For example, based on its data-driven Chargemaster. executives at Miami-Dade's public Jackson Memorial Hospital know the average charge for an outpatient Lower GI Endoscopy is $2,475 versus an average cost of $790.
Data of this sort, of course, is essential in Jackson Memorial's negotiations with health insurance providers to establish levels of reimbursement for various types of patient care.
However, a comparison of charges set by the Chargemaster at Hospital A versus those at Hospital B seem more like those of haggle-driven a Persian market.
For example:
Outpatient Procedure
South Florida Hospitals
Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization
APC Number 0080
Charge Cost
Broward Medical $8,708 $555
Cleveland Clinic $10,592 $1,263
Holy Cross $22,699 $2,604
Memorial Regional $9,312 $1,462
Northwest $18,426 $1,271
Plantation General $8,708 $555
Westside $24,104 $909
Baptist of Miami $22,483 $3,872
Jackson $18,000 $2,880
Kendall Regional $22,423 $1,419
North Shore $29,739 $2,549
Palm Springs $12,799 $843
South Miami $20,156 $1,993
Bethesda $11,532 $903
Delray $26,765 $2,280
Good Samaritan $10,652 $1,217
JFK Medical $43,597 $1,588
"How much for a Cath?"
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