Desoto Memorial Hospital
900 N Robert Ave, Arcadia, FL 34266 · (863) 494-3535
Desoto Memorial Hospital is a non-profit general hospital in Arcadia, Florida (De Soto County), with 49 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 2 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. In CMS's patient survey it scores 4 of 5 stars, and 70% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. Medicare patients had 74 stays here in 2024, most often for sepsis, pneumonia and heart failure. It lists $4.62 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Florida hospital ($7.95).
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Quality and patient experience
What patients say
★★★★★4 of 5 · 122 surveys
Rated by patients
- Nurses communicated well★★★★★
- Doctors communicated well★★★★★
- Staff explained medicines★★★★★
- Information for going home★★★★★
- Room was clean★★★★★
- Quiet at night★★★★★
Emergency room and urgent care
ER volume: low.
US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.
Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.
The money
From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.
Hospital stays
Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.
Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)
| Stay | Medicare stays | Billed | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepsis, with major complications 871 | 24 | $53,579 | $18,801 | |
| Pneumonia, with major complications 193 | 21 | $34,871 | $13,843 | |
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 18 | $42,820 | $14,213 | |
| Pneumonia, with complications 194 | 11 | $26,925 | $10,563 |