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How to Find a Florida Hospital's Published Price List

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Every hospital must publish its prices

Since January 1, 2021, every hospital must post a machine-readable file of its standard charges — gross price, discounted cash price, payer-specific negotiated rates, and de-identified minimum and maximum charges. Hospitals must also post a consumer-friendly list of at least 300 shoppable services, or offer a price estimator tool. CMS enforces this rule with penalties. See CMS — Hospital Price Transparency.

This tool never states or guesses a price. Every number has to come from the hospital's own file, its written estimate, or your insurer.

Your right to a written estimate

If you are uninsured or paying cash, federal law gives you the right to a written Good Faith Estimate before a scheduled procedure. The hospital must send it within 3 business days if the service is scheduled 10 or more days out, or within 1 business day if it's scheduled 3–9 days out. You can also ask for one at any time. See CMS — Good Faith Estimates & dispute resolution.

In Florida, Fla. Stat. 395.301 requires every hospital to give you a written, personalized estimate of reasonably anticipated charges within 7 days of your request, and to tell you which providers (surgeon, anesthesia, pathology, imaging) might bill you separately. See Fla. Stat. 395.301.

If you have insurance

The negotiated rate in the hospital's file is only a starting point. What you actually pay depends on your deductible, coinsurance, and out-of-pocket max. Call your insurer, give them the CPT code from your surgeon, and ask for a pre-service estimate of your cost. Ask whether every provider involved — surgeon, anesthesiologist, facility — is in-network.

The Florida Health Price Finder (AHCA) shows what Florida hospitals and surgery centers are typically paid for common procedures, by region — useful for comparing facilities.

How to ask for the estimate, in writing

Send a written request — portal message, email, or letter — to the hospital's billing or financial counseling department. Include:

• The procedure and CPT code, if your surgeon gave you one
• The date of the scheduled service
• Whether you're self-pay or which plan you have
• A request that the estimate cover facility, surgeon, anesthesia, pathology, and imaging
• A request for the hospital's self-pay discount and financial-assistance policy — nonprofit hospitals must have one

If the bill doesn't match the estimate

If your final bill is $400 or more above the Good Faith Estimate, you can use the patient-provider dispute resolution process, for a small fee, within 120 days of the bill. See CMS — Good Faith Estimates & dispute resolution.

If a hospital won't post its prices or won't give you an estimate at all, you can report it to CMS. See CMS — Hospital price transparency complaint.

Never delay or skip medically necessary care to save money. Use price information to plan and to compare facilities when your doctor says that's reasonable.

What to do next

The free Hospital Price Lookup tool reads the procedure and hospital you type in — not a stored price list — and shows you where to find the hospital's own price file, your rights under federal and Florida law, and a written request you can send today. Nothing you paste is stored. This is not medical, legal, or financial advice — confirm every number with the hospital, your insurer, CMS, or AHCA.

Hospital Price Lookup explains federal and Florida price-transparency and estimate rights in plain language; it can be wrong, and it is not medical, legal or financial advice. It does not state prices. Confirm with the hospital, your insurer, CMS or AHCA. Nothing you paste is stored.