CMS levies different civil monetary penalties on hospitals based on the number beds the facility has. Hospitals with 30 or fewer beds can receive a maximum penalty per day of $300. The maximum daily fine for hospitals with at least 31 and up to 550 beds is the number of beds times $10. For hospitals with greater than 550 beds, the maximum daily fine is $5,550.
Here are the bed counts for the 14 hospitals that have received price transparency fines from CMS, according to the notices the agency sent to the hospitals.
- UF Health North (Jacksonville, Fla.): Greater than 550 beds
- Northside Hospital (Atlanta): 536 beds
- 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
- Frisbie Memorial Hospital (Rochester, N.H.): 58 beds
- Kell West Regional Hospital (Wichita Falls, Texas): 41 beds
- Falls Community Hospital and Clinic (Marlin, Texas): 36 beds
- Hospital General Castaner (Lares, Puerto Rico): Fewer than 30
- West Covina (Calif.) Medical Center: Fewer than 30
- Fulton County Hospital (Salem, Ark.): 25 beds
*CMS’ letters to UF Health North, Hospital General Castaner and West Covina Medical Center did not specify total number of beds.
