76/100
#473 nationally
Southcoast Hospitals Group
363 Highland Avenue, Fall River, MA 02720 · (508) 679-3131
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Southcoast Hospitals Group billed $3.31 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
- 3.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 237
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- #42
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 73% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 76% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 76% 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 |
2,598 | $12,395 | $2,917 | -36% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
731 | $41,770 | $16,320 | -36% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
716 | $26,277 | $11,002 | -39% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
432 | $8,197 | $1,715 | -19% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
392 | $34,952 | $13,838 | -36% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
339 | $22,925 | $3,490 | -9% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
304 | $30,795 | $11,253 | -34% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
274 | $24,844 | $6,144 | -29% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
271 | $29,317 | $7,601 | -26% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
263 | $139,226 | $25,114 | +5% |
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 |
$4,480 | $720 | +43% |
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,685 | $1,638 | +36% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$118,992 | $18,423 | +25% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,803 | $9,014 | +18% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$72,716 | $11,679 | +7% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$139,226 | $25,114 | +5% |
|
Allergic Reactions without Major Complications
MS-DRG 916 · Inpatient stay |
$20,154 | $5,700 | about average |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$145,847 | $34,458 | about average |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Major Complications
MS-DRG 840 · Inpatient stay |
$36,217 | $22,605 | -75% |
|
Tendonitis, Myositis and Bursitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 557 · Inpatient stay |
$30,420 | $12,754 | -70% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications
MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay |
$22,744 | $14,945 | -70% |
|
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses without Major Complications
MS-DRG 206 · Inpatient stay |
$16,372 | $7,618 | -65% |
|
Amputation of Lower Limb for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders with
MS-DRG 617 · Inpatient stay |
$28,993 | $15,085 | -61% |
|
Nervous System Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 054 · Inpatient stay |
$26,547 | $12,893 | -60% |
|
Interstitial Lung Disease with Major Complications
MS-DRG 196 · Inpatient stay |
$32,587 | $14,735 | -59% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$32,108 | $16,978 | -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.