CostGrade
C

42/100

#1,547 nationally

Winter Haven Hospital

200 Ave F Ne, Winter Haven, FL 33881 · (863) 293-1121

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Winter Haven Hospital billed $5.42 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
5.4x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
106
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in FL
#24
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.

Inpatient charge markup 11.3/35

Better than 32% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 9.6/25

Better than 38% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 13.9/30

Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 7.2/10

Better than 72% 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

1,046 $22,071 $2,458 +14%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

381 $73,809 $15,468 +13%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

208 $45,353 $9,939 +4%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

205 $76,365 $11,856 +22%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

136 $29,469 $2,926 +17%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

94 $44,220 $8,737 +13%
Psychoses

MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay

93 $31,377 $10,971 -13%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

82 $55,659 $10,468 +19%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

79 $36,248 $6,673 +22%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

79 $8,802 $1,469 -13%

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

$4,734 $619 +51%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

$48,407 $5,227 +38%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$52,671 $6,407 +32%
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,074 $1,311 +29%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$29,415 $3,134 +27%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications

MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay

$39,371 $6,891 +26%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$14,101 $1,456 +26%
Stroke (with complications)

MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay

$56,309 $8,544 +24%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Seizures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay

$44,127 $13,157 -45%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay

$47,899 $14,926 -39%
Sepsis

MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay

$167,662 $44,968 -38%
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 271 · Inpatient stay

$102,099 $23,656 -32%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications

MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay

$30,507 $8,535 -29%
Coagulation Disorders

MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay

$48,779 $14,017 -27%
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures without Cardiac Catheterization

MS-DRG 220 · Inpatient stay

$173,446 $38,601 -26%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications

MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay

$103,248 $23,536 -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.
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