1000 Mar-Walt Dr, Fort Walton Beach, FL, 32547 · (850) 862-1111
Beds
244
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$386.8M
FY 2025
Net income
$166.2M
Patient care margin 41.3%
Discharges
11,767
Occupancy 62.0%
Clinicians
397
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $386.8M | $227.2M | 41.3% | $166.2M | 11,767 | $26.4M | 33.6% | - |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate after heart bypass surgery | 1.6% | US median 2.3% |
| Death rate for COPD patients | 10.5% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 11% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 9.5% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.5% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 19.7% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $369.4M | $217.0M | 41.3% | $155.1M | 12,671 | $27.5M | 36.9% | 3.3% |
| 2023 | $361.3M | $223.5M | 38.1% | $140.5M | 12,600 | $22.6M | 35.2% | 4.3% |
| 2022 | $343.6M | $238.4M | 30.6% | $107.2M | 11,901 | $23.3M | 34.4% | 5.3% |
| 2021 | $327.0M | $205.4M | 37.2% | $123.4M | 11,217 | $20.9M | 37.7% | 6.2% |
| 2020 | $303.7M | $216.5M | 28.7% | $89.5M | 12,137 | $24.4M | 40.2% | 6.4% |
| 13% |
| US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 8.8% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.5% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 16.3% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 22.8% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.9% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 18.7% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 4.9% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.95 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.03 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.84 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.32 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.02 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.40 · better |
| Doctors always communicated well | 75% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 77% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 58% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 66% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 81% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 65% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 1% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 139 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 14% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 79% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 35% | US median 79% |
| Stroke patients who got a brain scan within 45 minutes of arrival | 88% | US median 74% |
| 95 |
| $132,807.45 |
| $8,736.59 |
| $9,867.73 |
| DRG 274 PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 88 | $227,981.84 | $21,603.83 | $24,748.54 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 74 | $153,146.32 | $10,330.91 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 71 | $123,253.04 | $9,697.27 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 66 | $97,267.09 | $5,679.88 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 57 | $120,267.02 | $10,884.14 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 57 | $259,863.25 | $13,234.82 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 065 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 53 | $107,768.43 | $6,304.23 | $7,474.08 |
| DRG 552 MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITHOUT MCC | 53 | $108,359.94 | $5,785.02 | $7,114.44 |
| DRG 309 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC | 51 | $73,842.37 | $4,941.22 | $5,247.13 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 51 | $106,959.90 | $8,651.92 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 51 | $103,484.35 | $4,934.18 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 064 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC | 50 | $176,463.38 | $12,777.32 | $15,695.20 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 344 | 326 | $1,967.78 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 214 | 214 | $2,107.66 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 129 | 116 | $1,380.62 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5155 Level 5 Airway Endoscopy | 92 | 91 | $4,832.22 | $5,183.46 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 89 | 85 | $1,153.69 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5182 Level 2 Vascular Procedures | 79 | 74 | $1,141.21 | $1,204.32 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 69 | 60 | $2,515.81 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 65 | 63 | $2,229.65 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 60 | 55 | $8,228.54 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 58 | 58 | $4,164.26 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 54 | 52 | $10,083.54 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5153 Level 3 Airway Endoscopy | 52 | 46 | $1,201.38 | $1,264.08 |
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital is a for-profit short-term acute care hospital in Fort Walton Beach, FL with 244 beds, part of HCA Healthcare and a 3-star overall rating.
HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital in Fort Walton Beach, FL has 244 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 331 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 11,767 inpatients that year, with 62.0% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-05-31), HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital reported net patient revenue of $386.8M and operating expenses of $227.2M, a margin on patient care of 41.3%. After other income and expenses its net income was $166.2M (42.2% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital is part of HCA Healthcare (listed company, ticker HCA), a health system with 163 hospitals based in Nashville, TN. It is a for-profit hospital.
HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey. 1 death rate measures are better and 0 worse than the national rate.
Yes, HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital provides emergency services.
397 Medicare clinicians list HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Internal Medicine, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (Crna).
In 2024, HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital had 3,042 Medicare inpatient stays in 100 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 330 stays; Medicare paid $12,949.94 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.