traumatic fees
Orange Park Medical Center
Clay County
For-profit, HCA
A 13-year-old boy went to the hospital after a car accident. He was diagnosed with a superficial wound on his forehead and sent home two hours later. His actual medical treatment was priced at $6,871. But Orange Park billed an additional $21,000 for the trauma reponse fee.
$28,592
Total charges
$21,721
Trauma fee
Orlando Regional Medical Center
Orange County
Private, not-for-profit
An uninsured 36-year-old man got cut in an assault. His medical care, including skull X-rays and immunizations, added up to $1,860 for a two-hour hospital visit. But the trauma fee quadrupled his total bill.
$8,230
Total charges
$6,370
Trauma fee
UF Health Shands Hospital
Alachua County
Private, not-for-profit
After a car accident, a 54-year-old man went to the trauma center complaining of lower back and joint pain. Five hours later, he went home with $1,561 in charges for medical care. But that made up only 14 percent of his bill. The other 86 percent? Just his trauma fee.
$11,396
Total charges
$9,835
Trauma fee
Blake Medical Center
Manatee County
For-profit, HCA
A 68-year-old man fell from a ladder, scraping his arm and foot and cutting his hand. He spent three hours in the hospital and had his bill more than doubled by a $29,000 fee for trauma team activation.
$52,137
Total charges
$29,000
Trauma fee
Broward Health Medical Center
Broward County
Public, not-for-profit
A 7-year-old boy injured his head playing sports. He was taken to a trauma center, but records show no procedures were done to him. In fact, he would have had just $544 in ER fees were it not for the trauma response fee that inflated his bill more than 10-fold.
$5,442
Total charges
$4,898
Trauma fee
Lawnwood Regional Medical Center
St. Lucie County
For-profit, HCA
After getting cut in an assault, a 51-year-old man went to the hospital with a superficial wound in his shoulder blade area. Treated and released in an hour, his trauma fee inflated his bill more than six-fold.
$39,289
Total charges
$32,767
Trauma fee
Delray Medical Center
Palm Beach County
For-profit, Tenet
A 15-year-old boy burned his fingers, knee and leg. He spent two hours in the hospital, where he was given non-prescription drugs that cost $11. The stay itself would have cost $1,856 were it not for a trauma fee that made up 87 percent of his bill.
$14,356
Total charges
$12,500
Trauma fee
Lakeland Regional Medical Center
Polk County
Private, not-for-profit
After an assault, a 25-year-old man with superficial wounds on his face and hand got stitched up and sent home in three hours. The medical charges added up to $3,255. He racked up a $10,000 cover charge, however, the moment he entered the trauma hospital.
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Total charges
$10,000
Trauma fee
St. Mary's Medical Center
Palm Beach County
For-profit, Tenet
A 66-year-old woman broke her ankle after being hit by a car. She spent three hours in the hospital, where she got X-rays, lab work, a tetanus shot and a splint. All of that would have added up to $5,221 were it not for a trauma fee that nearly quadrupled her bill.
$20,221
Total charges
$15,000
Trauma fee
Source: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration