Tampa Hospitals and Health Care Facilities

Four Tampa hospitals anchor care in the city: Tampa General Hospital, BayCare St. Joseph's Hospital, the Haley Veterans' Hospital run by the VA, and Moffitt Cancer Center.

Tampa General Hospital lists its main number as (813) 844-7000 (Tampa General Hospital contact page). BayCare gives St. Joseph's Hospital the address 3001 W. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Tampa, FL 33607, and the phone (813) 870-4000 (BayCare St. Joseph's Hospital). The Department of Veterans Affairs lists James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital at 13000 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612-4745 (VA Tampa health care). The National Cancer Institute lists Moffitt's main line in Tampa as (813) 745-4673 (National Cancer Institute).

This Tampa hub reports facility facts only: who runs each hospital, where it is, what designations state and federal agencies have given it, and which public office handles coverage questions. It does not give medical advice, and a medical emergency in Tampa calls for 911.

Tampa General Hospital is a Level I trauma center and St. Joseph's Hospital is a Level II and pediatric trauma center, both listed for Hillsborough County by the Florida Department of Health.

The state list of verified trauma centers names those two Tampa hospitals as the trauma centers in Hillsborough County (Florida Department of Health trauma center list). The list carries an update date of July 23, 2026, even though its web address sits in a 2025 upload folder, so the date printed on the document, not the address, shows how current it is.

Tampa General describes itself as the region's first and only Level I trauma center, with five medical helicopters bringing critically injured or ill patients from 23 surrounding counties, and one of two ABA-verified adult and pediatric burn centers in Florida (Tampa General Hospital). The two sources do not fully line up: the same state list also names Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center in Polk County as a Level I trauma center, so the hospital's only-in-the-region claim depends on how the region is drawn (Florida Department of Health).

Getting patients to those Tampa hospitals is partly a city job. In her May 2026 State of the City address, Mayor Jane Castor said Tampa Fire Rescue is adding a new station in New Tampa, more personnel, six new rescue ambulances and a marine vessel called the Black Eagle for calls on Tampa waterways (City of Tampa, 2026 State of the City).

Tampa General Hospital is a private not-for-profit hospital licensed for 1,354 beds and the primary teaching hospital for the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine.

Tampa General counts more than 15,000 team members and providers and calls itself one of the largest employers in the region (About Tampa General Hospital). Its affiliation with the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine dates to the school's creation in the early 1970s, and more than 800 residents and fellows are assigned to the Tampa hospital for specialty training. USF medical, nursing and physical therapy students also train there, and USF faculty admit patients alongside private-practice physicians.

The hospital's institutes, as listed on its Tampa site, include behavioral health, heart and vascular, neuroscience, orthopaedic and transplant programs and the Muma Children's Hospital. Tampa General also reports serving a population of more than 6 million across West Central Florida.

The Department of Veterans Affairs serves Tampa veterans at Haley Veterans' Hospital, whose Tampa main campus runs a 24/7 emergency room.

The VA lists the Tampa main campus as offering emergency room care around the clock along with primary care and specialty services that include cardiology, podiatry, mental health care, spinal cord injury care and prosthetics (VA, James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital). Hours vary by clinic, and the VA page lists each service's hours separately. For a life-threatening emergency, the VA directs veterans to call 911 or go to the nearest VA or non-VA emergency department.

A practical point for Tampa veterans: many Haley clinics need a referral from a VA primary care provider before an appointment can be booked, and the VA page flags which services require one.

Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa is the only NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center based in Florida, and Shriners Children's has its corporate headquarters in Tampa.

The National Cancer Institute says Moffitt received its NCI designation in 1998, earned Comprehensive Cancer Center status in 2001, and is one of the few free-standing cancer centers in the country (National Cancer Institute). Moffitt's catchment area covers 15 counties in West Central Florida around Tampa, and new patients and referring physicians can call 1-888-860-2778.

Shriners Hospitals for Children, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit known as Shriners Children's, lists its corporate headquarters at 2900 N. Rocky Point Dr., Tampa, FL 33607, and gives 800-237-5055 as the number for pediatric specialty care in Florida (Shriners Children's).

Hillsborough County runs the Hillsborough County Health Care Plan for low-income Tampa and county residents with no other coverage, and the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County answers at 813-307-8000.

The Health Care Plan is a managed care program funded by a special sales tax and administered by Hillsborough County (Hillsborough County Health Care Plan). Applicants must live in Hillsborough County, be a U.S. citizen or documented legal resident, have no other coverage including Medicare and Medicaid, meet asset rules and have income at or below 175 percent of federal poverty guidelines. On the county table that limit is $27,930 for a household of one and $57,750 for a household of four. The plan covers primary and specialty care, inpatient and outpatient services and prescriptions.

Hillsborough County takes applications through its online ACES client portal and recommends a desktop computer for applying; Health Care Services answers at (813) 272-5040 (Hillsborough County). The county health department lists a separate line, 813-307-8010, for reporting diseases, and posts county events such as free STI testing days and mobile mammogram visits (DOH-Hillsborough).

Each common Tampa health care question has an official office that answers it, matched below with the key fact this hub verified.

Last verified: October 14, 2026, on the Florida Department of Health, National Cancer Institute, Department of Veterans Affairs, Hillsborough County and hospital websites.