66/100
#780 nationally
Westerly Hospital
25 Wells Street, Westerly, RI 02891 · (401) 596-6000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Westerly Hospital billed $3.99 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
- 4.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 42
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in RI
- #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 60% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 70% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 67% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 74% 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 |
264 | $27,276 | $2,761 | +40% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
255 | $2,340 | $691 | -25% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
129 | $9,717 | $2,044 | -25% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
115 | $52,634 | $15,029 | -19% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
114 | $8,812 | $1,922 | -25% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
112 | $9,422 | $2,365 | -20% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $16,580 | $5,179 | -40% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
85 | $38,330 | $10,154 | -12% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $19,914 | $5,856 | -43% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $13,759 | $3,538 | -33% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,276 | $2,761 | +40% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$33,307 | $7,551 | +9% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$29,952 | $7,007 | about average |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$30,560 | $7,080 | about average |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$41,428 | $8,996 | about average |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$32,031 | $7,007 | about average |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$28,998 | $6,834 | -7% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$64,258 | $14,080 | -10% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,705 | $13,335 | -52% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$85,796 | $32,693 | -52% |
|
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,939 | $5,304 | -47% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$99,363 | $35,027 | -44% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,914 | $5,856 | -43% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,580 | $5,179 | -40% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
$61,375 | $25,658 | -39% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Complications
MS-DRG 660 · Inpatient stay |
$35,407 | $10,959 | -36% |
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.