27/100
#1,956 nationally
Lee Memorial Hospital
2776 Cleveland Ave, Fort Myers, FL 33901 · (239) 343-5000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Lee Memorial Hospital billed $6.49 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
- 6.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 209
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in FL
- #55
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 24% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 35% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 31% 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 |
1,339 | $22,365 | $2,463 | +15% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
678 | $97,453 | $11,798 | +56% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
580 | $46,514 | $10,455 | +7% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
558 | $11,921 | $1,246 | +18% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
488 | $82,970 | $15,509 | +27% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
382 | $15,546 | $1,642 | +32% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
254 | $60,530 | $12,824 | +10% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
252 | $23,803 | $1,777 | +35% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
245 | $63,110 | $6,121 | +58% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
240 | $29,137 | $2,939 | +15% |
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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,480 | $334 | +170% |
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,844 | $1,382 | +163% |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$113,421 | $10,068 | +113% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$73,679 | $12,028 | +104% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$67,787 | $5,043 | +97% |
|
Carotid Artery Stent Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 036 · Inpatient stay |
$137,297 | $14,438 | +95% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$74,149 | $3,974 | +88% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$207,332 | $20,208 | +84% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cardiac Congenital and Valvular Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 307 · Inpatient stay |
$36,781 | $8,187 | -55% |
|
Cardiac Congenital and Valvular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 306 · Inpatient stay |
$50,169 | $12,400 | -42% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$50,665 | $15,741 | -41% |
|
Other Circulatory System Operating Room Procedures
MS-DRG 264 · Inpatient stay |
$83,672 | $26,483 | -38% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$47,853 | $13,719 | -37% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$43,111 | $14,010 | -36% |
|
Skin Graft for Skin Ulcer or Cellulitis with Complications
MS-DRG 574 · Inpatient stay |
$90,765 | $24,268 | -35% |
|
Endocrine Disorders without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 645 · Inpatient stay |
$29,373 | $6,767 | -33% |
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.