26/100
#2,003 nationally
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
1700 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota, FL 34239 · (941) 917-9000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Sarasota Memorial Hospital billed $7.03 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
- 7.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 339
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in FL
- #61
- 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 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 25% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 35% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 35% 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 |
1,401 | $21,769 | $2,464 | +12% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,053 | $33,566 | $2,950 | +33% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
1,052 | $74,950 | $14,272 | +15% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
955 | $189,852 | $21,311 | +43% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
827 | $12,983 | $1,458 | +29% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
719 | $91,234 | $11,741 | +46% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
631 | $186,314 | $23,660 | +50% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
592 | $47,281 | $9,813 | +9% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
535 | $16,142 | $1,716 | +37% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
376 | $38,868 | $4,667 | +42% |
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 |
$11,409 | $589 | +264% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,734 | $3,683 | +126% |
|
Cochlear Implant Procedure
APC 5166 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$274,612 | $30,285 | +125% |
|
Level 3 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5093 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$135,769 | $8,537 | +102% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$223,261 | $28,046 | +98% |
|
Level 8 Urology and Related Services
APC 5378 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$168,808 | $18,230 | +95% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,063 | $1,714 | +94% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$155,966 | $19,767 | +93% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Connective Tissue Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 545 · Inpatient stay |
$55,990 | $16,421 | -57% |
|
Hypertension with Major Complications
MS-DRG 304 · Inpatient stay |
$29,420 | $8,900 | -41% |
|
Cardiac Congenital and Valvular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 306 · Inpatient stay |
$57,021 | $11,626 | -34% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 093 · Inpatient stay |
$32,170 | $6,353 | -33% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,730 | $1,522 | -32% |
|
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Complications
MS-DRG 841 · Inpatient stay |
$61,601 | $11,977 | -32% |
|
Otitis Media and Uri without Major Complications
MS-DRG 153 · Inpatient stay |
$31,079 | $5,800 | -31% |
|
Other Circulatory System Operating Room Procedures
MS-DRG 264 · Inpatient stay |
$96,272 | $22,728 | -29% |
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.