The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston
51 BLOSSOM STREET, Boston, MA 02114
The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston in Boston, MA has an average Medicare payment of $23,270 and a Value Score of D (44/100). Compare prices for 16 procedures. Based on CMS inpatient data.
About The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston
The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston does not carry an overall CMS Hospital Compare star rating — typically because the hospital is too small, too specialized, or reports too few of the underlying measures to compute the composite. The CMS Hospital Compare measures break roughly evenly between better- and worse-than-benchmark performance, which is the modal pattern across U.S. hospitals.
On payment metrics, The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston runs expensive: average Medicare payment across documented procedures is $23,270, in the upper bracket of U.S. hospitals. Combined cost-and-quality value comes to 44/100 — a middling result, reflecting either average quality at average cost or trade-offs in one direction.
The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston is investor-owned — a proprietary hospital, the minority ownership pattern in U.S. acute care. For-profit hospitals are more concentrated in some regions (Florida, Texas, Nevada) than others. 16 distinct procedures are documented in CMS payment files for The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston. Top examples: Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with MCC, Transient Ischemia, Heart Failure and Shock with MCC. Emergency services are not offered, which is unusual for an acute-care facility — most often reflects a specialty hospital or non-traditional inpatient model.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Hospital Compare quality measures, CMS Inpatient Payment data files.
Procedure Prices
| Procedure (DRG) | Total Payment |
|---|---|
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with MCC DRG 480 · Orthopedic | $39,505 |
Transient Ischemia DRG 069 · Neurological | $9,882 |
Heart Failure and Shock with MCC DRG 291 · Cardiac | $19,106 |
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Ventilator DRG 871 · Infectious | $20,834 |
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours DRG 208 · Respiratory | $73,404 |
GI Hemorrhage with MCC DRG 378 · Digestive | $18,354 |
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure DRG 189 · Respiratory | $20,500 |
Heart Failure and Shock with CC DRG 292 · Cardiac | $16,445 |
Syncope and Collapse DRG 312 · Neurological | $13,814 |
Spinal Fusion (Non-Cervical) with MCC DRG 460 · Orthopedic | $46,719 |
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC DRG 193 · Respiratory | $16,579 |
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with MCC DRG 308 · Cardiac | $17,028 |
Nutritional and Misc Metabolic Disorders with MCC DRG 641 · Metabolic | $19,737 |
Renal Failure with CC DRG 683 · Renal | $11,704 |
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC DRG 690 · Renal | $11,092 |
Cellulitis with MCC DRG 603 · Infectious | $17,617 |
Pricing data from CMS Hospital Price Transparency. Quality ratings from CMS Hospital Compare.
How The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston Compares
The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston has an average Medicare payment of $23,270, 8% above the Massachusetts state average of $21,636. That is 47% higher than the national hospital average of $15,878. Most of its procedures fall under Cardiac, where the typical payment is $14,557 (60% above this hospital's average). Its Value Score of D (44/100) reflects a blend of price percentile, CMS quality rating, and patient outcome measures.
The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston Cost & Quality FAQ
The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston has an average payment of $23,270 across 16 priced procedures. Costs vary significantly by procedure, compare individual prices in the procedure table above.
The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston does not currently have a CMS star rating on file. Quality measures may still be available for individual metrics like mortality and readmission rates.
The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston has a Value Score of D (44/100). This score combines cost efficiency, quality ratings, and patient outcomes to help compare hospitals. Proprietary facilities like this one are childrens.
The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston does not offer emergency services at this location. For emergencies, contact your local 911 service.
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