GALEN OF FLORIDA, INC.
NPI 1518911031
General Acute Care Hospital in St Petersburg, FL

Q: What is Galen Of Florida, Inc.'s NPI number?

The NPI number for Galen Of Florida, Inc. is 1518911031. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on May 20, 2006. The provider is doing business as HCA Florida St. Petersburg Hospital.

Q: What is Galen Of Florida, Inc.'s specialty?

The primary specialty registered for this NPI is General Acute Care Hospital with taxonomy code 282N00000X.

Q: What quality rating does Galen Of Florida, Inc. have?

CMS rates Hca Florida St Petersburg Hospital 2 out of 5 stars overall on Care Compare, based on measures of safety, patient experience and outcomes. The full measure detail is in the Hospital Quality Ratings section above.

Active since May 20, 2006

2/5

Hospital Overall Rating

6500 38TH AVE N, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33710(727) 384-1414(727) 341-4889 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: November 7, 2025. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: August 16, 2026.

Record update history: Nov 7, 2025, May 8, 2025, Mar 21, 2023 and 2 more (5 updates tracked since 2021).

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About Galen Of Florida, Inc. NPPES

Official registry information on file with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System.

GALEN OF FLORIDA, INC. (NPI 1518911031), doing business as Hca Florida St. Petersburg Hospital, is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in St Petersburg, Florida and active in the NPI registry since May 2006. The organization lists Maria Caruso, Cfo, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1518911031

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameGALEN OF FLORIDA, INC.

Location Address6500 38TH AVE NSt Petersburg, FL 33710-1629

Mailing AddressPo Box 13096St Petersburg, FL 33733-3096 · (727) 384-1414 · Fax (727) 341-4889

Phone(727) 384-1414

Fax(727) 341-4889

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialMaria CarusoCfo · (727) 341-7578

Enumeration DateMay 20, 2006

Last NPPES UpdateNovember 7, 20255 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedNovember 7, 2025

✔ NPI 1518911031 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

Definition

An acute general hospital is an institution whose primary function is to provide inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services for a variety of medical conditions, both surgical and non-surgical, to a wide population group. The hospital treats patients in an acute phase of illness or injury, characterized by a single episode or a fairly short duration, from which the patient returns to his or her normal or previous level of activity.

6500 38TH AVE N, St Petersburg, FL 33710

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsHca Florida St. Petersburg Hospital

Other Identifiers 17

Medicaid012010300FL

Medicaid363591SC

MedicaidSTP0180NAL

Other0473910Aetna

Medicaid483195329AGA

Other000030901FL · Humana

Other21074Wellcare/staywell

Medicaid404862810MI

Other21074GA · Wellcare

Other558FL · Blue Cross

Medicaid01754329NY

Other036994000Black Lung

Medicaid1005006MA

Other1167499KY · Passport Health

Medicaid122527SC

Medicaid233161OH

Medicaid304862800MI

Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan, Ambetter Health, Ambetter of Alabama and more.Insurance ›

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Hca Florida St Petersburg Hospital (CMS certification number 100180), from CMS Care Compare.

Hca Florida St Petersburg Hospital

Acute Care Hospitals · Saint Petersburg, FL

2/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipProprietary

CMS Certification Number100180

Location6500 38th Ave NSaint Petersburg, FL 33710 · Pinellas County · (727) 384-1414

Emergency services Birthing friendly Meaningful use of EHRs

Patient Experience

HCAHPS patient survey · Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

2/5 summary rating

Nurse communication

2/5

Doctor communication

2/5

Staff responsiveness

2/5

Communication about medicines

2/5

Discharge information

2/5

Care transition

2/5

Cleanliness

2/5

Quietness

3/5

Overall hospital rating

2/5

Recommend hospital

2/5

Star ratings summarize responses from patients surveyed after discharge, collected through the CMS HCAHPS program.

Complications & Deaths 18

Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients

Cases too small to report

Death rate for heart attack patients

Cases too small to report

Death rate for COPD patients

8.7% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

10.1% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

15.6% No different than national

Death rate for stroke patients

Cases too small to report

Infections 4

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

0 observed cases · 1.804 predicted · 1,455 patient days

0.000 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

2 observed cases · 2.14 predicted · 79 patient days

0.935 No different than national

SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy

0 observed cases · 1.325 predicted · 170 patient days

0.000 No different than national

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

1 observed case · 8.922 predicted · 18,466 patient days

0.112 Better than the national benchmark

Unplanned Hospital Visits 13

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

Cases too small to report

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

83 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

186 more days than average per 100 discharges

Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)

Cases too small to report

Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

Cases too small to report

Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

Cases too small to report

Timely & Effective Care 15

Emergency department volume

Medium

Percentage of healthcare personnel who are up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations

1.4%

Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination

35%

Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit A lower number of minutes is better

126 minutes

Left before being seen

Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients

71%

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

26%

Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure

Yes

Other Providers at the Same Location NPPES 20

Providers registered at the same practice address, or within the immediate area, according to the NPPES registry.

BRYCE SHEDLOCK DO

Emergency Medicine