37/100
#1,681 nationally
Mease Countryside Hospital
3231 Mcmullen Booth Rd, Safety Harbor, FL 34695 · (727) 734-6950
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mease Countryside Hospital billed $5.85 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
- 5.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 130
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in FL
- #37
- 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 27% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 31% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 44% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 63% 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 |
1,471 | $19,705 | $2,451 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
453 | $69,823 | $13,322 | +7% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
292 | $44,690 | $8,968 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
160 | $31,012 | $2,943 | +23% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
143 | $33,405 | $5,890 | +12% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
141 | $20,640 | $3,158 | about average |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
130 | $37,102 | $6,353 | +13% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
123 | $54,480 | $5,193 | +55% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
121 | $59,608 | $11,348 | +8% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
112 | $30,857 | $4,660 | +12% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications
MS-DRG 439 · Inpatient stay |
$59,112 | $7,069 | +65% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$96,528 | $9,192 | +62% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$54,480 | $5,193 | +55% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$124,927 | $16,845 | +50% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,068 | $6,480 | +48% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 331 · Inpatient stay |
$105,208 | $11,263 | +41% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
$135,361 | $19,119 | +35% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,416 | $8,343 | +34% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 271 · Inpatient stay |
$90,327 | $28,855 | -40% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Major Complications
MS-DRG 659 · Inpatient stay |
$60,858 | $16,617 | -38% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$93,950 | $21,260 | -32% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$186,071 | $45,846 | -31% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$47,749 | $10,717 | -30% |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$37,446 | $8,130 | -30% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Complications
MS-DRG 920 · Inpatient stay |
$32,523 | $7,194 | -26% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$52,290 | $11,799 | -26% |
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.