87/100
#141 nationally
Cooley Dickinson Hospital Inc,The
30 Locust Street, Northampton, MA 01061 · (413) 582-2000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Cooley Dickinson Hospital Inc,The billed $2.69 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
- 2.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 77
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- #33
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 89% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% 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 |
306 | $11,007 | $2,924 | -43% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
259 | $32,025 | $15,490 | -51% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
230 | $4,870 | $1,741 | -52% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
159 | $6,254 | $2,023 | -47% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
149 | $21,224 | $10,255 | -51% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
145 | $47,536 | $13,938 | -24% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
104 | $16,323 | $3,659 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
97 | $7,979 | $1,726 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $8,493 | $2,074 | -25% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
86 | $21,541 | $6,139 | -39% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications
MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay |
$49,251 | $13,548 | +9% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,538 | $6,874 | -10% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,146 | $3,419 | -11% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,143 | $4,022 | -20% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$65,258 | $17,287 | -24% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,536 | $13,938 | -24% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,493 | $2,074 | -25% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,313 | $3,015 | -26% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$18,134 | $13,424 | -72% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,745 | $11,454 | -66% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$13,059 | $7,546 | -65% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,348 | $3,025 | -64% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Major Complications
MS-DRG 659 · Inpatient stay |
$38,355 | $18,704 | -61% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$16,374 | $8,286 | -61% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$12,141 | $6,361 | -60% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$71,856 | $36,795 | -60% |
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.