49/100
#1,305 nationally
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
789 Central Ave, Dover, NH 03820 · (603) 740-2580
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital billed $4.94 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
- 4.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 121
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NH
- #9
- 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 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 44% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
713 | $19,434 | $2,577 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
291 | $7,263 | $1,028 | -28% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
263 | $19,478 | $1,834 | +72% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
222 | $11,536 | $1,812 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
216 | $57,092 | $15,088 | -13% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
193 | $31,101 | $9,553 | -28% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
181 | $19,471 | $3,084 | -23% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
162 | $65,874 | $12,464 | +5% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
154 | $33,308 | $5,446 | -5% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
137 | $44,780 | $12,171 | -19% |
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 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,232 | $1,535 | +124% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,478 | $1,834 | +72% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$98,095 | $10,410 | +45% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,026 | $4,987 | +41% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,258 | $3,317 | +39% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications
MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay |
$128,681 | $18,023 | +37% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$67,967 | $10,229 | +32% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,220 | $4,769 | +31% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 205 · Inpatient stay |
$32,833 | $11,140 | -57% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$23,605 | $9,486 | -51% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$43,497 | $13,343 | -44% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$101,145 | $32,339 | -43% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$38,374 | $12,583 | -40% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$87,084 | $25,464 | -40% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$25,268 | $8,355 | -40% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$35,019 | $11,347 | -38% |
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.