4/100
#2,546 nationally
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center
3360 Burns Rd, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 · (561) 622-1411
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center billed $14.14 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
- 14.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 99
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in FL
- #149
- 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 1% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 6% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% 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 |
281 | $37,636 | $2,378 | +94% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
271 | $67,565 | $2,917 | +168% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
209 | $174,405 | $11,513 | +179% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
172 | $207,462 | $13,207 | +218% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
171 | $250,166 | $21,111 | +89% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
156 | $65,079 | $4,569 | +137% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
148 | $114,645 | $8,839 | +164% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
136 | $45,903 | $1,813 | +255% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
132 | $146,956 | $10,897 | +167% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
120 | $186,419 | $9,805 | +176% |
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 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$94,557 | $2,574 | +435% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$635,824 | $40,430 | +257% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$72,592 | $2,802 | +256% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,903 | $1,813 | +255% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,804 | $1,404 | +255% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$137,343 | $6,197 | +245% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,041 | $2,379 | +220% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$207,462 | $13,207 | +218% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$69,134 | $8,784 | +38% |
|
ECMO or Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except
MS-DRG 003 · Inpatient stay |
$1,360,094 | $136,943 | +55% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$121,610 | $13,195 | +55% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Complications
MS-DRG 467 · Inpatient stay |
$202,716 | $21,761 | +56% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
$158,131 | $15,874 | +57% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$381,874 | $41,049 | +59% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,157 | $1,724 | +63% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$228,316 | $22,182 | +65% |
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.