13/100
#2,329 nationally
Portsmouth Regional Hospital
333 Borthwick Ave, Portsmouth, NH 03801 · (603) 436-5110
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Portsmouth Regional Hospital billed $8.41 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
- 8.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 122
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NH
- #12
- 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 13% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 11% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 12% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
345 | $137,954 | $13,046 | +121% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
339 | $34,808 | $2,699 | +79% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
273 | $107,705 | $17,795 | +65% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
139 | $14,370 | $1,604 | +43% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
132 | $27,813 | $1,894 | +137% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
95 | $61,112 | $11,509 | +41% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
95 | $44,520 | $3,249 | +76% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $346,811 | $23,576 | +161% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
82 | $25,372 | $2,027 | +96% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
68 | $118,845 | $17,369 | +56% |
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 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,168 | $1,922 | +316% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,826 | $1,594 | +259% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$251,587 | $18,506 | +203% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$569,329 | $44,821 | +201% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$99,804 | $5,689 | +188% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,319 | $3,173 | +179% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$346,811 | $23,576 | +161% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$147,454 | $10,237 | +147% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Major Complications
MS-DRG 085 · Inpatient stay |
$103,214 | $17,714 | +6% |
|
Limb Reattachment, Hip and Femur Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma
MS-DRG 956 · Inpatient stay |
$197,804 | $31,904 | +10% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$86,423 | $16,312 | +13% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$39,830 | $8,813 | +15% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$57,793 | $15,551 | +16% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$58,503 | $13,177 | +21% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 087 · Inpatient stay |
$67,972 | $8,211 | +23% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Complications
MS-DRG 083 · Inpatient stay |
$74,422 | $12,402 | +24% |
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.