BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S FAULKNER HOSPITAL
1153 CENTRE ST · BOSTON, MA · 02130
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 500 billing codes published by this hospital. A broader all-codes view (every commercial billing code this hospital publishes, 293 codes) puts the score at 0.89x.
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S FAULKNER HOSPITAL prices near the regional median (0.89x overall). The price distribution is predictable (A grade), so individual bills tend to be consistent within a category.
A nearby hospital 0.36 mi away is ~73% cheaper overall.
HEBREW REHABILITATION CENTER has an overall price level of 0.24x vs. this hospital's 0.89x, with 343 procedures in common.
why?
Price spread is narrow (IQR ratio 1.1x) 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 | 0.89x | 500 | 14% |
Hospital info
- Beds: 147
- Annual discharges: 7,979
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 BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S FAULKNER HOSPITAL.