4/100
#2,531 nationally
Good Samaritan Medical Center
1309 N Flagler Dr, West Palm Beach, FL 33401 · (561) 655-5511
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Good Samaritan Medical Center billed $15.41 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
- 15.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 84
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in FL
- #141
- 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 1% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
501 | $175,801 | $10,942 | +181% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
451 | $49,777 | $2,401 | +156% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
205 | $182,045 | $13,347 | +179% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
165 | $28,335 | $1,337 | +181% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
112 | $84,720 | $5,041 | +141% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
109 | $159,162 | $5,580 | +299% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
80 | $121,165 | $4,968 | +207% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
77 | $109,874 | $8,922 | +153% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $73,741 | $3,089 | +209% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
58 | $209,691 | $13,702 | +153% |
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 |
$105,566 | $2,932 | +418% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$159,162 | $5,580 | +299% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,262 | $2,227 | +282% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,385 | $2,518 | +258% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$80,065 | $3,392 | +253% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,084 | $1,384 | +248% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Complications
MS-DRG 467 · Inpatient stay |
$417,797 | $23,571 | +221% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$108,978 | $5,129 | +217% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$83,449 | $9,612 | +63% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$61,583 | $6,951 | +66% |
|
Major Chest Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 164 · Inpatient stay |
$190,674 | $14,461 | +75% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,682 | $2,878 | +77% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$174,464 | $11,285 | +83% |
|
Trauma to the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast without Major Complications
MS-DRG 605 · Inpatient stay |
$75,297 | $7,072 | +84% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$141,804 | $11,258 | +86% |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 270 · Inpatient stay |
$419,733 | $35,395 | +87% |
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.