35/100
#1,728 nationally
Broward Health Medical Center
1600 S Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 · (954) 355-4400
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Broward Health Medical Center billed $5.05 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
- 79
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in FL
- #42
- 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 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 35% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 32% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 47% 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 |
293 | $22,936 | $2,439 | +18% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
141 | $109,650 | $19,927 | +68% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
89 | $56,132 | $14,610 | +29% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
73 | $40,974 | $11,714 | +10% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
62 | $91,042 | $20,563 | +9% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
60 | $10,941 | $1,469 | +9% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
59 | $66,848 | $14,563 | +43% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
55 | $75,080 | $17,610 | +36% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $29,034 | $2,918 | +15% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $71,127 | $16,001 | +34% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$267,321 | $48,124 | +84% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$322,536 | $51,410 | +81% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$67,946 | $12,408 | +73% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$94,991 | $15,911 | +69% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$109,650 | $19,927 | +68% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Complications
MS-DRG 083 · Inpatient stay |
$100,221 | $15,951 | +67% |
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay |
$304,363 | $51,945 | +66% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$99,817 | $17,412 | +63% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$169,578 | $53,018 | -29% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,720 | $11,906 | -24% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$149,652 | $35,841 | -22% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$152,881 | $42,229 | -19% |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$27,196 | $10,479 | -19% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,766 | $6,481 | -15% |
|
Chest Pain
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay |
$28,633 | $10,197 | -15% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$35,044 | $11,687 | -14% |
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.