US Health Care Costs

Lung infection, with complications in Florida

MS-DRG 178: Respiratory infections and inflammations with cc

$47,919typical hospital bill
$8,168typical amount paid
$6,155–$17,705range paid across 83 hospitals

Florida hospitals billed Medicare a typical $47,919 for this stay in 2024, about 5.9 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)
AdventHealth Palm Coast ParkwayPalm Coast16$27,893$6,155
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Delray Medical CenterDelray Beach30$112,391$6,174
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Viera HospitalMelbourne11$25,335$6,226
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Sarasota Memorial Hospital - VeniceNorth Venice49$35,575$6,235
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The Villages Regional HospitalThe Villages38$36,672$6,365
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HCA Florida Fawcett HospitalPort Charlotte17$103,568$6,404
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Baptist Medical Center BeachesJacksonville Beach25$47,919$6,430
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Cleveland Clinic Martin North HospitalStuart70$33,707$6,457
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Lakewood Ranch Medical CenterBradenton16$69,909$6,528
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Jupiter Medical CenterJupiter39$33,143$6,575
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Palm Beach Gardens Medical CenterPalm Beach Gardens24$95,877$6,763
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Mease Countryside HospitalSafety Harbor52$41,713$6,879
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UF Health Leesburg HospitalLeesburg17$40,727$6,936
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Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee HealthFort Myers47$45,954$6,975
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Good Samaritan Medical CenterWest Palm Beach12$115,953$6,985
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Orlando Health South Lake HospitalClermont18$58,202$7,065
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Cleveland Clinic Indian River HospitalVero Beach14$29,482$7,104
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West Boca Medical CenterBoca Raton17$92,374$7,110
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Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine RidgeNaples58$76,874$7,172
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AdventHealth OcalaOcala12$44,607$7,182
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AdventHealth WatermanTavares22$37,783$7,261
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Naples Community HospitalNaples69$48,818$7,380
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Sarasota Memorial HospitalSarasota85$38,401$7,386
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Palm Bay HospitalPalm Bay11$45,592$7,454
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HCA Florida Putnam HospitalPalatka12$45,928$7,476
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Doctors HospitalCoral Gables12$84,305$7,484
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Cape Coral HospitalCape Coral21$55,349$7,540
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AdventHealth Wesley ChapelWesley Chapel12$46,719$7,544
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Holmes Regional Medical CenterMelbourne31$41,567$7,592
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AdventHealth SebringSebring14$39,843$7,605
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Boca Raton Regional HospitalBoca Raton84$43,436$7,679
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Mease Dunedin HospitalDunedin13$40,040$7,687
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Morton Plant HospitalClearwater57$39,816$7,784
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Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald CoastMiramar Beach12$27,876$7,931
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Flagler HospitalSaint Augustine25$41,620$7,939
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Holy Cross HospitalFt Lauderdale21$39,732$7,975
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Winter Haven HospitalWinter Haven23$36,501$8,005
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St Anthonys HospitalSaint Petersburg35$39,475$8,008
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Ascension Sacred Heart BayPanama City16$29,531$8,057
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Orlando Health-Health Central HospitalOcoee16$65,458$8,146
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Lakeland Regional Medical CenterLakeland96$36,977$8,150
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Bethesda Hospital EastBoynton Beach46$57,939$8,168
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AdventHealth TampaTampa16$60,520$8,172
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AdventHealth Palm CoastPalm Coast15$36,112$8,194
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St Josephs HospitalTampa50$46,327$8,215
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Cleveland Clinic HospitalWeston16$30,851$8,368
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Lee Memorial HospitalFort Myers65$39,611$8,375
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Marion Communtiy HospitalOcala26$63,737$8,388
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Manatee Memorial HospitalBradenton15$61,560$8,468
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Jackson HospitalMarianna19$15,299$8,601
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Tampa General Hospital BrooksvilleBrooksville28$55,242$8,648
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Baptist Health Medical Center - JacksonvilleJacksonville69$48,017$8,729
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HCA Florida JFK HospitalAtlantis12$74,739$8,730
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Tallahassee Memorial HealthcareTallahassee20$47,055$8,772
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AdventHealth Port CharlottePort Charlotte15$68,943$8,772
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Halifax Health Medical CenterDaytona Beach19$31,209$8,779
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South Miami HospitalMiami19$54,690$8,803
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HCA Florida Blake HospitalBradenton16$88,726$8,815
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Sacred Heart HospitalPensacola16$30,582$8,832
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Keralty HospitalMiami13$17,135$8,873
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AdventHealth OrlandoOrlando136$62,893$9,002
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AdventHealth DelandDeland12$33,409$9,022
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Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, IncMiami Beach27$41,176$9,027
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Orlando Health Bayfront HospitalSaint Petersburg12$58,674$9,037
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HCA Florida Oak Hill HospitalBrooksville22$116,280$9,097
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Baptist Hospital of MiamiMiami41$58,562$9,124
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HCA Florida Bayonet Point HospitalHudson15$96,183$9,211
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Orlando HealthOrlando47$61,353$9,439
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HCA Florida Orange Park HospitalOrange Park11$107,233$9,615
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Memorial Hospital WestPembroke Pines40$108,839$9,932
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Memorial Hospital PembrokePembroke Pines16$99,426$9,977
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HCA Florida North Florida HospitalGainesville24$91,616$10,044
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Memorial Hospital MiramarMiramar12$88,596$10,051
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HCA Florida Brandon HospitalBrandon16$89,733$10,263
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HCA Florida Aventura HospitalAventura30$108,055$10,496
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Mayo ClinicJacksonville80$40,925$11,076
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Tampa General HospitalTampa44$52,274$11,389
–$20,036$14,579–$39,761 · 19 plans
UF Health Shands HospitalGainesville40$57,244$12,207
–$12,840$8,699–$17,679 · 18 plans
Broward Health Medical CenterFort Lauderdale16$49,477$12,424
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West Kendall Baptist HospitalMiami14$68,815$13,249
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Homestead HospitalHomestead17$65,813$13,317
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Memorial Regional HospitalHollywood25$121,110$13,911
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Jackson Health SystemMiami35$42,638$17,705
$15,550$11,427$9,512–$56,105 · 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.