Fact Sheet
Founded in 1958 as an 80-bed facility in North Kansas City, MO, North Kansas City Hospital continues to expand to meet the needs of our growing community. Now with 451 beds and a 72-acre campus on Armour Road just east of I-35, we provide a host of inpatient and outpatient services, in a state-of-the-art facility, to improve the health of our patients--and our community.

A leader in high technology and excellent care, North Kansas City Hospital was one of the first hospitals in the country to implement a cardiac hospice program, PACS (a fully-integrated filmless radiology system), and a pharmacy “robot” which stores, retrieves and dispenses medication. Most recently, the Hospital acquired a 64-slice CT scanncer and the daVinci surgical robotic system.

Here are other facts and figures about us.
  • Acute-care facility with 451-licensed beds
  • Full range of services, including inpatient, outpatient, observation, skilled nursing, home health and hospice care
  • Accredited Chest Pain Center
  • Medical staff of nearly 550 physicians representing 45 medical specialties
  • No. 1 among Kansas City area hospitals as ranked by The Business Journal for number of annual admissions for the last four years
  • One of Kansas City’s top 50 employers according to The Business Journal (ranked on current full-time local employees with 3,007)
  • 22,514 annual admissions
  • 145,184 annual outpatient visits
  • 1,882 annual births
  • Busiest Emergency Department in Kansas City for adult/pediatric care (57,545 visits)

Northland Medical Imaging Center, the Hospital's offsite diagnostic imaging facility, provides a variety of imaging services, including open MRI. The Imaging Center is located at I-29 and 64th Street in the Tremont Medical Building behind Hen House. For more information, call 816-691-8000.

Our 72-acre campus, conveniently located at I-35 and Armour 210, also is the location for:             
               -- Health Services Pavilion (inpatient rooms, outpatient services, offices for 
                    Hospital staff, physician offices, conference center) 
               -- Professional Building North (physician and professional offices) 
               -- Medical Plaza North (physician offices, Outpatient Cancer Center) 
               -- Health Center North (Home Health Services, NorthCare Hospice) 
               -- Children’s Learning Center (day care for children of Hospital employees)