Boston Medical Center
1 Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118 Hospital ***** CMS quality 3 of 5
75%Self-pay discount
75% off list
One of the deepest self-pay discounts published. Median across the 4,444 prices this hospital publishes, comparing its cash price with its list price for the same item.
Overall cost rating
1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges
Well below average chargesCharges 2.2× its own reported cost, across all services.
- Type
- Large hospital (400+ beds)
- Beds
- 412
- Ownership
- Nonprofit
- Medicare ID
- 220031
- Cost report
- FY ending 09/30/2024
- CMS quality
- ***** 3 of 5
- Emergency dept
- Yes
- Metro area
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Cost rating by procedure category
Each rating compares this hospital against every other US hospital that reported the same category. The multiple is what it charges relative to what it told Medicare the service costs it.
| Category | Rating | Markup | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery (operating room) cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 1.8× | |
| Post-surgery recovery cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 1.4× | |
| Anesthesia cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 4.1× | |
| X-ray and diagnostic imaging cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 2.7× | |
| CT scan most expensive 25% of US hospitals | 4 of 4 dollar signs, well above average charges | 34.0× | |
| MRI most expensive 25% of US hospitals | 4 of 4 dollar signs, well above average charges | 28.5× | |
| Cardiac catheterisation 25th to 50th percentile of US hospitals | 2 of 4 dollar signs, below average charges | 8.5× | |
| Lab tests and bloodwork 25th to 50th percentile of US hospitals | 2 of 4 dollar signs, below average charges | 5.0× | |
| Respiratory therapy cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 1.6× | |
| Physical therapy 50th to 75th percentile of US hospitals | 3 of 4 dollar signs, above average charges | 4.0× | |
| Occupational therapy 50th to 75th percentile of US hospitals | 3 of 4 dollar signs, above average charges | 4.8× | |
| Speech therapy 50th to 75th percentile of US hospitals | 3 of 4 dollar signs, above average charges | 3.7× | |
| EKG and heart monitoring cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 2.3× | |
| Implanted devices cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 2.0× | |
| Drugs given at the facility 50th to 75th percentile of US hospitals | 3 of 4 dollar signs, above average charges | 4.5× | |
| Dialysis cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 1.3× | |
| Outpatient clinic visit cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 1.1× | |
| Emergency room visit cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 2.2× | |
| Observation stay most expensive 25% of US hospitals | 4 of 4 dollar signs, well above average charges | 6.3× | |
| Inpatient room and board 25th to 50th percentile of US hospitals | 2 of 4 dollar signs, below average charges | 1.6× | |
| Intensive care (ICU) 25th to 50th percentile of US hospitals | 2 of 4 dollar signs, below average charges | 2.1× |
What this hospital charges a cash payer
Real published prices from this hospital's own federal price transparency file. We list only services coded in HCPCS Level II, which CMS owns, so nothing here is AMA-licensed. Compare these across hospitals.
| Service | Cash | List price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA prostate cancer screening blood test HCPCS G0103 | $22.50 cash price | $90.00 75% off |
| Hospital observation care, per hour HCPCS G0378 | $24.75 cash price | $99.00 75% off |
| Cefazolin (Ancef) antibiotic injection, 500 mg HCPCS J0690 | $10.66 cash price | $42.63 75% off |
| Ceftriaxone (Rocephin) antibiotic injection, 250 mg HCPCS J0696 | $67.54 cash price | $270 75% off |
| Dexamethasone steroid injection, 1 mg HCPCS J1100 | $6.10 cash price | $24.41 75% off |
| Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) injection, 50 mg HCPCS J1200 | $0.35 cash price | $1.40 75% off |
| Gentamicin antibiotic injection, 80 mg HCPCS J1580 | $92.37 cash price | $369 75% off |
| Heparin blood thinner injection, 1000 units HCPCS J1644 | $16.88 cash price | $67.50 75% off |
| Ketorolac (Toradol) pain injection, 15 mg HCPCS J1885 | $268 cash price | $1,073 75% off |
| Ondansetron (Zofran) anti-nausea injection, 1 mg HCPCS J2405 | $0.93 cash price | $3.72 75% off |
| Fentanyl citrate injection, 0.1 mg HCPCS J3010 | $30.20 cash price | $121 75% off |
| One unit of red blood cells for transfusion HCPCS P9016 | $242 cash price | $967 75% off |
Insurance. This facility holds Medicare certification number 220031, so it is Medicare-certified and bills Medicare. Commercial insurer network lists are not yet part of this dataset. Confirm your specific plan with the facility before you book.
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