SAINT MARYS HOSPITAL
56 FRANKLIN ST · WATERBURY, CT · 06706 · Acute Care Hospitals
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 444 billing codes published by this hospital. A broader all-codes view (every commercial billing code this hospital publishes, 443 codes) puts the score at 1.75x.
SAINT MARYS HOSPITAL bills well above peers — about 1.75x the regional median overall. The price distribution is predictable (A grade), so individual bills tend to be consistent within a category.
A nearby hospital 14.91 mi away is ~77% cheaper overall.
THE HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT has an overall price level of 0.40x vs. this hospital's 1.75x, with 362 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 | 1.75x | 444 | 92% |
Hospital info
- Type: Acute Care Hospitals
- Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Church
- Beds: 146
- Annual discharges: 7,356
- CMS overall quality star rating: 3/5
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 SAINT MARYS HOSPITAL.