34/100
#1,784 nationally
St Josephs Hospital
3001 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Tampa, FL 33607 · (813) 870-4398
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Josephs Hospital billed $5.59 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
- 5.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 219
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in FL
- #44
- 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 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 52% 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 |
2,431 | $24,566 | $2,457 | +26% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
961 | $74,791 | $15,380 | +15% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
431 | $48,876 | $10,568 | +13% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
391 | $31,626 | $2,929 | +25% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
351 | $8,772 | $1,466 | -13% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
205 | $35,123 | $7,294 | +9% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
205 | $36,091 | $7,268 | +21% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
202 | $39,193 | $11,195 | +9% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
200 | $46,967 | $9,350 | +20% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
194 | $29,934 | $4,618 | +9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 331 · Inpatient stay |
$171,191 | $17,740 | +130% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$153,763 | $24,345 | +130% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,723 | $557 | +114% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,251 | $1,365 | +90% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
$197,864 | $23,991 | +66% |
|
Major Chest Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 164 · Inpatient stay |
$169,280 | $19,725 | +56% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,437 | $5,127 | +52% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,293 | $3,134 | +52% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except Face
MS-DRG 004 · Inpatient stay |
$316,707 | $65,906 | -41% |
|
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 673 · Inpatient stay |
$93,769 | $28,386 | -39% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$171,946 | $43,574 | -36% |
|
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Expired with Major Complications
MS-DRG 283 · Inpatient stay |
$54,752 | $15,734 | -36% |
|
Other Circulatory System Operating Room Procedures
MS-DRG 264 · Inpatient stay |
$94,277 | $25,008 | -31% |
|
Skin Ulcers with Major Complications
MS-DRG 592 · Inpatient stay |
$60,607 | $16,004 | -30% |
|
Major Chest Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 163 · Inpatient stay |
$124,982 | $33,398 | -29% |
|
Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur with Major Complications
MS-DRG 492 · Inpatient stay |
$108,510 | $24,609 | -28% |
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.