12/100
#2,347 nationally
Orlando Health South Lake Hospital
1900 Don Wickham Dr, Clermont, FL 34711 · (352) 394-4071
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Orlando Health South Lake Hospital billed $9.44 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
- 9.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 119
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in FL
- #93
- 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 8% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 12% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 14% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 23% 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 |
850 | $34,388 | $2,466 | +77% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
516 | $108,270 | $13,476 | +66% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
323 | $24,709 | $2,095 | +110% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
189 | $79,946 | $9,116 | +84% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
157 | $53,034 | $4,687 | +93% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
138 | $16,367 | $1,453 | +62% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
135 | $69,083 | $8,381 | +76% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
129 | $84,799 | $6,440 | +113% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
116 | $32,556 | $2,921 | +29% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
111 | $59,998 | $6,365 | +86% |
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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,089 | $619 | +317% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,442 | $1,749 | +177% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,028 | $2,832 | +164% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,786 | $2,842 | +145% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$83,399 | $4,929 | +138% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,929 | $1,456 | +122% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$137,835 | $11,906 | +121% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$83,494 | $7,696 | +121% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$51,100 | $10,356 | about average |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$78,314 | $13,864 | about average |
|
Malignancy of Hepatobiliary System or Pancreas with Major Complications
MS-DRG 435 · Inpatient stay |
$85,995 | $12,334 | +5% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$71,469 | $11,352 | +8% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,059 | $6,195 | +11% |
|
Back Problems (severe)
MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay |
$83,463 | $11,187 | +20% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,843 | $3,684 | +20% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$139,086 | $18,506 | +23% |
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.