Allergic Reactions Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A serious allergic reaction to something like a food, medication, or insect sting. The hospital stay involves medications to stop the reaction and a period of observation to make sure symptoms don't return.
State average
$22,846
gross charge · DRG 916
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$10,672 – $42,830
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $10,672Cash pay $7,471 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $10,672Cash pay $7,471 - 3
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $13,822Cash pay $10,366 - 4
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $18,927Cash pay $14,195 - 5
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $19,313 - 6
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $19,313 - 7
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $19,313 - 8
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $20,039Cash pay $5,275 - 9
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $21,066 - 10
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $25,243Cash pay $18,932 - 11
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $26,840Cash pay $7,156Medicare pays (avg) $4,342 - 12
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $28,964Cash pay $15,930 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $42,830Cash pay $32,123 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $42,830Cash pay $32,123 - 15
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 27
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for allergic reactions (DRG 916). Prices range from $10,672 to $42,830 — roughly $32,158 apart. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $22,846.
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 allergic reactions 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 allergic reactions 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 allergic reactions in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 916 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.