29/100
#1,912 nationally
Palm Bay Hospital
1425 Malabar Rd, Ne, Palm Bay, FL 32907 · (321) 434-8000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Palm Bay Hospital billed $6.28 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
- 6.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 76
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in FL
- #53
- 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 26% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 27% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 36% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 25% 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 |
288 | $17,814 | $2,473 | -8% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
131 | $101,164 | $11,831 | +62% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
130 | $77,719 | $13,663 | +19% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $34,870 | $2,932 | +71% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
88 | $56,342 | $9,509 | +30% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
87 | $26,505 | $1,749 | +134% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $24,198 | $1,456 | +116% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
69 | $67,199 | $11,953 | +22% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
63 | $34,660 | $6,345 | +7% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $49,435 | $5,227 | +41% |
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 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,752 | $1,391 | +165% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,505 | $1,749 | +134% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,198 | $1,456 | +116% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,428 | $2,543 | +102% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,870 | $2,932 | +71% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$67,338 | $6,443 | +69% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$101,164 | $11,831 | +62% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,095 | $2,574 | +59% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,662 | $9,957 | -47% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$55,245 | $15,331 | -37% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,954 | $2,956 | -37% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$54,053 | $13,947 | -33% |
|
Dysequilibrium
MS-DRG 149 · Inpatient stay |
$26,641 | $6,105 | -32% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$29,894 | $7,026 | -27% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications
MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay |
$33,115 | $7,795 | -26% |
|
Back Problems (severe)
MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay |
$51,136 | $12,292 | -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.