Report: Two hospitals in region warned by White House for failing to post prices

A pair of hospitals on the west coast of Florida, one in Cape Coral, one in Clearwater, are on a list of nearly 520 hospitals nationwide sent letters by the Trump administration for allegedly failing to provide transparent pricing information. 

The list, 519 hospitals in total, is part of a report from the Associated Press that tracks the rules back to the first Trump administration; in 2019 he signed an executive order, the AP reports, that directed the Health and Human Services Department to require “hospitals to publish prices “that reflect what people actually pay for services in a way that’s clear, straightforward and accessible to all.” Federal price transparency laws have been in effect for hospitals since Jan. 1, 2021, and July 1, 2022, for payers, according to Becker’s Hospital Review. 

The AP’s exclusive list includes hospitals that have either received warning letters or requests to submit plans to provide transparency pricing since April. Florida had 21 hospitals on the list, tied for fifth-most in the country with Illinois.

The two hospitals in the region on the list — both, the list shows, received warning letters, not information requests — are Windmoor Health Care of Clearwater and Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Cape Coral.

While not connected to the AP report, Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Cape Coral has two pages on its website dedicated to price transparency in general and specifically to Florida. Windmoor has one page on its website, under the heading financial information, that incudes information about insurance coverage determination; payment plans; discounts; and collections procedures. 

Windmoor is an inpatient and outpatient treatment for behavioral health and substance abuse to adults and older adults. Suburban Philadelphia-based healthcare management giant UHS owns Windmoor,, according to a state of Florida healthcare database. 

Birmingham, Alabama-based Encompass Health Corp., meanwhile bills itself as the largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in the United States in terms of patients treated, revenues and number of hospitals — including Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Cape Coral. It operated 173 inpatient hospitals as of Dec. 31, and had nearly $6 billion in revenue in 2025.