As part of HCA Healthcare, we at HCA HealthONE serve the metro Denver area as the largest healthcare system, with more than 11,000 employees. Our hospitals work together to provide a higher level of care. In addition, our network includes freestanding emergency departments and numerous ambulatory surgery centers, CareNow urgent care centers and occupational medicine clinics, physician practices, medical imaging centers and AirLife Denver, which provides critical care air and ground transportation serving Colorado and surrounding states.
Currently, we provide careers for more than 11,000 area residents and pay more than $950 million annually toward salaries, wages, and benefits. Our workforce includes physicians, nurses, lab technicians, therapists, and imaging staff, as well as office-based and non-clinical positions. Beyond the new facilities and the workforce offerings, we also provided $7.7 million to local organizations to fund a variety of programs as one of the top ten corporate philanthropists in the metro Denver area.
HCA Healthcare has been continually named a World's Most Ethical Company by Ethisphere since 2010. In 2019, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.