HCA Mountain Division

What HCA Mountain Division does

MountainStar Healthcare, operating as HCA Healthcare's Mountain Division, is an integrated healthcare delivery network serving Utah's Wasatch Front from Logan to Payson. The network comprises 8 acute care hospitals, 5 freestanding emergency centers, 9 urgent care centers (CareNow brand), and 10 ambulatory surgery centers, plus the MountainStar Medical Group physician practice network. Key facilities include St. Mark's Hospital (operating continuously since 1872), Cache Valley Hospital, Ogden Regional Medical Center, Timpanogos Regional Hospital, Lakeview Hospital, Lone Peak Hospital, Mountain View Hospital, and Brigham City Community Hospital, supplemented by specialty centers such as The Heart Center at St. Mark's.

The network's core technology platform is MyHealthONE, a secure patient portal that consolidates health records, appointment scheduling, post-visit summaries, and provider communication across all facilities. Supporting tools include the Patient Payment Estimator for pricing transparency, Consult-A-Nurse for appointment referrals, and SMS-based patient notifications. The MyHealthONE mobile app is deployed on both iOS and Android.

Revenue is generated transactionally through hospital admissions, emergency department visits, outpatient procedures, physician clinic visits, and ambulatory surgeries, billed primarily to insurance payers and self-pay patients. The network also operates a tiered financial assistance program (100% charity at 0-200% Federal Poverty Level; partial charity at 201-400% FPL with balances over $1,500; uninsured discount at managed-care-equivalent rates). MountainStar functions as a wholly owned affiliate of HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: HCA), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, with no division-level financials publicly disclosed.

Name

HCA Mountain Division

Legal name

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

Website

https://mountainstar.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

MountainStar Healthcare, operating as HCA Healthcare's Mountain Division, runs an integrated network of 8 hospitals, 5 freestanding ERs, 9 urgent care centers, and 10 surgery centers serving patients across Utah's Wasatch Front from Logan to Payson.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospital Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Regional General Hospitals (HLAFAAAB)

Keywords

• Hospital healthcare services
• Emergency medical care
• Urgent care services
• Cardiac care services
• Ambulatory surgery centers

Headquarters

HQ city

Utah

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hospital Services Revenue: Acute care hospital services including inpatient admissions, surgeries, and overnight stays generating revenue from insurance payers and self-pay patients
2. Emergency Care Services: 24/7 emergency department services at 8 hospitals and 5 freestanding emergency centers
3. Outpatient and Ambulatory Services: Physician clinic visits, outpatient procedures, diagnostic services, and ambulatory surgery center services at 10 surgery centers
4. Financial Assistance Programs: Charity care for patients at 0-200% Federal Poverty Level receiving 100% discount; partial charity for patients at 201-400% FPL with balances over $1,500; uninsured discount similar to managed care rates

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

MountainStar Healthcare operates an integrated hospital network along Utah's Wasatch Front delivering acute inpatient care, 24/7 emergency services, outpatient surgery, diagnostic imaging, and specialty care (cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, pediatrics, women's care). Services are delivered through 8 hospitals, 5 freestanding ERs, 9 urgent care centers, 10 surgery centers, and the MountainStar Medical Group physician practice network, with the MyHealthONE patient portal unifying scheduling, records access, and bill payment across the system.

Product overview

MountainStar Healthcare is an integrated healthcare delivery network operated by HCA Healthcare as its Mountain Division, consisting of eight hospitals and numerous outpatient centers across Utah's Wasatch Front. The portfolio is organized as a hospital network plus affiliated physician practices (MountainStar Medical Group), unified by the MyHealthONE patient portal. Supporting services include online patient payment estimation tools, financial assistance programs, and nurse consultation services. The network offers comprehensive specialty care spanning cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, surgery, emergency services, and women's care across facilities including St. Mark's Hospital, Cache Valley Hospital, Ogden Regional Medical Center, Timpanogos Regional Hospital, and others.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MyHealthONE: Secure patient portal allowing patients to view health records, schedule appointments, and manage healthcare information.
• MountainStar Medical Group
• CareNow Urgent Care
• The Heart Center at St. Mark's

Products and services

• Hospitals and Emergency Care Network An integrated network of eight hospitals, five freestanding emergency centers, nine urgent care centers, and ten surgery centers located across Utah from Logan to Payson, serving the Wasatch Front including Salt Lake, Weber, Davis, and Utah Counties. Provides acute care, emergency care, and outpatient services.
• MyHealthONE Patient Portal Secure patient portal enabling users to view health records including lab results, physician notes, and imaging reports, schedule follow-up appointments, share health records with providers, and access post-visit summaries. Available as mobile app on iOS and Android.
• Specialty Medical Services Comprehensive medical specialty services including cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, pediatrics, surgery, women's care, emergency care, mental health and wellness, diagnostics, imaging, and more across the hospital network.
• MountainStar Medical Group Physician practice group affiliated with MountainStar Healthcare hospitals, providing outpatient medical services and specialist care coordination.
• Consult-A-Nurse Service Nurse referral and consultation service helping patients find specialists, schedule appointments, and navigate healthcare options.
• Financial Assistance Programs Charity discount policy providing free hospital care for patients at 0-200% Federal Poverty Level and partial charity for those at 201-400% FPL with balances exceeding $1,500, plus uninsured discount similar to managed care rates for self-pay patients.

Quantifiable outcome

• St. Mark's Hospital: 150 ablation procedures performed as of 2022
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Community Health Systems: Investor-owned hospital operator focused on non-urban and mid-sized markets. Similar portfolio of community acute care hospitals, with comparable patient mix and charity care exposure.
• HCA Healthcare: Parent company of MountainStar and the largest investor-owned hospital operator in the U.S. MountainStar is one HCA division, sharing the parent's operating model, MyHealthONE platform, and corporate standards.
• Tenet Healthcare: Multi-state investor-owned hospital and ambulatory operator with significant acute care and USPI surgery center footprints. Comparable network model combining hospitals with outpatient surgical and imaging assets.
• AdventHealth: Large nonprofit hospital system with a similar network of community hospitals, freestanding ERs, and outpatient centers across multiple states. Comparable in offering integrated primary, specialty, and acute care services.
• Universal Health Services: Investor-owned operator of acute care hospitals and behavioral health facilities across the U.S. Comparable in being a multi-state hospital holding company with community/regional hospital assets.
• CommonSpirit Health: Large nonprofit health system formed by the merger of Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives. Operates community hospitals and specialty services across many states, overlapping with MountainStar's mix of general medical/surgical services.

Emerging players

• Surgery Partners: Operator of ambulatory surgery centers and short-stay surgical hospitals, with a model closely comparable to MountainStar's 10 ASCs and short-stay surgical footprint. Relevant peer for the outpatient and ambulatory surgery component.

Direct peers

• Ardent Health Partners: Investor-owned hospital operator with regional acute care systems and affiliated physician groups. Closely comparable in network structure (hospitals + employed physicians) and urban/regional market focus.
• University of Utah Health: Academic health system operating in the same Salt Lake City market as MountainStar, with a hospital, employed physician group, and specialty services. Competes directly for complex specialty cases and physician talent in the Wasatch Front.
• Intermountain Health: Largest integrated health system in Utah, operating hospitals, clinics, and health plans across the same Wasatch Front geography as MountainStar. Head-to-head competitor for patients, physicians, and payer contracts in MountainStar's core service area.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mstarhealth
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/MountainStarHealth
• Facebookfacebook.com/mountainstarhealthcare
• Instagraminstagram.com/mountainstarchildrens
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hcs-mountain-division

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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