Brigham And Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
CCN: 220110 Acute Care Hospitals Emergency Services
5/5
CMS Star Rating
Excellent
276
DRG Categories
11,654
Total Discharges
$140,543
Avg Charges
$36,381
Avg Payment
$29,816
Avg Medicare
3.86x
Charge-to-Payment
Quality Ratings — CMS Hospital Compare
Based on CMS measures of mortality, safety of care, readmissions, patient experience, and timeliness
Mortality
Above Average Safety of Care
Above Average Readmissions
Below Average Patient Experience
Reported Massachusetts Average Rating
3.21 / 5 This hospital is above average
7 five-star hospitals of rated in Massachusetts
National Average Rating
3.08 / 5
288 five-star hospitals of 2866 rated nationally
Type: Acute Care Hospitals Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Compared to Massachusetts Average
How this hospital compares to the average of 54 hospitals in Massachusetts
Average Charges
$140,543 +174%
State avg: $51,275
Average Payment
$36,381 +82%
State avg: $19,985
Charge-to-Payment Ratio
3.86x Above avg
State avg: 2.41x
Top 20 DRGs by Volume
Most common diagnosis groups at this hospital, sorted by number of discharges
| DRG | Description | Discharges | Avg Charges | Avg Payment | Markup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 291 | HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 382 | $88,129 | $17,875 | 4.93x |
| 871 | SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC | 371 | $126,473 | $30,044 | 4.21x |
| 177 | RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 230 | $96,619 | $24,116 | 4.01x |
| 470 | MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 207 | $79,466 | $23,691 | 3.35x |
| 164 | MAJOR CHEST PROCEDURES WITH CC | 202 | $113,490 | $30,120 | 3.77x |
| 064 | INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC | 175 | $116,397 | $28,124 | 4.14x |
| 025 | CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 171 | $181,910 | $51,510 | 3.53x |
| 267 | ENDOVASCULAR CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 166 | $139,515 | $56,365 | 2.48x |
| 219 | CARDIAC VALVE AND OTHER MAJOR CARDIOTHORACIC PROCEDURES WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION | 130 | $353,872 | $95,853 | 3.69x |
| 460 | SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCC | 126 | $114,733 | $45,109 | 2.54x |
| 274 | PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 125 | $111,069 | $37,677 | 2.95x |
| 286 | CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITH MCC | 125 | $194,028 | $35,220 | 5.51x |
| 280 | ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 118 | $104,168 | $22,737 | 4.58x |
| 330 | MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITH CC | 116 | $103,334 | $29,152 | 3.54x |
| 392 | ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 113 | $40,036 | $10,057 | 3.98x |
| 235 | CORONARY BYPASS WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITH MCC | 112 | $272,193 | $72,935 | 3.73x |
| 393 | OTHER DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 111 | $88,937 | $23,008 | 3.87x |
| 454 | COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH CC | 110 | $165,484 | $69,602 | 2.38x |
| 309 | CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC | 104 | $42,475 | $10,020 | 4.24x |
| 698 | OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 100 | $90,954 | $21,789 | 4.17x |
Showing top 20 of 276 DRG categories at this hospital.
About This Data
Hospital charges and payment data are from the CMS Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Provider Summary. Quality star ratings (1-5) are from CMS Hospital Compare, based on measures of mortality, safety of care, readmissions, patient experience, and timeliness. Negotiated insurance rates are from hospital Machine-Readable Files (MRFs) required by the CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule.