79/100
#379 nationally
Nashoba Valley Medical Center
200 Groton Road, Ayer, MA 01432 · (978) 784-9000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Nashoba Valley Medical Center billed $2.51 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
- 2.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 12
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- #39
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- 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 91% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 87% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% 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 |
95 | $10,125 | $2,940 | -48% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
64 | $11,756 | $2,503 | about average |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $4,084 | $2,044 | -65% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
30 | $15,885 | $10,191 | -66% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
25 | $6,392 | $734 | +104% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
19 | $9,864 | $2,096 | -24% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
18 | $14,577 | $9,596 | -66% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $25,722 | $13,546 | -61% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
16 | $21,393 | $12,714 | -61% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
16 | $8,101 | $2,074 | -29% |
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 |
$6,392 | $734 | +104% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,756 | $2,503 | about average |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,864 | $2,096 | -24% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,101 | $2,074 | -29% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$48,551 | $16,553 | -39% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,125 | $2,940 | -48% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$25,722 | $13,546 | -61% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$21,393 | $12,714 | -61% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$11,711 | $8,709 | -72% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$14,577 | $9,596 | -66% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$15,885 | $10,191 | -66% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,084 | $2,044 | -65% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$21,393 | $12,714 | -61% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$25,722 | $13,546 | -61% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,125 | $2,940 | -48% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$48,551 | $16,553 | -39% |
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.