DRG 329 · Digestive

Major Bowel Surgery Cost in Florida — Compare All Hospitals

An operation on the small or large intestine, such as removing a diseased section of bowel. The stay includes the surgery and several days of recovery while the digestive system starts working again.

State average
$217,917
gross charge · DRG 329
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$132,396 – $322,566
low to high
Lowest $132,396 Highest $322,566

11 Florida hospitals list a gross charge for major bowel surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $132,396 to $322,566. The cheapest is Holy Cross Health in Ft Lauderdale; the most expensive is Baptist Hospital of Miami in Miami. The state average sits at $217,917.

What's published is the gross charge — the starting point, not what you'd actually owe. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists major bowel surgery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent major bowel surgery admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.

Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Florida hospitals missing from the list either don't perform major bowel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 329 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Holy Cross Health

    Ft Lauderdale, FL

    24 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $132,396
    Cash pay $86,058
    Medicare pays (avg) $29,120
  2. 2

    Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare

    Tallahassee, FL

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $135,308
    Cash pay $94,716
    Medicare pays (avg) $33,332
  3. 3

    Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus

    Hialeah, FL

    Gross charge $153,604
    Cash pay $107,523
  4. 4

    Larkin Community Hospital

    South Miami, FL

    Gross charge $153,604
    Cash pay $107,523
  5. 5

    Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center

    Lakeland, FL

    42 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $163,997
    Medicare pays (avg) $29,441
  6. 6

    Lee Memorial Hospital

    Fort Myers, FL

    47 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $213,324
    Cash pay $42,665
    Medicare pays (avg) $34,301
  7. 7

    Cape Coral Hospital

    Cape Coral, FL

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $213,324
    Cash pay $42,665
    Medicare pays (avg) $32,134
  8. 8

    Jackson Health System

    Miami, FL

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $263,830
    Medicare pays (avg) $49,474
  9. 9

    Baptist Health South Miami Hospital

    Miami, FL

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $322,566
    Cash pay $209,668
    Medicare pays (avg) $42,625
  10. 10

    Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital

    Boca Raton, FL

    55 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $322,566
    Cash pay $209,668
    Medicare pays (avg) $31,621
  11. 11

    Baptist Hospital of Miami

    Miami, FL

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $322,566
    Cash pay $209,668
    Medicare pays (avg) $42,928
  12. 12

    Halifax Health Medical Center

    Daytona Beach, FL

    Gross charge —
  13. 13

    Holmes Regional Medical Center

    Melbourne, FL

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $31,857
  14. 14

    HCA Florida Citrus Hospital

    Inverness, FL

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  15. 15

    Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola

    Pensacola, FL

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $30,937
  16. 16

    Ascension Sacred Heart Bay

    Panama City, FL

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $31,445
  17. 17

    Parrish Medical Center

    Titusville, FL

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $29,315
  18. 18

    North Shore Medical Center

    Miami, FL

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  19. 19

    Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc

    Miami Beach, FL

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $33,532
  20. 20

    Broward Health Medical Center

    Fort Lauderdale, FL

    Gross charge —
  21. 21

    Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside

    Jacksonville, FL

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $26,624
  22. 22

    Mease Dunedin Hospital

    Dunedin, FL

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  23. 23

    Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital

    Stuart, FL

    45 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $27,262
  24. 24

    HCA Florida Highlands Hospital

    Sebring, FL

    Gross charge —
  25. 25

    Winter Haven Hospital

    Winter Haven, FL

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $26,049
  26. 26

    Hialeah Hospital

    Hialeah, FL

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  27. 27

    HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital

    Niceville, FL

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  28. 28

    Morton Plant North Bay Hospital

    New Port Richey, FL

    Gross charge —
  29. 29

    St. Anthony's Hospital

    Saint Petersburg, FL

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $30,863
  30. 30

    St Josephs Hospital

    Tampa, FL

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $30,082
  31. 31

    AdventHealth Port Charlotte

    Port Charlotte, FL

    28 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $28,605
  32. 32

    HCA Florida Jfk Hospital (Acute Care)

    Atlantis, FL

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $31,774
  33. 33

    Broward Health North

    Deerfield Beach, FL

    Gross charge —
  34. 34

    Baptist Hospital

    Pensacola, FL

    24 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $28,394
  35. 35

    HCA Florida Osceola Hospital

    Kissimmee, FL

    Gross charge —
  36. 36

    Bartow Regional Medical Center

    Bartow, FL

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  37. 37

    North Okaloosa Medical Center

    Crestview, FL

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  38. 38

    Santa Rosa Medical Center

    Milton, FL

    Gross charge —
  39. 39

    Morton Plant Hospital

    Clearwater, FL

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $30,277
  40. 40

    HCA Florida Aventura Hospital (Acute Care)

    Aventura, FL

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $31,944
  41. 41

    South Florida Baptist Hospital

    Plant City, FL

    Gross charge —
  42. 42

    Lower Keys Medical Center

    Key West, FL

    Gross charge —
  43. 43

    HCA Florida Lake City Hospital

    Lake City, FL

    Gross charge —
  44. 44

    HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital

    Sarasota, FL

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $27,035
  45. 45

    HCA Florida Mercy Hospital

    Plantation, FL

    Gross charge —
  46. 46

    Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center

    Palm Beach Gardens, FL

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $22,440
  47. 47

    HCA Florida Memorial Hospital

    Jacksonville, FL

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $22,720
  48. 48

    HCA Florida St Petersburg Hospital

    Saint Petersburg, FL

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  49. 49

    Coral Gables Hospital

    Coral Gables, FL

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  50. 50

    Palmetto General Hospital

    Hialeah, FL

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  51. 51

    HCA Florida Northwest Hospital

    Margate, FL

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  52. 52

    HCA Florida Trinity Hospital

    Trinity, FL

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $31,336
  53. 53

    Broward Health Imperial Point

    Fort Lauderdale, FL

    Gross charge —
  54. 54

    HCA Florida North Florida Hospital

    Gainesville, FL

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $31,898
  55. 55

    HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital

    Tampa, FL

    Gross charge —
  56. 56

    HCA Florida Kendall Hospital

    Miami, FL

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  57. 57

    HCA Florida Blake Hospital

    Bradenton, FL

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $31,863
  58. 58

    Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health

    Fort Myers, FL

    45 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $32,623
  59. 59

    HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital

    Fort Walton Beach, FL

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $30,810
  60. 60

    HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital

    Orange Park, FL

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $32,826
  61. 61

    HCA Florida West Hospital

    Pensacola, FL

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $26,158
  62. 62

    HCA Florida Putnam Hospital

    Palatka, FL

    Gross charge —
  63. 63

    HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital

    Port Charlotte, FL

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $26,761
  64. 64

    HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital (Acute Care)

    Panama City, FL

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $28,550
  65. 65

    HCA Florida Brandon Hospital (Acute Care)

    Brandon, FL

    Gross charge —
  66. 66

    HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital

    Fort Pierce, FL

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $36,165
  67. 67

    HCA Florida Largo Hospital

    Largo, FL

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  68. 68

    HCA Florida Capital Hospital (Acute Care)

    Tallahassee, FL

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  69. 69

    HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital (Acute Care)

    Hudson, FL

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $35,434
  70. 70

    Delray Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Delray Beach, FL

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $23,397
  71. 71

    HCA Florida South Shore Hospital

    Sun City Center, FL

    Gross charge —
  72. 72

    HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital

    Brooksville, FL

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $33,605
  73. 73

    Mease Countryside Hospital

    Safety Harbor, FL

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $26,035
  74. 74

    Gulf Breeze Hospital

    Gulf Breeze, FL

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $36,690
  75. 75

    HCA Florida Englewood Hospital

    Englewood, FL

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  76. 76

    West Boca Medical Center

    Boca Raton, FL

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  77. 77

    HCA Florida Palms West Hospital

    Loxahatchee, FL

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  78. 78

    Broward Health Coral Springs

    Coral Springs, FL

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $30,413
  79. 79

    Good Samaritan Medical Center

    West Palm Beach, FL

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $29,596
  80. 80

    St. Mary's Medical Center

    West Palm Beach, FL

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  81. 81

    Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast

    Miramar Beach, FL

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $28,829
  82. 82

    Ascension St. Vincent's Southside Hospital

    Jacksonville, FL

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  83. 83

    Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf

    Port Saint Joe, FL

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  84. 84

    HCA Florida Poinciana Hospital

    Kissimmee, FL

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  85. 85

    Ascension St. Vincent's Clay County

    Middleburg, FL

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $29,187
  86. 86

    Oviedo Medical Center

    Oviedo, FL

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  87. 87

    UCF Lake Nona Hospital

    Orlando, FL

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  88. 88

    HCA Florida University Hospital

    Davie, FL

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  89. 89

    Ascension St. Vincent's St. Johns County

    St. Johns, FL

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  90. 90

    BayCare Hospital Wesley Chapel

    Wesley Chapel, FL

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  91. 91

    North Walton Doctors Hospital

    Defuniak Springs, FL

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  92. 92

    W Palm Beach VA Medical Center

    West Palm Beach, FL

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  93. 93

    Shands Jacksonville

    Jacksonville, FL

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $44,222
  94. 94

    Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center

    Orlando, FL

    51 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $33,542
  95. 95

    Naples Community Hospital

    Naples, FL

    49 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $26,597
  96. 96

    Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville

    Jacksonville, FL

    82 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $27,968
  97. 97

    UF Health Flagler Hospital

    Saint Augustine, FL

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  98. 98

    Uf Health Shands Hospital

    Gainesville, FL

    54 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $41,351
  99. 99

    Baptist Medical Center Beaches

    Jacksonville Beach, FL

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  100. 100

    Lakeside Medical Center

    Belle Glade, FL

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  101. 101

    Baptist Medical Center - Nassau

    Fernandina Beach, FL

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $28,032
  102. 102

    Sarasota Memorial Hospital – Venice

    North Venice, FL

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $31,563
  103. 103

    AdventHealth Riverview

    Riverview, FL

    Gross charge —
  104. 104

    Physicians Regional - Pine Ridge

    Naples, FL

    45 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $28,319
  105. 105

    Health First's Viera Hospital

    Melbourne, FL

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $36,354
  106. 106
    Gross charge —
  107. 107

    HCA Florida Lehigh Hospital

    Lehigh Acres, FL

    Gross charge —
  108. 108

    Cape Canaveral Hospital

    Cocoa Beach, FL

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $31,004
  109. 109

    HCA Florida Raulerson Hospital

    Okeechobee, FL

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $35,611
  110. 110

    Palm Bay Hospital

    Palm Bay, FL

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  111. 111

    Orlando Health South Lake Hospital

    Clermont, FL

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