PRICING SUPPLEMENT NUMBER: 12 File No: 33-59215
(To Prospectus Supplement Dated August 10, 1995 Rule: 424(b)(2)
and Prospectus Dated June 1, 1995)

MEDITRUST

$200,000,000
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES
DUE FROM 9 MONTHS TO 30 YEARS
FROM DATE OF ISSUE
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Principal Amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000,000
Issue Price (As Percentage of Principal Amount): . . . . $5,000,000 (100%)
Net Proceeds (As Percentage of Principal Amount): . . . . $4,968,750 (99.375%)
Original Issue Discount Note: Y/N . . . . . . . . . . . N

Trade Date: 9/11/95 Interest Rate: 7.63%
Interest Payment Period: semi-annual Redemption Date(s):
Any time prior to maturity
With Make Whole Amount
Interest Payment Date(s): March 1/September 1
Maturity Date: 9/14/05 Terms of Amortizing
Notes: NA
Settlement Date: 9/14/95 Extendable: NA
Repayment Date(s): NA Renewable: NA
Repayment Price(s): NA Renewable Notice
Period: NA
Total Amount of OID: NA Final Maturity Date: NA
Yield to Maturity: NA Other Provisions: NA
Initial Accrual Period OID: NA

Selling Agent(s) Smith Barney Inc.

Agent's Commission (As a Percentage of Principal Amount): $31,250.00 (.625%)

As of the date of this Pricing Supplement, the aggregate initial public offering
price of the Debt Securities (as defined in the Prospectus) which have been
sold (including the Notes to which this Pricing relates) is $68,500,000.

These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and
Exchange Commission or any state securities commission nor has the Securities
and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission passed upon the
accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus supplement or the prospectus to which
it relates. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The Attorney General of the State of New York has not passed on or endorsed the
merits of this offering, any representation to the contrary is unlawful.

The date of this Prospectus Supplement is September 11, 1995