87/100
#138 nationally
Boston Medical Center-Brighton
736 Cambridge Street, Nevins Building, Brighton, MA 02135 · (617) 789-3000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Boston Medical Center-Brighton billed $2.34 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
- 2.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 83
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- #31
- 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.
Better than 89% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 92% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 89% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 62% 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 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
129 | $11,285 | $3,505 | -55% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
125 | $75,289 | $25,246 | -43% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
91 | $45,159 | $11,454 | -12% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
88 | $45,955 | $22,959 | -30% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $10,638 | $2,880 | -45% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
71 | $251,969 | $77,136 | +33% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $5,451 | $2,074 | -52% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $6,550 | $1,978 | -44% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
63 | $45,627 | $11,638 | -33% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
51 | $22,174 | $15,233 | -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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$251,969 | $77,136 | +33% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$297,033 | $98,329 | +24% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$100,254 | $20,874 | +5% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$229,389 | $82,180 | +3% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$111,075 | $33,246 | about average |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,956 | $9,120 | about average |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$137,252 | $35,221 | -8% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,159 | $11,454 | -12% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$24,397 | $25,553 | -72% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$45,238 | $37,080 | -69% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$15,194 | $14,564 | -67% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$13,516 | $10,793 | -67% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$18,194 | $17,605 | -66% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$27,240 | $23,837 | -65% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,789 | $2,898 | -65% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$13,795 | $11,735 | -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.