--- description: The healthcare network Orlando Health and Florida Hospital will not charge any of the victims of the June 12 Pulse nightclub shooting, they announced Wednesday. title: Orlando Shooting Victims Won't Be Billed for Treatment image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4e0a4b4d3058788/6988a39c2dce016d7e9ea6b9/orlando-hospitals-bill-victims-for-care-pulse-nightclub-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Pulse Shooting Victims Will Not Be Charged for Hospital Treatment  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 25, 2016 12:33 PM CUT  The 49 crosses representing the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting are seen Monday, July 11, 2016, near the Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Fla. The 49 crosses representing the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting are seen Monday, July 11, 2016, near the Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Fla.John Raoux—AP  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 25, 2016 12:33 PM CUT The healthcare network Orlando Health and Florida Hospital will not [charge any of the victims](http://time.com/money/4437543/orlando-nightclub-shooting-medical-bills/ "undefined") of the June 12 [Pulse Nightclub](http://time.com/4432873/pulse-nightclub-memorial-orlando-shooting/ "undefined") shooting, they [announced Wednesday](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/os-orlando-health-wont-bill-pulse-victims-20160824-story.html "undefined"). “Orlando Health has not sent any hospital or medical bills directly to Pulse patients and we don’t intend to pursue reimbursement of medical costs from them,” [said](http://abcnews.go.com/US/orlando-hospitals-bill-pulse-nightclub-massacre-victims/story?id=41639209 "undefined") Orlando Health, which covers the hospital where many victims were treated, in a Wednesday statement. Florida Hospital treated 12 victims, and said it will not bill the patients or their insurance holders for treatment or any follow-up procedures, the Orlando _Sentinel_ reports. Orlando Regional Medical Center, part of Orlando Health, treated 44 victims [wounded in the attack](http://time.com/4365260/orlando-shooting-pulse-nightclub-what-know/ "undefined"). The network will look into numerous ways to find funding for the care, including government funds, private insurance and donation-based victim funds such as One Orlando. The families of the nine victims who died after arriving to the hospital will not be charged. The “total unreimbursed costs” for treating all the victims could around $5 million, [officials have estimated](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/08/24/orlando-hospital-says-it-wont-bill-pulse-shooting-survivors/?utm%5Fterm=.2937535c64c1 "undefined"). \[[_Orlando Sentinel_](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/os-orlando-health-wont-bill-pulse-victims-20160824-story.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4465818/orlando-hospital-healthcare-network-pulse-shooting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4465818/orlando-hospital-healthcare-network-pulse-shooting/"},"headline":"Pulse Shooting Victims Will Not Be Charged for Hospital Treatment","datePublished":"2016-08-25T12:33:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:11:54.926Z","description":"They announced Wednesday that they will find the funding elsewhere","url":"https://time.com/4465818/orlando-hospital-healthcare-network-pulse-shooting/","keywords":["Crime","health"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4e0a4b4d3058788/6988a39c2dce016d7e9ea6b9/orlando-hospitals-bill-victims-for-care-pulse-nightclub-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4e0a4b4d3058788/6988a39c2dce016d7e9ea6b9/orlando-hospitals-bill-victims-for-care-pulse-nightclub-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"orlando hospitals bill victims for care pulse nightclub shooting","caption":"orlando hospitals bill victims for care pulse nightclub shooting","creditText":"John Raoux—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4465818/orlando-hospital-healthcare-network-pulse-shooting/","name":"Pulse Shooting Victims Will Not Be Charged for Hospital Treatment"}}]}] ```