UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER - MEMORIAL CAMPUS
119 BELMONT STREET · WORCESTER, MA · 01605
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 816 billing codes published by this hospital. A broader all-codes view (every commercial billing code this hospital publishes, 728 codes) puts the score at 0.99x.
UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER - MEMORIAL CAMPUS prices near the regional median (0.97x overall). The price distribution is predictable (A grade), so individual bills tend to be consistent within a category.
A nearby hospital 11.81 mi away is ~10% cheaper overall.
UMASS MEMORIAL HEALTH ALLIANCE - CLINTON HOSPITAL has an overall price level of 0.87x vs. this hospital's 0.97x, with 322 procedures in common.
why?
Price spread is narrow (IQR ratio 1.0x) 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 | 0.97x | 816 | 31% |
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 UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER - MEMORIAL CAMPUS.