Of the 24 hospitals CMS has fined for alleged price transparency violations, only two have bed counts above 550, while nine have 30 or fewer beds.
CMS bases its civil monetary penalties on hospital bed counts. Fines fall into three tiers:
- Hospitals with more than 550 beds can be fined up to $5,500 per day.
- Hospitals with 31 to 550 beds face a daily fine of $10 per bed.
- Hospitals with 30 or fewer beds may receive a daily fine of up to $300.
In its fine notices, CMS does not specify exact bed counts for hospitals in the smallest and largest tiers.
Here are the bed counts for the 24 hospitals that have received price transparency fines from CMS, according to the notices the agency sent to the hospitals:
551+ beds:
Jackson Memorial Hospital (Miami)
Northside Hospital (Atlanta)
31-550 beds:
UF Health North (Jacksonville, Fla.): 536
Holy Cross Hospital (Silver Spring, Md.): 423 beds
Community First Medical Center (Chicago): 213 beds
Doctors’ Center Hospital Bayamón (Puerto Rico): 146 beds
Betsy Johnson Hospital (Dunn, N.C.): 126 beds
Northside Hospital Cherokee (Canton, Ga.): 114 beds
Samaritan Hospital-Albany (N.Y.) Memorial Campus: 73 beds
Lawrence Rehabilitation Hospital (Brick, N.J.): 60 beds
Frisbie Memorial Hospital (Rochester, N.H.): 58 beds
D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital (Brewton, Ala.): 46 beds
Kell West Regional Hospital (Wichita Falls, Texas): 41 beds
Falls Community Hospital and Clinic (Marlin, Texas): 36 beds
Hill Hospital of Sumter County (York, Ala.): 33 beds
30 or fewer beds:
Baytown (Texas) Medical Center
Bucktail Medical Center (Renovo, Pa.)
CCM Health Hospital and Clinic (Montevideo, Minn.)
Hospital General Castaner (Lares, Puerto Rico)
West Covina (Calif.) Medical Center
First Surgical Hospital (Bellaire, Texas)
Fulton County Hospital (Salem, Ark.)
Southeast Regional Medical Center (Kentwood, La.)
West Chase Houston Hospital
