Palmetto General Hospital
2001 W 68TH ST, Hialeah, FL 33016
Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah, FL has an average Medicare payment of $18,503 and a Value Score of C (50/100). Compare prices for 14 procedures. Based on CMS inpatient data.
About Palmetto General Hospital
On the CMS Hospital Compare scale, Palmetto General Hospital earns 2 stars, placing it in the lower half of U.S. acute-care hospitals on the combined safety, mortality, and experience measure set. Outcome measures are mixed: 0 mortality, 1 safety, and 0 readmission measures rate better than benchmark; 0 mortality, 0 safety, and 0 rate worse. The composite outcome score is 58/100.
Average payment per documented procedure at Palmetto General Hospital is $18,503 — among the higher-cost facilities in the dataset. Combined cost-and-quality value comes to 50/100 — a middling result, reflecting either average quality at average cost or trade-offs in one direction.
Palmetto General Hospital is investor-owned — a proprietary hospital, the minority ownership pattern in U.S. acute care. For-profit hospitals are more concentrated in some regions (Florida, Texas, Nevada) than others. 14 distinct procedures are documented in CMS payment files for Palmetto General Hospital. Top examples: Renal Failure with CC, Heart Failure and Shock with MCC, Spinal Fusion (Non-Cervical) with MCC. Emergency services are available, which is the norm for acute-care hospitals and a meaningful factor for any patient choosing a facility for unplanned care.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Hospital Compare quality measures, CMS Inpatient Payment data files.
Procedure Prices
| Procedure (DRG) | Total Payment |
|---|---|
Renal Failure with CC DRG 683 · Renal | $12,944 |
Heart Failure and Shock with MCC DRG 291 · Cardiac | $17,312 |
Spinal Fusion (Non-Cervical) with MCC DRG 460 · Orthopedic | $37,800 |
Transient Ischemia DRG 069 · Neurological | $7,965 |
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC DRG 193 · Respiratory | $13,220 |
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Ventilator DRG 871 · Infectious | $16,496 |
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure DRG 189 · Respiratory | $18,920 |
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedure with Drug-Eluting Stent DRG 247 · Cardiac | $34,508 |
Syncope and Collapse DRG 312 · Neurological | $8,941 |
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with MCC DRG 480 · Orthopedic | $29,145 |
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with CC DRG 194 · Respiratory | $8,838 |
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with MCC DRG 308 · Cardiac | $15,160 |
Vaginal Delivery without Complicating Diagnoses DRG 775 · Obstetric | $6,926 |
Cervical Spinal Fusion without CC/MCC DRG 473 · Orthopedic | $30,869 |
Pricing data from CMS Hospital Price Transparency. Quality ratings from CMS Hospital Compare.
How Palmetto General Hospital Compares
Palmetto General Hospital has an average Medicare payment of $18,503, 10% above the Florida state average of $16,859. That is 17% higher than the national hospital average of $15,878. Most of its procedures fall under Cardiac, where the typical payment is $14,557 (27% above this hospital's average). Its Value Score of C (50/100) reflects a blend of price percentile, CMS quality rating, and patient outcome measures.
Palmetto General Hospital Cost & Quality FAQ
Palmetto General Hospital has an average payment of $18,503 across 14 priced procedures. Costs vary significantly by procedure, compare individual prices in the procedure table above.
Palmetto General Hospital has a CMS star rating of 2 out of 5. Quality measures include mortality rates, safety incidents, and readmission rates from Medicare data.
Palmetto General Hospital has a Value Score of C (50/100). This score combines cost efficiency, quality ratings, and patient outcomes to help compare hospitals. Proprietary facilities like this one are acute care hospitals.
Yes, Palmetto General Hospital offers emergency services. The hospital is located at 2001 W 68TH ST, Hialeah, FL 33016. Phone: (305) 823-5000.
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