CostGrade
F

9/100

#2,412 nationally

Hca Florida Blake Hospital

2020 59Th St W, Bradenton, FL 34209 · (941) 798-6110

Among the highest charge markups in the country

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hca Florida Blake Hospital billed $9.92 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
9.9x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
109
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in FL
#102
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.

Inpatient charge markup 2.2/35

Better than 6% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 3.2/25

Better than 13% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 2.3/30

Better than 8% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 1.2/10

Better than 12% 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

350 $43,805 $2,474 +125%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

290 $155,630 $16,360 +139%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

171 $123,364 $11,906 +97%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

125 $19,266 $1,452 +91%
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay

74 $171,307 $27,343 +37%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

74 $48,658 $2,956 +93%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

66 $86,615 $7,384 +169%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

64 $102,508 $11,009 +136%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)

MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay

62 $142,314 $16,238 +78%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

59 $437,330 $42,311 +146%

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 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$47,385 $1,845 +267%
Infection Needing Surgery (with complications)

MS-DRG 854 · Inpatient stay

$274,498 $18,122 +231%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$36,902 $1,456 +229%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications

MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay

$102,791 $8,451 +228%
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit

$71,759 $3,250 +216%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

$108,079 $5,037 +208%
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications

MS-DRG 536 · Inpatient stay

$96,433 $7,209 +194%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit

$52,388 $2,729 +188%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit

$46,265 $9,653 -10%
Hand or Wrist Procedures, Except Major Thumb or Joint Procedures with Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 513 · Inpatient stay

$134,669 $17,852 about average
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

$134,931 $21,459 about average
Other Cardiothoracic Procedures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 229 · Inpatient stay

$180,353 $28,854 +19%
Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with

MS-DRG 857 · Inpatient stay

$118,525 $15,672 +22%
Skin Graft for Skin Ulcer or Cellulitis with Complications

MS-DRG 574 · Inpatient stay

$172,220 $24,840 +23%
Coagulation Disorders

MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay

$87,720 $13,655 +31%
Full Thickness Burn with Skin Graft or Inhalation Injury with Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 928 · Inpatient stay

$360,559 $53,020 +31%

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.