10/100
#2,394 nationally
Memorial Hospital West
703 N Flamingo Rd, Pembroke Pines, FL 33028 · (954) 436-5000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Memorial Hospital West billed $9.50 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
- 9.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 102
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in FL
- #98
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 7% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 8% of U.S. hospitals.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
473 | $30,343 | $2,452 | +56% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
185 | $126,410 | $12,555 | +191% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
173 | $225,137 | $20,877 | +245% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
90 | $69,938 | $8,317 | +117% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
89 | $71,260 | $8,287 | +139% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
85 | $19,548 | $1,469 | +94% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $39,101 | $2,881 | +55% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
82 | $165,186 | $15,657 | +200% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $45,352 | $5,105 | +29% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
65 | $62,028 | $8,546 | +69% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$455,246 | $45,435 | +464% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$153,871 | $11,021 | +268% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$225,137 | $20,877 | +245% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$208,859 | $18,546 | +240% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$163,575 | $12,688 | +238% |
|
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications
MS-DRG 439 · Inpatient stay |
$120,032 | $9,110 | +234% |
|
COPD (with complications)
MS-DRG 191 · Inpatient stay |
$107,874 | $8,867 | +224% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$240,141 | $23,394 | +207% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,387 | $9,957 | -6% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,106 | $9,319 | about average |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$105,465 | $16,873 | +4% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,024 | $5,177 | +7% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 331 · Inpatient stay |
$80,388 | $16,730 | +8% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$69,929 | $11,672 | +12% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 379 · Inpatient stay |
$37,584 | $6,799 | +20% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,737 | $4,978 | +21% |
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.