From the First Quarter 2026 Medicare Provider of Services file certified bed count data, here are the ten largest general hospitals in the Great Lakes region of the U.S.:

The Ten Largest General Hospitals in the Great Lakes Region

1. Indiana University Health
   Location:  Indianapolis, IN
   Certified Bed Count:  1,733
   
   
2. Cleveland Clinic
   Location:  Cleveland, OH
   Certified Bed Count:  1,267
   
   
3. Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
   Location:  Milwaukee, WI
   Certified Bed Count:  1,213
   
   
4. Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital
   Location:  Grand Rapids, MI
   Certified Bed Count:  1,135
   
   
5. Summa Health
   Location:  Akron, OH
   Certified Bed Count:  1,061
   
   
6. UH Cleveland Medical Center
   Location:  Cleveland, OH
   Certified Bed Count:  1,037
   
   
7. Corewell Health Beaumont University Hospital
   Location:  Royal Oak, MI
   Certified Bed Count:  1,031
   
   
8. Riverside Methodist Hospital
   Location:  Columbus, OH
   Certified Bed Count:  1,000
   
   
9. Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
   Location:  Chicago, IL
   Certified Bed Count:  997
   
   
10. DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital
    Location:  Detroit, MI
    Certified Bed Count:  991

Supplemental resource:  Top Ranked Teaching Hospitals in the Great Lakes Region

There were more than 1,388,000 nursing assistants employed in the United States as of May 2024 according to the latest occupational employment data available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Approximately 214,470 of those employed as nursing assistants lived in the Mid-Eastern U.S., a region that includes five states and the District of Columbia.  BLS data reveals the region to be one of the better regions of the country for nursing assistant pay.  Every Mid-Eastern state, expect Delaware, registered a nursing assistant's annual mean wage level that was above the national average, and two states in the region ranked among the ten best states nationally for that pay metric.  A closer examination of BLS data from May 2024 provides the following details about nursing assistant pay in the Mid-Eastern U.S.:

Nursing Assistant Pay in the Mid-Eastern U.S.

State	# Employed	Annual Mean Wages	Wage Rank*
DC	2,550	$47,480	30th
DE	5,660	$40,120	6th
MD	24,230	$42,070	22nd
NJ	31,310	$44,480	14th
NY	85,310	$47,530	5th
PA	65,410	$41,700	24th
U.S.	1,388,510	$41,173	-------

(*) annual mean wage ranking among the 50 states and the District of Columbia

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on August 13, 2026