Blocked Brain Artery Without Stroke Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for a blocked or narrowed artery supplying the brain that has not caused a stroke. Care typically includes brain imaging, tests of the arteries and heart, and medicines to reduce the chance of a future stroke.
State average
$28,341
gross charge · DRG 068
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$4,768 – $42,155
low to high
Data notes for Massachusetts
- The lowest published charge ($4,768 at Cambridge Health Alliance) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $4,768 - 2
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $15,240Cash pay $10,668 - 3
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $15,240Cash pay $10,668 - 4
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $17,871Cash pay $8,185 - 5
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $27,226Cash pay $20,419 - 6
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $29,871 - 7
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $29,871 - 8
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $29,871 - 9
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $31,346Cash pay $23,510 - 10
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $36,874Cash pay $27,655Medicare pays (avg) $8,389 - 11
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $36,874Cash pay $27,655 - 12
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $39,153Cash pay $10,668 - 13
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $40,414Cash pay $30,310 - 14
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $42,155Cash pay $23,185 - 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 blocked brain artery without stroke (DRG 068). Prices range from $4,768 to $42,155 — roughly $37,387 apart. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center in Springfield. The state average sits at $28,341.
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 blocked brain artery without stroke 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 blocked brain artery without stroke 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 blocked brain artery without stroke in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 068 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.