CostGrade
A

94/100

#22 nationally

Sturdy Memorial Hospital

211 Park Street, Attleboro, MA 02703 · (508) 222-5200

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Sturdy Memorial Hospital billed $2.07 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
93
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in MA
#8
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.

Inpatient charge markup 32.1/35

Better than 92% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 23.8/25

Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 28.5/30

Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 9.2/10

Better than 92% 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

707 $11,001 $2,933 -43%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

291 $23,999 $15,501 -63%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

182 $22,820 $13,043 -59%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

162 $19,527 $10,348 -55%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

132 $36,487 $13,921 -42%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

103 $4,290 $1,741 -57%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

88 $19,546 $11,044 -58%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

87 $6,883 $2,055 -39%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

79 $5,936 $2,188 -54%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

78 $9,270 $3,744 -55%

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 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit

$30,258 $6,509 +15%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit

$52,860 $19,966 -36%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,883 $2,055 -39%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$1,888 $734 -40%
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability

MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay

$29,477 $13,450 -41%
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit

$13,371 $4,022 -41%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$36,487 $13,921 -42%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$22,853 $7,312 -43%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

$17,381 $11,988 -77%
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications

MS-DRG 536 · Inpatient stay

$7,696 $6,010 -77%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications

MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay

$15,088 $13,289 -76%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications

MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay

$18,288 $12,563 -73%
Diabetes (with complications)

MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay

$9,872 $7,652 -71%
Coagulation Disorders

MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay

$19,559 $12,869 -71%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications

MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay

$16,831 $12,337 -71%
Seizures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay

$11,962 $7,294 -71%

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.
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