92/100
#48 nationally
Holyoke Medical Center
575 Beech Street, Holyoke, MA 01040 · (413) 534-2500
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Holyoke Medical Center billed $1.96 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
- 2.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 52
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- #18
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 94% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 94% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 70% 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 |
197 | $2,165 | $734 | -31% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
193 | $18,855 | $16,524 | -71% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
167 | $7,705 | $2,495 | -34% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
112 | $33,617 | $12,326 | -7% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
105 | $8,892 | $2,896 | -54% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
102 | $13,977 | $11,021 | -68% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
94 | $9,851 | $2,172 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $5,345 | $1,706 | -47% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
85 | $9,610 | $2,012 | -18% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $20,190 | $7,593 | -49% |
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 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,958 | $7,225 | about average |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$33,617 | $12,326 | -7% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,610 | $2,012 | -18% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,851 | $2,172 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,165 | $734 | -31% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,824 | $2,510 | -32% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,705 | $2,495 | -34% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,459 | $3,684 | -35% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$11,208 | $13,741 | -82% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$14,813 | $13,973 | -78% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$11,354 | $10,378 | -76% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$13,876 | $13,397 | -76% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$10,019 | $7,928 | -75% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$12,652 | $10,952 | -74% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$8,083 | $6,994 | -74% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$11,760 | $10,280 | -72% |
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.