30/100
#1,870 nationally
Gulf Breeze Hospital
1110 Gulf Breeze Pkwy, Gulf Breeze, FL 32561 · (850) 934-2000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Gulf Breeze Hospital billed $7.27 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
- 7.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 48
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in FL
- #49
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 43% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 22% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% 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 |
306 | $99,940 | $11,805 | +60% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
298 | $10,971 | $1,735 | -3% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
236 | $32,326 | $2,454 | +66% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
230 | $86,398 | $6,436 | +117% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
136 | $151,559 | $21,313 | +14% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
110 | $53,559 | $15,944 | -18% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
108 | $124,261 | $16,570 | +50% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
97 | $59,718 | $2,884 | +193% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
88 | $41,844 | $10,468 | -4% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
51 | $76,537 | $5,227 | +118% |
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 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,604 | $2,574 | +197% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,718 | $2,884 | +193% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,604 | $2,543 | +151% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,697 | $3,453 | +138% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$88,847 | $5,907 | +125% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$76,537 | $5,227 | +118% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$86,398 | $6,436 | +117% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,521 | $1,469 | +94% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,212 | $248 | -61% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$104,839 | $29,713 | -29% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$41,297 | $13,453 | -27% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$131,648 | $40,749 | -26% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,501 | $7,696 | -22% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$42,120 | $11,715 | -20% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$38,898 | $10,683 | -20% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$53,559 | $15,944 | -18% |
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.