MORTON HOSPITAL
88 WASHINGTON STREET · TAUNTON, MA · 02780
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 15,646 billing codes published by this hospital. A broader all-codes view (every commercial billing code this hospital publishes, 13,629 codes) puts the score at 1.15x.
MORTON HOSPITAL bills above peers — about 1.19x the regional median. Within departments, Lab prices are notably high (1.72x, 1,648 codes); Therapy is comparatively affordable (0.84x). The price distribution is predictable (A grade), so individual bills tend to be consistent within a category.
A nearby hospital 13.84 mi away is ~25% cheaper overall.
CHARLTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL has an overall price level of 0.89x vs. this hospital's 1.19x, with 600 procedures in common.
why?
Price spread is narrow (IQR ratio 1.6x) with few outliers (4% 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | 1.18x | 5,143 | 81% |
| Other | 1.16x | 3,302 | 79% |
| Drugs/Pharmacy | 1.08x | 2,549 | 68% |
| Inpatient | 1.30x | 2,024 | 62% |
| Lab | 1.72x | 1,648 | 97% |
| Imaging | 1.15x | 651 | 84% |
| Cardiac | 1.13x | 186 | 73% |
| Therapy | 0.84x | 72 | 35% |
| Emergency/Eval | 1.26x | 71 | 89% |
Hospital info
- Beds: 125
- Annual discharges: 7,183
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 MORTON HOSPITAL.