General Acute Care Hospital Taxonomy Code 282N00000X
282N00000X
Level II - Classification
17,369Registered providers
A0Medicare specialty
25.1NUCC version
57States & territories
Definition
An acute general hospital is an institution whose primary function is to provide inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services for a variety of medical conditions, both surgical and non-surgical, to a wide population group. The hospital treats patients in an acute phase of illness or injury, characterized by a single episode or a fairly short duration, from which the patient returns to his or her normal or previous level of activity.
Code details
Provider composition
17,369Total providers
15,003Organizations 86%
2,366Individuals 14%
1,270Female
1,096Male
Gender is recorded for individual providers only; organizations are not gendered. Source: NPPES, last updated 2026-06-21T00:00:00.
View all 17,369 providersGeneral Acute Care Hospital providers by state
Provider counts by U.S. state and territory. Select a state to open its provider directory.
All states (nationwide)
17,369
Alabama243Alaska45American Samoa7Arizona310Arkansas177California2,205Colorado454Connecticut200Delaware78District Of Columbia100Florida782Georgia363Guam6Hawaii67Idaho75Illinois720Indiana280Iowa86Kansas143Kentucky194Louisiana340Maine105Mariana Islands4Marshall Islands2Maryland417Massachusetts464Michigan470Minnesota147Mississippi214Missouri292Montana48Nebraska76Nevada114New Hampshire44New Jersey507New Mexico107New York1,891North Carolina427North Dakota34Ohio559Oklahoma246Oregon132Pennsylvania883Puerto Rico228Rhode Island65South Carolina314South Dakota81Tennessee295Texas1,398Utah155Vermont35Virgin Islands7Virginia320Washington249West Virginia111Wisconsin254Wyoming29
About taxonomy code 282N00000X
The taxonomy code 282N00000X identifies General Acute Care Hospital within the Hospitals provider grouping. It is a Level II — Classification code, which names a provider's occupation or service within the broader provider grouping.
NPI records show 17,369 registered providers whose primary or secondary taxonomy is 282N00000X. Of these, 15,003 (86%) are registered as organizations and 2,366 (14%) as individual providers. The states with the most general acute care hospital providers are California (2,205), New York (1,891), Texas (1,398). For Medicare enrollment, 282N00000X crosswalks to specialty code A0 (Critical Access Hospital).
Taxonomy codes are self-selected by the provider based on their education and training; they describe the provider's type and specialty, not the specific services rendered.
Frequently asked questions
282N00000X questionsNPPES lists 17,369 registered providers whose primary or secondary taxonomy code is 282N00000X (General Acute Care Hospital).
Both. About 86% of providers using 282N00000X are registered as organizations and 14% as individuals.
282N00000X crosswalks to Medicare specialty code A0 (Critical Access Hospital).
282N00000X is a Level II - Classification code in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy set.
Use the "Providers by state" directory on this page to open the list of general acute care hospital providers registered in any U.S. state.
Source: National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, Version 25.1. Provider counts from NPPES. See nucc.org.
