47/100
#1,340 nationally
Bartow Regional Medical Center
2200 Osprey Blvd, Bartow, FL 33830 · (863) 533-8111
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Bartow Regional Medical Center billed $4.99 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
- 5.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 30
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in FL
- #12
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 42% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 43% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.
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 |
126 | $20,999 | $2,465 | +8% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
85 | $68,702 | $15,554 | +5% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
63 | $68,057 | $11,823 | +9% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
35 | $39,569 | $10,618 | -9% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
29 | $12,918 | $1,548 | +13% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
27 | $52,176 | $8,193 | +17% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
24 | $51,105 | $5,088 | +46% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
24 | $19,732 | $3,179 | -4% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
22 | $70,314 | $12,334 | +15% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $36,171 | $7,414 | +21% |
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 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,254 | $2,952 | +53% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,105 | $5,088 | +46% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,074 | $4,868 | +34% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$42,050 | $9,342 | +28% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,147 | $2,977 | +23% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$36,171 | $7,414 | +21% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$48,739 | $9,990 | +18% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,176 | $8,193 | +17% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$39,278 | $11,715 | -30% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,240 | $19,902 | -29% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$36,526 | $10,662 | -25% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$54,888 | $14,009 | -23% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$36,560 | $11,622 | -22% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,388 | $1,466 | -16% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$99,028 | $28,237 | -12% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$39,569 | $10,618 | -9% |
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.