NOTE: 
Few adults still believe in the tooth fairy.
But most Americans still believe health care costs are “consumer driven.”

  Fla. Trauma Hospitals
          Levels I and II
              MS-DRG 291-292-293
            Heart Failure & Shock
           (Medicare Patients)
                                Average Per Day   
                                  Charge          Cost
Alachua
Shands U of F                      $4,377          $1,600
Brevard
Holms Regional                   $4,682          $1,604         
Broward
Broward General               $5,786          $1,753
Memorial Regional            $7,495          $1,633
North Broward                   $5,122          $1,740         
Duval
Shands Jacksonville           $5,392          $1,398
Escambia
Baptist Hospital                  $4,478          $1,241
Sacred Heart                       $3,625          $1,269
Hillsborough
St. Joseph’s                          $5,197          $1,366
Tampa General                   $7,331          $1,756
Lee
Lee Memorial                      $4,708          $1,211
Leon
Tallahassee Memorial       $5,173          $1,456
Miami-Dade
Jackson                                 $6,786          $2,099
Kendall Regional                 $9,041          $1,721
Orange
Orlando Regional               $6,315          $1,476
Palm Beach
Delray Medical                    $7,611          $1,547
Saint Mary’s                        $8,658          $1,783
Pinellas
Bayfront Medical               $6,473          $1,488
Polk
Lakeland Regional              $5,024          $1,338
St. Lucie
Lawnwood Regional          $8,657          $1,072
Volusia
Halifax Medical                   $4,415          $1,468

SOURCE: www.ahd.com