611 Zeagler Dr, Palatka, FL, 32177 · (386) 328-5711
Beds
72
FY 2025
Star rating
2 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$88.9M
FY 2025
Net income
$14.6M
Patient care margin 15.6%
Discharges
4,649
Occupancy 62.5%
Clinicians
241
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 | $88.9M | $75.1M | 15.6% | $14.6M | 4,649 | $8.1M | 25.9% | 2.5% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for COPD patients | 11.2% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 11.5% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 11.9% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.9% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 20.9% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 16.7% | US median 11.6% |
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 | $91.6M | $74.9M | 18.2% | $17.1M | 4,614 | $7.5M | 29.6% | 2.4% |
| 2023 | $82.7M | $73.2M | 11.5% | $9.8M | 4,776 | $6.7M | 33.8% | 2.0% |
| 2022 | $80.4M | $74.7M | 7.1% | $6.0M | 4,828 | $6.9M | 34.5% | 2.6% |
| 2021 | $87.4M | $74.9M | 14.3% | $12.7M | 5,131 | $8.0M | 40.3% | 2.8% |
| 2020 | $76.5M | $74.4M | 2.8% | $2.4M | 5,049 | $8.4M | 43.0% | 3.8% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 18.9% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.5% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.6% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.9% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.9% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 3.3% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.97 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.11 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.48 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 76% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 81% | 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 | 67% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 83% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 60% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 2% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 126 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 15% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 58% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 41% | US median 79% |
| 49 |
| $70,435.84 |
| $8,555.37 |
| $9,867.73 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 31 | $48,896.42 | $5,750.42 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 28 | $59,444.89 | $4,759.43 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 28 | $83,875.11 | $10,953.54 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 641 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC | 26 | $49,689.50 | $4,195.31 | $5,829.71 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 25 | $54,613.92 | $5,019.64 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 23 | $64,118.65 | $7,828.74 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 21 | $94,470.52 | $9,827.52 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 20 | $62,789.00 | $8,580.65 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 312 SYNCOPE AND COLLAPSE | 20 | $64,075.60 | $5,513.85 | $6,636.32 |
| DRG 884 ORGANIC DISTURBANCES AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | 19 | $66,472.05 | $9,938.11 | $13,593.39 |
| DRG 493 LOWER EXTREMITY AND HUMERUS PROCEDURES EXCEPT HIP, FOOT AND FEMUR WITH CC | 19 | $88,057.53 | $15,713.95 | $18,731.31 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 17 | $55,239.82 | $8,157.35 | $10,642.23 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 220 | 148 | $1,669.40 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 111 | 102 | $1,973.72 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 52 | 51 | $2,036.98 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 37 | 36 | $2,300.43 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 25 | 24 | $8,325.21 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 13 | 12 | $2,322.45 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 12 | 12 | $1,154.42 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 11 | 11 | $4,164.26 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 11 | 11 | $2,336.07 | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5116 Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $15,762.73 |
| APC 5153 Level 3 Airway Endoscopy | - | - | - | $1,264.08 |
| APC 5154 Level 4 Airway Endoscopy | - | - | - | $2,832.62 |
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 Putnam Hospital is a for-profit short-term acute care hospital in Palatka, FL with 72 beds, part of HCA Healthcare and a 2-star overall rating.
HCA Florida Putnam Hospital in Palatka, FL has 72 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 99 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 4,649 inpatients that year, with 62.5% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-08-31), HCA Florida Putnam Hospital reported net patient revenue of $88.9M and operating expenses of $75.1M, a margin on patient care of 15.6%. After other income and expenses its net income was $14.6M (16.3% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
HCA Florida Putnam 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 Putnam Hospital has an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey. 0 death rate measures are better and 1 worse than the national rate.
Yes, HCA Florida Putnam Hospital provides emergency services.
241 Medicare clinicians list HCA Florida Putnam Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Internal Medicine, Nurse Practitioner, Diagnostic Radiology.
In 2024, HCA Florida Putnam Hospital had 712 Medicare inpatient stays in 30 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 291 (heart failure and shock with mcc) with 101 stays; Medicare paid $8,196.66 per stay on average, compared with $10,022.34 across all hospitals.