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Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center, leads the NJBIZ list of New Jersey hospitals with 55,726 inpatient discharges.

Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center followed with 47,652 discharges. Trish O’Keefe oversees operations at the facility, which recorded 944,496 outpatient visits and where 2,149 physicians practice.

Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center, with 45,691 patient discharges, is third on the list. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick (36,595 discharges) and Cooper University Health Care in Camden (32,546) round out the top five.

Cooper reported 2.4 million outpatient visits — a figure that surpassed all others on the list. Kevin O’Dowd and Anthony Mazzarelli lead a workforce there of 14,000 employees, 1,000 physicians and 1,671 nurses. The hospital has operated since 1887.

At the other end of the spectrum, Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood recorded 6,287 inpatient discharges. Eric Carney, Philip Passes and Mabel LaForgia lead its operations.

Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington reported 948,688 outpatient visits while recording only 7,090 inpatient discharges, placing it 49th on the list.

As for potential mergers, in January, RWJBarnabas Health and Englewood Health signed an agreement under which Englewood Health would become part of RWJBarnabas Health, pending state and federal approvals. Englewood Hospital posted 18,354 inpatient discharges.

Provident Bank is the Premium Publication Sponsor of NJBIZ’s 2026 Book of Lists. Hackensack Meridian Health is the Health Care & Pharmaceuticals Category Sponsor.

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Claude.ai assisted with the creation of this article based on NJBIZ data.

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Rank | PR	Hospital Health Care System	Website Year Est.	Address
				1 | 1	Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack Meridian Health	www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org 1888	30 Prospect Ave. Hackensack, NJ 07601
2 | 2	Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center Atlantic Health	www.atlantichealth.org/​morristown 1892	100 Madison Ave. Morristown, NJ 07960-6136
3 | 3	Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center Hackensack Meridian Health	www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org 1904	1945 Route 33 Neptune, NJ 07753
4 | 5	Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital RWJBarnabas Health1	www.rwjbh.org/​newbrunswick 1884	1 Robert Wood Johnson Place New Brunswick, NJ 08903-2601
5 | 6	The Valley Hospital Valley Health System	www.ValleyHealth.com 1951	4 Valley Health Plaza Paramus, NJ 07652
1 In January 2026, RWJBarnabas Health and Englewood Health announced the health systems signed a definitive agreement under which Englewood Health will become part of RWJBarnabas Health. It remains subject to state and federal regulatory approvals.

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