95/100
#2 nationally
Baystate Wing Hospital
40 Wright Street, Palmer, MA 01069 · (413) 283-7651
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baystate Wing Hospital billed $1.76 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
- 1.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 36
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- #2
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 94% 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 |
344 | $10,164 | $2,917 | -48% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
221 | $20,147 | $15,338 | -69% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
192 | $16,086 | $10,528 | -63% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
70 | $15,917 | $8,505 | -59% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
52 | $21,779 | $10,780 | -55% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
49 | $22,285 | $13,722 | -60% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
43 | $14,449 | $7,472 | -56% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
42 | $18,663 | $11,041 | -60% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
42 | $12,706 | $7,030 | -61% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
42 | $9,287 | $7,406 | -70% |
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 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,179 | $2,043 | -22% |
|
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications
MS-DRG 372 · Inpatient stay |
$21,276 | $8,997 | -46% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,164 | $2,917 | -48% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$25,751 | $14,236 | -48% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$14,904 | $6,374 | -51% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$19,411 | $9,544 | -54% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,119 | $1,679 | -54% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$21,779 | $10,780 | -55% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,843 | $3,476 | -71% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$9,287 | $7,406 | -70% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,077 | $1,716 | -69% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$20,147 | $15,338 | -69% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$15,152 | $10,400 | -68% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$17,957 | $12,959 | -66% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$19,345 | $14,122 | -66% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$17,487 | $11,343 | -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.