92/100
#45 nationally
Emerson Hospital -
133 Old Road To 9 Acre Corner, W Concord, MA 01742 · (978) 369-1400
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Emerson Hospital - billed $2.45 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
- 2.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 79
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- #16
- 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 87% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 94% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 92% 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 |
466 | $1,962 | $733 | -37% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
388 | $22,113 | $2,932 | +14% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
264 | $29,570 | $15,227 | -55% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
211 | $5,263 | $1,729 | -48% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
188 | $5,609 | $2,187 | -57% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
170 | $30,115 | $14,110 | -52% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
153 | $6,016 | $2,033 | -49% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
107 | $19,107 | $9,625 | -56% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
100 | $17,134 | $7,683 | -57% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
93 | $9,497 | $3,724 | -54% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,113 | $2,932 | +14% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,442 | $3,052 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,717 | $7,003 | -27% |
|
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 202 · Inpatient stay |
$25,108 | $7,674 | -36% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,962 | $733 | -37% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$26,090 | $8,912 | -38% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$20,208 | $8,514 | -38% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,572 | $3,400 | -45% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with
MS-DRG 543 · Inpatient stay |
$11,779 | $8,283 | -72% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$24,528 | $16,535 | -72% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$13,970 | $9,560 | -71% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$25,510 | $14,463 | -67% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,834 | $2,074 | -66% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$62,446 | $35,562 | -65% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$21,601 | $11,693 | -65% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$20,022 | $12,379 | -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.