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MERCY MEDICAL CENTER - SPRINGFIELD

271 CAREW STREET · SPRINGFIELD, MA · 01104

0.88x Near peers

vs. the regional median (the other ~300 NY/NJ/CT hospitals publishing the same code).

How is this computed?All-codes score: median of price ratios across every available billing code. Based on 515 billing codes published by this hospital. A broader all-codes view (every commercial billing code this hospital publishes, 513 codes) puts the score at 1.00x.

MERCY MEDICAL CENTER - SPRINGFIELD prices near the regional median (0.88x overall). The price distribution is predictable (A grade), so individual bills tend to be consistent within a category.

19% of codes priced above the regional median Reliability A (Predictable)
why?Price spread is narrow (IQR ratio 1.6x) with few outliers (3% above 3x)

How 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.
Limited coverage: This hospital's published transparency file primarily covers Inpatient codes (100% of 515 codes). Procedures in other categories may not be reflected.

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.

DepartmentRatioCodes% above median
Inpatient 0.88x 515 19%

Hospital info

  • Beds: 150
  • Annual discharges: 7,071
Methodology & sources

Prices extracted from this hospital's CMS-mandated machine-readable transparency file (45 CFR 180). Headline statistic: median of price ratios across every available billing code. 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 MERCY MEDICAL CENTER - SPRINGFIELD.