6/100
#2,477 nationally
Hca Florida Palms West Hospital
13001 Southern Blvd, Loxahatchee, FL 33470 · (561) 798-3300
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hca Florida Palms West Hospital billed $10.77 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
- 10.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 48
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in FL
- #121
- 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 6% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 6% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 14% 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 |
228 | $49,142 | $2,436 | +153% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
159 | $158,624 | $15,526 | +143% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
65 | $108,914 | $10,953 | +151% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
58 | $88,574 | $2,920 | +251% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
57 | $132,031 | $12,082 | +149% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
56 | $83,548 | $7,901 | +159% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
54 | $124,713 | $12,404 | +168% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
38 | $75,580 | $7,207 | +154% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $119,685 | $12,994 | +118% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $93,175 | $13,324 | +64% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$145,757 | $11,027 | +258% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$88,574 | $2,920 | +251% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$93,645 | $7,313 | +199% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,279 | $2,832 | +193% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$249,694 | $17,602 | +184% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$109,575 | $8,543 | +182% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,088 | $2,827 | +178% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$124,713 | $12,404 | +168% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$179,202 | $26,020 | +23% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$104,399 | $16,576 | +33% |
|
Chest Pain
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay |
$46,243 | $6,757 | +37% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$112,697 | $15,689 | +40% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$51,443 | $9,051 | +49% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$93,175 | $13,324 | +64% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$82,106 | $12,602 | +64% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$94,242 | $12,224 | +67% |
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.