27/100
#1,968 nationally
Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Venice
2600 Laurel Road East, North Venice, FL 34275 · (941) 917-7299
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Venice billed $6.99 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
- 161
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in FL
- #56
- 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 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 27% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 36% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% 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 |
873 | $22,833 | $2,469 | +17% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
470 | $64,149 | $12,294 | about average |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
378 | $99,903 | $11,906 | +60% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
362 | $13,632 | $1,459 | +35% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
310 | $40,981 | $8,067 | -6% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
269 | $25,822 | $3,140 | +25% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
264 | $45,095 | $4,669 | +64% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
235 | $34,783 | $2,948 | +38% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
214 | $35,961 | $5,282 | +11% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
204 | $117,226 | $16,845 | +41% |
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 |
$13,678 | $619 | +336% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,275 | $2,932 | +93% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,424 | $1,456 | +91% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$142,777 | $19,767 | +77% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,767 | $2,916 | +73% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$100,833 | $9,319 | +69% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 331 · Inpatient stay |
$122,389 | $11,208 | +64% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,095 | $4,669 | +64% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$47,764 | $10,499 | -37% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Major Complications
MS-DRG 091 · Inpatient stay |
$46,358 | $11,234 | -35% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$44,718 | $10,400 | -33% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$33,846 | $9,188 | -32% |
|
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Expired with Major Complications
MS-DRG 283 · Inpatient stay |
$63,062 | $13,151 | -26% |
|
Back Problems (severe)
MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay |
$51,835 | $10,382 | -25% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications
MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay |
$57,682 | $11,864 | -23% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,253 | $6,195 | -23% |
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.