Ungraded
#894 nationally
Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf
3801 E Hwy 98, Port Saint Joe, FL 32456 · (850) 229-5600
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf billed $4.23 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 4.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 5
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in FL
- #4
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
45 | $15,446 | $2,656 | -21% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
18 | $8,435 | $1,573 | -16% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
15 | $28,966 | $5,300 | -18% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $27,506 | $14,407 | -41% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
12 | $17,337 | $1,845 | +48% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,337 | $1,845 | +48% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,435 | $1,573 | -16% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,966 | $5,300 | -18% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,446 | $2,656 | -21% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$27,506 | $14,407 | -41% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$27,506 | $14,407 | -41% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,446 | $2,656 | -21% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,966 | $5,300 | -18% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,435 | $1,573 | -16% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,337 | $1,845 | +48% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.