92/100
#43 nationally
Baystate Medical Center
759 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA 01199 · (413) 794-5516
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baystate 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
- 273
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- #15
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 92% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 93% 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 |
1,293 | $10,949 | $2,900 | -44% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
807 | $38,751 | $21,831 | -41% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
741 | $29,034 | $14,026 | -54% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
684 | $12,403 | $3,481 | -51% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
603 | $5,397 | $1,731 | -46% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
601 | $24,149 | $14,553 | -44% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
278 | $15,192 | $7,601 | -62% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
271 | $83,717 | $25,348 | -37% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
271 | $8,508 | $2,019 | -28% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
265 | $10,398 | $3,414 | -46% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cardiac Arrest, Unexplained with Major Complications
MS-DRG 296 · Inpatient stay |
$59,505 | $19,731 | +12% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Complications
MS-DRG 442 · Inpatient stay |
$43,077 | $17,777 | about average |
|
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio
MS-DRG 808 · Inpatient stay |
$97,917 | $40,335 | -8% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$61,437 | $22,690 | -10% |
|
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 673 · Inpatient stay |
$132,223 | $57,512 | -14% |
|
Allergic Reactions without Major Complications
MS-DRG 916 · Inpatient stay |
$16,962 | $7,279 | -16% |
|
Skin Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay |
$37,791 | $17,321 | -26% |
|
Kidney Transplant
MS-DRG 652 · Inpatient stay |
$216,793 | $43,130 | -27% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Major Chest Trauma without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 185 · Inpatient stay |
$11,843 | $8,419 | -77% |
|
Cardiac Congenital and Valvular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 306 · Inpatient stay |
$21,367 | $16,743 | -75% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$29,471 | $27,528 | -73% |
|
Limb Reattachment, Hip and Femur Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma
MS-DRG 956 · Inpatient stay |
$51,274 | $39,579 | -71% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Complications
MS-DRG 086 · Inpatient stay |
$16,352 | $13,999 | -71% |
|
Precerebral Occlusion without Infarction without Major Complications
MS-DRG 068 · Inpatient stay |
$16,740 | $9,870 | -70% |
|
Biopsies of Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue with Complications
MS-DRG 478 · Inpatient stay |
$35,982 | $26,427 | -69% |
|
Disorders of the Biliary Tract without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 446 · Inpatient stay |
$14,427 | $8,797 | -68% |
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.