88/100
#121 nationally
Heywood Hospital -
242 Green Street, Gardner, MA 01440 · (978) 632-3420
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Heywood Hospital - billed $2.31 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
- 43
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- #29
- 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 90% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 60% 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 |
318 | $9,606 | $2,940 | -51% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
137 | $4,708 | $729 | +50% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
111 | $7,012 | $2,074 | -38% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
110 | $24,895 | $15,383 | -62% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
100 | $21,569 | $10,997 | -54% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
100 | $8,804 | $2,154 | -32% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
93 | $18,297 | $10,497 | -58% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
78 | $9,834 | $3,744 | -52% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
66 | $4,953 | $2,044 | -58% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $9,287 | $3,395 | -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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,708 | $729 | +50% |
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,797 | $1,638 | +6% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$37,990 | $12,215 | +5% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,804 | $2,154 | -32% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,593 | $3,209 | -34% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,012 | $2,074 | -38% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$18,780 | $6,796 | -39% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,624 | $3,716 | -41% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,042 | $3,052 | -66% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$15,771 | $8,722 | -65% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,902 | $5,342 | -64% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,168 | $3,458 | -62% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$24,895 | $15,383 | -62% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$21,457 | $13,291 | -61% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$16,486 | $9,276 | -61% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$16,009 | $8,499 | -59% |
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.