24 hospital price transparency fines from highest to lowest

CMS has issued fines to 24 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. Northside Hospital Cherokee (Canton, Ga.): $214,320 
7. Lawrence Rehabilitation Hospital (Brick, N.J.): $120,120
8. Kell West Regional Hospital (Wichita Falls, Texas): $117,260
9. Frisbie Memorial Hospital (Rochester, N.H.): $102,660
10. Doctors’ Center Hospital Bayamón (Puerto Rico): $102,200
11. Hospital General Castañer (Lares, Puerto Rico): $101,400*
12. Betsy Johnson Hospital (Dunn, N.C.): $99,540
13. Hill Hospital of Sumter County (York, Ala.): $84,216
14. Bucktail Medical Center (Renovo, Pa.): $75,582
15. D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital (Brewton, Ala.): $71,852*
16. Falls Community Hospital and Clinic (Marlin, Texas): $70,560  
17. Fulton County Hospital (Salem, Ark.): $63,900*
18. First Surgical Hospital (Bellaire, Texas): $62,016*
19. West Covina (Calif.) Medical Center: $59,100
20. CCM Health (Montevideo, Minn.): $55,611
21. Samaritan Hospital-Albany (N.Y.) Memorial Campus: $56,940*
22. Baytown (Texas) Medical Center: $50,711*
23. West Chase Houston Hospital: $44,251*
24. Southeast Regional Medical Center (Kentwood, La.): $32,301*

*Hospital is appealing fine.