FRANCISCAN HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN
30 WARREN STREET · BRIGHTON, MA · 02135 · Childrens
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 318 billing codes published by this hospital. A broader all-codes view (every commercial billing code this hospital publishes, 123 codes) puts the score at 1.04x.
FRANCISCAN HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN bills well above peers — about 1.79x the regional median overall. Within departments, Lab prices are notably high (3.01x, 194 codes). 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.
A nearby hospital 2.3 mi away is ~42% cheaper overall.
New England Baptist Hospital has an overall price level of 1.03x vs. this hospital's 1.79x, with 315 procedures in common.
why?
Wide price spread (IQR ratio 4.5x) with 31% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lab | 3.01x | 194 | 81% |
| Other | 0.99x | 56 | 50% |
| Therapy | 1.09x | 25 | 56% |
| Imaging | 2.40x | 18 | 94% |
| Surgery | 1.01x | 17 | 53% |
| Emergency/Eval | 1.15x | 6 | 100% |
Hospital info
- Type: Childrens
- Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Private
- Beds: 112
- Annual discharges: 492
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 FRANCISCAN HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN.