93/100
#30 nationally
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
164 High Street, Greenfield, MA 01301 · (413) 773-0211
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baystate Franklin Medical Center billed $2.09 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
- 56
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- #10
- 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 91% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 88% 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 |
364 | $10,703 | $2,914 | -45% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
185 | $1,056 | $733 | -66% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
143 | $26,125 | $16,191 | -60% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
129 | $19,155 | $10,789 | -56% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $8,548 | $2,030 | -27% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
92 | $5,122 | $1,662 | -49% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
67 | $43,249 | $14,531 | +20% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
52 | $14,528 | $6,197 | -59% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
47 | $17,436 | $12,949 | -68% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
46 | $15,456 | $9,189 | -61% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$43,249 | $14,531 | +20% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,548 | $2,030 | -27% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,535 | $2,886 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,542 | $3,938 | -43% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$18,326 | $7,882 | -44% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,703 | $2,914 | -45% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,727 | $5,557 | -46% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$21,300 | $7,907 | -48% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
$23,247 | $16,567 | -71% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$11,042 | $8,189 | -71% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$17,436 | $12,949 | -68% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$13,101 | $9,070 | -68% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,056 | $733 | -66% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$19,290 | $12,520 | -66% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$12,114 | $7,642 | -65% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$14,973 | $10,055 | -64% |
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.