CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL
540 LITCHFIELD ST · TORRINGTON, CT · 06790
vs. the regional median (the other ~300 NY/NJ/CT hospitals publishing the same code). How is this computed?
High-confidence score: 10% trimmed mean across 12 of 57 target procedures, commercial payers, 5x outlier cap. Based on 12 of 57 high-confidence target procedures. A broader all-codes view (every commercial billing code this hospital publishes, 1,773 codes) puts the score at 0.32x.
CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL prices near the regional median (0.97x overall). Within departments, Drugs/Pharmacy is comparatively affordable (0.24x). The wide price spread (C grade) means individual bills are hard to predict — a procedure priced near the median in one department may be 5x in another.
why?
Wide price spread (IQR ratio 3.0x) with 0% of codes above 3x the regional medianHow A/B/C is determined: A = narrow price spread (IQR < 2.0×) with <5% of codes priced more than 3× the regional median. B = moderate (IQR 2.0–3.0× OR 5–20% above 3×). C = wider than that.
Cost by department
Each ratio compares this hospital's prices in that department to the median across NY/NJ/CT hospitals for the same department.
| Department | Ratio | Codes | % above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs/Pharmacy | 0.24x | 1,085 | 2% |
| Inpatient | 0.57x | 392 | 12% |
| Surgery | 0.35x | 300 | 1% |
Hospital info
- Beds: 108
- Annual discharges: 5,283
Methodology & sources
Prices extracted from this hospital's CMS-mandated machine-readable transparency file (45 CFR 180). Headline statistic: 10% trimmed mean across 12 of 57 target procedures, commercial payers, 5x outlier cap. Validated against RAND Hospital Price Transparency Study v5.1 employer claims data at Spearman ρ = 0.73 (n = 105 hospitals).
Download the original transparency file from CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL.