The Houston Chronicle reports today that Methodist Hospital in Houston’s Texas Medical Center has announced a huge expansion that will likely cost just under a billion dollars when completed. Methodist Hospital and St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital are two of the major hospitals in the Texas Medical Center. Baylor College of Medicine, one of two medical schools in the Medical Center, has traditionally used Methodist as its primary teaching hospital, but has recently expanded its relationship with St. Luke’s amidst widespread speculation that Baylor is considering termination of its relationship with Methodist. It will be interesting to see how or if Methodist’s expansion impacts Baylor’s decision on whether to maintain its long relationship with Methodist.