Lee's Summit healthcare
Can Lee's Summit's hospital proximity and primary care fit your needs?
Healthcare Access is 86, Hospital Access is 94, Primary Care Access is 98, and Emergency Care is 100 in the current rows. Five nearby hospitals, 669 reported beds within 12 kilometers, 19 selected Medicare-listed specialists, two pharmacies, 24 Medicare emergency hospitals within 30 miles, and a nearest emergency hospital 1.4 miles away provide a strong starting point. The nearest CMS-rated hospital is listed at 4 of 5 stars.
Saint Luke's East lists a 24-hour hospital, and Lee's Summit Medical Center describes a hospital and emergency room with a certified Primary Stroke Center. Specialist Access is unavailable, and several specialty rows are zero within the city registry. Confirm the preferred doctor, insurance, referrals, timing, prescriptions, and travel beyond the city if needed.
Access to care
5 hospitals are listed within 12 km. A primary care visit, a pharmacy stop, and an urgent need may not all be equally close to the same home.
5
Hospitals Within 12 km
- Healthcare Access
- Excellent
- Hospital Access
- Excellent
- HRSA Adult Primary Care Sites Within 15 Miles
- 20
- Nearest HRSA Adult Primary Care Site
- 1.2 mi
Everyday and urgent care
Primary care and pharmacy access shape frequent appointments. Specialist and emergency options matter when a need cannot wait.
Everyday care
- Primary Care Access
- Excellent
- Registered Retail Pharmacies
- 2
More involved care
- Medicare Listed Selected Specialists in City
- 19
- Emergency Care
- Excellent
Specialists and long term care
Specialist availability, emergency options, and longer term health can matter once you have chosen a neighborhood.
- Medicare Listed Rheumatology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Nephrology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City
- 3
- Medicare Listed Endocrinology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Ophthalmology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Neurology Clinicians in City
- 2
- Medicare Listed Medical Oncology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Cardiology Clinicians in City
- 10
- Medicare Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
- 0
- Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- 0.5%
- Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles
- 24
- Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital
- 1.4 miles
- Nearest CMS Rated Hospital
- 1.4 mi away
- Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km
- 669
- Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024)
- 78.9 years
- Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- 36
- CMS Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles
- 52
- Nearest CMS Certified Nursing Home
- 1.0 mi away
- Medicare Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- 2
- Medicare Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- 0
- CMS Reported Ambulatory Surgical Centers in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Inpatient Rehab Facilities in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Long Term Care Hospitals in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Rural Health Clinics in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Federally Qualified Health Centers in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Residents 65+ With a Disability
- 25.6%
- CMS Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- CMS Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Life Expectancy
- About 78.9 years
- Walkability for Health
- Moderate
4 of 5 stars · 1.4 mi away
JEFFERSON HEALTH CARE (265377) · 1.0 mi away
Lee's Summit in everyday life
Could Lee's Summit work for you?
What may work well
- Healthcare Access is 86, Hospital Access 94, Primary Care Access 98, and Emergency Care 100.
- Five hospitals, 669 reported beds, 19 selected specialists, and 24 Medicare emergency hospitals provide named options to investigate.
- Saint Luke's East and Lee's Summit Medical Center offer local hospital anchors.
What to think about
- Specialist Access is unavailable, and several specialty rows are zero in the city registry.
- Directory counts do not prove appointments, insurance, waits, capacity, or clinical fit.
- Snow, storms, traffic, parking, care transitions, prescriptions, and the return home matter as much as facility distance.
Give Lee's Summit healthcare a home-to-care route
Call preferred clinicians
Confirm network, new-patient timing, referrals, prescriptions, geriatric needs, language, accessibility, and office locations.
Ride the hospital route
Travel from the proposed home to Saint Luke's East or the preferred hospital, pharmacy, and home. Note traffic, snow, storms, parking, and discharge support.
Check older-adult support
Ask about nursing care, home support, rehabilitation, hospice, family help, transportation, and what happens after illness or a procedure.
Write a hard-day plan
Keep a route for emergency care, prescriptions, food, rest, power loss, flooding, severe weather, and a companion or accessible ride.
Questions retirees ask
Does Lee's Summit have good healthcare?
Healthcare Access is 86, Hospital Access 94, Primary Care Access 98, and Emergency Care 100. Five nearby hospitals, 669 reported beds, 19 selected specialists, and a nearest emergency hospital 1.4 miles away support a strong starting point.
What does Specialist Access mean here?
The healthcare route displays Specialist Access as unavailable. The listed clinicians are useful leads, but the household needs to confirm doctors, network, referrals, timing, and fit.
How should a retiree review hospital distance?
Travel from the exact home to the preferred hospital, pharmacy, primary-care office, and home. Check traffic, snow, storms, parking, accessibility, discharge support, and the way home.
What should someone needing specialty care do?
Confirm the preferred clinician and insurance network, ask about referrals and new-patient timing, and map travel beyond Lee's Summit when a city registry row is zero or unavailable.
Lee's Summit offers strong local care starting points, but the useful question is whether the preferred doctor, coverage, prescriptions, transportation, and return home fit together. Confirm those pieces from the address you would choose.
Sources
Hospitals, primary care, pharmacies, specialists, and emergency care all affect how close and practical care may feel.
Confirm insurance acceptance, specialist availability, language needs, prescription access, and emergency care before making serious plans.
- OpenStreetMap healthcare amenities static probe
Used for Healthcare Access
- FEMA RAPT / HIFLD Hospitals
Used for Hospital Access, Hospitals Within 12 km, Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km
Checked 2026-07-19
- Health Resources and Services Administration
Used for Primary Care Access, HRSA Adult Primary-Care Sites Within 15 Miles, Nearest HRSA Adult Primary-Care Site
Checked 2026-07-19
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Selected Specialists in City, Medicare-Listed Rheumatology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Nephrology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Endocrinology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Ophthalmology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Neurology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Medical Oncology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Cardiology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
Checked 2026-07-13
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NPPES NPI Registry
Used for Registered Retail Pharmacies
Checked 2026-07-19
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Used for Emergency Care, Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles, Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital, Nearest CMS-Rated Hospital
Checked 2026-07-12
- U.S. Census Bureau
Used for Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- World Bank
Used for Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024), Life Expectancy
Checked 2026-06-18
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Used for Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles, Nearest CMS-Certified Nursing Home
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Reported Ambulatory Surgical Centers in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Inpatient Rehab Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Long-Term Care Hospitals in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Rural Health Clinics in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Federally Qualified Health Centers in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- U.S. Census Bureau
Used for Residents 65+ With a Disability
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City, CMS-Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Walkability Index
Used for Walkability for Health
Checked 2026-07-10
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