Hotels near UF Health Shands Hospital

Carepassage+ members see member rates that hotels only allow to be shown to signed-in members, at hotels ranked by distance to UF Health Shands Hospital. You see the cancellation terms and the all-in total before you pay, book with your own card, and get an itemized receipt. The account is free for patients and caregivers.

The closest hotels to UF Health Shands Hospital are Hilton University of Florida Conference Center Gainesville (1.9 mi), Aloft by Marriott Gainesville University Area (2.0 mi) and Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Gainesville I-75 (2.6 mi). This page lists all 15, ranked by distance to the facility in Gainesville, FL. Patients and caregivers traveling there for care can see patient hotel rates at these hotels with a free Carepassage+ account.

Create a free Carepassage+ account for UF Health Shands Hospital. Tell us you are traveling there for care as the patient or a caregiver, confirm your email, and you can see patient hotel rates at the hotels near it and book with your own card. If a health plan, clinic or care team is arranging your travel, they may send you a booking link instead.

Lodging for medical care may be reimbursable through your health plan, HSA, or FSA, and may be tax-deductible (see IRS Publication 502). Every stay booked through Carepassage comes with an itemized receipt you can submit with a claim.

Yes. Carepassage is built for medical travel, so a trip can include a room for the patient and a caregiver close to UF Health Shands Hospital for the whole stay, and the record covers the caregiver's lodging for reimbursement.

UF Health says all patients and their families qualify for a patient rate year-round at Hotel ELEO, a few blocks from UF Health Shands, with no blackout dates. UF Health says the Ronald McDonald House provides lodging for families of pediatric patients. Besides hotels, ask the facility's patient services or social work office about any other lodging it arranges; a referral is often required. Our patient lodging guide covers each option.

For someone traveling for a procedure, a hotel a couple of miles farther away costs more in rideshares, navigation and fatigue than a lower nightly price saves, so distance to UF Health Shands Hospital comes first.

Stay as close as you can: the closest hotel to UF Health Shands Hospital is Hilton University of Florida Conference Center Gainesville, 1.9 mi away, and every hotel on this page is ranked by distance to it. For a week or more, Homewood Suites by Hilton Gainesville (2.9 mi) and Staybridge Suites - Gainesville I-75 by IHG (3.0 mi) have suites with kitchens, an alternative to a short-term apartment. According to UF Health, Hotel ELEO offers a complimentary shuttle to UF Health Shands facilities, and UF Health runs a courtesy shuttle to parking and medical locations on the Gainesville campus.

Yes. Care navigation teams, health plans, COEs and patient coordinators use Carepassage to book member travel near UF Health Shands Hospital with a branded itinerary and a claim-ready record, free for the organization.