83/100
#276 nationally
North Shore Medical Center -
81 Highland Avenue, Salem, MA 01970 · (978) 741-1215
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, North Shore Medical Center - billed $2.85 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
- 2.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 166
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- #36
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 76% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 94% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 91% 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 |
1,104 | $12,444 | $2,923 | -36% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
519 | $49,749 | $18,028 | -24% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
422 | $30,803 | $11,855 | -29% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
311 | $5,347 | $1,727 | -47% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
275 | $40,393 | $15,053 | -27% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
269 | $38,034 | $13,975 | -39% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
201 | $9,883 | $3,423 | -48% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
191 | $9,075 | $2,187 | -30% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
162 | $11,518 | $3,744 | -44% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
159 | $15,735 | $5,557 | -43% |
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 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,399 | $3,465 | +9% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$67,601 | $20,811 | about average |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$51,268 | $10,802 | -4% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,351 | $5,342 | -9% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$34,194 | $9,694 | -13% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,779 | $6,289 | -13% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$43,365 | $16,034 | -15% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,434 | $1,726 | -16% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections with Major Complications
MS-DRG 862 · Inpatient stay |
$23,460 | $15,551 | -68% |
|
Skin Grafts and Wound Debridement for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders Wit
MS-DRG 623 · Inpatient stay |
$29,582 | $15,594 | -63% |
|
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 205 · Inpatient stay |
$28,433 | $17,436 | -63% |
|
Major Chest Trauma with Major Complications
MS-DRG 183 · Inpatient stay |
$27,295 | $15,545 | -61% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,904 | $2,971 | -61% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,578 | $11,454 | -60% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,609 | $24,115 | -60% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$34,957 | $18,458 | -59% |
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.