93/100
#35 nationally
Holy Family Hospital
70 East Street, Methuen, MA 01844 · (978) 687-0156
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Holy Family Hospital billed $1.90 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
- 1.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 73
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- #12
- 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 93% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 86% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
246 | $27,429 | $16,415 | -58% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
182 | $9,233 | $2,914 | -52% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
152 | $19,178 | $10,933 | -56% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
126 | $5,427 | $2,148 | -58% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
113 | $19,161 | $11,180 | -59% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
104 | $4,700 | $1,741 | -53% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $36,330 | $13,742 | -42% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
94 | $26,088 | $11,740 | -28% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
89 | $20,465 | $13,747 | -63% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
62 | $11,684 | $6,943 | -64% |
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 |
$4,158 | $734 | +33% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$26,088 | $11,740 | -28% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,927 | $19,966 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,639 | $2,043 | -35% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,330 | $13,742 | -42% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$27,805 | $13,891 | -43% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,004 | $7,004 | -44% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,478 | $3,716 | -46% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$12,434 | $11,607 | -76% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$49,294 | $37,579 | -72% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$21,297 | $14,962 | -72% |
|
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without
MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay |
$10,540 | $7,840 | -71% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$11,725 | $8,357 | -70% |
|
Skin Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay |
$16,193 | $12,760 | -68% |
|
Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic
MS-DRG 069 · Inpatient stay |
$13,713 | $7,164 | -67% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$18,171 | $11,130 | -67% |
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.