26/100
#1,989 nationally
Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health
13681 Doctors Way, Fort Myers, FL 33912 · (239) 343-1000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health billed $6.72 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 6.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 250
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in FL
- #60
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 43% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
765 | $25,641 | $2,456 | +32% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
621 | $93,214 | $14,530 | +43% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
462 | $56,358 | $9,530 | +30% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
227 | $70,574 | $11,834 | +28% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
219 | $13,298 | $1,435 | +32% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
210 | $59,702 | $5,227 | +70% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
186 | $26,450 | $2,887 | +38% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
176 | $30,494 | $2,944 | +21% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
155 | $105,182 | $14,779 | +26% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
152 | $36,548 | $5,944 | +13% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$61,545 | $4,687 | +124% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$160,864 | $19,767 | +99% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$74,283 | $7,696 | +96% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$77,451 | $5,907 | +96% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$67,323 | $5,196 | +96% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,386 | $3,134 | +87% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$200,686 | $18,936 | +85% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$207,946 | $28,046 | +84% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Complications
MS-DRG 841 · Inpatient stay |
$46,894 | $10,423 | -48% |
|
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio
MS-DRG 808 · Inpatient stay |
$61,841 | $15,779 | -42% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 093 · Inpatient stay |
$29,897 | $5,624 | -38% |
|
ECMO or Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except
MS-DRG 003 · Inpatient stay |
$606,435 | $168,915 | -31% |
|
Endocrine Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 643 · Inpatient stay |
$47,233 | $11,211 | -28% |
|
Nervous System Neoplasms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 055 · Inpatient stay |
$46,687 | $7,817 | -23% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$66,808 | $14,529 | -22% |
|
Other Operating Room Procedures for Injuries with Major Complications
MS-DRG 907 · Inpatient stay |
$134,211 | $27,027 | -22% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.