Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 · (617) 667-7000

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center billed $2.15 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.

See all 292 prices How we grade

Charge-to-payment: 2.1x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 292; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in MA: #35; 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.

Inpatient charge markup 31.7/35

Better than 91% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 21.6/25

Better than 87% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 24.6/30

Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 6.9/10

Better than 69% 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	1,289	$3,149	$733	about average
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit	945	$7,318	$2,035	-38%
Comprehensive Observation Services APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit	930	$13,061	$2,902	-33%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	642	$7,718	$1,735	-23%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit	519	$7,101	$2,181	-45%
Sepsis (severe) MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay	481	$60,344	$29,116	-8%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit	422	$12,192	$3,499	-52%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit	401	$134,011	$25,168	about average
Heart Failure (severe) MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay	396	$40,476	$19,693	-7%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	381	$12,076	$3,377	-37%

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 3 ENT Procedures APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit	$12,391	$1,638	+94%
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay	$104,406	$39,556	+31%
Seizures with Major Complications MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay	$100,201	$42,420	+24%
Ear, Nose, Mouth and Throat Malignancy with Major Complications MS-DRG 146 · Inpatient stay	$100,933	$51,934	about average
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay	$57,476	$28,056	about average
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit	$134,011	$25,168	about average
Level 2 Urology and Related Services APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit	$3,149	$733	about average
Psychoses MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay	$36,120	$23,825	about average

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Complications MS-DRG 026 · Inpatient stay	$36,555	$35,743	-73%
Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Operating Room Procedures without MS-DRG 517 · Inpatient stay	$20,229	$17,113	-73%
Level 3 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures APC 5093 · Hospital outpatient visit	$18,596	$9,420	-72%
Viral Illness with Major Complications MS-DRG 865 · Inpatient stay	$29,742	$20,507	-68%
Other Multiple Significant Trauma with Complications MS-DRG 964 · Inpatient stay	$23,015	$19,197	-68%
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures with Cardiac Catheterization Wit MS-DRG 216 · Inpatient stay	$142,973	$107,846	-68%
Cardiac Congenital and Valvular Disorders without Major Complications MS-DRG 307 · Inpatient stay	$27,013	$13,015	-67%
Pneumothorax with Complications MS-DRG 200 · Inpatient stay	$16,510	$14,097	-65%

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.

Lower markups near Boston

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New England Baptist Hospital
2.2x · Boston, MA
B
Boston Medical Center
2.2x · Boston, MA
A
Massachusetts Eye And Ear Infirmary -
2.4x · Boston, MA
B
Tufts Medical Center
2.6x · Boston, MA
C
Brigham And Women's Hospital
4.0x · Boston, MA
C
Massachusetts General Hospital
4.1x · Boston, MA

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The record

CMS provider number: 220086
Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency department: Yes
Setting: Metropolitan area core: primary flow within an urbanized area of 50,000 and greater

Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient and Outpatient utilisation files and Hospital General Information. See the files.