Data shows Hernando hospitals are price gouging.
Details reveal that Brooksville Regional has been price
gouging their patients at a rate of 1083 percent. Oak Hill inflates their
charges by 1052 percent.
Top 10 Most Expensive Hospitals in the U.S.
(by total charges as a percent of total costs)
(by total charges as a percent of total costs)
1- Meadowlands Hospital
Medical Center, Secaucus, NJ – 1192%
2- Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, Painsville, KY – 1186%
3- Orange Park Medical Center, Orange Park, FL – 1139%
4- North Okaloosa Medical Center, Crestview, FL – 1137%
5- Gadsden Regional Medical Center, Gadsden, AL – 1128%
6- Bayonne Medical Center, Bayonne, NJ – 1084%
7- Brooksville Regional Hospital, Brooksville, FL – 1083%
8- Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center, Davenport, FL – 1058%
9- Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia, PA – 1058%
10- Oak Hill Hospital, Spring Hill, FL – 1052%
2- Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, Painsville, KY – 1186%
3- Orange Park Medical Center, Orange Park, FL – 1139%
4- North Okaloosa Medical Center, Crestview, FL – 1137%
5- Gadsden Regional Medical Center, Gadsden, AL – 1128%
6- Bayonne Medical Center, Bayonne, NJ – 1084%
7- Brooksville Regional Hospital, Brooksville, FL – 1083%
8- Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center, Davenport, FL – 1058%
9- Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia, PA – 1058%
10- Oak Hill Hospital, Spring Hill, FL – 1052%
So, what makes Brooksville Regional and Oak Hill hospitals
among the most over-priced in the country?
The study was based on official Medicare Cost Reports, and according
to Census data,
Hernando County has a higher percentage of seniors at 26.8 percent, than the
state average of only 18.2 percent.
Since millions of Florida seniors have Medicare to cover
their primary health insurance costs, could there be a connection between the
type of health insurance plan a patient has and hospital price gouging?
With health care costs skyrocketing and taking an ever-larger
chunk out of the federal budget, waste, fraud and abuse on the part of for-profit
hospitals appears to be a significant part of problem.
No other industrialized country earth allows private, profit-based companies so much power over their health care networks. Perhaps that is also why America has the most expensive system in the world.
Sources and more
info:
FACT SHEETS BY
STATE:
- Top 100 most expensive hospitals by state
- Most expensive hospitals in alphabetical order by state
- Average charge-to-cost ratio by state
Author’s note:
The opinions and commentary included in this report are based on the author’s original
reporting and independent analysis of official documents and public
information.
