27 hospital price transparency fines from highest to lowest

CMS has issued fines to 27 hospitals for alleged price transparency violations.

Here are the fine amounts CMS has levied against those hospitals:

1. UF Health North (Jacksonville, Fla.): $979,000
2. Northside Hospital Atlanta: $883,180
3. Jackson Memorial Hospital (Miami): $871,122
4. Community First Medical Center (Chicago): $847,740
5. Holy Cross Hospital (Silver Spring, Md.): $325,710*
6. Arkansas Methodist Medical Center (Paragould): $309,738
7. Northlake Behavioral Health System (Mandeville, La.): $257,180
8. Northside Hospital Cherokee (Canton, Ga.): $214,320* 
9. Lawrence Rehabilitation Hospital (Brick, N.J.): $120,120*
10. Kell West Regional Hospital (Wichita Falls, Texas): $117,260
11. Frisbie Memorial Hospital (Rochester, N.H.): $102,660
12. Doctors’ Center Hospital Bayamón (Puerto Rico): $102,200
13. Hospital General Castañer (Lares, Puerto Rico): $101,400*
14. Betsy Johnson Hospital (Dunn, N.C.): $99,540
15. Community Care Hospital (New Orleans): $93,214 
16. Hill Hospital of Sumter County (York, Ala.): $84,216*
17. Bucktail Medical Center (Renovo, Pa.): $75,582*
18. D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital (Brewton, Ala.): $71,852*
19. Falls Community Hospital and Clinic (Marlin, Texas): $70,560  
20. Fulton County Hospital (Salem, Ark.): $63,900*
21. First Surgical Hospital (Bellaire, Texas): $62,016*
22. West Covina (Calif.) Medical Center: $59,100
23. CCM Health (Montevideo, Minn.): $55,611
24. Samaritan Hospital-Albany (N.Y.) Memorial Campus: $56,940*
25. Baytown (Texas) Medical Center: $50,711*
26. West Chase Houston Hospital: $44,251*
27. Southeast Regional Medical Center (Kentwood, La.): $32,301*

*Hospital is appealing fine.