Skin infection (cellulitis) in Florida
MS-DRG 603: Cellulitis without mcc
$41,685typical hospital bill
$7,454typical amount paid
$5,750–$16,290range paid across 130 hospitals
Florida hospitals billed Medicare a typical $41,685 for this stay in 2024, about 5.6 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)
| Hospital | City | Medicare stays | Billed | Paid | Cash price | Insurers (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Villages Regional Hospital | The Villages | 61 | $32,412 | $5,750 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida Englewood Hospital | Englewood | 20 | $60,442 | $5,815 | – | – | |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Venice | North Venice | 77 | $38,880 | $5,841 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital | Port Charlotte | 16 | $82,736 | $5,868 | – | – | |
| Jupiter Medical Center | Jupiter | 112 | $28,278 | $5,900 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida South Shore Hospital | Sun City Center | 19 | $78,721 | $5,913 | – | – | |
| Delray Medical Center | Delray Beach | 67 | $96,342 | $5,932 | – | – | |
| Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital | Stuart | 138 | $27,952 | $5,938 | – | – | |
| West Boca Medical Center | Boca Raton | 26 | $69,951 | $6,014 | – | – | |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge | Naples | 88 | $52,911 | $6,040 | – | – | |
| Viera Hospital | Melbourne | 22 | $33,026 | $6,049 | – | – | |
| Lakewood Ranch Medical Center | Bradenton | 29 | $73,876 | $6,108 | – | – | |
| AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway | Palm Coast | 15 | $24,295 | $6,147 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital | Sarasota | 18 | $61,072 | $6,257 | – | – | |
| UF Health Leesburg Hospital | Leesburg | 37 | $35,251 | $6,258 | – | – | |
| Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health | Fort Myers | 66 | $30,233 | $6,288 | – | – | |
| Mease Countryside Hospital | Safety Harbor | 74 | $33,560 | $6,294 | – | – | |
| Tampa General Hospital Crystal River | Crystal River | 14 | $51,955 | $6,305 | – | – | |
| Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center | Palm Beach Gardens | 55 | $90,391 | $6,352 | – | – | |
| Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital | Vero Beach | 54 | $22,170 | $6,472 | – | – | |
| Baptist Medical Center Beaches | Jacksonville Beach | 35 | $41,281 | $6,497 | – | – | |
| AdventHealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | 35 | $33,434 | $6,611 | – | – | |
| AdventHealth Waterman | Tavares | 42 | $33,075 | $6,657 | – | – | |
| AdventHealth Port Charlotte | Port Charlotte | 35 | $51,312 | $6,660 | – | – | |
| AdventHealth Wesley Chapel | Wesley Chapel | 34 | $40,664 | $6,663 | – | – | |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital | Boca Raton | 155 | $29,052 | $6,701 | – | – | |
| Orlando Health St Cloud Hospital | Saint Cloud | 21 | $48,980 | $6,710 | – | – | |
| Cleveland Clinic Hospital | Weston | 19 | $17,786 | $6,733 | – | – | |
| North Okaloosa Medical Center | Crestview | 14 | $60,745 | $6,749 | – | – | |
| AdventHealth North Pinellas | Tarpon Springs | 13 | $51,875 | $6,755 | – | – | |
| AdventHealth Zephyrhills | Zephyrhills | 24 | $42,907 | $6,757 | – | – | |
| Naples Community Hospital | Naples | 148 | $32,880 | $6,784 | – | – | |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach | 23 | $24,386 | $6,813 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida West Hospital | Pensacola | 36 | $52,121 | $6,841 | – | – | |
| Ascension St Vincent's Clay County | Middleburg | 22 | $28,954 | $6,847 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida Putnam Hospital | Palatka | 13 | $42,231 | $6,884 | – | – | |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital | Sarasota | 166 | $35,649 | $6,918 | – | – | |
| Orlando Health South Lake Hospital | Clermont | 46 | $61,015 | $6,931 | – | – | |
| AdventHealth Ocala | Ocala | 81 | $44,350 | $6,945 | – | – | |
| Cape Canaveral Hospital | Cocoa Beach | 15 | $36,318 | $6,960 | – | – | |
| Baptist Medical Center - Nassau | Fernandina Beach | 17 | $39,581 | $6,961 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital | Fort Walton Beach | 16 | $102,103 | $6,972 | – | – | |
| Cape Coral Hospital | Cape Coral | 71 | $27,696 | $6,973 | – | – | |
| Good Samaritan Medical Center | West Palm Beach | 26 | $75,198 | $6,985 | – | – | |
| Santa Rosa Medical Center | Milton | 13 | $41,783 | $6,992 | – | – | |
| Wellington Regional Medical Center | Wellington | 16 | $51,919 | $6,996 | – | – | |
| Palm Bay Hospital | Palm Bay | 17 | $35,775 | $7,006 | – | – | |
| Orlando Health Rockledge Hospital | Rockledge | 17 | $40,874 | $7,010 | – | – | |
| Winter Haven Hospital | Winter Haven | 33 | $33,654 | $7,017 | – | – | |
| Parrish Medical Center | Titusville | 17 | $30,855 | $7,075 | – | – | |
| Morton Plant Hospital | Clearwater | 95 | $32,014 | $7,102 | – | – | |
| Flagler Hospital | Saint Augustine | 38 | $35,821 | $7,105 | – | – | |
| Westside Regional Medical Center | Plantation | 13 | $73,834 | $7,106 | – | – | |
| AdventHealth Deland | Deland | 26 | $33,575 | $7,147 | – | – | |
| Holmes Regional Medical Center | Melbourne | 63 | $33,605 | $7,163 | – | – | |
| Tampa General Hospital Brooksville | Brooksville | 37 | $42,183 | $7,227 | – | – | |
| St Anthonys Hospital | Saint Petersburg | 69 | $32,110 | $7,240 | – | – | |
| Gulf Breeze Hospital | Gulf Breeze | 16 | $31,971 | $7,271 | – | – | |
| Ascension Sacred Heart Bay | Panama City | 14 | $25,896 | $7,285 | – | – | |
| Bethesda Hospital East | Boynton Beach | 113 | $41,500 | $7,307 | – | – | |
| Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast | Miramar Beach | 20 | $30,782 | $7,337 | – | – | |
| Ascension St Vincent's Southside | Jacksonville | 13 | $29,590 | $7,376 | – | – | |
| Orlando Health-Health Central Hospital | Ocoee | 27 | $45,964 | $7,389 | – | – | |
| Baptist Hospital | Pensacola | 26 | $34,380 | $7,406 | – | – | |
| Lakeland Regional Medical Center | Lakeland | 79 | $30,751 | $7,446 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida Capital Hospital | Tallahassee | 21 | $77,766 | $7,462 | – | – | |
| AdventHealth Fish Memorial | Orange City | 15 | $37,233 | $7,481 | – | – | |
| AdventHealth Tampa | Tampa | 56 | $44,784 | $7,503 | – | – | |
| Ascension St Vincent's Riverside | Jacksonville | 23 | $34,436 | $7,516 | – | – | |
| Shorepoint Health Punta Gorda | Punta Gorda | 12 | $36,970 | $7,519 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital | Panama City | 20 | $71,458 | $7,530 | – | – | |
| Mease Dunedin Hospital | Dunedin | 19 | $26,461 | $7,546 | – | – | |
| Holy Cross Hospital | Ft Lauderdale | 61 | $29,964 | $7,655 | – | – | |
| Marion Communtiy Hospital | Ocala | 83 | $66,352 | $7,696 | – | – | |
| Doctors Hospital | Coral Gables | 19 | $41,587 | $7,704 | – | – | |
| St Lucie Medical Center | Port Saint Lucie | 37 | $76,299 | $7,729 | – | – | |
| Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare | Tallahassee | 23 | $43,830 | $7,744 | – | – | |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville | Jacksonville | 128 | $47,396 | $7,763 | – | – | |
| Keralty Hospital | Miami | 26 | $13,120 | $7,776 | – | – | |
| Jackson Hospital | Marianna | 13 | $11,436 | $7,800 | – | – | |
| St Josephs Hospital | Tampa | 106 | $32,296 | $7,860 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida JFK Hospital | Atlantis | 36 | $58,541 | $7,929 | – | – | |
| South Miami Hospital | Miami | 30 | $32,765 | $7,931 | – | – | |
| Manatee Memorial Hospital | Bradenton | 22 | $51,314 | $7,954 | – | – | |
| Lee Memorial Hospital | Fort Myers | 84 | $25,972 | $7,957 | – | – | |
| Baptist Hospital of Miami | Miami | 54 | $45,864 | $7,964 | – | – | |
| Sacred Heart Hospital | Pensacola | 32 | $26,150 | $7,967 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital | Brooksville | 27 | $75,472 | $7,994 | – | – | |
| Morton Plant North Bay Hospital | New Port Richey | 35 | $38,938 | $8,047 | – | – | |
| University Hospital and Medical Center | Tamarac | 28 | $95,030 | $8,075 | – | – | |
| Broward Health Coral Springs | Coral Springs | 29 | $35,032 | $8,099 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida Northside Hospital | Saint Petersburg | 12 | $67,899 | $8,099 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida Trinity Hospital | Trinity | 17 | $84,789 | $8,229 | – | – | |
| AdventHealth Sebring | Sebring | 26 | $43,981 | $8,236 | – | – | |
| AdventHealth Carrollwood | Tampa | 12 | $47,045 | $8,241 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida Blake Hospital | Bradenton | 25 | $61,084 | $8,292 | – | – | |
| North Shore Medical Center | Miami | 11 | $55,019 | $8,358 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital | Fort Pierce | 27 | $71,703 | $8,394 | – | – | |
| AdventHealth Orlando | Orlando | 247 | $53,417 | $8,463 | – | – | |
| Halifax Health Medical Center | Daytona Beach | 37 | $32,532 | $8,495 | – | – | |
| Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc | Miami Beach | 36 | $31,243 | $8,523 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida North Florida Hospital | Gainesville | 48 | $85,182 | $8,608 | – | – | |
| AdventHealth Palm Coast | Palm Coast | 12 | $37,196 | $8,742 | – | – | |
| Broward Health North | Deerfield Beach | 27 | $35,520 | $8,801 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital | Orange Park | 35 | $117,366 | $8,898 | – | – | |
| Memorial Hospital Pembroke | Pembroke Pines | 30 | $58,037 | $8,990 | – | – | |
| Orlando Health | Orlando | 96 | $60,886 | $9,017 | – | – | |
| St Mary's Medical Center | West Palm Beach | 21 | $62,697 | $9,021 | – | – | |
| Memorial Hospital West | Pembroke Pines | 33 | $68,250 | $9,080 | – | – | |
| Lower Keys Medical Center | Key West | 12 | $42,187 | $9,320 | – | – | |
| Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital | Saint Petersburg | 16 | $71,543 | $9,446 | – | – | |
| Broward Health Imperial Point | Fort Lauderdale | 22 | $29,472 | $9,510 | – | – | |
| West Kendall Baptist Hospital | Miami | 15 | $51,134 | $9,519 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida Brandon Hospital | Brandon | 31 | $81,831 | $9,608 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida Osceola Hospital | Kissimmee | 12 | $93,206 | $9,628 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida Memorial Hospital | Jacksonville | 19 | $90,997 | $9,696 | – | – | |
| South Florida Baptist Hospital | Plant City | 11 | $35,785 | $9,883 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida Aventura Hospital | Aventura | 19 | $69,152 | $10,047 | – | – | |
| Tampa General Hospital | Tampa | 80 | $38,935 | $10,248 | – | $15,721$9,978–$19,306 · 19 plans | |
| Mayo Clinic | Jacksonville | 87 | $29,019 | $10,255 | – | – | |
| HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital | Hudson | 20 | $84,569 | $10,290 | – | – | |
| UF Health Shands Hospital | Gainesville | 88 | $36,302 | $10,546 | – | $11,458$7,763–$15,988 · 18 plans | |
| HCA Florida Lake City Hospital | Lake City | 19 | $48,417 | $10,991 | – | – | |
| Memorial Hospital Miramar | Miramar | 12 | $82,962 | $11,246 | – | – | |
| Memorial Regional Hospital | Hollywood | 46 | $92,672 | $11,459 | – | – | |
| Broward Health Medical Center | Fort Lauderdale | 27 | $37,669 | $11,608 | – | – | |
| Shands Jacksonville | Jacksonville | 46 | $33,927 | $12,226 | – | – | |
| Homestead Hospital | Homestead | 19 | $49,878 | $12,620 | – | – | |
| Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus | Hialeah | 11 | $57,806 | $14,859 | – | – | |
| Jackson Health System | Miami | 40 | $33,025 | $16,290 | $9,896 | $10,196$8,488–$29,887 · 44 plans |
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.