SHRINERS CHILDREN'S BOSTON
51 BLOSSOM ST · 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 4,224 billing codes published by this hospital. A broader all-codes view (every commercial billing code this hospital publishes, 2,593 codes) puts the score at 0.83x.
SHRINERS CHILDREN'S BOSTON bills below peers — about 0.84x the regional median. Within departments, Drugs/Pharmacy prices are notably high (8.49x, 1,597 codes); Inpatient is comparatively affordable (0.63x). 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.
why?
Wide price spread (IQR ratio 3.2x) with 25% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs/Pharmacy | 8.49x | 1,597 | 70% |
| Inpatient | 0.63x | 1,342 | 1% |
| Surgery | 0.84x | 409 | 16% |
| Lab | 1.00x | 398 | 50% |
| Imaging | 0.84x | 246 | 6% |
| Other | 0.95x | 154 | 36% |
| Therapy | 1.69x | 53 | 74% |
| Emergency/Eval | 0.70x | 15 | 20% |
| Cardiac | 0.74x | 10 | 0% |
Hospital info
- Beds: 30
- Annual discharges: 1,350
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 SHRINERS CHILDREN'S BOSTON.