80/100
#338 nationally
Brigham And Women Faulkner Hospital
1153 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 · (617) 983-7000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Brigham And Women Faulkner Hospital billed $2.96 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
- 3.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 109
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- #38
- 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 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 94% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 74% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% 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 |
775 | $13,260 | $2,919 | -32% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
552 | $34,573 | $13,999 | -45% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
365 | $15,656 | $6,112 | -55% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
318 | $3,566 | $1,737 | -65% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
281 | $16,648 | $4,082 | -30% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
248 | $56,318 | $19,208 | -14% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
244 | $12,378 | $3,683 | -40% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
232 | $6,709 | $2,022 | -43% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
204 | $43,870 | $13,244 | about average |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
181 | $9,843 | $2,160 | -24% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$66,821 | $16,429 | +40% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$89,825 | $17,776 | +18% |
|
COPD (with complications)
MS-DRG 191 · Inpatient stay |
$38,275 | $9,988 | +15% |
|
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 074 · Inpatient stay |
$54,145 | $12,457 | +14% |
|
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Major Complications
MS-DRG 371 · Inpatient stay |
$74,236 | $18,933 | +8% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$43,870 | $13,244 | about average |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$47,394 | $12,146 | about average |
|
Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Complications
MS-DRG 386 · Inpatient stay |
$39,679 | $9,938 | about average |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,566 | $1,737 | -65% |
|
Interstitial Lung Disease with Major Complications
MS-DRG 196 · Inpatient stay |
$29,622 | $17,767 | -63% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,646 | $11,799 | -62% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$56,442 | $34,362 | -61% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,252 | $18,788 | -60% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$80,160 | $41,231 | -55% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$48,984 | $25,185 | -55% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,656 | $6,112 | -55% |
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.