Appendix Removal Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove the appendix, usually for appendicitis, in otherwise straightforward cases. Most stays are short, covering the operation and a brief recovery.
State average
$41,733
gross charge · DRG 399
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$26,268 – $60,290
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $26,268Cash pay $18,388 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $26,268Cash pay $18,388 - 3
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $30,259Cash pay $22,694 - 4
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $31,904Cash pay $18,388 - 5
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $34,274Cash pay $25,705 - 6
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $36,120Cash pay $15,852 - 7
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $44,394 - 8
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $44,394 - 9
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $44,394 - 10
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $51,813Cash pay $28,497 - 11
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $51,862Cash pay $38,896 - 12
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $60,290Cash pay $45,218 - 13
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $60,290Cash pay $45,218 - 14
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 15
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —
13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for appendix removal (DRG 399). Prices range from $26,268 to $60,290 — roughly $34,022 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 $41,733.
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 appendix removal 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 appendix removal 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 appendix removal in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 399 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.