AdventHealth Celebration: A Guide to One of Osceola County's Top-Rated Hospitals
From its origins as a planned-community hospital to a nationally recognized medical center, here's everything you need to know about this Osceola County healthcare anchor
AdventHealth Celebration is a non-profit, tertiary teaching hospital located at 400 Celebration Place, Celebration, FL 34747, reachable at 407-303-4000. Originally opened in 1997 as Florida Hospital Celebration Health, the hospital rebranded to AdventHealth Celebration in 2019 and has grown to serve patients across Osceola County and Central Florida. As of 2023, AdventHealth Celebration employed approximately 3,565 people, making it one of Osceola County's largest employers. A $340 million, eight-story expansion tower broke ground in January 2025 and will bring total bed capacity to 437 when complete. The hospital has received multiple Healthgrades national awards including the America's 50 Best Hospitals Award and America's 100 Best Hospitals recognition in categories spanning stroke care, cardiac surgery, GI care, and critical care.
Here's something most people moving to Celebration don't realize right away: the community came with a hospital built right in. That's not an exaggeration. AdventHealth Celebration was co-conceived as part of Celebration's original master plan — meaning the founders of this Disney-adjacent planned community envisioned healthcare as a core community amenity, not an afterthought. And that hospital has grown over the past three decades into one of the most award-winning medical facilities in all of Osceola County.
Whether you're a prospective buyer researching the Celebration real estate market, a relocating family trying to understand what healthcare access looks like near Disney World, or a Kissimmee resident looking for specialty care, AdventHealth Celebration is well worth understanding. Let's break it all down.
From Florida Hospital to AdventHealth: A Brief History
The story starts in 1996, when Florida Hospital applied to build a healthcare facility within Celebration's boundaries. The state Agency for Health Care Administration initially rejected the application, but the vision prevailed — the hospital opened in 1997. Over the following decades the campus grew steadily: the Nicholson Center for Surgical Advancement opened in 2011 (named for a Winter Park couple who donated $5 million toward its construction), and a five-story, 80-bed patient tower followed in 2020.
In 2019, Florida Hospital Celebration Health officially rebranded to AdventHealth Celebration, aligning with the parent health system's nationwide identity shift. Today the campus functions as a tertiary, statutory teaching hospital, comprehensive stroke center, burn center, and psychiatric hospital — a scope of services you might not expect from a facility in a community best known for its storybook architecture and lakeside Town Center.
The Awards Are Real — And They're Impressive
Let's be real: "top-rated hospital" is a phrase that gets thrown around loosely. So let's get specific. AdventHealth Celebration has earned national recognition from Healthgrades across more than a dozen clinical categories, including the America's 50 Best Hospitals Award™ and repeated recognition (2024–2026) for stroke care, coronary intervention, critical care, gastrointestinal care, and pulmonary care. The Neurosciences Excellence Award rounds out an impressive clinical track record.
On the orthopedic side, AdventHealth Celebration holds the Advanced Spine Surgery Certification and Orthopedic and Spine Center of Excellence designation from DNV GL Healthcare — the AdventHealth system was the first in Florida to achieve these distinctions. That's meaningful for anyone who anticipates joint or spine-related care needs after a move. For a comprehensive look at healthcare options across the county, visit our Kissimmee health and wellness guide.
What Services Does AdventHealth Celebration Actually Offer?
This is where it gets impressive for a hospital of its size. AdventHealth Celebration's service lines cover a genuinely broad clinical spectrum:
- Emergency & Urgent Care — including a dedicated pediatric emergency department with 11 rooms
- Cardiovascular Care — including coronary intervention, heart failure treatment, and cardiac surgery
- Cancer Care — from diagnosis through treatment with research access
- Orthopedic & Spine Surgery — including advanced robotic-assisted procedures
- Neurosciences — comprehensive stroke care and cranial neurosurgery
- Digestive Care — from routine endoscopy to complex GI surgery
- Bariatric & Weight Care — surgical and non-surgical weight management
- Ear, Nose & Throat — including internationally recognized robotic surgical expertise
- Psychiatric and Behavioral Health
- Burn Care
- Women's Health — with Joint Commission Level II Maternal Levels of Care designation
The Nicholson Center on campus adds another dimension entirely — it's a surgical training facility where physicians from around the world come to learn advanced techniques. In early 2024, the hospital made international headlines when it performed the world's first histotripsy procedure on a patient with a kidney tumor. That kind of innovation doesn't happen at a regional community hospital flying under the radar.
A $340 Million Expansion Is Already Underway
In January 2025, construction broke ground on a $340 million, eight-story patient tower — the hospital's fourth major addition. The expansion adds approximately 302,000 square feet of space, three new operating theatres, and 80 progressive care beds, bringing total capacity to 437 beds. For residents of Celebration, Kissimmee, and surrounding Osceola County communities, this means more local access to high-acuity care — fewer referrals north into Orange County. Check out our Celebration health and wellness guide for the full picture.
The Wellness Center: Healthcare as a Lifestyle Amenity
One of the more distinctive aspects of the AdventHealth Celebration campus is what sits alongside the hospital: the AdventHealth Wellness Center & Day Spa. This isn't a typical hospital gym — it's a full-service fitness and wellness facility open to Celebration residents and the broader community, offering fitness classes, pool access, massage therapy, and holistic programming.
Having a nationally recognized hospital and a dedicated wellness spa within walking or biking distance of residential streets is a combination you won't find in most Florida neighborhoods — and it's a genuine differentiator when buyers compare communities across Osceola County.
What This Means for Relocators and Homebuyers
If you're moving to the greater Osceola County area — whether to Celebration, Kissimmee, or anywhere in between — the presence of AdventHealth Celebration changes the healthcare calculus in a meaningful way. Here's a quick breakdown of why it matters:
- Families with young children — A dedicated pediatric emergency department and Level II maternal designation provide reassurance that smaller facilities can't offer.
- Older adults and retirees — Cardiovascular, orthopedic, and neuroscience care at a nationally ranked level, accessible without a long drive to urban Orange County.
- Disney cast members and hospitality workers — For the large workforce along I-4 and World Drive, having emergency and specialty care this close to home matters on a practical, daily level.
The hospital is also one of Osceola County's largest employers, with roughly 3,565 employees as of 2023 — creating healthcare career opportunities for professionals considering a Central Florida relocation. To explore living in the area, visit our Celebration community guide.
What the Locals Know
AdventHealth Celebration isn't just a hospital that happens to sit near a pretty planned community — it was built into Celebration as a foundational amenity from day one. Three decades of growth, national awards across more than a dozen clinical categories, surgical innovation that draws physicians from around the world, and a $340 million expansion already in progress make this one of the most compelling healthcare stories in Osceola County.
For anyone seriously evaluating a move to this corner of Central Florida, the quality and proximity of AdventHealth Celebration is a genuine asset. It's the kind of infrastructure that doesn't make the tourism brochures but absolutely matters when you're putting down roots. 🏥
For current hours, service details, appointment scheduling, and information about the expansion project, visit the official AdventHealth Celebration website.
Curious about what else Celebration and Osceola County have to offer? Explore our Celebration health and wellness guide for a full overview of medical resources, or browse our Celebration community guide to start your home search. Have questions? Contact us for personalized relocation advice!
