3/100
#2,580 nationally
St Lucie Medical Center
1800 Se Tiffany Ave, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34952 · (772) 335-4000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Lucie Medical Center billed $13.57 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
- 13.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 91
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in FL
- #153
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 2% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
360 | $215,126 | $11,849 | +244% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
285 | $41,628 | $2,438 | +114% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
241 | $161,361 | $15,286 | +147% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
149 | $96,835 | $10,591 | +123% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
95 | $102,612 | $11,142 | +120% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $193,120 | $5,227 | +450% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
82 | $76,306 | $6,772 | +156% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
78 | $81,199 | $6,488 | +152% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
68 | $250,512 | $14,871 | +213% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
61 | $105,818 | $11,387 | +100% |
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 |
$47,241 | $619 | +1,406% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$139,668 | $3,134 | +501% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$118,953 | $2,809 | +484% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$71,301 | $1,845 | +452% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$193,120 | $5,227 | +450% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$197,714 | $6,128 | +396% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
$481,631 | $25,570 | +379% |
|
Level 6 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5416 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$193,962 | $6,845 | +375% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Rehabilitation with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 945 · Inpatient stay |
$69,875 | $11,228 | -10% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$73,944 | $13,719 | -6% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$80,690 | $12,417 | about average |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$79,730 | $9,291 | +68% |
|
Chest Pain
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay |
$57,886 | $6,515 | +72% |
|
Signs and Symptoms of Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue without Major
MS-DRG 556 · Inpatient stay |
$65,193 | $6,447 | +72% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$82,965 | $9,930 | +73% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 896 · Inpatient stay |
$113,949 | $13,767 | +74% |
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.