Ungraded
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute billed $5.19 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
- 5.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 4
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- —
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- shown for context, not in the grade
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 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,353 | $17,107 | $3,042 | -3% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
44 | $7,155 | $1,720 | -17% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $4,967 | $1,741 | -51% |
|
Level 4 Blood Product Exchange and Related Services
APC 5244 · Hospital outpatient visit |
29 | $250,048 | $58,482 | about average |
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 4 Blood Product Exchange and Related Services
APC 5244 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$250,048 | $58,482 | about average |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,107 | $3,042 | -3% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,155 | $1,720 | -17% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,967 | $1,741 | -51% |
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 |
$4,967 | $1,741 | -51% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,155 | $1,720 | -17% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,107 | $3,042 | -3% |
|
Level 4 Blood Product Exchange and Related Services
APC 5244 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$250,048 | $58,482 | about average |
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.