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Brigham and Women's Hospital vs Boston Children's Hospital.

Side-by-side prices for 26 procedures both hospitals publish, plus CMS quality ratings and metro context. Pulled from each hospital's federally-mandated price transparency file. Brigham and Women's Hospital is cheaper on more procedures (24 vs 2).

Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Mass General Brigham
5/5 CMS
Cheaper on 24 of 26 procedures
vs.
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Boston Children's
Cheaper on 2 of 26 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Brigham Boston Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $3,858 $5,154 Brigham ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $4,861 $7,690 Brigham ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $3,281 $2,769 Boston ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $2,499 $3,137 Brigham ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $2,130 $5,195 Brigham ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $740 $1,005 Brigham ↓
DXA bone density scan $495 $774 Brigham ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $281 $339 Brigham ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $134 $179 Brigham ↓
Lipid panel $125 $233 Brigham ↓
CBC with differential $94 $140 Brigham ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $150 $295 Brigham ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $122 $168 Brigham ↓
Colonoscopy, diagnostic $2,912 $1,947 Boston ↓
Colonoscopy with polyp removal $1,964 $2,778 Brigham ↓
Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy $2,769 $2,916 Brigham ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $2,395 $2,872 Brigham ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $215 $464 Brigham ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $317 $622 Brigham ↓
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $839 $2,907 Brigham ↓
Thyroid ultrasound $621 $1,074 Brigham ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $308 $657 Brigham ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $502 $849 Brigham ↓
Prostate biopsy $513 $4,759 Brigham ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $1,909 $1,949 Brigham ↓
Psychotherapy, 45 minutes $237 $384 Brigham ↓

Patient experience.

CMS HCAHPS patient survey, period ending 03/31/2025. Bold = higher score.

Measure Brigham Boston
HCAHPS overall star rating 4/5 —
Would definitely recommend 83% —
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 77% —
Nurses always communicated well 83% —
Doctors always communicated well 82% —
Given clear info about recovery 89% —
Room and bathroom always clean 68% —
Staff always explained meds 59% —
Quiet at night, always 48% —

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How to read this comparison.

The cash-pay price is what an uninsured patient would be charged at each hospital. It's the cleanest apples-to-apples comparison because it doesn't depend on your insurance plan.

The CMS rating is the federal quality composite, built from ~50 measures spanning safety, mortality, readmission, patient experience, and timeliness. A 5-star hospital may not be the best at every procedure, and a 3-star hospital can have a strong specific service line. Treat the rating as one input, not the answer.

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