MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY
243 CHARLES STREET · BOSTON, MA · 02114
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 175 billing codes published by this hospital. A broader all-codes view (every commercial billing code this hospital publishes, 100 codes) puts the score at 1.10x.
MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY prices near the regional median (1.10x overall). The price distribution is predictable (A grade), so individual bills tend to be consistent within a category.
A nearby hospital 0.96 mi away is ~17% cheaper overall.
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER has an overall price level of 0.91x vs. this hospital's 1.10x, with 108 procedures in common.
why?
Price spread is narrow (IQR ratio 1.2x) with few outliers (0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inpatient | 1.10x | 175 | 65% |
Hospital info
- Beds: 41
- Annual discharges: 1,127
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 MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY.