77/100
#444 nationally
Tufts Medical Center
800 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111 · (617) 636-5000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Tufts Medical Center billed $2.56 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
- 2.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 165
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MA
- #41
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 49% 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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
271 | $5,059 | $699 | +61% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
268 | $7,310 | $2,488 | -38% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
239 | $91,808 | $25,237 | -31% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
219 | $14,715 | $4,351 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
213 | $13,200 | $3,423 | -48% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
195 | $12,553 | $2,900 | -35% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
181 | $10,600 | $2,020 | -10% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
172 | $7,961 | $1,701 | -21% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
159 | $13,330 | $3,294 | -30% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
130 | $7,030 | $2,154 | -46% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$150,522 | $52,802 | +125% |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$99,054 | $8,362 | +67% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$81,047 | $21,337 | +67% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,059 | $699 | +61% |
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,640 | $1,638 | +35% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,145 | $3,744 | +27% |
|
Other Digestive System Operating Room Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 356 · Inpatient stay |
$217,255 | $75,183 | +18% |
|
ECMO or Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except
MS-DRG 003 · Inpatient stay |
$1,006,590 | $378,894 | +15% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$65,445 | $70,486 | -71% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$59,942 | $54,178 | -66% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 846 · Inpatient stay |
$37,637 | $29,455 | -65% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$52,433 | $42,104 | -64% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay |
$24,951 | $19,932 | -63% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Complications
MS-DRG 086 · Inpatient stay |
$22,328 | $15,704 | -61% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$21,430 | $20,365 | -60% |
|
Major Chest Trauma with Complications
MS-DRG 184 · Inpatient stay |
$21,708 | $12,525 | -56% |
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.