92/100
#53 nationally
Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital
One General Street, Lawrence, MA 01841 · (978) 683-4000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital billed $2.10 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
- 2.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 91
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- #20
- 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 89% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 92% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% 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 |
448 | $8,822 | $2,919 | -55% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
262 | $37,474 | $18,553 | -43% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
208 | $22,615 | $12,637 | -48% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
115 | $27,725 | $15,906 | -50% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $9,527 | $3,717 | -54% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
104 | $23,445 | $12,883 | -50% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
92 | $6,419 | $1,741 | -36% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $17,908 | $7,606 | -55% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $9,197 | $3,345 | -52% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
78 | $21,803 | $8,661 | -27% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$21,803 | $8,661 | -27% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$23,088 | $9,235 | -29% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,049 | $2,169 | -30% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$21,173 | $8,816 | -36% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,419 | $1,741 | -36% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$26,582 | $11,015 | -36% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$19,741 | $8,032 | -38% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$29,364 | $11,785 | -38% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,681 | $5,902 | -76% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$65,267 | $41,658 | -63% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,993 | $6,289 | -62% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$19,423 | $12,101 | -62% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,704 | $5,557 | -61% |
|
Chest Pain
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay |
$13,244 | $7,295 | -61% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$21,761 | $14,378 | -60% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$24,579 | $14,639 | -60% |
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.