health system operating a large flagship hospital, specialty clinics, research enterprise, and health plan; the closest direct competitor to Cook Children's given overlapping Texas geography, similar pediatric-only mission, and parallel service lines including transport, NICU, and specialty surgery.
• Seattle Children's Hospital: Nonprofit pediatric academic health system with a single flagship hospital, research institute, and regional ambulatory footprint; comparable to Cook Children's in pediatric specialty depth, transport/referral catchment, and community health mission.
• Boston Children's Hospital: Harvard-affiliated nonprofit pediatric hospital system offering the full spectrum of specialty care, research, and community health programs; directly comparable to Cook Children's on pediatric specialty breadth, USNWR-ranked subspecialties, and tertiary referral position.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/cookchildrens/?hl=en

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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