Highpoint Health with Ascension Saint Thomas is seeking to grow healthcare services available to those in Sumner County and the surrounding region. The health system announced plans to submit a Certificate of Need (CON) application to expand medical services and add inpatient beds at its existing Highpoint Health – Sumner Station campus on Big Station Camp Boulevard in Gallatin.

This proposed expansion will allow Highpoint Health to better serve the medical needs of the growing population in the greater Gallatin region and establish the first inpatient services in the southwestern area of the city. Proposed additions to the Sumner Station campus include 12 medical/surgical beds, a four-bed intensive care unit, and an endoscopy suite for advanced procedural services. The expansion also calls for additional ancillary services such as a pharmacy and a comprehensive lab as well as dietary care and expanded environmental services capabilities. The campus addition would house hospital admissions operations as well.

“This expansion of Highpoint Health – Sumner Station is an exciting step that will ensure our community and patients have access to important healthcare services when and where they need them,” said Rod Harkleroad, RN, MMHC, market president of Highpoint Health with Ascension Saint Thomas. “The addition of inpatient beds and other services at this location builds on our commitment to better serve our region and will create new opportunities for care at a facility our community already knows and trusts.”

Highpoint Health owns approximately 30 acres around the current location which will be used to develop the hospital expansion if the CON is approved.

“We are so pleased that the healthcare options at Sumner Station are growing and expanding,” said Paige Brown, mayor of the city of Gallatin. “Our area continues to grow, and our community needs new, additional and expanded healthcare services more than ever. We look forward to the results of the CON and the increase in care options for our region.”

Highpoint Health – Sumner Station currently provides 24/7 adult and pediatric emergency services as well as outpatient cancer care, diagnostic and imaging services and comprehensive

outpatient rehabilitation therapy for adults. These services will continue alongside the proposed expansion, and additional jobs will also be added in clinical, administrative and facility roles.

About Highpoint Health

Highpoint Health is a regional health system dedicated to making communities healthier in Middle Tennessee. It is composed of Highpoint Health – Sumner, a 167-bed hospital in Gallatin; the Highpoint Health – Sumner Station campus in Gallatin; Highpoint Health – Riverview, a 35-bed critical access hospital in Carthage; Highpoint Health – Trousdale, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Hartsville; and in March 2025, Highpoint Health – Winchester and Sewanee (jointly 198 acute and skilled care beds) joined the system as well. Highpoint Health is operated as part of a joint venture between Lifepoint Health and Ascension Saint Thomas. This collaboration brings together the organizations’ clinical excellence, best practices, and talented caregivers to collaborate in new ways that improve access to high quality clinical programs and specialty care for patients and communities. To learn more, visit HighpointHealthSystem.com.