UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER - UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
55 LAKE AVENUE NORTH · WORCESTER, MA · 01655 · 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 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 0.93x.
UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER - UNIVERSITY CAMPUS prices near the regional median (0.91x overall). The price distribution is predictable (A grade), so individual bills tend to be consistent within a category.
A nearby hospital 10.93 mi away is ~11% cheaper overall.
UMASS MEMORIAL HEALTH ALLIANCE - CLINTON HOSPITAL has an overall price level of 0.81x vs. this hospital's 0.91x, 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 | 0.91x | 816 | 19% |
Hospital info
- Type: Acute Care Hospitals
- Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Private
- Beds: 692
- Annual discharges: 37,456
- 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 UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER - UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.