85/100
#181 nationally
Berkshire Medical Center
725 North Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201 · (413) 447-2000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Berkshire Medical Center billed $2.23 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
- 2.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 136
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- #34
- 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 92% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 88% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 84% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 59% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,034 | $923 | $771 | -71% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
758 | $15,418 | $3,068 | -21% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
471 | $35,838 | $21,682 | -45% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
367 | $22,230 | $14,422 | -49% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
355 | $6,232 | $2,178 | -45% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
341 | $7,943 | $1,829 | -21% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
329 | $5,849 | $2,297 | -55% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
314 | $12,021 | $2,130 | about average |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
249 | $4,683 | $1,808 | -58% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
199 | $9,669 | $3,566 | -49% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,215 | $6,428 | +51% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,273 | $7,714 | +46% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,933 | $6,385 | +40% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,572 | $3,205 | +16% |
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,975 | $1,720 | +9% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,113 | $3,902 | +8% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,019 | $4,320 | +5% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$85,868 | $20,967 | +3% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence with Rehabilitation Therapy
MS-DRG 895 · Inpatient stay |
$8,686 | $17,032 | -75% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$923 | $771 | -71% |
|
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Major Complications
MS-DRG 840 · Inpatient stay |
$43,429 | $33,142 | -70% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,475 | $6,199 | -68% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,428 | $26,712 | -63% |
|
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 202 · Inpatient stay |
$15,143 | $10,509 | -62% |
|
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Major Complications
MS-DRG 371 · Inpatient stay |
$26,495 | $18,660 | -61% |
|
Stroke (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay |
$13,977 | $8,136 | -61% |
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.