There are a million reasons that parents choose Children’s Mercy for their child’s health care... Our comprehensive range of pediatric medical and surgical services. Our nationally-recognized medical staff, which includes one of the largest pediatric faculties in the U.S.

Our nursing staff, the first in Missouri or Kansas to be recognized with the prestigious Magnet designation for excellence in patient care. Our pioneering family-centered approach to care, which recognizes childrens’ and families’ emotional, social and spiritual needs as well as their medical ones. All of these reasons and so many more make Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics one of the “crown jewels” of the Kansas City region. Each year more than 400,000 children from birth to age 18 come from throughout Missouri, Kansas and the Midwest for the hospital’s outstanding medical care.

The hospital provides the highest level of pediatric health care regardless of their family’s inability to pay.