23/100
#2,077 nationally
Bethesda Hospital East
2815 S Seacrest Blvd, Boynton Beach, FL 33435 · (561) 737-7733
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Bethesda Hospital East billed $7.56 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
- 7.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 141
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in FL
- #68
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 14% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 26% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 22% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% 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 |
1,638 | $23,231 | $2,465 | +20% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
383 | $98,957 | $15,111 | +52% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
370 | $85,007 | $11,906 | +36% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
201 | $70,998 | $10,126 | +64% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
187 | $38,872 | $2,934 | +54% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
157 | $103,389 | $13,167 | +88% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
157 | $82,866 | $10,976 | +78% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
148 | $40,568 | $4,687 | +48% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
142 | $31,636 | $3,158 | +53% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
137 | $13,816 | $1,469 | +37% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 982 · Inpatient stay |
$215,513 | $23,077 | +105% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$222,072 | $23,334 | +96% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$81,439 | $9,346 | +95% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$335,256 | $43,510 | +88% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Neoplasm with Complications
MS-DRG 657 · Inpatient stay |
$168,896 | $16,166 | +88% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$103,389 | $13,167 | +88% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$59,503 | $7,331 | +87% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Major Complications
MS-DRG 659 · Inpatient stay |
$184,047 | $23,859 | +87% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Interstitial Lung Disease with Major Complications
MS-DRG 196 · Inpatient stay |
$61,940 | $13,726 | -23% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,496 | $1,537 | -8% |
|
Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with
MS-DRG 857 · Inpatient stay |
$99,407 | $14,805 | about average |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$158,696 | $27,266 | +7% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,571 | $3,242 | +8% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$146,263 | $21,459 | +10% |
|
Back Problems (severe)
MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay |
$76,813 | $12,931 | +11% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$120,467 | $20,774 | +11% |
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.