91/100
#72 nationally
Melrosewakefield Healthcare
585 Lebanon Street, Melrose, MA 02176 · (781) 979-3000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Melrosewakefield Healthcare billed $2.26 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
- 94
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- #24
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 92% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 93% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 88% 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 |
773 | $14,840 | $2,909 | -24% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
256 | $17,022 | $11,441 | -61% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
217 | $28,488 | $17,139 | -56% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
171 | $6,153 | $1,733 | -39% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
131 | $13,196 | $3,486 | -48% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
98 | $24,212 | $14,505 | -56% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
98 | $19,279 | $12,259 | -59% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $16,011 | $5,972 | -54% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
87 | $27,796 | $13,967 | -56% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
87 | $14,469 | $5,557 | -47% |
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 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,179 | $6,138 | -13% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,604 | $7,003 | -17% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,509 | $11,454 | -17% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,353 | $9,120 | -20% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,840 | $2,909 | -24% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,044 | $11,799 | -26% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,882 | $2,988 | -27% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$68,493 | $17,683 | -28% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$17,442 | $14,019 | -72% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$21,332 | $15,328 | -69% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay |
$13,780 | $9,643 | -68% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$24,543 | $15,551 | -68% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$12,420 | $9,404 | -67% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$10,522 | $6,879 | -66% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$19,387 | $13,126 | -66% |
|
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications
MS-DRG 439 · Inpatient stay |
$12,378 | $7,776 | -66% |
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.