Two of Chicagoland’s major healthcare players announced plans Wednesday to merge into a 12-hospital nonprofit with nearly $11 billion in annual revenue.

The deal, pending approvals, marries Rush University System for Health, a three-hospital academic system with three affiliated healthcare colleges, with Endeavor Health, a nine-hospital system formed through the 2022 merger of NorthShore University HealthSystem and Edward-Elmhurst Health.

Together, the systems would command over 400 care sites, employ more than 46,000 people including over 3,400 clinicians, and reach over 2 million Northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana patients per year.

“Together, Rush and Endeavor Health have an opportunity to create a stronger, more connected health system that sets a new standard for how care is delivered and experienced across our communities,” said Gerald “J.P.” Gallagher, president and CEO of Endeavor Health, who would also hold those roles at the to-be-formed entity. “Patients and communities will benefit from improved access, advanced research and nationally recognized, high-quality care close to home.”

The systems said they would be targeting an early 2027 close in their announcement, though a concurrent regulatory filing lists plans for completion during the fourth quarter of this year.

The arrangement outlines a $1 billion commitment from Endeavor Health to support community impact ($300 million), academics and research ($500 million) and care quality and innovation ($200 million) in the region, according to the announcement and a fact sheet.

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