DRG 880 · Mental Health & Substance Use

Acute Stress Reaction Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

A hospital stay for an intense emotional or psychological reaction to a stressful event or life crisis. Care focuses on safety, stabilization, counseling, and planning follow-up support.

State average
$28,760
gross charge · DRG 880
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$11,690 – $50,567
low to high
Lowest $11,690 Highest $50,567

15 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for acute stress reaction (DRG 880). Prices range from $11,690 to $50,567 — roughly $38,877 apart. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The state average sits at $28,760.

These numbers are list prices — what the hospital bills before any insurance adjustment. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists acute stress reaction at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent acute stress reaction admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.

Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Massachusetts hospitals missing from the list either don't perform acute stress reaction in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 880 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge $11,690
  2. 2
    Gross charge $12,454
    Cash pay $9,341
  3. 3

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    Gross charge $13,989
    Cash pay $9,792
  4. 4

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $13,989
    Cash pay $9,792
  5. 5

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge $18,472
    Cash pay $9,236
  6. 6

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $21,738
    Cash pay $9,792
  7. 7

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $26,918
    Cash pay $20,189
  8. 8

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $30,994
    Cash pay $23,246
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,838
  9. 9

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $35,082
    Cash pay $19,295
  10. 10

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $35,183
  11. 11

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $35,183
  12. 12

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $35,183
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,362
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $44,979
    Cash pay $33,734
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,059
  14. 14

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $44,979
    Cash pay $33,734
  15. 15

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $50,567
    Cash pay $37,925
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,870
  16. 16

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

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  17. 17

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

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  18. 18

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

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    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

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    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

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  21. 21

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

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  22. 22

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

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  23. 23

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

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  24. 24

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

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  25. 25

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

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  26. 26

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

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  27. 27

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,465
  28. 28

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

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  29. 29

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

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  30. 30

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

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  31. 31

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,540

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