CostGrade
F

4/100

#2,535 nationally

Hca Florida Northside Hospital

6000 49Th St N, Saint Petersburg, FL 33709 · (727) 521-5121

Among the highest charge markups in the country

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hca Florida Northside Hospital billed $12.72 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
12.7x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
70
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in FL
#145
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
1/5
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 1.2/35

Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 0.9/25

Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 1.1/30

Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 0.5/10

Better than 5% 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
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

269 $167,494 $14,901 +157%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

194 $60,976 $2,449 +214%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

83 $74,793 $3,158 +262%
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit

83 $92,902 $3,683 +349%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

72 $146,550 $10,856 +215%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

70 $286,741 $21,179 +116%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

69 $109,192 $10,490 +152%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

66 $88,147 $2,956 +249%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

50 $100,497 $6,848 +212%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

48 $106,500 $4,609 +288%

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 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit

$130,329 $4,734 +437%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$64,525 $1,845 +399%
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit

$92,902 $3,683 +349%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

$106,500 $4,609 +288%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$74,793 $3,158 +262%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$88,147 $2,956 +249%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$135,992 $6,480 +241%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications

MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay

$105,586 $6,416 +237%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Sepsis

MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay

$374,482 $42,715 +39%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours

MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay

$191,689 $20,923 +69%
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Major Complications

MS-DRG 091 · Inpatient stay

$121,380 $14,518 +71%
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications

MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay

$139,956 $13,781 +75%
Seizures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay

$141,648 $15,723 +76%
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability

MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay

$89,448 $11,749 +79%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay

$71,593 $7,984 +93%
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay

$253,300 $24,008 +103%

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.