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Widest spread in the state
The same ct abdomen and pelvis with contrast runs $292 to $5,206 in Florida
$292 Good Samaritan Medical Centermedian $1,394$5,206 Lakeland Regional Medical Center
18× between the cheapest and the dearest of the 102 hospitals with at least 5 published plan rates for it; the explorer also shows thinner cells, so its range can run wider.
Biggest gap between two insurers, same hospital
At Hca Florida North Florida Hospital, Cigna pays 5.0× what Anthem BCBS pays for the same sepsis with mcc
Anthem BCBS$18,291
Cigna$92,271
Same building, same procedure, same code. The difference is which card is in your wallet.
Furthest above the Medicare benchmark
South Miami Hospital is paid 5.6× the Medicare rate across everything it prices
100%Medicare
291%state median
564%this hospital
Medicare’s payment is hospital-specific and roughly pegged to the cost of care. The median across this hospital’s 20 procedures is 564% of it, against a Florida median of 291%.
Highest price over estimated cost
UHS hospitals are paid 5.5× what it is estimated to cost them to deliver care
UHS5.5×
Memorial Healthcare System5.0×
Sarasota Memorial4.1×
HCA Florida3.7×
Cost estimated from each hospital’s own federal cost report (HCRIS) — the same filings state regulators use. Estimates, not accounting truth.
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