93/100
#31 nationally
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
148 Chestnut Street, Needham, MA 02494 · (781) 453-3002
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham billed $2.17 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
- 72
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- #11
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 88% 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 |
673 | $9,616 | $2,940 | -51% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
241 | $34,019 | $15,261 | -48% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
202 | $21,792 | $9,968 | -50% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
162 | $24,401 | $12,088 | -56% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
162 | $8,641 | $3,744 | -58% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $4,036 | $1,741 | -60% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
119 | $10,200 | $6,155 | -71% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
105 | $13,083 | $5,557 | -52% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
102 | $16,792 | $10,269 | -64% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
77 | $8,003 | $4,094 | -66% |
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 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,322 | $1,720 | -15% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,312 | $3,423 | -20% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$30,616 | $11,987 | -39% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,802 | $3,052 | -39% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,877 | $7,683 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,798 | $2,187 | -47% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$19,554 | $7,350 | -47% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$34,019 | $15,261 | -48% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,397 | $3,015 | -73% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 071 · Inpatient stay |
$11,887 | $7,500 | -73% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,200 | $6,155 | -71% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay |
$19,763 | $12,452 | -71% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,470 | $6,289 | -70% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$11,649 | $7,797 | -69% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$20,948 | $12,683 | -68% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$57,319 | $33,860 | -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.