69/100
#675 nationally
Marlborough Hospital
157 Union Street, Marlborough, MA 01752 · (508) 481-5000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Marlborough Hospital billed $3.33 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
- 3.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 42
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- #46
- 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 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 41% 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 |
278 | $18,158 | $2,908 | -7% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
124 | $26,696 | $10,601 | -39% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
109 | $37,525 | $15,641 | -42% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
82 | $36,402 | $13,309 | -34% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
70 | $26,335 | $11,349 | -43% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $67,367 | $13,932 | +8% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $9,785 | $1,741 | about average |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
55 | $65,435 | $18,221 | +81% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
52 | $14,482 | $3,356 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $15,291 | $2,503 | +30% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$65,435 | $18,221 | +81% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,291 | $2,503 | +30% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,879 | $2,043 | +27% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$99,437 | $18,438 | +20% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$67,367 | $13,932 | +8% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$55,283 | $15,486 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,785 | $1,741 | about average |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,158 | $2,908 | -7% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$13,101 | $6,607 | -59% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$22,077 | $11,728 | -58% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$28,566 | $13,138 | -57% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$19,746 | $8,904 | -53% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$30,542 | $12,645 | -50% |
|
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 202 · Inpatient stay |
$19,596 | $8,285 | -50% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$22,997 | $10,963 | -50% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$25,742 | $10,319 | -47% |
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.