Milton, FL 32570 · CMS Certification Number 100124. What Medicare pays this hospital for knee, hip and shoulder replacement, what it lists, how it compares, and what a surgery center nearby is paid.
| Operation | Inpatient paid | List price | List ÷ paid | Outpatient allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hip or knee replacement | $15,006 | $126,352 | 8.4× | — |
| Shoulder replacement | — | — | — | — |
Complications after hip or knee replacement: 4.1% (no different from the national rate). Readmissions: 6.6%. Overall Care Compare rating: 4 of 5 stars. For-profit · Acute · 129 beds
Florida has a certificate-of-need program that does not cover surgery centers.
Open the interactive price tagBuild a reportAll Florida hospitals
In 2024 Medicare paid Santa Rosa Medical Center an average of $15,006 per inpatient hip or knee replacement stay (MS-DRG 470, 28 stays).
The hospital's average list (chargemaster) price for an inpatient hip or knee replacement was $126,352, 8.4× what Medicare paid. Almost nobody pays the list price; it matters for uninsured bills and percent-of-charge contracts.
Yes for Medicare facility payments. West Florida Medical Center Clinic Ambulatory Surgical Center, an orthopedic surgery center 22.9 mi away, is paid about $8,004 by Medicare for a knee replacement (CPT 27447), $7,002 less than an inpatient stay at Santa Rosa Medical Center. Not every patient is a surgery-center candidate.
Medicare paid Santa Rosa Medical Center less than 53% of the 88 Florida hospitals that report inpatient hip or knee replacement.