93/100
#27 nationally
Anna Jaques Hospital
25 Highland Avenue, Newburyport, MA 01950 · (978) 463-1000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Anna Jaques Hospital billed $2.14 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
- 2.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 75
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- #9
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 90% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% 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 |
349 | $10,184 | $2,913 | -48% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
145 | $9,437 | $2,074 | -17% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
143 | $22,703 | $13,935 | -64% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
128 | $6,106 | $1,728 | -39% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
120 | $32,062 | $15,997 | -51% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
118 | $19,595 | $10,375 | -55% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
99 | $10,689 | $3,684 | -48% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
88 | $25,400 | $11,372 | -45% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
80 | $24,248 | $15,691 | -70% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
77 | $28,614 | $13,399 | -48% |
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 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,437 | $2,074 | -17% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,417 | $734 | -23% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,445 | $3,505 | -27% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,548 | $1,720 | -35% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,106 | $1,728 | -39% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,440 | $6,138 | -44% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$25,400 | $11,372 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,059 | $3,423 | -47% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,564 | $4,132 | -71% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,599 | $11,454 | -70% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$24,248 | $15,691 | -70% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$15,581 | $9,842 | -68% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$16,493 | $10,543 | -68% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$13,156 | $7,803 | -66% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$13,817 | $9,138 | -66% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$13,345 | $7,579 | -66% |
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.