THE MIRIAM HOSPITAL
164 SUMMIT AVE · PROVIDENCE, RI · 02906
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 17,860 billing codes published by this hospital. A broader all-codes view (every commercial billing code this hospital publishes, 15,388 codes) puts the score at 1.13x.
THE MIRIAM HOSPITAL bills above peers — about 1.40x the regional median. Within departments, Imaging prices are notably high (1.63x, 649 codes). The price spread is moderate (B grade), with some procedures priced unexpectedly high.
A nearby hospital 3.21 mi away is ~40% cheaper overall.
OUR LADY OF FATIMA HOSPITAL has an overall price level of 0.84x vs. this hospital's 1.40x, with 15,570 procedures in common.
why?
Moderate price spread (IQR ratio 1.5x) with some outliers (5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | 1.58x | 5,929 | 93% |
| Other | 1.21x | 4,653 | 73% |
| Drugs/Pharmacy | 1.00x | 2,618 | 51% |
| Inpatient | 1.22x | 1,986 | 62% |
| Lab | 1.41x | 1,666 | 98% |
| Imaging | 1.63x | 649 | 95% |
| Cardiac | 1.50x | 179 | 89% |
| Emergency/Eval | 1.51x | 112 | 76% |
| Therapy | 1.07x | 68 | 54% |
Hospital info
- Beds: 247
- Annual discharges: 16,383
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 THE MIRIAM HOSPITAL.