Hospital prices in Florida

165 Florida hospitals reported 444,244 Medicare inpatient stays in 2024. The median hospital charged 7.04 times what it was paid — above the national median of 4.15×, number 2 of 51. The widest gap was at HCA Florida South Shore Hospital (15.35×), the narrowest at Jackson Hospital (1.61×). CMS's price-transparency list records 765 enforcement actions involving 291 Florida hospitals.

1Median charge ÷ paid 7.04×
2Hospitals reporting 174
3Medicare inpatient stays 444,244
4Price-transparency actions 765

Inpatient charge-to-payment ratio, the 15 Florida hospitals with the widest gap (100+ Medicare stays), bars to scale. Source: CMS DY2024.

Most common stays in Florida

DRG	Stays	FL avg charge	US avg charge	FL avg paid
871 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with...	46,590	$112,838	$90,297	$15,663
291 Heart Failure and Shock with MCC	23,493	$67,659	$56,380	$10,715
177 Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with MCC	12,403	$85,454	$70,592	$13,200
193 Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC	11,649	$78,292	$59,757	$10,939
392 Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis and Miscellaneous Digestive...	10,106	$53,444	$40,165	$7,095
690 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC	9,839	$48,190	$37,821	$7,285
689 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with MCC	8,348	$62,527	$51,326	$9,734
280 Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with MCC	8,319	$93,403	$75,821	$12,779
872 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours without...	8,031	$62,885	$49,049	$8,998
698 Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with MCC	6,799	$89,808	$73,427	$13,414

Every hospital

Hospital	Stays	Ratio	Actions
Adventhealth Orlando Orlando	30,767	7.42×	4
Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota	16,770	6.48×	–
Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville Jacksonville	13,224	6.12×	7
Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center Orlando	11,297	8.53×	5
Naples Community Hospital Naples	10,478	5.25×	2
Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital Stuart	8,964	5.16×	–
Gulf Coast Medical Center Fort Myers	8,768	6.39×	–
St Josephs Hospital Tampa	8,488	5.04×	2
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville	8,373	3.25×	–
Uf Health Shands Hospital Gainesville	8,179	4.16×	4
HCA Florida Ocala Hospital Ocala	8,084	9.79×	3
Lakeland Regional Medical Center Lakeland	7,719	5.13×	–
Lee Memorial Hospital Fort Myers	7,560	5.64×	2
Tampa General Hospital Tampa	7,024	7.04×	7
HCA Florida North Florida Hospital Gainesville	6,951	11.01×	2
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Boca Raton	6,686	6.28×	4
Holmes Regional Medical Center Melbourne	6,415	6.52×	4
Morton Plant Hospital Clearwater	6,217	5.3×	5
Delray Medical Center Delray Beach	6,127	15.09×	4
HCA Florida Jfk Hospital Atlantis	5,508	10.46×	4
Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples	5,215	11.75×	–
Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Venice North Venice	5,111	6.27×	–
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach	4,854	5.32×	2
Jackson Memorial Hospital Miami	4,790	3.1×	4
Jupiter Medical Center Jupiter	4,752	5.22×	3
Adventhealth Waterman Tavares	4,499	5.44×	1
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital Vero Beach	4,412	3.93×	–
Uf Health Spanish Plaines Hospital The Villages	4,337	5.68×	–
Baptist Hospital of Miami Miami	4,323	7.08×	6
Mease Countryside Hospital Safety Harbor	4,215	5.35×	–
Bethesda Hospital East Boynton Beach	4,207	7.2×	2
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola Pensacola	4,099	4.24×	–
Cape Coral Hospital Cape Coral	3,787	5.6×	1
Baptist Hospital Pensacola	3,786	5.36×	4
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa	3,757	7.89×	2
Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc Miami Beach	3,570	4.88×	–
Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale	3,514	4.7×	–
St Anthonys Hospital Saint Petersburg	3,496	5.06×	2
HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital Fort Pierce	3,412	12.02×	3
Uf Health Leesburg Hospital Leesburg	3,383	5.11×	–
Adventhealth Ocala Ocala	3,340	8.17×	2
Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Tallahassee	3,326	5.55×	3
Orlando Health South Lake Hospital Clermont	3,251	8.72×	–
HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital Brooksville	3,226	11.98×	4
HCA Florida West Hospital Pensacola	3,112	9.4×	3
Halifax Health Medical Center Daytona Beach	3,079	4.67×	–
HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital Fort Walton Beach	3,042	12.96×	4
Memorial Regional Hospital Hollywood	2,967	8.06×	3
HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital Port Charlotte	2,966	14.59×	3
Uf Health Jacksonville Jacksonville	2,915	4.07×	4
Flagler Hospital Saint Augustine	2,858	4.9×	5
Manatee Memorial Hospital Bradenton	2,831	11.65×	3
HCA Florida Brandon Hospital Brandon	2,822	9.6×	3
HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital Panama City	2,770	11.08×	3
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring	2,693	6.08×	2
Winter Haven Hospital Winter Haven	2,673	4.9×	5
HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital Orange Park	2,628	12.96×	3
HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital Hudson	2,551	10.96×	3
Ascension St Vincent's Riverside Jacksonville	2,537	6.22×	–
Cleveland Clinic Hospital Weston	2,535	3.84×	2
HCA Florida Blake Hospital Bradenton	2,523	9.62×	4
HCA Florida Aventura Hospital Aventura	2,484	9.45×	3
HCA Florida Citrus Hospital Inverness	2,458	10.86×	4
Memorial Hospital West Pembroke Pines	2,447	9.43×	–
HCA Florida Memorial Hospital Jacksonville	2,411	11.84×	3
HCA Florida St Lucie Hospital Port Saint Lucie	2,409	11.34×	2
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center Palm Beach Gardens	2,309	13.76×	3
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte	1,997	9.91×	4
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay Panama City	1,937	5.25×	5
Orlando Health-Health Central Hospital Ocoee	1,876	7.98×	–
Adventhealth Wesley Chapel Wesley Chapel	1,836	6.79×	2
HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital Sarasota	1,829	10.87×	4
HCA Florida Westside Hospital Plantation	1,819	11.06×	3
Adventhealth Fish Memorial Orange City	1,818	4.85×	1
Lakewood Ranch Medical Center Bradenton	1,798	11.87×	3
HCA Florida Lake City Hospital Lake City	1,786	5.94×	4
Broward Health North Pompano Beach	1,756	4.72×	–
Broward Health Medical Center Fort Lauderdale	1,715	4.86×	3
Baptist Medical Center - Beaches Jacksonville Beach	1,703	7.32×	2
Viera Hospital Melbourne	1,698	6.08×	–
HCA Florida Trinity Hospital Trinity	1,686	12.01×	4
Adventhealth Deland Deland	1,677	4.87×	2
HCA Florida Osceola Hospital Kissimmee	1,640	10.54×	4
HCA Florida Capital Hospital Tallahassee	1,617	8.55×	3
Adventhealth Palm Coast Palm Coast	1,588	4.42×	2
HCA Florida Northside Hospital Saint Petersburg	1,577	11.5×	3
Palm Bay Hospital Palm Bay	1,534	5.48×	–
HCA Florida Largo Hospital Largo	1,532	9.49×	3
Adventhealth Zephyrhills Zephyrhills	1,524	6.94×	2
HCA Florida South Shore Hospital Sun City Center	1,474	15.35×	4
Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital Saint Petersburg	1,451	8.27×	2
Wellington Regional Medical Center Wellington	1,438	11.58×	1
Tampa General Hospital Crystal River Crystal River	1,424	9.14×	3
Good Samaritan Medical Center West Palm Beach	1,421	13.7×	2
Cape Canaveral Hospital Cocoa Beach	1,398	5.05×	–
Tampa General Hospital Brooksville Brooksville	1,397	8.01×	3
Adventhealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach	1,385	4.22×	–
South Miami Hospital South Miami	1,335	6.75×	–
Morton Plant North Bay Hospital New Port Richey	1,318	4.83×	4
HCA Florida Northwest Hospital Margate	1,277	10.58×	3
North Okaloosa Medical Center Crestview	1,225	9.11×	1
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast	1,224	5.28×	2
HCA Florida Kendall Hospital Miami	1,133	10.08×	3
HCA Florida Englewood Hospital Englewood	1,083	12.07×	3
Ascension St Vincent's Clay County Middleburg	1,082	5.16×	4
Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast Miramar Beach	1,059	4.92×	–
HCA Florida Palms West Hospital Loxahatchee	1,029	9.82×	4
West Kendall Baptist Hospital Miami	1,001	6.76×	–
HCA Florida Woodmont Hospital Tamarac	959	12.31×	4
West Boca Medical Center Boca Raton	936	11.83×	3
HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital Sanford	911	8.45×	3
Broward Health Coral Springs Coral Springs	896	5.07×	2
North Shore Medical Center Miami	887	8.88×	2
Ascension St Vincent's Southside Jacksonville	886	5.14×	–
Adventhealth North Pinellas Tarpon Springs	866	5.95×	2
St Mary's Medical Center West Palm Beach	846	11.49×	1
Orlando Health Rockledge Hospital Rockledge	842	6.96×	–
Baptist Medical Center - Nassau Fernandina Beach	799	5.28×	2
Orlando Health St Cloud Hospital Saint Cloud	790	9.06×	1
Adventhealth Heart of Florida Davenport	773	9.79×	2
Mease Dunedin Hospital Dunedin	760	4.72×	5
Keralty Hospital Miami	751	2.16×	–
Palmetto General Hospital Hialeah	749	7.37×	1
Doctors Hospital Coral Gables	747	7.36×	–
Parrish Medical Center Titusville	740	4.66×	3
HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital Tampa	735	9.42×	3
HCA Florida Putnam Hospital Palatka	712	7.15×	4
HCA Florida Mercy Hospital Miami	705	12.79×	4
South Florida Baptist Hospital Plant City	691	4.7×	5
Gulf Breeze Hospital Gulf Breeze	665	4.35×	–
Larkin Community Hospital South Miami	625	2.47×	–
Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa	575	7.91×	2
Orlando Health Melbourne Hospital Melbourne	549	8.65×	1
Memorial Hospital Pembroke Pembroke Pines	540	7.63×	–
HCA Florida Pasadena Hospital Saint Petersburg	536	14.12×	3
HCA Florida Highlands Hospital Sebring	522	8.72×	2
Homestead Hospital Homestead	517	5.14×	3
HCA Florida Raulerson Hospital Okeechobee	506	7.74×	3
Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital Sebastian	499	8.11×	–
Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus Hialeah	455	3.53×	–
Adventhealth Dade City Dade City	441	6.64×	2
Memorial Hospital Miramar Miramar	432	8.28×	–
HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital Niceville	428	13.84×	4
Jackson Hospital Marianna	425	1.61×	1
Shorepoint Health Punta Gorda Punta Gorda	422	6.21×	2
Santa Rosa Medical Center Milton	413	6.36×	2
Broward Health Imperial Point Fort Lauderdale	412	3.51×	3
Oviedo Medical Center Oviedo	406	8.59×	3
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales	362	7.92×	2
HCA Florida Poinciana Hospital Kissimmee	362	11.26×	3
Hialeah Hospital Hialeah	342	7.95×	2
Lower Keys Medical Center Key West	340	5.1×	2
HCA Florida St Petersburg Hospital Saint Petersburg	338	11.07×	3
Bartow Regional Medical Center Bartow	310	4.36×	5
Coral Gables Hospital Coral Gables	309	10.39×	5
Ascension St Vincent's St Johns County St Johns	280	5.58×	2
Baycare Hospital Wesley Chapel Wesley Chapel	211	3.72×	2
HCA Florida Lehigh Regional Medical Center Lehigh Acres	159	3.82×	–
Halifax Health /Uf Health Medical Center of Delton Deltona	133	4.14×	–
Ucf Lake Nona Hospital Orlando	95	12.19×	4
HCA Florida University Hospital Davie	92	9.95×	3
Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital Macclenny	81	0.88×	–
Desoto Memorial Hospital Arcadia	74	2.77×	3
Adventhealth Riverview Riverview	16	6.88×	–
Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf Port Saint Joe	13	1.91×	4
Douglas Gardens Hospital Miami	0	–	2
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute I Tampa	0	–	–
Jay Hospital Jay	0	–	–
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Saint Petersburg	0	–	3
Lakeside Medical Center Belle Glade	0	–	–
Nemours Childrens Hospital, Florida Orlando	0	–	–
Nicklaus Children's Hospital Miami	0	–	5
Univ of Miami Hospital and Clinics-Sylvester Compr Miami	0	–	–
West Gables Rehabilitation Hospital Miami	0	–	3

Price-transparency enforcement in Florida

239 “met requirements” findings, 225 closure notices, 202 warning notices, 90 corrective-action-plan requests, 7 administrative closures, 2 civil-penalty notices — CMS's actions under the hospital price-transparency rule since 2021. See the enforcement page for what each step means.

Sources: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes, July 2026. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.