US Health Care Costs

Bowel surgery, with complications in Florida

MS-DRG 330: Major small and large bowel procedures with cc

$158,131typical hospital bill
$18,913typical amount paid
$14,750–$33,431range paid across 75 hospitals

Florida hospitals billed Medicare a typical $158,131 for this stay in 2024, about 8.4 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Delray Medical CenterDelray Beach30$224,437$14,750
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Lakewood Ranch Medical CenterBradenton26$193,634$15,062
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Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine RidgeNaples69$259,795$15,659
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The Villages Regional HospitalThe Villages19$112,925$15,713
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Orlando Health Sebastian River HospitalSebastian16$179,780$15,715
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Palm Beach Gardens Medical CenterPalm Beach Gardens20$158,131$15,874
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Jupiter Medical CenterJupiter26$75,582$15,891
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Sarasota Memorial Hospital - VeniceNorth Venice29$127,476$15,941
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AdventHealth Port CharlottePort Charlotte32$267,508$16,016
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UF Health Leesburg HospitalLeesburg24$91,426$16,038
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Cleveland Clinic Martin North HospitalStuart41$89,362$16,049
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Baptist Medical Center BeachesJacksonville Beach14$132,270$16,151
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Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee HealthFort Myers80$141,849$16,326
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Orlando Health South Lake HospitalClermont12$206,906$16,490
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Cape Canaveral HospitalCocoa Beach13$88,724$16,627
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Tampa General Hospital Crystal RiverCrystal River28$190,048$16,809
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Holmes Regional Medical CenterMelbourne19$120,431$17,039
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Naples Community HospitalNaples69$105,361$17,090
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Morton Plant HospitalClearwater40$104,203$17,142
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Cleveland Clinic Indian River HospitalVero Beach43$73,296$17,184
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St Anthonys HospitalSaint Petersburg26$94,784$17,269
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Wellington Regional Medical CenterWellington11$231,305$17,329
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North Okaloosa Medical CenterCrestview12$204,374$17,408
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Lakeland Regional Medical CenterLakeland27$91,926$17,568
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HCA Florida Gulf Coast HospitalPanama City16$359,218$17,632
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AdventHealth SebringSebring14$139,152$17,703
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Boca Raton Regional HospitalBoca Raton58$116,787$17,739
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Cape Coral HospitalCape Coral22$161,190$17,988
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AdventHealth WatermanTavares23$99,799$18,334
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Sarasota Memorial HospitalSarasota77$141,650$18,446
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AdventHealth OcalaOcala27$255,726$18,523
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Baptist HospitalPensacola31$161,828$18,551
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Good Samaritan Medical CenterWest Palm Beach35$286,247$18,596
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HCA Florida West HospitalPensacola23$227,054$18,808
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Manatee Memorial HospitalBradenton23$258,299$18,840
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AdventHealth Daytona BeachDaytona Beach41$75,459$18,848
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Ascension St Vincent's RiversideJacksonville22$171,080$18,909
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Broward Health Coral SpringsCoral Springs19$100,858$18,913
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HCA Florida JFK HospitalAtlantis30$336,313$19,091
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Mease Countryside HospitalSafety Harbor30$135,361$19,119
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Bethesda Hospital EastBoynton Beach36$167,031$19,123
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Gulf Breeze HospitalGulf Breeze11$136,191$19,418
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Sacred Heart HospitalPensacola24$129,010$19,491
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Baptist Medical Center - NassauFernandina Beach16$145,573$19,703
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AdventHealth Palm CoastPalm Coast22$108,930$19,772
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Orlando Health Bayfront HospitalSaint Petersburg14$259,417$19,930
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HCA Florida Oak Hill HospitalBrooksville15$531,664$19,967
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Westside Regional Medical CenterPlantation16$319,408$20,002
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Flagler HospitalSaint Augustine20$105,320$20,034
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HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors HospitalSarasota14$211,493$20,170
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Marion Communtiy HospitalOcala39$311,870$20,262
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Cleveland Clinic HospitalWeston91$80,970$20,516
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Memorial Hospital WestPembroke Pines22$131,417$20,699
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AdventHealth CarrollwoodTampa12$177,998$20,803
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Tallahassee Memorial HealthcareTallahassee25$124,749$20,889
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Holy Cross HospitalFt Lauderdale16$114,029$20,992
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HCA Florida Memorial HospitalJacksonville20$310,771$21,077
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Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, IncMiami Beach23$118,298$21,684
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St Josephs HospitalTampa55$132,716$21,706
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AdventHealth OrlandoOrlando171$176,569$22,156
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Lee Memorial HospitalFort Myers30$171,627$22,738
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HCA Florida North Florida HospitalGainesville40$329,077$23,269
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South Miami HospitalMiami19$172,775$23,458
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UF Health Shands HospitalGainesville60$117,581$23,528
–$29,766$14,384–$38,540 · 18 plans
Mayo ClinicJacksonville141$93,385$23,637
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Orlando HealthOrlando58$282,416$23,827
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Baptist Health Medical Center - JacksonvilleJacksonville58$121,588$24,133
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Tampa General HospitalTampa58$275,261$24,313
–$45,090$33,998–$82,182 · 19 plans
Lower Keys Medical CenterKey West13$159,874$24,953
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Baptist Hospital of MiamiMiami37$162,693$25,468
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St Lucie Medical CenterPort Saint Lucie19$481,631$25,570
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AdventHealth TampaTampa34$192,421$27,363
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HCA Florida Orange Park HospitalOrange Park11$490,662$29,227
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Jackson Health SystemMiami17$98,949$33,195
$29,423$30,945$23,364–$96,131 · 44 plans
Shands JacksonvilleJacksonville14$155,531$33,431
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Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.