Healthcare in St. Augustine
St. Augustine's primary hospital is UF Health Flagler Hospital, a full-service general medical and surgical hospital that has earned several national clinical-excellence awards even as patient-satisfaction scores vary noticeably depending on which rating platform is consulted.
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Learn moreUF Health Flagler Hospital Is the Local Anchor
UF Health Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine is a general medical and surgical hospital with 672 affiliated medical professionals, per Healthgrades, serving as the primary hospital for St. Johns County residents.
National Clinical Recognition
UF Health Flagler Hospital has received several of America's 100 Best Hospitals-style clinical awards in the past two years, including recognition for Orthopedic Surgery, Surgical Care Excellence, and Labor and Delivery Excellence, and is rated a high performer specifically in back surgery (spinal fusion), per Healthgrades' aggregation of those award programs.
Patient-Recommendation Scores Vary by Platform
Patient willingness-to-recommend figures disagree noticeably across rating sources: 86% per U.S. News, versus 66-67% per Healthgrades and CMS-sourced data (as of May 2026). That's a meaningful gap, not a rounding difference, and likely reflects different survey populations or methodologies between the platforms -- prospective patients should weigh multiple sources rather than any single percentage.
A Single-Hospital County, With Jacksonville as a Fallback for Specialized Care
St. Johns County's hospital-level care centers on this one facility; residents needing highly specialized tertiary or trauma-level care may still look to the larger hospital systems in nearby Jacksonville, consistent with St. Augustine's smaller-city healthcare footprint relative to the larger metro just north of it.
Key takeaways
- UF Health Flagler Hospital is St. Augustine's primary hospital, with 672 affiliated medical professionals per Healthgrades.
- The hospital has earned national clinical-excellence recognition in orthopedic surgery, surgical care, and labor and delivery, and rates as a high performer in spinal fusion surgery specifically.
- Patient-recommendation scores disagree meaningfully by source: 86% (U.S. News) versus 66-67% (Healthgrades/CMS, as of May 2026) -- weigh multiple sources rather than one figure.
- St. Johns County centers on this single hospital; residents needing specialized or trauma-level care may look to larger Jacksonville-area systems.
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